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The Phillies trade of Shane Victorino last season left a gaping hole in centerfield heading into the 2013 campaign. With a bevy of free agent centerfielders available, and even more available via trade, the Phillies stood to shore up the position for years to come. While I argued for the likes of Peter Bourjos, Angel Pagan or Denard Span, the Phillies opted to acquire Ben Revere, a young, speedy, team-controlled outfielder still approaching his prime. The move was met with mixed reviews. Some were scared off by his utter lack of power while others were fans of his defense, baserunning and potential.
By the end of April, most fans were ready to throw in the towel on the Revere experiment, as his weaknesses were magnified and his strengths didn't look that strong. He was hitting .200 with a .234 on-base percentage in an everyday role. He hit into more double plays than are typically associated with a speedster and failed to beat out dribblers and infield grounders. While his range proved solid up the middle, it wasn't exemplary, and was at least partly canceled out by his arm. Revere simply wasn't playing good baseball and was a big reason for the Phillies slow start.
John Mayberry, Jr got off to a much better start, hitting .242/.324/.470 in April, while playing adequate defense at the most important outfield post. As fans grew tired of Revere's struggles, and the general approach that led to his lack of productivity, many gravitated towards Mayberry as the everyday starter.
But then something funny happened – Revere gradually started hitting well while Mayberry's power was sapped. From May 1-June 3 — prior to Tuesday night's dramatic walkoff win — Revere hit .300/.344/.344 while Mayberry hit .280/.308/.300. Yes, Revere actually outslugged Mayberry for over a month. Two extra inning home runs for Mayberry, coupled with Revere's 0-5 on Tuesday, shifted the paradigm but this comparison offers yet another reminder of why decisions shouldn't be based on small sample sizes when much more tangible evidence about true talent levels exist.
Who the Phillies should start in centerfield isn't a cut and dried decision, as listeners of 94.1 WIP felt Wednesday morning, when 69% voted for Mayberry. Rather, it depends upon the organization's goals and a realistic team projection, which may prove difficult for a front office that may undergo significant changes moving forward.
One of the problems the Phillies have with this Revere-Mayberry scenario is that each player represents an archetype that proves useful in different situations. Revere is a young, everyday player worth a full and extended look. His playing time shouldn't be tinkered with, as his career numbers are better than what he has shown so far, and it's tougher to break out of a funk when your playing time is reduced.
He is a solid centerfielder for a team banking on its developmental staff helping him reach his potential in a non-contending phase. Mayberry is a stopgap solution. He is the type of player a team sticks with in centerfield because he is cheap and the front office opted against a big-ticket free agent.
Since the team seems committed to using Delmon Young in right field, the Phillies are at a philosophical fork in the road, because it makes little sense to platoon Revere and Mayberry. Even though they bat from opposite sides, Revere is best utilized with more frequent playing time in center, while Mayberry is best utilized as part of a corner outfield platoon. What makes the most sense is to go with a Brown-Revere-Mayberry outfield, as JMJ already provides what Delmon Young does at the plate, but with much improved baserunning and fielding to boot.
Sure, Young may have had a good playoff series last year, but he is worse than Mayberry and the numbers back up that assertion. Since last season, Mayberry has batted 608 times with a .250/.306/.407 line, a .310 wOBA and 93 wRC+. Young has batted 719 times, with a .260/.293/.412 line, a .305 wOBA and 89 wRC+. Mayberry has 18 home runs to Young's 23 but the two are equals on an AB/HR basis.
With Mayberry's extra-inning heroics Tuesday night, the Phillies might feel pressured to work him into the lineup more often, and that will unfortunately come at the expense of Revere. Revere has been playing better over the last 35 days and will continue to see his batting line improve barring some serious fluke — his .281 BABIP would represent a marked drop from his career average if it was sustained. Removing him from the lineup isn't going to improve the team because that would be a present decision based off of past numbers.
The decision of who to play in the outfield should be based on projections moving forward as well as the team's overall plans.
The Phillies don't know what they are right now. At 30-30, they are a hot streak away from being in the thick of the Wild Card race, but they have been unable to put together even a lukewarm streak this season. Treating Delmon Young as a concrete starter in the same way the team views Domonic Brown is a mistake. With Brown set in left, the Phillies would be better suited to play Revere full-time in center to truly gauge what they have over a meaningful sample, while using some type of NixBerry platoon in right field.
If the team is content with Young playing everyday, it should test the trade markets with Mayberry or commit to using him as a reserve. Juggling he and Revere in center doesn't move the needle this season and could hurt the development of someone they acquired as a long-term centerfield solution.
The first step is understanding where the team is and how it figures to fare moving forward. The team has done enough mortgaging the future for short-term success, and limiting Revere's playing time is not the answer. Mayberry should play more often, but it should come at the expense of Young, not Revere.
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Mayberry is a platoon player period. I would give Revere the whole season to see what we have.
Excellent analysis, Eric. Maybe in a month or two, our outfield will be Ruf (LF-1B), Mayberry (OF-1B), Brown (LF-RF), Revere (CF), and Nix (RF-1B)… maybe bring Schierholtz back for D. Young and a prospect in July?
Pretty sure you were joking, but No chance that the Cubs would want D.Young… let alone give us anything of value in return
I'm not a Mayberry fan, but IMO he's a better option than either D Young or Revere, and I 100% agree Mayberry is a platoon player at best, which just goes to show you what I think of our current CF/RF. This team is going no where unless they acquire a legit major league outfielder for ONE of these positions, and soon.
Revere's defense isn't nearly as good as it was sold to us as (and certainly doesn't make up for the lack of offense), and combined with his noodle arm, almost makes him a liabilty in CF. If I see him break back on a shallow flyball that ends up dropping in front of him for a hit or a slow runner going 1st-3rd on a single to center one more time, I'm going to pull the rest of my hair out.
Delmon Young makes Pat Burrell look like Willie Mays defensively, and so far his offense is nothing to write home about, either.
Delmon Young makes Pat Burrell's grandmother look like Willie Mays defensively.
Contrary to what many Phillies fans think, the Ben Revere trade was a perfect move. The Phillies traded Vance Worley (now in the minors after imploding with the Twins) and Trevor May (sporting his 4+ ERA in the minors) for Ben Revere (a young player with potential who the Phillies control until 2018 for under a million a year). Has Revere lived up to his potential? Hopefully not. Has Revere done well enough to justify the trade? Certainly. One of the alternative center fielders not mentioned in this article is B.J. Upton. who is batting 100 points lower than Revere and making $12.5 million more. Any fan who was hoping the Phillies got Upton cannot say that Amaro did poorly or that Ben Revere is a poor investment. Also, any fan who says that his inability to hit home runs is a terrible thing needs to take a look at Juan Pierre's career stats. Juan Pierre manufactured his own run the other night, and if Revere works out, he will be able to do the same. If not, the Phillies would have spent $3 million on the gamble.
I agree. I liked the move then and still like it now.
Your viewpoint is woefully one sided for the sake of making your point. You talk about potential in Revere, and point to Upton's poor season like he is what he is. How anyone could think BJ's first 3 month's is what they'll see the balance of the year, let alone the contract would be amazing. It doesn't even get into value per money, that part's a given, but you'd have to think they could have swung a better deal for 2 pitchers, not cutting it or not. There was very little enthusiasm for signing Upton from what I saw, you make it sound like whatever number it was in favor of BJ had conviction. The bottom line is this. This discussion is relevant because it's current reality. But no matter how many wrongs you add trying to make a right, it doesn't work. There's no right decision between Young, Revere and Mayberry. None are regulars. The only right answer is to pray for production, until you can do netter. Ben Revere was not, and in my view, won't be a right answer. Team control isn't always a good thing. It can be a hinderance. Bennie is basically that. That he might be outperforming Worley and May to this point is besides the point. Trades aren't a short term conclusion, and yu have to compare it to what else you might have gotten for the 2 arms.
A couple of points:
Upton is a bit older than Revere, so he probably does have less upside than Revere.
We'll never know what the Phils could have gotten for the two traded arms, but I'd be willing to guess it could only have been a different version of Revere. Worley had just come off a mediocre, injury plagued season, and niether arm seems to be progressing much.
