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This take on tabbouleh, a Middle Eastern classic, is quite versatile. While herbs still remain the star of the show here, the recipe includes a variety of less traditional ingredients (olives, beans, nuts). During the colder seasons, you could try replacing the tomatoes with a variety of roasted root vegetables, like sweet potatoes or parsnips, or roasted squash. Anything roasted will add a nice smoky flavor too. As mentioned below, pretty much any leftover or vegetable will work.
Quinoa is a great substitute for the traditional bulgur; being very high in protein, it makes this salad a bit more filling. The lemon juice and scallions add a nice brightness. Since the herbs really are the main ingredient, try to get them as fresh as possible. The more fragrant, the better. I filled a pita with Quinoa Tabbouleh, hummus, roasted eggplant, and caramelized onions to make it a meal. Recipe from The Food Matters Cookbook.


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When spring arrives, a varied assortment of waterfowl transits the region on the way to summer breeding grounds. Some are local breeders but others are on their way north; the spring period gives an opportunity to sight species that we won't see for the rest of the year.
One of these visitors may not be too noticeable at first. They are usually on larger lakes; from a distance they have the silhouette of a merganser, but they appear larger and darker. If you hear one of these waterfowl call, though, you will probably recognize the unmistakable yodel of a common loon.
The wail-like vocalization of this bird may have inspired visions of insanity, hence the phrase, "crazy as a loon."
The common loon, with its breeding plumage of checkerboard pattern breast and wings, and a black head with black and white neck banding and red eyes, is a striking bird once close enough to discern the features. They are most prevalent in the spring and fall during migration, and the month of May is when I either see or hear the most loon activity around the local lakes. The loons that are seen here in May are transient visitors on their way to summer breeding grounds in northern New York State or Canada, where breeding starts around June.
Loons are listed by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) as a species of special concern; they prefer quiet, uninhabited lakes for breeding, and development is putting pressure on these breeding habitats. Also, about 30% of the observed mortality of loons in the state is due to lead poisoning from lead fishing sinkers. Sinkers made of alternative alloys are available, and New York has banned lead sinkers from certain upstate lakes in an effort to reduce the threat.
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According to Chris Cotillo of SB Nation, "the seriousness of the talks between Mark Trumbo [and] the Mariners was overblown."
Fernando Rodney has agreed to a one-year, $2.75 million contract with the Diamondbacks, per Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports.
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General Manager Ruben Amaro addressed reporters today and there were a number of notable soundbites. As reported by Todd Zolecki, Amaro stated he is beginning to feel the heat of not delivering a winner and on missing on players like Delmon Young, Danys Baez, and Chad Qualls. From Zolecki:
"I always feel under the gun," Amaro said. "I put myself under the gun. I don't listen to a lot of it. But listen, I'm the GM of the club, so I fully expect to take heat for it. I'm the one making the decisions on player personnel. I'm accountable for the things that have happened. I didn't have a very good year; our team didn't have a very good year. I think we win as a team and lose as a team. The fact of the matter is that I should take a lot of heat for it. I need to be better, and our guys need to be better. We need to evaluate better, we need to make better decisions and try to create a little better mojo overall."
Perhaps the most notable comment of Amaro's address was his concession on analytics. From Zolecki:
"We're going to make some changes," Amaro said. "I think we're doing some stuff analytically to change the way do some evaluations. Look, we are going to continue to be a scouting organization. That said, I think we owe it to ourselves to look at some other ways to evaluate. We're going to build more analytics into it. Is it going to change dramatically the way we go about our business? No, but we owe it to ourselves to at least explore other avenues. We may bring someone in from the outside, but we have not decided that yet."
Other notable thoughts from Amaro's address:
- Darin Ruf is not believed to be the solution in right field, particularly defensively. Amaro noted the Phillies could get creative and move Ben Revere to a corner outfield spot, possibly Revere in left and moving Domonic Brown back to right field.
- Amaro noted that "One (right fielder) just got tied up in Hunter (Pence)," which is enough for some to believe Amaro would have made a play to bring back Hunter Pence.
- Amaro wants to bring back Roy Halladay but noted that the largest hurdle is that Halladay would like to "come back to a contender".
- Amaro noted his main priority was finalizing Ryne Sandberg's coaching staff, working on bringing back Carlos Ruiz, and trying to secure Halladay for 2014.
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Revere Hernandez utley brown Ruiz Howard Rollins asche… As next years potential lineup idk, we need a right handed power hitter for the middle of this lineup big time, but there's really not many available… Amaro has his work cut out for him, it's gonna be tough just trying to set the 40 man roster let alone finding guys to fill the holes this team has…
Yes there is a rh power hitter available!!! His name is Darin Ruf and why he's being dissed by Amaro and you is beyond me. He would be the ideal first baseman versus lh pitchers, sitting the "Big Niece, er Piece" on the wood Making him available as a Pinch hitter.
Absolutely put Ruf on 1st and sit Howard- at least against lefties. The team also has a right-handed 30-HR power hitter in the system by the name of Maikel Franco who looks like he could start now – especially on this weak team. Franco also hits for average. Better to try him at 3rd and batting fifth behind Brown. Put Brown in right and try Asche in Left. Hernandez in center unless a better option in found in FA.
I love Ben Revere. Great kid. But we saw two extremes at the plate this season and there's nothing in his history to suggest he's nearly as good as he was for that one month. He has yet to prove he does anything well and even if he can improve as a hitter, what about the rest of his game?.He's not a proficient baserunner nor base-stealer despite being blessed with speed. In center field, he can look like Willie Mays on one play then look more like Nate McLouth on the next ten. And I'm sorry, but my grandmother had a better arm than Ben's. And like my grandmother, Ben can't bunt, either.
Assuming Dom's arm alone demands he play right field, who does the team want to bank on in left and center? Do you go with two converted infielders covering left and center (respectively Asche & Hernandez, or worse, Ruf and Hernandez) or pick up at least one bona fide fielder via free agency or trade. I would think decent third basemen have a stronger trade value than decent fielders so why not put Asche on the block for an above-average fielder and (as already suggested) stick Franco on 3rd? I don't think the team has a stronger trade chip than Asche and one whose departure would be less of a blow if Franco can step right in.
Oh, I know, Schmenk is going to say, "That's nice wbramh but Maikel Franco is a totally unknown quantity on the major league level."
Such a party-pooper that Schmenkman but after enduring this season we should all be allowed our fantasies between now and Spring.
I would love to see Ruf playing first too, but the Phillies will never do it. They are not going to pay a guy 25 million a year to be a platoon player.
I guess I should have said they don't have a proven right hand power hitter, I support ruf and I'd rather see ruf play rather than Howard… I don't think management will see ruf as an everyday guy for the outfield, I also agree there is no way they bench Howard when paying him 25 million a year, I wish we could dump him and his salary…..
I put that lineup together above on the basis that amaro said they might move revere to left with Hernandez in center, I like Hernandez and I love the idea of him in center, so if he stays there then we have a trade chip in revere and since I don't believe ruf is in the phillies everyday plans he becomes available as a trade chip too, and I'd Franco is ready to take over everyday at third next year asche either becomes a trade chip or can switch positions…. Conceivably you have revere, ruf, and maybe asche as trade chips to pick up a big bat, there is also plenty more young talent in the minors to trade too…. I'm not suggesting that's the way to go but it is an option
They've already been benching Howard quite a bit vs. lefties, except they call it "resting" him.
In 2012 he sat for 2% of the games vs. RHPs, but 25% of the games vs. LHPs.
This year, he sat for 6% of the games vs. RHPs, but 45% of the games vs. LHPs.
Halfway there…
Did I read correctly….. Halladay wants to come back to a contender?? I'm sorry but it's not 2010 anymore and he should be lucky to get a decent contract anywhere at this point. His days of making demands are behind him.
Nobody said he's making a demand. Obviously he'll have to take the best of what's offered, he's only stating what he "would like".
I wish Doc could have worn at least one World Series ring while with playing for the Phillies but he sure did bring us some thrills and memories. If he ever receives that ring it will likely be in the capacity of pitching coach somewhere.