Thanks for your reply. First of all, many fans did want BJ Upton, and I think RAJ did as well but was wise enough to stay away. Upton is a proven commodity. He will provide 150+ strikeouts per year, a .250 average or lower, 20 HR, and 70 RBI. The Phillies could not afford to add another 150+ strikeout man to the lineup for an extended time. Really no outfield options were great on the market this year, and I think trading for Ben Revere saved the Phillies from getting another burdensome contract on the payroll. To say that Revere is a hindrance is absurd. With as little as they are paying him, they can absorb the contract and send him to the minor leagues or designate him for assignment if he struggles too much. His stats this year are not overwhelmingly good or bad so far. I would like to see the hitting coaches work with him to become more of a true leadoff man by being more selective and taking/ fouling off pitches. The two walks yesterday were nice to see–especially after years of watching Jimmy pop up the first pitch of the game.
To write off a 25-year old player who has shown potential seems like a terrible decision–especially when Domonic Brown is just now starting to show what he can do. It also seems like a poor decision to write off young players when most of the issues surrounding the organization deal with aging. Hopefully my assessment of the situation is correct for all of our sakes, but if not, the Ben Revere trade will certainly not be one we look back on with disdain.
@lilwengs, I agree, it's way too early to give up on Revere. A couple of points though: he is already pretty disciplined; he doesn't walk much because pitchers have little incentive to throw him a strike, since there is little chance of an extra base hit.
Secondly, if one actually counts the number times Rollins has popped up on the first pitch, it would be a small number. After all, he swings at the first pitch a good deal less than players do on average.
derp. …little incentive to throw him *anything but* a strike…
Eric… great article! I couldn't agree with you more…
My only hope is that Delmon Young keeps showing some power, enough to make some stupid AL team give up a low-level prospect for him at the trade deadline this year…. I hate Young, but while he's playing, I hope he produces to improve his value (unfortunately, if he produces, it makes them want to play him more)… ugh
Why would you want a low-level prospect anyway? It's better if he just flat out struggles some more so that the team is forced to let him go and can finally move on to the Nix/Mayberry platoon. If D Young gets on a hot streak for any reason, sure it'd improve his value, but it'll also buy him even some more wiggle room when future struggles arise –costing us even more runs/games.
a low-level prospect as in… nobody is going to give you a AAA player that's close to MLB ready for 2 months of Delmon Young ……. the more likely scenario is that they'd give you someone in High-A with some upside
It's not that you "want" a low-level prospect, but that's the return for the value D.Young would have
That's not my point. I'm saying that the difference between a low level prospect and nothing is basically nothing. So I'd prefer if the Phils management just releases him asap before he keeps costing us runs, and by default, games. (Contrary to what you're saying about hoping he gets hot so we could trade him —if he gets hot, we'll probably keep him for too long, and that's not a good thing!)
you realize by low-level … I just mean Young, with upside … not low-level, as in someone stuck in A-ball because he's not good right?
Like how the Phillies were more willing to trade guys from A, AA over the past few years than the AA/AAA guys that were close to being impact players.
We can agree to disagree, though I'm highly confused as to why you wouldn't want the Phillies thin farm system to gain any extra players with upside
I thought that there's no such thing as 'low-level with upside.' Nobody is gonna give anything with upside for Delmon Young, even if he gets hot. IF you could get something in return, it's basically gonna be an organizational filler. We're better off simply releasing him now. The gains for the big league team from that move alone should outweigh any potential gains from a trade.
I'm confused as to why you're so confused about this…. lets say they trade to him Team X for their #10 overall prospect, a guy that might be 20 years old, in A-ball…. scouts like him, but nobody is sure he'll be a star.. he has the tools, need to see if it clicks.
that's a low-level prospect… I understand that nobody is giving the Phillies a Baseball America TOP 100 for a Delmon Young rental.. but you can get a guy that your scouts like, which is much better than releasing a player for nothing – which you know the Phillies won't do in Young's case.
Personally, I doubt if any team would give even the type of player you've described for Young. Eventually, as he gets less and less desirable, other teams will merely out-wait the Phils. There's no reason whatsoever for any team to give up a player to get a guy who will most likely be released sooner or later.
I'm with Manny when he says "The gains for the big league team from that move alone should outweigh any potential gains from a trade."
Don M,
DY's got a .704 OPS over the past 3 seasons, which doesn't profile well for a DH, and he doesn't run or field well, which doesn't profile well for RF or LF. Why would a team give up a prospect who has a chance to make the majors for that type of production, not to mention that baggage that comes with it? If what you're talking about is getting organizational filler for DY, then maybe some team will give up a class D prospect to have him platoon at DH, but if that's all they can get, they might as well just release him now and move on (and save a few dollars).
Mike in NJ,
Thanks Buddy. You saved me a lot of time by stating my EXACT opinion. Eric calls Revere a solid CF? He's developing. Fair to poor instincts but the arm & bat leave him developing in the minors IMO. Less baseball intelligence than Victorino. He was thrown out trying to steal 3rd with no outs recently. I disregard him getting on base because he can not drive the ball
Sure. JMJ is a stop gap measure. So what? We are going to straddle the fence of building for the future and winning simultaneously? It was insane to add a player at a key position like center field who has no ability to drive the ball on a team that struggles to score runs.
I want to see
You just used the same sample size to praise Revere (one month). How about we use their season-to-date numbers since that's a larger sample size. Mayberry's season-to-date numbers are significant better than Revere's. Revere is in the bottom 10 in the MLB in most offensive categories and his defense has been erratic and below average. He's batting lead off and getting the most ABs on the team. Makes no sense.
I think Eric, in the long run, is comparing career numbers, not some small sample from this year alone. His citing of this year's stats are there only to show that in a small sample size, those stats can be pretty meaningless; he's not saying that Revere is better because he's hit better for one month.
To me the answer is obvious: dump Delmon Young. He's hurting the team both offensively and defensively far more than Revere ever will. Young will hit the ball out every once in a while, but when and if he only gets a base hit, he can't run (check on how many times Manuel has used a pinch runner for him), which wastes a player. He can't even come close to playing decent defense.
Revere may never have power, but his speed will make up for some of that. His arm is week, but Juan Pierre and Johnny Damon could never throw worth a d— either. And Revere is younger and cheaper than Delmon, who will be getting more expensive with every game he plays.
Release DYoung today …play Mayberry ..bring up Ruf,spot start him in OF & 1B
I'd hardly pretend to knowing when the right time to call a guy up is, unless it's maybe Mike Trout level obvious, but being as this situation offers no answers that seem plausible, this is about as good a suggestion as we can look at. Maybe it's better to keep searching externally, but this seems semi sensible.
Speaks to the degree of wanting to9 throw your arms up, although IF I were looking to defend Rube, he didn't throw money around. But I'm not. I like profitability AND winning. .
We should trade d young for a prospect to some al team willing to gamble on him.. leave revere alone in cf let him play and develop, even as solid as a cf as Victorino was he still misplayed balls last year, revere is young and has speed let's give him sometime..
I think about moving Brown back to right and calling up ruf give him a shot in left field see how he does for a month or so, he certainly can't do any worse than d young.. if amaro wants to get younger than give our young kids a chance
I might get hungry again sometime, so words I'll eat might actually come in useful sometime, but can I break some news to those that think Del Young is tradable?
Not a sliver of a chance. Not even that. There seemed to be ZERO interest in the fella in the off season. None. And now, with trade candidates all over the place for the deadline, who in the name of Bowie Kuhn is gonna give up something for HIM? Bowie was The Village Idiot (no disrespect to Princeton University). Chances are Ali level certain over Chuck Wepner that anyone TRADING for Delmon is The Second Comuing of The Village Idiot.
In the meantime, hope he gets hot while he's here. And don't give it back defensively.
Delmon couldn't get hot enough to make up for his defense.. he's a dh and that's it and with 15 clubs that use the dh at least one would give something even 50k for him..