But baseball doesn't work like tennis. It's a team sport. In the end, that fact didn't diminish Addie Joss or Fergie Jenkins… or Ernie Banks, or Nap Lajoie or Ken Griffey, Jr. none of whom ever played in the big show. That said, if Doc isn't the best pitcher to never pitch in a series game then he's in the top five and I don't know the names of the four ahead of him. That's got to be frustrating for a guy with so much talent.
As for players who made the show but never won, Cobb was oh for three – and then there was poor Ted Williams, arguably the greatest hitter of the modern era. He got the chance to play in one losing series in '46 and batted a paltry .200 in the process. I'm sure that series haunted him to his dying days but it never diminished his stature as one of the game's all-time greats.
As with Robbie and Spahnie and Newk and Gibson and Sandy and Juan and Lefty, I'm just glad I had the opportunity to watch him perform his magic. I'd pay the price of admission just to watch him take the mound one last time to tip his cap and share goodbyes.
I think Rever's career numbers show he is close to a 300 hitter and he is still young and can be taught the art of base running. I like Asche but he faded pretty fast and hit what 250 with little power I'm not sure he is the answer. And I'm a big Ruf fan and hoped he would break out but I'm not sold on him being your every day anything
True. Revere batted just under .300 in his last year with the Twins but I believe that was the only year he came close to those numbers. But he drove in an anemic 32 RBIs and had an equally (and logically) anemic number of extra base hits – and of course, we're still waiting for him to hit career HR #1. He also managed to draw under 30 BBs against over 550 at-bats. That too is pretty anemic. Well under the MLB top tier of CFs other than Adam Jones who is even worse – but then, Jones drove in some 110 RBIs this year.Yeah, it's true that Ashburn was no big RBI man either albeit better than Revere but Ashburn drew over 90 walks in 5 different seasons (125 in 1954). For further contrast, the guy Revere replaced had 61 RBIs this year (more than every Phillies player save Brown and Utley), also hit for average (with few walks) and isn't even considered in the top tier of CFs.
Sure,Revere's not big but he's the same size as Clemente and Callison were and those fellows could run, field, hit for average, crush the ball out of the yard and throw no-bounce rockets from the fence to 3rd and home. Can you imagine Revere moving to right field and making a Puig-like peg to nab a runner at 3rd? He'd be fortunate to throw it to the second baseman on a fly. Or how about hitting a shot halfway up the foul pole in right to win the All-Star game?
These are deficiencies.
Revere's stolen base numbers were in the upper echelon of center fielders that final year with the Twins (a positive statistic along with BA) but the SBs fell off considerably this year relative to the number of ABs. He even had a higher OBP going for him this year. Why the relative drop-off in SBs I don't know but it's seems incredulous that Revere would be losing a step at his age.
Perhaps he can still improve. I'm certainly not trying to suggest (although it sounds like it) that management should give up on Revere at this point (unless they receive an offer they can't refuse – like Stanton) but Ben Revere has a long way to go on a lot of levels to be the CF on a World championship team. The kid certainly seems coachable and has a terrific attitude. No small plusses, but I would start by sending him to a strength conditioning coach to see if there's any way to improve his arm strength and put more velocity in his bat. Kevlar shoes wouldn't hurt either.
I see Revere closer to a .280-29i0sh hitter with decent but not elite speed. His baserunning skills are average but maybe with more experience he can be taught to be a better baserunner. As far as basestealing speed i peg him averaging somewhere around 35-40 a year.I think this team needs another basestealer threat with our old and slower players. I agree at times (mainly because of his speed) he can make some decent plays and other times he makes you wonder. He is still young and if he had been in the Phillies system he probably would of just been called up. I see Ruf more so as a power bench threat backup basically what Rube wanted out of Nix. They will be some growing pains with Asche as with just about any Rookies. Franco is interesting i would like to see what he can do in AAA. I think for now they should give Asche a try..
Halladay is sooo shot. Do not bring him back. RAJ needs to go. This team was a joke the last 2 years.
My big concern is that everyone seems so high on Dom Brown. He ended the season with 27 home runs. Only about 7 of those came after the month of June. Other than that one hot streak, he doesn't really seem to fill our need for a power hitter. I definitely want there to be room for Ruf, Asche and Brown next year, however. It's time to gradually start turning the team over to younger players. Hopefully, that will be short term pain for long term gain.
All of the comments that Amaro has made so far since the season ended have been stupid… resigning Kendrick and maybe Halladay, replacing Ruf, etc. The only positive was letting Doobie go.
Your list reminds me of walking into Best Buy, scanning the ailes, all the neat electronic gadgetry, the big screens, the ipads, cells that give you the world in your palm, and walking through the payment line with a freaking totaster.
Clearly, without a doubt, Theee positive thing that has evolved in your time frame was thew quote, "We need a righty bat, but if that's not what we can get, we'll get a lefty bat, and go forward."
I can just imagine what this lineup would look like with another lefty hitter. That was the best line since Dave Montgomery rewrote the record book and defined a good trading percentage as 30%.
I mean, I couldn't believe Rube even said that. I'm sure he's feeling 2 tons of pressure, and frankly, off that albatross maybe singularly needs to step aside so a clear head can evaluate this absolute mess, but under the most trying of circumstances, you still don't even dream that another lefty bat is any sort of answer.
To me, that was the looney tune comment of the last few days.
Neither one actually said that, and the only way to interpret the quote that way is if the reader is extremely literal.
Montgomery's quote:
"The reality is that when things don't go well, people look to find, well, whose fault is it?" Montgomery said. "I believe in situations like this that when times are good there's enough credit to go around. It's all of us. Ruben is not making independent decisions. He's going with a pretty good group of eyes who are looking out there at players and making determinations. God knows we're all trying to bat 1.000 on decision making. The reality is, I think we do better than the .300 standard in baseball."
Now you can choose to read that literally, that he's comparing Amaro to .300 or 30%, but what it is clearly saying (IMO) is that .300 is the standard for hitting, and whatever the standard for trading is, the Phillies are better than that. [Not that I'd agree with that assessment, but that's what I think he is saying]
And he's absolutely right about a lefty bat. What's most important is getting another good hitter. If he can hit lefties well, that would be great (and *typically* but not always, that means a RH bat), but I think he's right on focusing on the overall hitting, and not which side it's on. Over 70% of the pitchers are righties, and if you improve your hitting vs. them, even if it's at the expense of hitting vs. lefties, in most cases that's a good thing.
One other thing can be said here about righty/lefty hitters. A right handed outfielder might hep the offense more than a lefty, but if he can't play decent defense, he loses any advantage he might have over a decent hitting AND decent fielding lefthander.
I, too, am with Amaro on prefering a righty, but not totally ignoring the lefties if the available righties are all defensive klutzes or only so-so hitters. I think he learned something with D.Young and a few other clumsy outfielders. The Phils outfield defense has been suspect for years and I'm hoping it improves, even if it takes a lefthaded hitter to do so.
Ain't this par for the course in blogworld? Here we have Rubenski, admittedly taken out of context referencing the possibility of a lefty hitting OF, which on the surface, and as clearly as 36-24-26 being attractive is pretty hilarious. Next thing you know, we'll get a lesson on how Doc's funner vocabulary can tuen to serious conversation. And along comes the Crown Prince of Apologistics defending the quote with logic. Who gives a flying flip about a guy can hit and field, there's a place for him. Duh. Who don't know dat? It's more than a given that the Phils long time search for a righty bat has been a troubling enough thing that any human in their right mind is entitled, and quite possibly right to joke about it.
Tell ya what. I'll go to my grave knowing that if some people watched this video, they'd run to the keyboard, and start reevaluating history, and the merits of these comments, and how this particular historical conflict might have ended differently in BLEEPING SERIOUS form.. Now Tommy Jefferson's sexual action, I could see, but that's besides the point.
Good freaking lord.
The Phillies FB status when they make a post I get a kick out of reading the replies.
The dump Amaro sentiment is strong. Many are like me and will refuse to support the team if he retains his job.
There is no other way to tell them that it is not acceptable to be this bad.
You have the 3rd highest pay roll because the fans support the team.
Retaining Amaro tells me the team doesn't support winning or the fans.
If he is the GM do not attend games.
I am canceling the baseball package until he is fired so I wont be watching to comment on Jimmy Rollins 500 pop ups in 2014.
If the team will slap you in the face by retaining Amaro.
You have one recourse.
Stop supporting the franchise until hes gone.