Mayberry isnt the option. Simply put he is a 4th OF'er. He is good defensively and can run the basepaths more like he hurdles them with them long legs. Up till recently with Dom Browns possible emergence the OF was a mess. Mayberry just isnt good enough offensively to be a starter on a supposed upper echelon team. Not to long ago it was the Galvis chant when he that one HR a few games back. It was just one good game.
You think Revere is good enough? Why?
He has 1,200 career ABs with a .630 OPS. His stolen bases help, but he's still way below average offensively and overrated defensively. Nate McClouth is having a great year, leads the AL in stolen bases. He signed a 1 year deal for 2 million. He would have been a great short term fix until they see if one their minor league OF projects materializes.
Reveres ops is irrelevant as he is not a slugger.. his OBP being only 315 career is the problem a leadoff man with speed needs to get on base at a higher percentage… it doesn't matter if he doubles or triples he can steal those bases.. granted he got caught at third the other night but he's still learning to play he's not polished yet..
Slugging is not irrelevant for a lead off hitter. The more bases you get, the better chance you have to score. He doesn't steal 2nd and 3rd every time he gets a single. His adjusted OPS (adding SBs to his slugging) is still way below average for his career. 1,200 ABs.
No one steals second every time they get a single, and very few actual leadoff men get tons of extra base hits. Also, I don't think the Phils were looking short term, because they really don't have much in the way of center field help except maybe way down on the farm. Gillies is about the only one close, but he's rarely been healthy.
By the way, just because McClouth signed for $2 million with one team doesn't mean he would have signed with the Phils for the same. In a bidding war, the price could have gone much higher.
it's important for a leadoff man to get on base and let the guys behind him drive him in.. revere doesn't need to hit for power he has to get on base.
He doesn't need to hit for power, but it would sure make him more valuable and productive if he did. After all, every player comes up in a variety of situations. Sometimes (leading off an inning, say) getting on is what's needed. And even then, if he puts himself at 2nd, or even better, scores, it doesn't require as many hits after that to get him home. Sometimes he'll come up with a runner on first and two outs, and an extra base hit is what's needed. Every player has roles they play more often than others, but everyone in the lineup is responsible for generating offense in all situations.
Delmon Young is not Willie Mays….but let's not forget that the hated RAJ was able to get some players in return for Mr. Thome… I bet he has planned to unload Willie Young for something when the time is right….
Good Point for this post in general. Revere and Delmon Young were both cheap gambles. As with all gambles, you just "got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, know when to run." Hopefully the management team listens to Kenny Rogers.
I think Mayberry is sounder defensively even if he doesn't make the spectacular plays that Revere has on occasion. Maybe Nix should be in right field today because he is better defensively than D.Young. What gets me is how many times Revere doesn't get the jump on the ball. The 9th inning on Sunday was a prime example of that. The first player hits a popup and Revere doesn't come in and catch it.
I never said the Phillies could have gotten McClouth for 2MM, did I? I said that's what he signed for. There were other options (no I don't mean BJ Upton, never liked him). Mayberry is a streaky hitter and not a long term solution but his .800 OPS looks a heck of a lot better than Revere's .567. I don't understand the timing of this article and the ridiculous support. Revere is a 4th OF / pinch runner, like he was tonight. Not sure what you guys are looking at. This year and career.
There are always other options, and many of them (in this case, McClouth, Upton, Victorino, Pagan, and maybe some trade options) but many of them are way more expensive and are also huge question marks.
Maybe everyone except you and a few others is wrong. The idea, though, is that many of us feel that Revere should at least be given a decent chance. He did hit in the .290's last year, does make some spectacular catches, steals bases frequently, and those that say he was moved to left because the Twins thought he couldn't play center fail to consider that the Twins, at the time, also had other CFers and a superb CF prospect they thought would be ready for 2013.
I just don't see why you want Revere onthe bench so badly. His true abilities can't possibly be judged if he does nothing but sit.
If the Phillies would stop trying to bat Revere in the leadoff position, there would not be much of an argument among knowledgeable people over who would be the starting centerfielder. Revere is one of the five best defensive center fielders in the game. 2013 will be his second year in the top 10 at the position, assuming he gets enough innings to qualify in the Range Factor/9Inn rankings as an OF. Denard Span is a very good center centerfielder. But, he has only managed to make those top 10 rankings three times in his six years. Revere would will make the rankings every year until he is thirty year old if he plays center 125 or more a year.
As a lead-off hitter Revere is not good. Careerwise, he has hit .257 as the first batter in a game. Leading off an inning, he hat hit .261. However, he hits better than .300 combined in every other situation. If you want to know the difference between April and May this year, you need only look at where he hit in the line up. Revere hit .087 hitting lead-off in the game and .196 leading off an inning this year. Revere is not lead-off hitter material. He is good good number two hitter material. He is useful hitting down in the line-up.
The fellow who makes out the Phillies' line up card insists on putting Revere in the lead-off spot despite the fact that Revere has a career OBP of .315 and has an abysmal base on balls percentage. Even Rollins looks good compared to Revere when it comes to taking a walk. Revere might someday become a good lead-off hitter; but, not under the pressure of a manager who has only contempt for player who for batters with no power.
Mayberry is a known quantity. He will have a hot streak or two at bat every season. He can be a decent player off the bench when he's not depressed. He's not a good centerfielder. An adequate centerfielder is worth 2.5 putouts a game. Mayberry's career average is 2.36.
Just so people don't have to guess. Here is the list of the top ten rankings since the corrected formula was instituted 64 years ago. You won't find Mayberry's name in any year. You will find Revere's in there for 2011 and the current year. Defense is all about getting to the ball and making the play. The spectacular plays are simply icing on the cake. Mayberry doesn't get to the ball nearly as often as Revere. Having a player of Revere's caliber in a key defensive makes the lesser defensive players that much better as well. They will play with more confidence, knowing they can "stay at home."
The corrected calculation that's been in use since 1950 is:
Range Factor per 9 Inn: 9 * (Putouts + Assists) / Innings Played
It was not used before 1950 because MLB depended on newspapers to gather the stats. The journalists were lax about noting when defensive replacements were sent in. In fact, in the years from 1950 to 1973 there are still some errors being tracked down. The old calc, the one used on mlb. com, (Putouts + Assists) / Games Played unfairly penalizes players who only play part of a game.
Phillies fans should be proud to know that Richie Ashburn still heads the list with the most first place finishes with five. Only 13 of his 15 seasons were recorded with the corrected formula. 1948 and 1949 were too early. Otherwise, he would have had seven first place finishes. Ashburn also has the highest percentage of years in the Top Ten defensive rankings, both in the old rankings and these, the corrected rankings. In this list he is 9 for 13. In the old list, he is 13 for 15. You can find out who is in the list and how many times by checking the the the little box in the upper left hand corner.
Have you actually read the lineup cards to make your simple observation that management "insists" on putting Revere in the leadoff spot? I have yet to see that spot with any name in it consistently. It's been Rollins sometimes, and last night it was M. Young.
Also, I have to agree with Jay that defensive stats are flawed. I can say this, though: Revere's routes and his jumps might be questionable, but he still somehow manages to make a shipload of plays other CFers don't. That's what really counts the most.
His arm, unfortunately, is not questionable; it's no-doubts-about-it lousy.
Instead of consulting your memory, let's consult baseball-reference. Revere has started 50 games in 2013. He batted lead-off in 26 of them, hitting.198 out of that spot. He's started 24 games batting in other spots in the lineup, batting .305 in those spots. Revere batted lead-off in the first 15 games of the season. Then he was first benched and then demoted in the batting order. After hitting near .400 for most of May, Manuel moved him back in the lead-off spot for 10 straight games and Revere's batting average plunged.
Your observation about Revere's arm is equally fact free. Revere had 8 assists in 1000 innings last year. That happens to quite respectable and contributed to his being the AL's #1 Total Zone Runs Outfielder despite playing right field primarily. He has 5 assists in 50 games this year. Does any Phillies have more? Has any Phillies outfielder come close? As it happens, Revere is tied for 8th among outfielders and is 3rd among centerfielders for all of MLB in assists despite having played more than 100 innings fewer than the leaders. Like many a great outfielder's, Revere's arm has gotten stronger every year since his rookie year.