I never understood the phrase "under the gun", what does that mean anyway? Have you ever seen a bank robber stand on top of a counter and put the gun on top of the teller's head so that they are under the gun? Do they threaten to drop it on their head if they don't give up the loot?
How about "under the heavy blade of a guillotine", now that's more synonymous with feeling serious danger.
What about the possibility of the phillies trading for the a's cespedes, we could put together a package of revere and ruf and maybe another prospect and see if we can get cespedes' power bat for our lineup, he's only got two years left in his contract and he's gonna be expensive when he hits free agency so the a's maybe inclined to trade him and see what they can get…. It's possible I think
Maybe they can buy low on Cespedes. For comparison, Dom Brown did cool off in the second half, especially after the sore achilles, but even so since the ASB he has still been as good or better than Cespedes' overall season:
Brown 2nd half: .270/.333/.390 (.723 OPS), .322 wOBA, 102 wRC+
Cespedes 2013: .240/.294/.442 (.737 OPS), .318 wOBA, 102 wRC+
Still, Cespedes is likely to bounce back, and he would be good addition, although I'd be concerned that Beane might fleece Amaro.
This Cespedes/Ruf/Ben proposal is actually interesting. It stays within boundaries of trade proposals being too self serving, and at least inspires some practical thought.
Consider a name not mentioned in the principles for a minute. He won't go to the Hall, isn't a perennial AS, but CoCo Crisp is a solid, 5 tool player. He's not EXCEPTIONAL 5 tool stuff, but he offers diversified effectiveness in all facets. And it's important to note that he's a free agent at year's end. From a huge distance, I'd guess the A's re-sign him, but if that's not the plan, I'm not well versed on their depth and prospects, but Revere certainly at least preliminarily addresses their CF needs. So there's purpose in Revere.
Ruf's purpose, of course, is "replacing" Yoenis, so we're on the right track.
But where the idea gets a little off track is Revere might not be enough of an on base guy to appease Billy Beane. I'm speculating there. Ruf certainly has plusses, but is he overall appealing to the A's. Plus, Ruf at 1B makes no noise with Moss there, so there are limits to his usefulness. Now Tampa, if Loney leaves might be a more sensible place for Ruf, if he's even moved. While that's besides the point at hand, it demonstrates a better need than in Oakland.
And there's a second "drawback" to the deal. Let's assess Cespedes overall as a player worth x in value. If Beane is gonna deal him, and you don't put nuthin' past Billy, he's always interested in young pitching. So maybe he takes Revere and a pitching prospect. Which he probably can find a more able, and enthused trading partner to get something done. I'd rate the Mets as a more compatible trading partner in the case of Cespedes. They need OF help, have more starting pitching depth from which to negotiate.
Another reason I brought it up was the fact or is the fact that both ruf and revere are very cheap and should be for a few years and they provide value something billy beane is very high on, and the a's are of course in the American League so it's possibly ruf and moss can dh play first and split some time in the outfield as well… Maybe some other prospects can be exchanged from both sides as well, but it's definitely a trade I would try to pursue if I were phillies management
So lemme ask you a follow up ?, speaking of controllable players.
I'm a big fan of keeping it real, so I may be exceeding my boundaries with this, but here goes.
You want Cespedes, and are willing to deal Ruf and Revere.
Grant Balfour's had a fine year for the A's, and I assume they are confident and happy with him for the playoffs. But the future's a different subject. He's 35, and has not made a killing in his career. So from a distance, you can see where there's appeal to take what the market will bear for a reliever, and get what he can, while he can.
Now Oakland is probably a charter member of the new trend of why overpay for a reliever. And if they've scouted Jake Diekman, no question, they'd like him. As a closer, maybe yes, maybe no, but Jake's arm is gonna impress anyone, and his progress this year is indisputable.
Year over year for a reliever is a consideration, but you certainly like the pitcher.
And say the A's could see him as a reliever (for conversation's sake.
So Billy says, okay, you can have Cespedes, I'll take Ruf, and Revere, there's enough appliucation and usefulness there that I'll give up the next 2 years of Cespedes, even though he's at an affordable amount, especially if my club has enough post season to bring in even more bucks.
But I want Jake, to, or I'm shopping elsewhere.
Would you do Ruf, Revere, and Jake for Cespedes?
For clarity's sake,* Balfour's a free agent.
*if needed (popular words this time of year)
And I seriously apologize for the confusion, because I really was attempting to be clear, but I meant to suggest the A's projecting Jake as a closer, nit just a reliever.
So Yoenis for Ruf/Revere, and Jake, who they assumedly would see value in as a closer to replace Balfour.
Ken, I doubt if the A's would project Diekman as a closer. His lefty/righty splits are not good, and a closer needs to get both types of batter out.
The Phils should not trade him, anyway, given the putrid performances of the rest of their bullpen.
No I don't trade diekman, I'll give you Horst though
Okay, I'm off track, even suppositionally if the A's saw pretty likely to be filled potential in Jake as a closer. Particularly in the A's case since they put a premium on things like Jake's splits.
So let's get more basic and say Ruf/Revere is a decent enough start (Crisp's future pending), but I need some impact (and Jake could fit that category as a reliever if we generalize), but the PROSPECTIVE departure of Balfour, and filling it is the TYPE of impact I need to give up 25 homers, and a mid order guy (not even considering they probably still think highly of him).
So pass on Horst. I need at least 1 SOLID player to go with the other 2. Not necessarily an all star, but somebody with semi stud abilities that's there, or close to fulfilling) at least that I have a use, and hopefully even a need for.
For sure, Billy would trade with Rube if he was the last man on earth…the problem is he's not.
Seems like a difficult match, as I guess is gonna be the case with most Phillie attempts to land quality. But they should certainly explore a lot of what seems unlikely. You never know.
If you want a solid lefty reliever I give you your pick of Horst, Robles,savery,Jimenez…. Or if you want a righty I give you your pick of aumont nesseth or cloyd…
Either way revere will be your everyday centerfielder and lead off man also a base stealing threat and potential all star… Ruf will be an everyday power threat on base machine and run producer a middle of the order guy and potential all star…. Honestly I think revere and ruf is a decent offer for cespedes however I realize the talent that cespedes is and think maybe billy beane will want more I think maybe some prospects could be swapped on both sides
We'll see if it plays out to any extent. At least the original idea struck me as in the park, but even in the beginning of the discussion, I was looking at need, and that would only develop if a Crisp moves on. Then, I looked at need again with the possibility of Balfour opening the closing role. As for just general relievers staffing the A's 2014 roster, that'd be out of my scope. But a major asset for a reliver has to excite, and I can't speculate on if a young reliever the Phils might have would excite the A's. I don't see the A's dealing Cespedes for the sake of it, like a payroll move or something. If it improves tem, they might. But the 2 needs (which I put in that category, not them) are a ways off. Neither Oakland player had a year that you'd hold the door open for them and not regret them leaving.
Thanks so much for the offers of Aumont, Savery and Cloyd, by the way. You should be trading for a funeral home. They'd welcome warm bodies. But even in that case, somebody might see something I don't (Aumont's at least got a great curve to work off of). Diekman, obviously has talent, so I voluntarily brought his name up.
Not to overdo this perhaps exhausted discussion, but here's a thought from David Schoenfeld in his ESPN chat as a Cespedes acquisition was the topic of a question…
rick (exton, pa)
Would Cespedes be a good trade candidate for Phillies? Power bat in rf and he is a fa in two yrs whom A's cant keep. Who says no…Biddle, Asche, and Ruf for Cespedes
David Schoenfield
I don't think the Phillies do that considering Cespedes didn't have that good of a year — .294 OBP. Although I'm not sure Ruben Amaro pays attention to OBP. More likely, Phillies go after one of the free agent outfielders — Choo, Ellsbury.
Phillies would be stupid to go after choo or ellsbury…. So I wouldn't be surprised if they do
It would only be stupid if they can't find a right handed bat that's just as good as one of those two. Choo and Ellsbury are both better than what's in the Phils' outfield right now.
I'd be leary of Ellsbury, though, because he seems to be injured a lot.
Injured and both of them are gonna be on the wrong side if thirty… I think both will probably command 15 million and I don't wanna pay either of them half of that even, and personally I don't like the thought of any more lefties added to our lineup, mainly for reasons such as last nights game where liriano shut down choo votto and Bruce mostly on sliders, so everyone can say what they want about there being 70% righty pitchers look at what happened last night one lefty pitcher ended the reds season…
I would much rather attempt a trade for cespedes… However Matt kemp is also rumored to be available but he comes with a hefty price tag…
You said it would be stupid to "go after" either of them. I'm not recommemnding that they sign either one, but "going after" implies at least looking at them. If they're too costly, then you don't sign them, just as you wouldn't sign a right-handed bat who's too costly.
The sad part about free agency is that almost all of them are "on the wrong side of thirty." I'd still prefer a somewhat older lefthander with a decent bat and glove to ANY of the right handed players in the Phils' current outfield mix. If Choo or Ellsbury were approachng 35, they'd be bad choices, but they aren't that old yet.
Also, just because Liriano got the Reds out last night doesn't mean much. Liriano has been a very good pitcher this season, and probably could shut down lefties or righties. Most lefties aren't as good as that. Even if a team loses to some of them, there are enough mediocrities out there that it is never going to mean your team will lose to all 30% of them 100% of the time.
Matt Kemp also has an injury list about a mile long.
Amaro is throwing out that line on Ruf to cover his tracks… If Ruf is gone, it will be easier to rationalize paying the 25M to Howard. Asche and Revere will probably be dealt along with Ruf unfortunately. But after hearing Amaro wants to re-sign Kendrick and offer Doc a contract… I think it is time Amaro suffered the same fate as Charley and Rich… before he does any further damage to this franchise. I mean seriously, can anyone else have done any worse than what Amaro did to this team? Come on Mr Middleton, you are a baseball man, cut your losses and get a proven GM in charge ASAP!
"If Ruf is gone, it will be easier to rationalize paying the 25M to Howard."
– I don't get this, since they will be paying the $25M no matter what (barring a miracle trade).
"Asche and Revere will probably be dealt along with Ruf unfortunately."
– It's possible, but I don't know why that would necessarily be a bad thing.
"I mean seriously, can anyone else have done any worse than what Amaro did to this team?"
– If someone thinks that 0 playoff appearances (and shots at the big prize) instead of 3 after '08 would be considered "worse", then I think the clear answer is Yes. Since they won the WS with a very good-but-not great team, and then opened the 2009 season with most starters already on the wrong side of 30, they could have very easily never appeared in the playoffs after 2008.
Amaro is no great GM, but he placed various bets on winning it all while there was an opportunity, some of them wise and some of them not. But without those gambles (particularly Lee, Halladay, Oswalt), I'm not sure there is October baseball at CBP after 2008.
I agree Amaro made bets… all of them losers! I am just sick of other teams progressing while all Amaro does is come up with lame excuses one after another. I have no faith in keeping the man that saddled this franchise with the likes of Rollins, Howard and Halliday…. Amaro's problem is the same as when he played.. He was an underachiever as a player.. and even worse as a GM. After his two HRs in his first game, it was all downhill from there… I want a fresh set of eyes, some that are not shaded by relationships with ballplayers… Amaro has to go.. NOW! Atlanta, Washington and sadly even the Mets have a better nucleaus today than the Phillies… That is very discouraging and was totally avoidable. It management keeps Amaro, they deserve a continued decline in attendance… Not all fans arlook thru the same rose-colored glasses as Schmenkman!
Yeah halladay has been down right terrible right?? He won 40games his first two years pitching us into the playoffs and then pitched hurt the next two trying to help this team… He rewarded Howard with a big contract for the monster years he put up, and Howard then got injured… Rollins was the spark to this team, perhaps he had a bad year or maybe he is on a downward trend… Point being why don't you just shut your mouth, and I'm sick of people comparing his playing career to his job as a general manager they share no direct correlation, so get a brain
Keep living in the past and drinking the Kool Air Dr RAJ is sending ya..Hopefully ownership is not as inept as their GM….
Uh…bud radcliffe, you have timesframes mixed up. While I agree RAJ is a complete idiot, you inferred that the Halladay trade and extension was as bad as Howard's contract. That comment is about as intelligent as RAJ's overall performance. Halladay trade was probably the best thing he did. Perfect game, No hitter in the play off's, 40+ games won, Cy Young.
Ryan Howards contract was astromincally STUPID! It was stupid not because of the dollar amount of years (that was just a decent mistake). It was astronomically STUPID when you couple the dollar amount and years along with the fact that the contract was signed almost TWO YEARS BEFORE the contract was set to start! Had the contract taken effect immediately, we would have what, 1 more year left instead of 3? Or, had the Contract not been signed until a few weeks before he was set to become a Free Agent RAJ would have noticed is drop in performance midway 2009, and carrying on to 2010. Not to mention had he waited, RAJ would have seen Howard crumple to the ground with a torn Achilles. However, since it was signed when it was, with no injury clause, Howard is getting paid $25 MILLION a year to sit on the DL more than he plays!
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For the lack of better words, the merging of Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer and acclaimed director Zack Snyder for "Man of Steel" came about in a super-unusual way.
Zimmer recalled he was at a party celebrating the release of director Christopher Nolan's "Inception" when a journalist asked him if he was going to score "Man of Steel" -- a project by director Zack Snyder and producer Nolan that was then in its early stages.
"I said, 'Absolutely, definitely not. I've never even met Zack Snyder, but I believe he's a talented director and a man who will pick his own composer,'" Zimmer told me in a recent interview. "What I said was completely misunderstood and the next day, the Internet was a-blast with 'Hans Zimmer's is doing the Superman movie.'"
In an effort to explain the misunderstanding, Zimmer said he phoned Snyder -- and then a moment of serendipity occurred.
"He said, 'Oh, it's really funny that you should phone me because I'm listening to some music of yours and I'm really liking it. We really need to meet,'" Zimmer recalled.
Opening in theaters Friday in 2D, 3D and on IMAX screens, "Man of Steel" stars Henry Cavill as Clark Kent/Superman a child of Krypton still struggling to find his purpose in life 33 year after his parents, Jor-El (Russell Crowe) and Lara Lor-Van (Ayelet Zurer) send him from their dying planet to forge his own destiny on Earth.
Co-written by Nolan and David S. Goyer, the film also stars Amy Adams as Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane, Michael Shannon as Superman's nemesis General Zod and Laurence Fishburne as Daily Planet editor-in-chief Perry White. Kevin Costner and Diane Lane also star as Clark's adoptive parents, Jonathan and Martha Kent.
Zimmer admits that he played hard-to-get when it came agreeing to doing the score for the film, mainly because of a certain other composer who scored the original "Superman" movie with Christopher Reeve.
"To me, John Williams is the master," Zimmer said humbly. "I didn't really want to follow him or get compared or not do as good a job."
Plus, Zimmer tried to justify not taking the job with another excuse -- he's from Europe.
"I think Superman is completely an American icon. When I was meeting with Zack, I was thinking, 'Why are you even talking with this German?'" Zimmer said with a laugh.
The 55-year-old Frankfurt native's excuse didn't hold up too long, though, once Snyder started explaining his vision for the film.
"He was telling me a story that was so entirely different from the Superman that I grew up with. He knows what buttons to push. He's a brilliant director," Zimmer said. "He was talking a lot of about him being a stranger in a strange land and being a foreigner, and trying to figure out how you fit in. All those things resonated with me."
One thing that most every fan of the superhero genre is aware of is how much a film's theme defines the lead character, and fans will no doubt be comforted by Zimmer's experience in that area scoring all three films in Nolan's "Dark Knight Trilogy."
But for "Man of Steel," Zimmer, Snyder and Nolan didn't want to just celebrate Superman the superhero and where he came from, but the pivotal characters who help shape who he becomes on Earth.
"After nine years of living the life of 'The Dark Knight' in one way or the other, one of the things Chris and Zack brought to me was this idea of celebrating something -- doing something which is much more positive," Zimmer explained. "One of things I wanted to write about was farmers in Kansas and the Midwest, and the decency of people. They don't lock their doors at night and they are gentle and trusting, and because they invite a stranger in."
Zimmer believes that part of the score is a huge departure from what he's been known for of late.
"So many of the movies I have done in recent years have feel full of cynicism, irony or darkness," Zimmer observed. "I thought, why not with 'Man of Steel' we shine the spotlight on the first responder. Let me shine the spotlight on the guy who doesn't turn away -- the selfless. So, one thing we decided early on was that they were going to let me write a humble score. I already know how to do the big, epic stuff and we got lots of that in the movie. But the thing I wanted to crack was the heart of it."
Fortunately, Zimmer got an early indication how the score was being received -- and the story was being perceived -- when the film's third trailer revealed some of his original music for the film.
"That's when I starting noticing how people were commenting on this movie differently," Zimmer said. "They weren't going, 'Ooh, wow, we've not only have a big action movie ahead of us -- this might be a little bit about something else. There might actually be an emotional experience to be had here."