Who said I was trelying on memory alone? The fact is, 26 out of fifty does not equate with management's "insistence" that he bat leadoff. I never once commented about what he might hit in that spot, but was merely contradicting your complaint about the "fellow who makes out the Phillies' lineup card." Your own checking (26 leadoff, 24 non-leadoff) pretty much proves that your "insistence" comment was inaccurate.
As far as outfield assists, those are one reason why defensive metrics are suspect. Nobody runs on the guys with great arms, so many times they don't rack up assists. Their "arm" shows in their not having to use it; their reputation for strong throws keeps people from taking that extra base. Despite Revere's assist totals, runners are still trying to advance on him, and many times succeeding.
First, you used the word "consistently" in reference to the lead-off. spot. Manuel consistently put Revere's name in the lead-off spot. for two stretches regardless of who was pitching. He benched Revere after both stints for failing to hit. Weasel any way you like, you are only fooling yourself.
Second, stats are kept on whether runners run on an outfielder when he handles the ball. These are simple stats and do not rely on human judgment. The stat n question is called the Hold%. Revere's Hold% this year is 47%. The MLB average for centerfielders is 44%. That means Revere is above average compared to other centerfielders. Last year when Revere played right for the Twins his Hold% was 51.5%. The MLB average for rightfielders was 46.3%. Again, Revere was above average compared to other rightfielders.. In the simplest terms, runners are less likely to run on Revere than on other outfielders as a group. Revere's rep for having a weak arm cam from his rookie year. last year he had an average arm. This year his arm seems to be slightly above average. More importantly, he know where to throw the ball. this is something many outfielders never learn.
As a comparison, Mayberry's Hold% as CF in 2012 was 42% and is 40% in 2013. His Hold% as a rightfielder is 29.6% this year. His career Hold% is 43..8% as a CF. and 39.6% as a rightfielder. The MLB averages for the years of his career are 44..9% CF and 46.8% RF. You can discount these all you like; but, these are the facts. Runners (and third base coaches) will take a chance on Mayberry's arm before they will take a chance on Revere's. And, they will take that extra base on Mayberry without a throw.
Finally, while it's true that coaches and runners take fewer chances on outfielders with reps for strong arms, it's obvious that they still take those chances. If that weren't true those outfielders wouldn't keep racking up assists. Revere is tied for 8th in assists right now. The guys ahead of him are all veteran starting outfielders with known excellent arms except one, Aaron Hicks. Hicks is one of the three centerfielders the Twins had on their bench and in their farm system that allowed them to trade both Span and Revere. Of course, the Twins did not expect to have to bring Hicks up so quickly ; but, like Revere, he is very fine defensively.
Simple observation:
There are no defensive plays that don't rely to some extent on human judgement. There has to be someone who is deciding what plays the runner might even have a chance to advance on? How deep does a single to right have to be before it's deemed that the runner has been held at second by the outfielder's arm or instead held at second because the hit wasn't deep enough? Was the runner held by the outfielder's arm, or because he's a slow runner?
Your statement that "it's true that coaches and runners take fewer chances on outfielders with reps for strong arms" pretty much backs up what I said earlier. And the idea that sometimes players take chances is meaningless in this regard, because the "chance" is also a judgement call. Some human has to decide how big that chance really was.
I've seen Revere throw, and there's not a soul or a statistic that will ever convince me he has a good arm. It's possible Revere could improve, I suppose, but for now I'm going to agree with all the scouts who say his arm is weak.
One other thing, SO, I still don't see 26 out of 50 games as "consistently." So what if some of those games have been in a row? It's still several games here, and several games there as a leadoff man, and it still only adds to 50%. That, to me, is not consistent, and it can't even come close to any "insistence"–your word–by management that he hits leadoff.
Defensive metrics are flawed. Anyone who has watched the Phillies games this year can tell that he is not a great CF. Even Wheels and McCarthy, the 2 biggest apologists for the organization, have criticized his defense (jump, read, route and arm).
Sophisticated defensive metrics are flawed because they rely on human judgments. The simple ones are not. They don't rely on human judgments. A great defensive outfielder is worthed 2.75 to 3.5 putouts per 9 innings over the course of a season. A good centerfielder is worth 2.5 to 2.75 putouts per nine innings. There are 64 seasons of data to back this observation up. That doesn't mean such an outfielder up will be perfect. Your anecdotal observation that Revere makes mistakes does not invalidate what he does well.
One name not mentioned in the off season candidates for the center field gig is Dexter Fowler. To whatever extent rumors are reliable, Fowler was at least mentioned in a passing way in the world of fanspeak, whether the Phils made any inquiries on him, I couldn't say.
Players have a hard adjustment with trades and switching teams through free agency. Some results suggest you'd nere know it as a new lease on life plays a central theme. So it's presumptuous to suggest Fowler would be kicking ass like he is in Coors land here in '13. Kicking ass is synonymous with a .300 batting average, and a 400 OBP. How Fowler might have translated through a near cross country trade, we'll never know, especially since one might assume with reasonable safety that playing for the Rox this year is more uplifting than the qucksand trap that is the Philadelphia Phillie.
As if Cargo and Tulo aren't enough to nit let beat you this coming weekend, memories of trading for Fowler might be stirred this coming weekend. In a head to head match with Ben Revere, assuming he plays. Monday morning quarterbacking has an element of cheapness to it, but one can't help but sense Phowler might have fit the mold of the Phils acquiring a centerfielder a la the Maddox, Dykstra, Rowand success route might have been fun and productive, instead of Revere's game, which carries a minority of fun to watch moments..
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The Filibuster
Not me.
I could care less, Mike.
And that's… sad. Sorta.
To be honest, I'm so over it — all of it… the steroids, the scandals, the lying, the cover-ups, the BALCOs, the blue sweaters. Yes, there comes a time when even extreme baseball purists like myself have no choice but to let…
Because baseball's numbers will never be the same. Never. Long gone are the days when a digit might suggest greatness. The hallowed marks of achievement died sometime in the late 80s, when a clubhouse party at the Coliseum consisted of needles, juice and dudes gettin' jacked. They killed it — they murdered the prestige. It's all dead now. The numbers will never be as important as they were before PEDs, before Barry, before A-Rod.
I've finally come to terms with that.
And I'm also happy to say that the desacrilization of baseball's numbers won't kill the game.
I used to think it would.
It hasn't.
And it won't.
Which is exactly why baseball is the grandest game on the planet. It has withstood wars, betting scandals, collusion, labor disputes. Its integrity has been challenged. Its image has been smeared. On many occasions, it has even been left for dead.
But it always comes back to life. And it comes back to life bigger, better, stronger.
Hank Aaron. 755.
Roger Maris. 61.
Those are the ones we choose — collectively, as a people, as a community — those are the ones we'll remember.
The other numbers? I couldn't tell you how many homeruns Barry Bonds hit in his career. I couldn't tell you because I don't care. The public doesn't care. We don't care.
And that's a beautiful sign that baseball has moved on, beyond the numbers; because, let's face it: sometimes, you just have to move on.
In our case, we are all very lucky, because we get to move on together.
I'm right on that, Mike. Just don't hate me 'cuz of it.
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I can safely say, I don't care, even less since I hear he has special baseballs being pitched to him…..
wow… the mlblogs blackhole is merged with the time machine… 2:41 when I commented, yet my comment went back in time to 1:40… now thats talent…
this is so cool… and for those who are non believers of the blog time machine or maybe my ability to see into the future, in about an hour say 2:35 pm Mike of BTB will post a comment and he will close his comment with a 3 second rule note and just a plain..huh?
I am that good..LOL
Cool…Thnx guys! Barry Who?
Long live the true HR King ~ Hammerin' Hank Aaron.
..looking at that pic, maybe someone should remind him of the three second rule..huh?
Peter — I assume your comments are on steroids. How else could they DO THAT!?
Mike — Is it three seconds or three shakes? I think three shakes. Cuz you can get more than three shakes in three seconds. I think. BRB.
Some of us do care, so I wouldn't be so quick to generalize. A-Rod is a Yankee and I support the Yankees – all of them – unless they murder, kidnap or otherwise cause someone bodily harm. Was I disappointed that he used PEDs? Of course. But life goes on, and so will baseball.