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Editor's note: This week we offer two hacks from Spidering Hacks that will save you time and extra trips to your favorite web sites. And check back to this space next week for two more hacks from the book; the first will be on scraping all the URLs in a specified subcategory of the Yahoo directory; the second will be on using a bit of Perl to quickly find the word you're looking for in either an online dictionary or thesaurus.
Wouldn't it be nice if you could simply visualize what data on a page looks like, explain it in template form to Perl, and not bother with the need for parsers, regular expressions, and other programmatic logic? That's exactly what Template::Extract helps you do.
One thing that I'd always wanted to do, but never got around to doing, was produce RSS files for all those news sites I read regularly that don't have their own RSS feeds. Maybe I'd read them more regularly if they notified me when something was new, instead of requiring me to remember to check.
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One day, I was fiddling about with the Template Toolkit (http://www.template-toolkit.com/) and it dawned on me that all these sites were, at some level, generated with some templating engine. The Template Toolkit takes a template and some data and produces HTML output. For instance, if I have the following Perl data structure:
@news = (
{ date => "2003-09-02", subject => "Some News!",
content => "Something interesting happened today." },
{ date => "2003-09-03", subject => "More News!",
content => "I ran out of imagination today." }
I can apply a template like so:
[% FOREACH item = news %]

  [% item.date %]  -  [% item.subject %]

 [% item.content %]

I'll end up with some HTML that looks like this:

  2003-09-02  -  Some News!

 Something interesting happened today.

  2003-09-03  -  More News!

 I ran out of imagination today.

Okay, you might think, very interesting, but how does this relate to scraping web pages for RSS? Well, we know what the HTML looks like, and we can make a reasonable guess at what the template ought to look like, but we want only the data. If only I could apply the Template Toolkit backward somehow. Taking HTML output and a template that could conceivably generate the output, I could retrieve the original data structure and, from then on, generating RSS from the data structure would be a piece of cake.
Like most brilliant ideas, this is hardly original, and an equally brilliant man named Autrijus Tang not only had the idea a long time before me, but—and this is the hard part—actually worked out how to implement it. His Template::Extract Perl module (http://search.cpan.org/author/AUTRIJUS/Template-Extract/) does precisely this: extract a data structure from its template and output.
I put it to work immediately to turn the blog of one of my favorite singers, Martyn Joseph (http://www.piperecords.co.uk/news/diary.asp), into an RSS feed. I'll use his blog for the example in this hack.
First, write a simple bit of Perl to grab the page, and tidy it up to avoid tripping over whitespace issues:
my $page = get(" http://www.piperecords.co.uk/news/diary.asp" );
exit unless $page;
$page = join "\n", grep { /\S/ } split /\n/, $page;
$page =~ s/\r//g;
$page =~ s/^\s+//g;
This removes blank lines, DOS line feeds, and leading spaces. Once you've done this, take a look at the structure of the page. You'll find that blog posts start with this line:
and end with this one:
The interesting bit of the diary starts after the close of an HTML comment:
After a bit more observation, you can glean a template like this:
[% FOR records %]
[% ... %]
<acronym title="Click here to read this article">
[% title %]</acronym> ([% date %])

[% ... %][% content %]

[% ... %]
The special
[% ... %] template markup means "stuff" or
things that we don't care about; it's the Template::Extract equivalent of regular expression's
.*. Now, feed your document and this template to Template::Extract:
my $x = Template::Extract->new( );
my $data = $x->extract($template, $doc);
You end up with a data structure that looks like this:
$data = { records => [
{ url => "...", title => "...", date => "...", content => "..." },
{ url => "...", title => "...", date => "...", content => "..." },
The XML::RSS Perl module [Hack #94] can painlessly turn this data structure into a well-formed RSS feed:
$rss = new XML::RSS;
$rss->channel( title => "Martyn's Diary",
link => "http://www.piperecords.co.uk/news/diary.asp" ,
description => "Martyn Joseph's Diary" );
for (@{$data->{records}}) {
title => $_->{title},
link => $_->{url},
description => $_->{content}
print $rss->as_string;
Job done—well, nearly.
You see, it's a shame to have solved such a generic problem—scraping a web page into an RSS feed—in such a specific way. Instead, what I really use is the following CGI driver, which allows me to specify all the details of the site and the RSS in a separate file:
#!/usr/bin/perl -T
use Template::Extract;
use LWP::Simple qw(get);
use XML::RSS;
use CGI qw(:standard);
print "Content-type: text/xml\n\n";
my $x = Template::Extract->new( );
my %params;
path_info( ) =~ /(\w+)/ or die "No file name given!";
open IN, "rss/$1" or die "Can't open $file: $!";
while (<IN>) { /(\w+): (.*)/ and $params{$1} = $2; last if !/\S/; }
my $template = do {local $/; <IN>;};
$rss = new XML::RSS;
$rss->channel( title => $params{title}, link => $params{link},
description => $params{description} );
my $doc = join "\n", grep { /\S/ } split /\n/, get($params{link});
$doc =~ s/\r//g;
$doc =~ s/^\s+//g;
for (@{$x->extract($template, $doc)->{records}}) {
title => $_->{title},
link => $_->{url},
description => $_->{content}
print $rss->as_string;
Now I can have a bunch of files that describe how to scrape sites:
title: Martyn's Diary
link: http://www.piperecords.co.uk/news/diary.asp
description: Martyn Joseph's diary
[% FOR records %]
[% ... %]
<acronym title="Click here to read this article">
[% title %]</acronym> ([% date %])

[% ... %][% content %]