Jane — Agreed, baseball will go on… but you can't convince me A-Rod hitting 600 means the same as Ken Griffey Jr. or Willie Mays. A-Rod isn't respected. That's just the way it is nowadays.
A-Rod really hasn't made too many fans for himself outside of NY. More proof that baseball is a game for kids, and grown up just screw it up (see also: Bud Selig). That's why it was meant to be played in a park or on a field instead of a stadium. Baseball will survive, as long as we hand it down to the next generations and teach them the true meaning of the sport.
'Minoring In Baseball'
I am more excited to see Minnesota Twins slugger Jim Thome's rise towards 600 myself. Does that make me a bad person?
Seriously, when A-Rod was in Seattle, I cheered and hope for the best for him. Now, for some odd reason, I want him to just fade away. And it is not that he is wearing Pinstripes either. You knew that disaster, I mean event would come someday, and the Yankees were the only team willing to bankroll A-Rod without a collateral loan from the Money Store.
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Mike — Great point. So, so true.
RR — I dig Thome, but if he hits 600, it won't be the same. Those numbers will never be the same to me.
yes it is a tainted 600 but I still will show interest in this milestone. i'm a bealiever in the performance aspect. he did it and should be applauded. i'm hoping to make it to cleveland this week to actually see it!
Matt — Hard for me to understand the conflicting statements. He did and should be applauded? He did it, but not like the other guys (Mays, Aaron, Griffey) did it. He cheated his way to the number. So the number is dead to me. Why should he be applauded for achieving the number by cheating? What lesson does that teach? It's okay to cheat your way to the top? I'll pass.
How true. I mean, it's obvious he's not going to catch up with Bonds now that he's stopped the juice. And what's the real difference between him and Sammy Sosa? Anything? Actually, A-Roid kinda looks like a guido so he's more likely to get a fake tan than a skin bleach.
Well I'm sure Arod cares🙂
I wonder how pitchers feel like when they give up such milestones….😦 I'd hate to be on a wrong end of a milestone. I remember Jim Thome hitting almost all of his against the Angels😛
Cici — A-Roid…. I'm sure he'd bleach if he had to. Just seems like someone who would do that… just 'cuz he can.
Mimi — Talk to Steve Trachsel about that😉
I don't care either. I even have a hard time thinking that A-Rod could be proud of such a record in light of what he did to get there. If it were me, I'd be ashamed. But A-Rod? I guess he'll throw a party.
Agree with you on this one Jeff. This is tainted therefore is just another regular HR me.
Jenn — A party with lots of high maintenance chicas I assume. Se la vie…
Emma — Just like any other one he hit… yep. Totally.

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It is a good time for everyone, even those in Arizona, to write to their congressmen about their opinions on DST.
Some prefer 100 percent DST, and others would like to end DST.
It would be nice to stop the time changes and end the jerking back and forth between Standard Time and DST.
Most everyone enjoys the rest given in the fall, but the loss of the hour in the spring when we spring forward causes a crisis at home, in schools, at work, on highways and more.
To find your Texas representative, go to http://www.fyi.legis.state.tx.us/Home.aspx/ ; to find your congressman http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb/. You may email them or call them, but a handwritten letter is worth so much more.
Please contact them to let them know if you want 100 percent Daylight Saving Time or to End Daylight Saving.
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He announced his candidacy on Friday to get his old job back.
Medinger was Mayor of La Crosse from 1997 to 2005.
He says he's running again because there's an opportunity and he feels he still has something to contribute.
"I think that what the city is looking for right now is experience and leadership. And I bring that experience to the table after 8 years of being mayor. I know this place. I can come in here the first day and get work done," said Medinger.
Medinger makes the fourth person to officially enter the La Crosse Mayoral race.
Washburn Neighborhood Association President Randy Magno, current City Council Member Chris Olson and Randall Czapiewski are also candidates.
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Now that Mother's Day is just a tumbleweed on yesterday's fencepost, it's time to light the big bonfire under Father's Day, which is June 16. (Lots of bells and whistles here accompanied by more prize-winning metaphors.)
Anyway, why should the distaff side of parenthood get all the hullabaloo each year? I mean, isn't it enough we gave them the vote and the Miss America Pageant? Gee whiz, what more do they want — a national holiday celebrating Marie Bobbit?
What I say is let's take a much-needed paternal look at these holidays and begin right now to make Father's Day the spectacular event it deserves by having marching bands, street dances, greased pigs, tugs of war, and lots and lots of neat gifts for dad. I'll get the ball rolling by listing some really fantastic gifts for dad, alphabetically of course. Here we go:
• A is All those gifts you should start buying today, on credit if necessary, because you don't want to leave dad dangling over a limp bouquet of Azaleas, if you get my drift.
• B is Bigger and Better gifts for dad this year, like a Banquet or a daughter's Betrothal, instead of a Bugle or a stuffed Buzzard.
• C is Candy, which is dandy, but liquor is quicker, according to Ogden Nash.
• D is a personal Disk jockey for dad so he won't have to listen to guys who separate good records from bad, and then play the bad ones on the radio.
• E is an Education for dad, which is what he has always been willing to pay for but never got.
• F is for Fun, even though the older dad gets, the more it costs.
• G is a personal Gardener for dad, because manure is a terrible thing to waste.
• H is Hair for dad, because it's the only sure cure for baldness. Or consider an evening of Hilarity by outlawing basketball finals on television.
• I is for Immortality, which is dad's dream and a writer's false assumption.
• J is June l6, which is the day after Father's Day this year, when you should start buying gifts for Father's Day next year.
• K is a Kiss for dad, which is an end to speech when words are not needed anyway.
• L is for Love, which was a temporary insanity of dad's youth, cured by marriage.
• M is for a successful Middle-age Man like dad, who deserves an award for making more money than his kids can spend.
• N is a Nightclub, a swell gift for dad, where people with nothing to remember go to forget.
• O is an Oboe for dad, another nice gift, but an ill woodwind that nobody blows good.
• P is Pajamas for dad, a garment newlyweds place on the nightstand in case of fire.
• Q is for … well, a Queen would be nice for dad or maybe some peace and Quiet. Q is a dangerous letter of the alphabet and should not be used in the home without adult supervision.
• R is a day at the horse Races for dad, the only place where windows clean people.
• S is a private Santa Claus for dad, because Santa is the fourth member of the Trinity.
• T is a Tabloid newspaper for dad, which is a publication for guys who move their lips when they look at pictures.
• U is for Utopia, a cheap gift for dad, because it's a place without people.
• V is a Vacation, a great gift for dad. It's what he can take when he can no longer take what he's been taking.
• W is a glass of Water for dad, which is made with oxy-gin and hydro-gin. Oxy-gin is pure, while hydro-gin is gin and water.
• X is a Xylophone for dad. He's always wanted an instrument that converts timber into timbre.
• Y is for Youth, because dad lost his when you were born.
• Z is for Zymurgy, which is the last word in the dictionary and just happens to be the science of fermentation.
So there you have it — Huber's list of gift ideas for Father's Day. Remember, only 21 shopping days left. Think big and expensive.
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I have a mere 8 ounces of bm in the fridge.
DS does not drink cow's milk. He nurses before naps and at bedtime, sometimes even in the morning when he first wakes up, so a total of about 3 to 4 nursing sessions per day.
Since it's not too far of a drive, I can bring my ebm that I get tomorrow back and drive back and forth in the evening. In the meantime, what do I give ds when my mom runs out of the bm that's in the fridge, before I drive back tomorrow evening? I will try to get in extra pumping sessions this afternoon, evening, and tonight. I don't want to supplement with formula. :yuck
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Keep market downtownJuly 19,2013
Keep market downtown
It is easy this time of year to see that the Capital City Farmers Market is so obviously a treasure. I cant imagine trying to plan my week without the food, crafts and friends I find every single Saturday morning right in downtown Montpelier. We are fortunate.
Unfortunately, several years ago some of the market members voted to move the market up the hill to the Vermont College of Fine Arts green. Even though the decision was made with a quorum, a majority of the members were not at the meeting. A number of reasons were given by those who voted for the move, including, and I paraphrase, that they felt unwelcome in the downtown, they wanted long-term security and they felt the current location was not ideal. Planning appears to be continuing for a move at some point in the future.