[% ... %]
When I point my RSS aggregator at the CGI script (http://blog.simon-cozens.org/rssify.cgi/martynj), I have an instant scraper for all those wonderful web sites that haven't made it into the RSS age yet.
Template::Extract is a brilliant new way of doing data-directed screen scraping for structured documents, and it's especially brilliant for anyone who already uses Template to turn templates and data into HTML. Also look out for Autrijus's latest crazy idea, Template::Generate (http://search.cpan.org/author/AUTRIJUS/Template-Generate/), which provides the third side of the Template triangle, turning data and output into a template.
Simon Cozens
Love comics but hate visiting multiple sites for your daily dose? Automate your stripping with some easy-to-use open source Perl software.
It's hard to believe that, across all the cultures of the Internet, there's one common denominator of humor. Can you guess what it is? No, no; it's not the "All Your Base Are Belong to Us" videos. It's the comic strip. Whether you're into geek humor, political humor, or unfortunate youngsters forever failing to kick a football, there's a comic strip for you.
In fact, there may be several comic strips for you. There may be so many that it's a pain to visit all the sites containing said comic strips to view them. But there's a great piece of software available to ease your woes: dailystrips grabs all the strips for you, presenting them in one HTML file. Combine it with cron [Hack #90] and you've got a great daily comic strip supplement right in your mailbox or web site. The author, Andrew Medico, makes it clear that if you set this up to run on a web site, you must ensure that you've configured your site to restrict access to you alone or risk some legal consequences.
dailystrips is available at http://dailystrips.sourceforge.net/, and this hack covers Version 1.0.27. There are two components to the program: the program itself and the definitions file, which defines the details of the available comic strips. As of this writing, dailystrips supports over 500 different comic strips. Once you've downloaded the program, go back to the download page and grab the latest definitions file, which is updated often. Save it over the strips.def file that comes packaged in the ZIP archive with the application.
After installation (see the INSTALL file or installation instructions online at http://dailystrips.sourceforge.net/1.0.27/install.html), dailystrips runs from the command line with several options. Here are a few of the more important ones:
Lists available strips
Downloads a random strip
--defs filename
Uses a user-specified strips definition file
Saves strips to a local HTML file rather than the default of
Prints a list of available options
To grab the latest "Get Fuzzy" comic and save to a local file, run:
% perl dailystrips --local getfuzzy
While the program is running, you'll get a count of any errors in retrieving the images of the strips. From my experiments, it looked like the nonsyndicated comics were easier to get and more consistent than the syndicated ones.
Once the program is finished, it'll either spit some HTML to
STDOUT or, if you've enacted the
--local option, save the strips to an HTML file named using
the current date. The file will save into the dailystrips directory.
In this hack, we're not hacking the hack so much as hacking the defs file. The defs file defines from where the strips are retrieved and the code snippets that are used to retrieve them. The defs file also includes groups, which are shortcuts to retrieving several comics at once. More extensive information on how to define strips is available from the README.DEFS file.
The first way to define new strips is by generating a URL based on the current date. Here's an example for James Sharman's "Badtech" comic:
strip badtech
name Badtech
artist James Sharman
homepage http://www.badtech.com/
type generate
imageurl http://www.badtech.com/a/%-y/%-m/%-d.jpg
provides any
The first line specifies a unique strip name that you'll use to add the strip
to a group or get it from the command line. The second line,
name, specifies the name of the strip to display in the HTML
output. Next,
artist includes the name of the
illustrator, which will also display in the HTML output. The fourth line
determines the home page of the strip, and the fifth line specifies how the
strip is found. In this case, we're generating a URL.
imageurl specifies the URL of the comic, and
%-m, and
%-d specify the year, month, and day, respectively.
The final line,
provides, indicates which types of
strips the definition can provide: either
any for a
definition that can provide the strip for any given date, or
latest for a definition that can provide only the current
The other type of URL generation, searching, is as follows:
strip joyoftech
name The Joy of Tech
homepage http://www.joyoftech.com/joyoftech/
type search
searchpattern <IMG.+?src="(joyimages/\d+\.gif)\"
matchpart 1
baseurl http://www.joyoftech.com/joyoftech/
provides latest
Notice that the options are similar to the options in the previous example.
name, and
homepage options function as they do in the first example,
but the
type option is now
With this type, you need to include a
which specifies a Perl regular expression that will match the strip's URL. The
matchpart line tells the script which paranthetical
section to match. In this example, there's only one parenthetical section.
baseurl is necessary only when the
searchpattern line does not match a full URL (as in this
instance). When specified, it's prepended to whatever the regular expression of
searchpattern matches.
If you want to get a set of the same comic strips every day, it's kind of a pain to type them all in. dailystrips lets you specify a group name that gathers several comic strips at the same time. Groups go at the top of the definitions file and look like this:
group andrews
desc Andrew's Favorite Strips
include userfriendly dilbert foxtrot
include pennyarcade joyoftech thefifthwave monty bc
include wizardofid garfield adamathome
group is the name of the group, and
desc is its descriptive blurb. On each line after that, use
the word
include and whatever strips you want gathered
into the group. As you can see, there are 11 strips in this group. When you're
finished, put
end on its own line. You call groups of
strips with a
@, as in this example:
% perl dailystrips -l @andrews
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I Know, It Was A Gimme…
Off to a great start…
Kathy Willens/AP
The Yankees, as expected, emerged victorious in Game 1 of the ALDS against the high flying Minnesota Twins. Behind the frontline starting pitching of CC Sabathia, the Yanks took down the Twins, 7-2.
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The game started slowly with several passed balls and an early 2-0 lead for the sleep-deprived Twins. But a two-run homer by Mr. November, Derek Jeter, tied the score in the 3rd and the Yanks were off to the races.
Julie Jacobson/AP
Hideki Matsui continued to show the Yankees might be making a mistake in allowing Godzilla and his creaky knees to walk at the end of the season. Time and again, he has delivered the timely, clutch hits the team has needed. He did not disappoint on Wednesday night as he came through with a two-run homer in the 5th inning. Throw in a mixture of Phils (Hughes and Coke), a dash of Joba Chamberlain, and a touch of Mariano Rivera, and the Yankees had the ingredients for success.
The series resumes on Friday night at Yankee Stadium. Then, the series will move to Minnesota. As a Vikings fan, I am used to pulling for the home team at the Metrodome, but for a few days next week, I may as well be a Packers fan because I definitely will not be pulling for soon-to-be ex-tenants. Hopefully, the Yankees will be the team to end the Twins' Metrodome stay…
To the Twins' defense, they won an unlikely AL Central division championship in a 12-inning, highly intense play-off game against the Detroit Tigers, celebrated the victory, caught a flight to New York, and stood ready to play at Yankee Stadium less than 20 hours later. I suspect we'll see a more relaxed and resilient Twins squad on Friday. The series is far from over despite the Yankees' 8-0 record against the Twins this year. I seem to remember what happened to another ballclub that had an 8-0 record against the Yankees earlier this season…
I had hoped for a Cardinals-Yankees World Series, but it looks as though the Cards will be making an early exit. They held a 2-1 lead with two outs in the bottom of the 9th inning at Dodger Stadium today when Matt Holliday dropped a liner that would have been the game-ending third out. It was not meant to be as the extra out allowed the Dodgers to score 2 runs, and steal the victory, 3-2. The series moves to St. Louis with the Dodgers up, 2 games to none. In a short series format, I simply do not see any way for the Cards to dig out of their self-imposed hole.
Mark J. Terrill/AP
Of course, it only proves to never underestimate the power of Joe Torre…
Matt Sayles/AP
There is a series in Philly as the Colorado Rockies tied the NLDS at one game apiece with a 5-4 victory over the Phillies today. They defeated last year's play-off ace, Cole Hamels. Hamels left immediately after being pulled to be with his wife, who was delivering the couple's first child. All things considered, Cole can be excused for having other things on his mind. The series resumes in Denver on Saturday.
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This brings us to the Los Angeles Angels and Boston Red Sox. Game 1 in Anaheim is underway, and the Angels hold a 3-0 lead in the 7th inning. Ouch Julia! What time is it in Boston? 😉 It's a long night for you unless Big Papi can bring the Sox back in the late innings. Nevertheless, Julia and I have agreed to a final wager for what will hopefully be the final meeting between the Yankees and the Red Sox in the American League Championship Series. Of course, there are obstacles in the way called the Angels and Twins that could derail our plans. The winner will be decided by a) the team that advances the furthest into the play-offs, or 2) the winner of a possible head-to-head match-up in the ALCS. The loser must post photos wearing the winning team's hat and t-shirt, while holding a sign declaring that the winning team "is better". I'm ready, Julia! How about you?
Back to the Yanks, Jorge Posada needs to back off his criticism of Jose Molina catching A.J. Burnett in Game 2. Burnett and Molina have clicked and Jose helped A.J. end his summer slide in early September. Jorge, bite your tongue and take one for the team…
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What a fun game tonight in LA..or not…and the time Scott? 12:53am as I am typing this; I know – not even 10pm in San Jose. Game on my friend! GO TWINS!!! GO RED SOX
Oh and Scott – You're not sorry….;-)
Oh – are you going to dress like that Red Sox fan in the picture up above when you lose? LOL!! Sorry – I couldn't resist….;-)
When I saw Cole Hamels bolt out of the dugout, I thought he was upset that the Phillies were losing – until the announcers explained the situation with his wife! Lots going on in baseball yesterday, but now we're up again tonight, weather permitting. I like these 3 p.m start times for us here in CA. Yes, they're hell on the work day, but they allow us to watch and still get to sleep at a reasonable hour! GO YANKS.
Scott, what a crazy start to the Post Season. These games are just wild. With the exception of the 1st Phils/Rocks tilt and the game last night in Anaheim. But every other game has been fabulous.
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Donnie Walsh is dying to find a way to take Marbury's money. Marbuy needs to take a 15 million dollar buyout and go to a contender for the other 6 million.
From realgm.com via ESPN.com:
"For his apparent refusal to play in Detroit, the Knicks have suspended Stephon Marbury without pay. Marbury has also been told to stay away from the team, at least until Monday.
"A player's central obligation is to provide his professional services when called upon," Donnie Walsh said in announcing the suspension. "Because [Marbury] refused the coach's request to play in the team's last game, we had no choice but to impose disciplinary action."
With Marbury sent home, the Knicks will try to determine the next course of action. Further fines and suspensions are possible; the team could continue discussions on a buyout; or the Knicks may simply decide to tell Marbury to stay home, pay him his remaining salary, and keep him on the roster until he is traded or released.
"We feel the discipline imposed by the Knicks is baseless," said Hal Biagas of the National Basketball Players Association. "We plan to file a grievance."
Marbury gave an extended interview with the New York Post.
"We need to separate from the relationship," he said. "The marriage is over. It's a done deal."
About Mike D'Antoni, Marbury said, "I wouldn't trust him to walk my dog across the street.""
Donnie Walsh is dying to find a way to take Marbury's money. Marbuy needs to take a 15 million dollar buyout and go to a contender for the other 6 million.
Jeremon Linbury
It's time for both sides to move on.
Someone has to explain the mathematics of buyouts to Marbury because he doesn't have an agent to do that. Once he understands that he's not going to get his full Knick salary because he will be able to negotiate another salary with his new team, they can work out the details.
aha fined 1/110 of his salary, or 400 k...hey at least its something...i'll really be amazed if some team trys to acquire this guy this year, for any amount..
marbury is only hurting his own situation, guy is too stuborn to realize the bigger picter
Marbury needs to take a buyout and go to a contender. Anyone with half a brain knows that all he has to do is go to the Celtics or Lakers, and he'll win an instant championship.
Jeremon Linbury
I'm not entirely sure like I said, it would make sense. But maybe the new CBA requires complete buyouts (that is, a void of the contract). I'm not sure, it would make sense but I feel like that would've been done already...
The CBA is more complicated than the Internal Revenue Code and there are fewer loopholes.
If Marbury is bought out/waived -- no matter what the number -- the Knicks cap space is still stuck at the $21.9M amount of his 2008-09 contract. There is a small reduction if he signs with someone else after he is bought out/waived, but that reduction is a fraction of the $1.2M veteran's minmum. I thought it was half of it, $600,000.00, but I have read in some reports that it is only one-quarter, $300,000.00. The Knicks can not pay part of Marbury's contract and take back the difference in someone else's contract.
Unless the other team has plenty of cap space, Marbury can not be traded without the Knicks taking back essentially the equivalent of Marbury's salary in other contracts. And the team to which Marbury is traded takes on his full $21.9M salary as part of its cap. But rest assured, no team is going to do that.
Hahn's article today stated that the Knicks can not simply send Marbury home to sit out the season without his approval. I assume the statement is based on some CBA provision.
I think Marbury's stubbornness is going to force Dolan's hand and the Knicks will eat his entire contract. They can not have him around and Marbury knows that. I am not sure this stubbornness will endear Marbury to his possible future employers.
They calculate the present value of your contract (since you get the money up front and can earn interest right away you get a little less) and also subtract the value of your new contract.
That way, the player gets every penny he is entitled to and the team gets a discount because they don't get his services, the new team gets them.
Some players will accept even less in order to sign with a specific team, specific city etc.... but no one gets full value of their contract and then signs another contract and makes even more money.
Ive followed Pacers a lot during Walsh era, and one thing i can say - he deals with 'cancers' around February deadline. Artest is a good example.
Deadline is when lottery teams show up and look for expiring deals.
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Warming Up For 2008
My parents are two of the luckiest people around. During the regular season, they live at my boyhood home about 15 miles from Safeco Field. During Spring Training, they live at their winter home about 3 miles from the Mariners spring training home — the Peoria Sports Complex.
Before the 2008 season began, Colleen, Tim and I headed to Peoria to meet up with my folks and my Mariners for some Spring Training.
Courtesy of Google Maps, here is an aerial view of the Peoria Sports Complex:
At the top center is the stadium where the Mariners and Padres play their home spring training games. The Mariners spring training fields are below to the left. The two fields to the far left are the Mariners Single-A training fields. The next two fields to the right are the Mariners Double-A and Triple-A fields. Next, is the Mariners secondary Major League field. Above that field is the Mariners administrative building and parking lot. Next to the administrative building to the right is the Mariners primary Major League field. Below the primary field, is a partial field where they do infield drills.
Then on the right side, the Padres have a mirror image of the Mariners training fields.
Spring training is incredibly cool and relaxing. One thing I love is all of the open grass between the training fields. It is a perfect set up that allowed us to watch the Mariners run drills and take BP while my dad and I played a lot of catch:
Those pictures are all taken in the grass between the Mariners Major League fields and the administrative building, which also has a big bullpen set up and indoor batting cages lining the big open grass area. In fact, you can see the bullpens behind my dad and Tim in the top two of the last four-picture set.
In the first day or two of our trip, we just watched the Mariners training. Here is Ichiro watching Raul Ibanez taking BP on the main field:
Every time we went to training, we'd walk away with a new baseball or two…
…with all of the fields around the public area, it is not unusual for random foul balls to be hit into the public area from all directions. You have to stay alert.
On our first day there, we ran into Mariners catching prospect Adam Moore who was working out one-on-one with a coach on the secondary Major League field…
…after he finished up, we got his autograph on one of the baseballs Tim had collected earlier in the day and got Tim's first picture with a professional ballplayer. Finally, at the end of 2009, Moore made the Mariners major league roster. Hopefully we will see a lot of him in 2010.
I really enjoyed watching the Minor Leaguers…
…they were always doing drills, taking BP, or playing games.
Ah, remember how I mentioned it is relaxing at Spring Training…
…this is an ideal way to spend a morning, relaxing with your family and playing catch with your dad while watching the Mariners prepare for the regular season.
Yep, and then we got more baseballs…
…and Tim got Willie "Ballgame" Bloomquist to sign that little bat.
Spring Training is also good for normal bats too…
…that's a bat that my dad got from a Mariners minor leaguer. No cracks or anything. Just a nice fully-intact bat. Tim and I got two bats from minor leaguers as well, both with small cracks.
Here's another cool part of Spring Training…
…Mariners are always walking by 5 feet away from you.
While my dad and I would play catch, Tim would run around with his grandma…
…or would get a lot of piggy back rides.
Soon, it was time for some games, so we would head to the main stadium in the afternoons:
All around the outside of the stadium, there were a bunch of big concrete baseballs…
…that Tim would try to push around, unsuccessfully.
Here is a view of the main stadium:
I'm not going to do game reports here. Just a few highlights.
Here is a view of where we sat at most of the games:
When we arrived at Spring Training, they'd already played a bunch of games. And Ichiro was batting .000 (zero hits so far). He was something like 0-20.
His luck would change as soon as we arrived. Actually, he didn't play in our first game. But in his very first at-bat that Tim and I saw him have in the spring, he got his first hit of the spring…
…and he got at least 1 hit in all three games we saw him play during the spring. Specifically, he went 1-4, 2-4 with a homerun, and 1-4.
During one of the games, I took "The Ruthian" challenge:
On this trip, I also was able to achieve a life long dream…
…my first ever Mariners game (or any professional baseball game) on my birthday. I always wished growing up that I could have rounded up a bunch of my friends and gone to a Mariners game on my birthday. But its hard to do when you weren't born during the baseball season. So this was a real special treat for me. And, as a special gift, Ichiro and Adrian Beltre both hit a homerun for me, and the Mariners got me the win.
For our final spring training game, we sat on the outfield berm…
…Colleen, Tim and I all came down with a cold. So this was an odd game sitting out there.
But we still managed to get a picture that I absolutely love:
So, Tim's first spring training was a smashing success. We came home with 12 baseballs, 2 bats, a couple autographs, a winning Mariners record of 2-1-1, and a lot of great memories.
BUT WAIT…our pre-season baseball wasn't finished yet.
Several of my colleagues are big Phillies fans and share the "weekend" ticket package…or maybe its just the "Sunday" ticket package. Whatever. The Phillies had two more pre-season games after breaking camp in Florida. They call it the "On Deck" series. And one of my colleagues gave us their tickets because no one in the group was going to use them.
So, a day or two before opening day, Tim and I headed down to Philadelphia for a freezing cold game against the Blue Jays.
This was our view from our seats in Section 130:
As I said, IT WAS FREEZING!!! So, we got hot dogs to warm us up:
And we were excited to see our favorite Phil, Jamie Moyer, toeing the rubber:
After having such a laid back time at Spring Training, Tim re-acclimated to his Northeastern roots and jumped all over the umpire…
…"Come on you stinking bum, you need glasses or something!?"
Okay, he wasn't really saying that. But I LOVE that picture. Hilarious.
It was so cold that we gave up our excellent seats and headed over to the sunny seats in the leftfield porch:
Still, it was so cold that the unthinkable happened, by about the fourth inning Tim suggested that we should go home!
I was fine leaving early. So we made a deal that we'd leave after spending one inning behind the Phils dugout watching Moyer up close. We made our way over there in time to see Pat Burrell step to the plate…
…of course, as he seemingly always does when Tim is in the house, Burrell hit a bomb…
We got a great close-up view of Moyer on the mound:
Then some nice fan took a picture of me, Tim and my vacation-hold-over-beard…
…which I am told made me look about 50 years older than I actually am. Oh, well.
And with that, we called it a day, and a pre-season, and we went home and waited for our favorite holiday, Mariners opening day.
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wow, i stay right next to the sports complex in the la quinta most years I go there in the summer, and my relatives live tenminutes away from there. i love that area, and the last two years ive walked around { in 105 heat} and picked up a bunch of abanded baseballs around the complex, which i just use for playing catch. your parents are extremely lucky.
Cool, man. Maybe we'll run into each other at spring training some time. I don't get to spend a lot of time in AZ, but it definitely seems cool. My folks get to see lots of interesting stuff in addition to spring training, like the fall ball when they have teams composed of groups of players from different MLB teams.
Thanks for the beautiful bird's eye view of Peoria Sports Complex! The arrangement of baseball fields reminds me of four-leaf clovers (the minor league fields at the end) and Phalenopsis orchid flowers (the major league fields and the building with a parking lot).
(please rotate the bird's eye photo of the baseball fields by 45 degrees, so that the building with a parking lot is viewed at the top)
Happy holidays to you all!!
Yep. Spring Training is good stuff. Be sure to check it out if you ever get a chance.
Good call. I wonder if they planned that. And, thanks for the holiday wishes. Same to you! We had a great day today with my folks who are visiting from Seattle. Hey, only a few days now until 2010…and then Spring Training will be right around the corner!
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Monday, January 25, 2010
Near East Versus Middle East
So is there a difference between Middle East and Near East? The answer is "nes" or "yo" or "kind of" depending on the year of usage.
The term "Middle East" was officially coined by Alfred Thayer Mahan in 1902 though use of the words has been found from writings from 1900 by British General Thomas Gordon and the term probably existed earlier. The Middle East was used to describe Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) to British India (western limit being where Pakistan is). The Near East was the Ottoman realms in Europe (modern Albania, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Greece, Cyprus with Asia Minor, Syria, Israel, and Jordan).
The various easts (Near, Middle, Far) were made from a European point-of-view (being The West) to divide the various foreign, culturally odd realms from Europe itself. This type of thinking is what led the Greeks to differentiate Europe from the rest of Eurasia.
The Balkan Wars and World War I changed the dynamic of Orientalism (thinking about the easts). Eastern Europe and Ataturk's Turkey were no longer viewed as "foreign" but instead were thought of becoming European. The rump remnants of the Near East were grouped in with the rest of the Middle East. Today those those two terms have been mixed together with no real difference in the use of the term.
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- chirol said...
Twas I, Sir Ignatius Valentine Chirol that actually coined the term Middle East in my book 'The Middle Eastern Question'
- Trevor Huxham said...
Very interesting linguistic study here. While reading Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel, I noticed that he referred to the region in question as "Southwest Asia"—an unfamiliar yet neutral term to describe what most people refer to as the Middle East. Of course, this would not include any nations in North Africa as "Middle East" does. Nevertheless, "Southwest Asia" seems a more neutral alternative, especially since it's not based on an "us vs. them" demarcation of the world.
On another note, where exactly is the dividing line between the West and the East? It can't be very straight, since Spain borders Morocco to the south, and Russia looms over Europe to the northeast.
- Catholicgauze said...
It seems your namesake's own book praises Mahan.
Very true. That will be an upcoming blog feature. As for East versus West, some people like to think in terms of Global North and Global South. However, the southern most countries like Argentina and Australia are more "Global North" than southern countries like Congo, Vietnam, etc.
- data diplomacy said...
Seems bureaucrats and social scientists always make such a hash when confronted by geography. So near, middle and far east have been replaced by relevant SW, South, Central, SE and North(NE) Asia. these seem to be relevent in terms of key actors and relationships amongst them.
if you quote Mahan don't leave out Mackinder's heartland. There was also the cold war "Northern tier" for the countries on the southern flank of the USSR/Warsaw Pact (Turkey,Iraq, Iran, Pakistan) united under the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO). Why northern probably had something to do with the geopolitics of containment or maybe cold high deserts and mountains, go figure...
I always loved the sociological core/periphery, 1st/2nd and 3rd worlds, north /south and south/south relationships. Users of the terms seem to think they refer to actual geography versus being a neat theoretical construct. Is it wrong to say that these are all attempts to restate basic geography about spatial and temporal distribution and proximity (however you define that) is a mutable term in space time and technology?
- Leszek said...
It's probably a wee bit late, but the Middle East/Near East is not present in every language. In Polish, Near East is the same area, but Middle East is more like Iran + stans.
It is so, you just tend to forget that area.
- Catholicgauze said...
It is never too late to comment. Very insightful input, looks like the original meanings stayed the same in Polish unlike in English.
- Français said...
In french we have three "distinct" EAST:
Near East: Proche Orient
Middle East: Moyen Orient
Far East: extreme Orient
Very confusing!
- Catholicgauze said...
Very interesting. Thank you!


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Restaurants across Boston planned fundraising events Wednesday night to benefit victims of the Boston Marathon attack and their families — including some of their own. The two bombings near the finish line of the Boston Marathon killed three and injured more than 180 people who were packed into the city's Back Bay neighborhood Monday for the race. Among those killed was 29-year-old Krystle Campbell, a former catering operations manager at Jasper White's Summer ...
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Lindsay Lohan — Timeline of Trouble
Antonio Martinez
| October 20, 2011 - 9:12 am
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