Meanwhile my informal poll suggests the majority of market members are not in favor of moving but would rather find solutions to issues affecting a downtown location. For a variety of reasons, their voices seem to go unheard or at least unheeded.
While not all customers share my opinion, I, for one, want this amazing resource to stay downtown, either right where it is or somewhere else in the downtown area. The buzz that is generated by the market is good for the downtown and vice versa. Traffic, parking and access all work pretty well downtown compared to what I think would happen up the hill.
Can the venue be improved? Im sure it could, to the benefit of all, and I know many would work hard to have that happen. The mayor has certainly been outspoken in his support as have many of the downtown merchants and market customers. I believe we can work with the market members and their board to find solutions that will dramatically improve the venue both summer and winter and provide the market members the kind of long-term assurance of access to their customers that any good business desires.
If you shop at the market, please discuss these issues with your friends and with the market members you buy from. We need to have this be a conversation that involves all of us the market members, downtown merchants and the customers. With all of us working together Im confident we can find solutions that will not only keep the market downtown but make it work better than ever.
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- Sansom, Anne E.; O'Sullivan, Esther; Forbes, Duncan A.; Proctor, Robert N.; Davis, D. Scott
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- Massive haloes of hot plasma exist around some, but not all elliptical galaxies. There is evidence that this is related to the age of the galaxy. In this paper, new X-ray observations are presented for three early-type galaxies that show evidence of youth, in order to investigate their X-ray components and properties. NGC 5363 and NGC 2865 were found to have X-ray emission dominated by purely discrete stellar sources. Limits are set on the mass distribution in one of the galaxies observed with XMM-Newton, NGC 4382, which contains significant hot gas. We detect the X-ray emission in NGC 4382 out to 4re. The mass-to-light ratio is consistent with a stellar origin in the inner regions but rises steadily to values indicative of some dark matter by 4re. These results are set in context with other data drawn from the literature, for galaxies with ages estimated from dynamical or spectroscopic indicators. Ages obtained from optical spectroscopy represent central luminosity-weighted stellar ages. We examine the X-ray evolution with age, normalized by B- and K-band luminosities. Low values of Log(Lx/LB) and Log(L X/LK) are found for all galaxies with ages between 1 and 4 Gyr. Luminous X-ray emission only appears in older galaxies. This suggests that the interstellar medium is removed and then it takes several gigayears for hot gas haloes to build up, following a merger. A possible mechanism for gas expulsion might be associated with feedback from an active nucleus triggered during a merger.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies. Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing
- Source
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 370, no. 3 (2006), p. 1541-1555
- Publication year
- 2006
- Keyword(s)
- Galaxy evolution; Galaxies; NGC 2865; NGC 4382; NGC 5363; ISM; X-rays
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing
- 0035-8711
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2006 Royal Astronomical Society. Author's final draft reproduced here on 08 January 2009 in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.
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Ashley Greene Gets Sexy For Angelino Magazine, Talks Sex Scene With Olivia Wilde
"The greatest thing about my parents is that they love me and support me," Twilight star Ashley Greene says in the November issue of Angelino magazine. "You need someone who is going to help you make that better version of yourself. I need someone who is strong but supportive and who love me - someone who isn't afraid to call me on my sh*t."
The 25-year-old star is set to hit the big screen once again in the final installment in the Twilight series, Breaking Dawn - Part 2; and the down-to-earth Jacksonville, Florida native not only discusses what keeps her grounded, but she also reveals what drove her into acting and modeling in the first place, and why she thinks most stars tend to not date outside of their profession.
She explains that she started in modeling, but it was difficult since she wasn't tall enough (she's only 5 foot 5); and that led to commercial classes and then acting classes.
"I fell in love with it and my teacher was so passionate about acting and teaching - I saw how in love he was with the whole world," she explains of that spark that gave her the acting bug.
Ashley stars along with Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Garner and Olivia Wilde in the recent limited-release Butter, a satirical take on a small-town butter carving contest in which she shares a lesbian love scene with Wilde. She says that the role was a bit different from what she's used to.
"You have to do things that scare you," she explains. "Butter's amazing—so smart and funny. I was a little out of my element."
And as far as dagint goes, Ashley says that although she'd love a boyfriend who does something different, finding someone with common ground makes more sense.
"I would love to date someone outside of the industry, [but] it's hard to relate to someone who hasn't gone through the same thing as you," she says.
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Small domestic abuse shelters throughout Iowa are scrambling to remain open amid changes by state officials that will mean a loss of funding.
The state attorney general's office notified 12 shelters last week that they no longer will receive state money. It's part of an effort to more effectively spend the dwindling funding that's available.
The state will devote the money to eight larger shelters, which can deliver more extensive services to victims.
Janelle Melohn, of the attorney general's office, says the changes are needed to more effectively help victims at a time when federal funding passed through the state government has repeatedly dropped.
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GSA's 125th Anniversary
Celebrating Advances in Geoscience
Our science, our societal impact, and our unique thought processes
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A Note from Sharon Mosher
125th Anniversary Chair
We kicked off this 125th anniversary year with the celebratory launch of the Akademic Ioffe on an extraordinary voyage of discovery to one of Earth's most dynamic ecosystems: Antarctica. This once-in-a-lifetime cruise, 'Travels in Geology — Antarctica and the Scotia Arc: Tectonics, Climate and Life', will focus on the geology, wildlife, and history of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean.
The field program, developed by the trip's scientific leaders and lecturers, Ian Dalziel, Richard Alley, Rob Dunbar, and Rudolph Trouw, was designed for both the professional scientist and anyone with an interest in the planet, its life and future. (View itinerary below.)
For the many interested geologists who couldn't join the expedition, please enjoy a vicarious experience with us by following the trip on Expedition web page once the ship Akademic Ioffe departs on 29 December. There you can follow along with the explorers, track the ship, and read the blog.
I hope you will be part of the Geological Society of America's 125th Anniversary celebration as we continue looking at our science, our societal impact, and our unique thought processes. Although my 30 some years of GSA involvement is only a small fraction of GSA's history, its impact on me, my students, and our research has been immense. Please help mold what is sure to be a dynamic technical program at next year's 125th Anniversary Meeting in Denver as we explore how much our science has changed in the last 50 years and the future of our science. Share your knowledge, experience, and research by participating in any of the events planned throughout the year.
Join me in the Give 125 Campaign, where members can give 125 "somethings" to help expand the Society's reach in mission-critical programs, education, and outreach.
Stay tuned as more 125th Anniversary celebration activities roll out throughout 2013!
Sharon Mosher
Chair, GSA's 125th Anniversary Celebration Committee
About GSA
The Geological Society of America™ is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of the geosciences. The Society was founded in New York in 1888 by some of the great geologists of the time, including James Hall, James Dwight Dana, and Alexander Winchell, who were members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. GSA is the first enduring society for the geosciences in America. The management of the Society's affairs is under the control of its elected officers (Executive Committee and Council).
In 1968, GSA Headquarters offices moved from New York to Boulder, Colorado, and are now housed in a one-of-a-kind building at 3300 Penrose Place.
GSA is an expanding global membership society with more than 25,000 members in 103 countries. Thirty percent of its members are students. The Society's primary activities are organizing scientific meetings and conferences and publishing scientific literature. Other activities include disbursing research grants, operating an GeoCareers interview service, honoring outstanding scientific contributors with medals and awards, assisting teachers in geoscience education, and fostering public awareness of geoscience issues.
An individual may join GSA as a Professional, Student, K–12 Teacher, or Affiliate member. Established GSA members may be nominated and elected to Fellow status. GSA offers reduced membership dues to students, teachers, senior members, and senior Fellows. Members receive special benefits, such as the monthly news magazine GSA Today, which is open-access online; the monthly e-magazine, GSA Connection; and reduced rates on GSA publications and meetings. All members have full voting rights.
The Society has published continuously since 1890, when the first issue of GSA Bulletin appeared. GSA Bulletin presently includes about 15 papers bimonthly in the classical, research-paper style. In 1973, the monthly journal Geology was introduced in response to the need for rapid publication of short, topical scientific articles. Today it features about 22 brief papers each month, and has become one of the most popular journals in the earth sciences. GSA Bulletin, Geology, Geosphere, and, Lithosphere, are also available online and on GSA Journals on CD through the GSA Store.
The Society has seven regional Sections throughout the world. The new International Section plus six in North America: Cordilleran, Rocky Mountain, North-Central, South-Central, Northeastern, and Southeastern. Sections have their own management boards and conduct their own yearly meetings. GSA members may affiliate with one GSA Section for free, and may join additional Sections for US$2.
Seventeen specialty Divisions, which any GSA member may join, generally meet at the GSA Annual Meeting. Most Divisions have their own newsletters, which are published at various times throughout the year.
A number of Associated Societies often meet in conjunction with the GSA Annual Meeting and assist in developing the scientific program, thus ensuring a broad range of topics.
In 1980, the Geological Society of America Foundation was established to receive and administer contributions in support of GSA's mission. As an independent, tax-exempt organization, the Foundation accepts gifts by check or credit card, wire transfers, stock, and by trusts or bequests to the Society's programs. Since its inception, the Foundation funded a portion of the historic Decade of North American Geology project, several education and outreach programs, and recently completed a $10 million capital campaign. The Foundation also contributes to the GSA research grants program, and supplies matching student travel grants for each of GSA's Sections.
A recent evolution at the Society has resulted in an energized collaboration, Education and Outreach, that links established GSA education and outreach programs, teaching awards, professional development, student development, research grants.
The earth sciences will face exciting opportunities brought about by the explosion of technology, research, and knowledge. The Geological Society of America is ready to meet the challenges of this decade and beyond.


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Brandman University/ Chapman University
Social Science (B.A.) 2015-2016
General Education
Following the CSU General Education pattern is recommended:
|Area A1:
|Speech 101 or 102 (Speech 101 is recommended)
|English 101
|English 103 or Philosophy 112 or 114 or Speech 106 (English 103 is recommended)
|Area B1:
|As specified on CSU GE Pattern
|As specified on CSU GE Pattern
|Make sure one of your courses taken for B1 or B2 includes a lab
|As specified on CSU GE Pattern (Math 123 is recommended)
|Area C1:
|As specified on CSU GE Pattern
|As specified on CSU GE Pattern
|As specified on CSU GE Pattern
|Area D-1:
|As specified on CSU GE Pattern
|Area D-2:
|As specified on CSU GE Pattern (do not need to satisfy the History & Amer. Ideals requirement)
|Area D-3:
|As specified on CSU GE Pattern (do not need to satisfy the History & Amer. Ideals requirement)
|Area E:
|As specified on CSU GE Pattern
Special Notes: If planning to earn a teaching credential, take Political Science 103 to satisfy prerequisites to credential programs. You should also take the CBEST soon after passing transferable math. Teacher education program requirements are subject to state and legislative control and are dynamic in nature. Students are encouraged to meet with a counselor before acting on these recommendations. Brandman University will accept the IGETC pattern also, so if considering transferring to a UC as well, follow the IGETC pattern instead of the CSU General Education pattern. If considering transferring to a CSU, you must satisfy the U.S. History & American Ideals requirement. You may also choose to follow Brandman University's institutional general education/breadth pattern in lieu of CSU GE or IGETC. See a Brandman University Adviser for information on this pattern.
Related Web site: To view the AHC CSU GE or IGETC patterns visit www.assist.org or you may view a list of AHC GE courses listed on our web site.
Major Coursework
The following courses are recommended.
Lower division electives may be taken in each concentration area. See a Brandman Adviser for suggestions of AHC options.
|AHC Course
|Number of Units
|Sociology 101
|Introduction to Sociology
|Psychology 101
|General Psychology
Special Notes: You may use the above courses to satisfy the appropriate CSU GE areas, but see admission tips section for unit needs information. All courses must be completed with a grade of "C" of better. Students will choose 3 concentration areas from the following Brandman disciplines:
- Criminal Justice
- History
- Organizational Leadership
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Sociology
Related Web site: Visit the Brandman University web site for more information on this major at www.brandman.edu/santamaria.
Additional Graduation Requirements
None that may be completed at Allan Hancock College.
Related Web site: Visit the Brandman University web site for more information on graduation requirements at www.brandman.edu/santamaria.
Admission Tips
It is recommended that you complete between 70 to 76 semester units prior to transfer. Students are generally given full credit for baccalaureate-level courses with the exception of work experience, co-op, internship, practicum, and preparatory courses. No credit is give for professional, technical or vocational coursework.
Apply for financial aid between January 1 and March 2 prior to transfer if you can. Start researching scholarships early. It is a good idea to see a Brandman University Adviser once you have completed 60 to 65 units. If you are following the CSU GE or IGETC pattern, make sure you are fully certified prior to seeking admission at Brandman University College, or meet with a Brandman admission Adviser to review their institutional GE/breadth pattern.
Associate Degree Block Transfer
Brandman University awards a minimum of 60 semester credits for successful completion of an Associate degree from regionally accredited colleges and universities. Associate degrees must be completed prior to the student being admitted, enrolled and attending his/her first session in a bachelor degree program. The coursework toward completion of the Associate degree will be evaluated for general education and major requirements. The remaining credit needed to reach 60 credits will be added to the record as general elective credit. Additional coursework from regionally accredited colleges and universities beyond the Associate degree will be individually evaluated for credit. If a student is admitted during a semester/session and is currently enrolled and attending in that semester, then the AA Block Transfer option would be allowed if completed prior to the next session start date.
Related Web site: For information on financial aid and scholarships visit www.finaid.org and www.fastweb.com. Visit the Brandman University web site for more information on admission requirements at www.brandman.edu/santamaria.
Allan Hancock College counselors are committed to providing students with quality transfer planning information. This pathway has been developed using a variety of resources provided by the four-year university. It is not an admission guarantee, but a recommendation intended to provide students with clear information about courses that they will need to take in order to successfully transfer. Every effort has been made to make this pathway as accurate as possible; however, it is ultimately the student's responsibility to stay aware of changes that may affect his or her transfer. Because of the dynamic nature of articulation information and admission policies, information provided within this pathway is subject to change.
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Year-3 ISAT scores up; achievement gap continues
September 4, 2001
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Superintendent of Education Glenn W. McGee today released the third-year
ISAT statewide results. Scores from the first administration of the
Prairie State Achievement Exam will follow on Thursday. School districts
must release their local scores by October 31 as part of their school
report cards.
Superintendent of Education Glenn W. McGee today released the third-year
ISAT statewide results. Scores from the first administration of the
Prairie State Achievement Exam will follow on Thursday. School districts
must release their local scores by October 31 as part of their school
report cards.
am encouraged by this year's results," McGee said. "I believe
we are truly seeing the Learning Standards have an effect in our
classrooms," McGee said. "But
while progress of any kind is good, we're not progressing fast enough," he
State Board will continue to give local schools the resources, guidance
and support needed to give every student the kind of challenging
educational opportunities that will prepare them for life after school,
McGee said.
the entire education community - educators, parents, students, community
and business leaders and legislators -- must work together to ensure
access to those opportunities, he said.
scores really start to give us a clear picture for the first time
of our schools' strengths and weaknesses," McGee said. "We
must as a community commit ourselves to giving our students every
tool they need to become lifelong learners," he said.
this relatively good news, McGee reported that the achievement gap
between students from low-income backgrounds and their classmates,
which is most clearly reflected in the performance differences between
minority and white students, continues to be a major concern.
many of our students are still not making adequate progress toward
meeting the Standards," McGee said.
example, 64 percent of white, non-Hispanic eighth graders met or
exceeded state mathematics learning standards. But only 19 percent
of black students and 29 percent of Hispanic eighth grade students
posted comparable scores.
is unfair and unacceptable that all of our students do not have the
same educational opportunities and access to the resources and support
they need," McGee said. "We must address the funding inequities
to give all students the opportunity to meet the rigorous Illinois
Learning Standards," he said.
out that this year's figures again include results from students
with Individual Education Programs, McGee praised local schools for
continuing to help all students achieve the Learning Standards.
of this year's data strongly suggests that the Learning Standards
are beginning to take hold in classrooms.
was particularly pleased that mathematics scores continued to rise
at all three grades tested - third, fifth and eighth.
third grade, 74 percent of those tested met or exceeded state mathematics
standards, up from 69 percent in 2000 and 68 percent in 1999.
same pattern held for fifth graders, of whom 61 percent met or exceeded
math standards this year, compared to 57 percent last year and 56
percent in 1999. Half of all eighth graders met or exceeded math
standards, up from 47 percent in 2000 and 43 percent two years ago.
year for the first time official statewide results were reported
on "extended response" mathematics and reading questions
that required multiple step problem solving skills to answer.
learning to think through complex mathematical problems - rather
than simply using single-step solutions like addition or subtraction
- may have helped raise this year's math scores, McGee said.
is also the first year that at least half of all eighth graders met
or exceeded state standards in all areas tested, McGee noted - 50
percent in math, 61 percent in writing, and 66 percent in reading.
and seventh graders posted mixed results on this year's science and
social science tests. This was the second year those subjects were
science scores improved slightly, with 66 percent of fourth graders
meeting or exceeding state standards. That is up two percentage points
over 2000. However, 72 percent of seventh graders met or exceeded
science standards, the same as a year ago.
showed greater achievement in social science at both grade levels.
Sixty-one percent of fourth graders met or exceeded state standards,
up from 59 percent. Seventh
graders improved at the same pace, as 60 percent met or exceeded
standards, compared to 58 percent in 2000.
scores remained about the same, with about 62 percent of students
across all grades meeting or exceeding the state reading standards.
third grade, 62 percent of students met or exceeded reading standards,
up a percentage point over last year. Fifth-grade progress held at
59 percent - although the percent of students exceeding standards
jumped by five percentage points. And eighth grade scores dropped
slightly with 66 percent of students meeting or exceeding, down from
72 percent last year.
statewide reading data supports the idea that strong readers are
strong readers no matter the depth of the material. "That means
that the best way to improve reading is to have kids read, read,
read," McGee said.
writing scores held about the same. Fifty eight percent of third
graders met or exceeded writing standards this year, up from 55 percent
last year.
fifth grade, 70 percent of students met or exceeded writing standards,
down one percentage point from last year. Eighth grade writing scores
dropped eight percentage points, as 62 percent of eighth graders
met or exceeded standards this year versus 70 percent last year.
writing scores remained relatively steady, more than half of all
students tested across the board showed strong ability to maintain
a developed focus, support, and organization in their writing. This
data again suggests that students are learning deeper-level writing
used the third-year ISAT scores as a platform to urge schools to
continue aggressively adopting and implementing the Standards in
all classes.
complete score information visit www.isbe.net/assessment/2001ISATresults_files/frame.htm
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February 6, 2013 —
The month of January saw mostly cold temperatures through to the last few days of the month, when unseasonably mild weather arrived. During the cold weeks, snow covered the ground and it got cold enough to freeze over lakes and much of the Delaware River. Much time was spent checking out bobcat and coyote tracks in the snow, or observing frozen waterfalls and seeps from rock outcrops. Not much thought was given to plant life, but that changed during one hike when I visited a few of these places where water flows.
Flowing water is always at or above 32 degrees Fahrenheit, no matter how cold the air temperature is, and for plants in or near flowing water, this can be an advantage. If the source of this water is a nearby underground spring, that can be even more advantageous for plants; ground water can be several degrees above freezing. Hardier vegetation may be observed in or near streams or rock seeps.
On the next trip to a frozen waterfall or winter stream side, check for some of this greenery; it will likely be more than the well-known mountain laurel or rhododendron plants that are adding color to the winter landscape.


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Pilgrims on the Mayflower spot land, Jack the Ripper kills for the last time, the PGA integrates, Rolling Stone magazine debuts, and the Berlin Wall begins to fall, all on this day.
1938: Nazi troops and sympathizers destroy and loot 7,500 Jewish businesses, burn 267 synagogues, kill 91 Jews, and round up more than 25,000 Jewish men throughout Germany and parts of Austria in an event that became known as Kristallnacht or "Night of Broken Glass." The pretext for the attacks was the assassination of German diplomat Ernst vom Rath by Herschel Grynszpan, a German-born Polish Jew, in Paris, France. Kristallnacht was followed by further economic and political persecution of Jews, and is viewed by historians as the beginning of the Final Solution and the Holocaust.


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Configuring your desktop system to run dual monitors increases your monitor workspace and can help you work more efficiently while increasing your productivity. Follow the steps below to learn how to setup dual monitors for your system.
|Ensure your system will support dual monitors
Before we get to the task at hand, we need to ensure that your system will support dual monitor:
15-pin analog connector
S-Video connector
DVI-I connector
15-pin Y dongle for analog monitors
DVI-I Y dongle for digital monitors
|Systems with dual connectors using Microsoft Windows settings
Step #1
Position your monitors the way to want to view them while working. On the back of your system, attach your connection to the first connection. If you are using a DVI-I connection, the connections will be white. If you are using VGA the connection is usually blue with 15-pins. Repeat the same step for the second monitor.
DVI-I connection
VGA 15 pin connection
Step #2
Ensure the monitors are plugged into the electrical outlets and turn the computer and both monitors on.
Typically when your system boots up, your system may indicate that they have found new hardware. Follow the instructions for installing the drivers for your monitors or video card hardware. If you want to use the video from your video card you will need to follow the instructions based on your video adapter. Many cases you may not need to install any drivers because many monitors may work with generic Windows drivers.
Once the system has booted up, you may notice that both monitors are displaying the same information. You can change this by changing the video setting:
Step #5
Fine tune both monitors. When installing a second monitor, you may want to consider designating a primary graphics card to avoid any conflicts. Ensure that you have the monitors set to the same resolution. If you experience a problem during bootup then you will need to set your secondary monitor to a lower resolution.


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Mr. Brandt was born on August 11, 1958 in Karnes City. He grew up in Runge and moved to Houston at age nineteen. He began working as a surveyor for Cotton Surveying and advanced to being an inspector for Jones and Carter, Inc., where he was employed for thirty-three years until he retired in 2012. In his free time, he enjoyed fishing and traveling.
Survivors include his wife of eighteen years, Terry Brandt; his sister, Carol Warren of Victoria, her sons Adam Warren and Jason Warren; and his sister, Karen Parker of Sugar Land and her daughter, Melissa Parker.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Oland C. and Lorine Brandt; brothers, Charles and Craig; and sister, Marsha.
A memorial service will be held at George H. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home in Houston on July 27 at 2 p.m.
In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials be sent to The Wounded Warrior Project, The Sunshine Kids Foundation or the American Cancer Society.


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NCMC Foundation awards $72,000 in scholarships
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Eight scholarships were awarded to high school and college students, most of whom are studying or plan to study nursing. Recipients include graduating high school seniors, currently-enrolled college students, and non-traditional students.
Many of the scholarships given are in memory of health care professionals who made significant contributions to their field and to Northern Colorado, particularly Weld County.
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Chris Brown Paints Jesus Christ: 'The Way I feel Today'
Apparently Chris Brown feels like he's been crucified. The troubled rapper painted and posted an image of Jesus Christ on the cross to Instagram with the message: "Painting the way I feel today. Focus on what matters!"
Brown is currently sought for comment on the brawl that took place Sunday night between him, Frank Ocean, and their two posses. Ocean stayed behind to talk to police, and Brown fled the scene. After tweeting he "got jumped by chris and a couple guys," Ocean is seeking to press charges.
The fight is just another in the long line of physical altercations Chris Brown has found himself in trouble for. Last June Brown got into a fight with Drake after words about Rihanna were exchanged, a fight that injured NBA star Tony Parker.
Of course, before that Chris Brown severely beat then-girlfriend Rihanna before the 2009 Grammys. He and Rihanna have since had to endure criticism whenever photos of them together are posted.
We don't quite see the resemblance to Jesus.