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Angels Work Out the Kinks at Chavez Ravine and We Take Ourselves Out to the Ballgame
Tuesday evening was clear in Los Angeles. Clear, balmy and gorgeous. Perfect weather for a ball game! As we headed out to Dodger Stadium for game two of the traditional Freeway Series before the regular season begins, I was filled with nostalgia. I remember bouncing around my parents' house with my sister, waiting for our dad to come home from work so we could head out for the Freeway Series. This was long before Interleague Play, back when this was the only time each season that my father's Dodgers would play his father's – and now my – Angels, and we tried to attend one of the games each year. I remember Dodger ball caps and Mom making sure we packed our jackets. I remember keeping score in the pages in the program with my loopy, little girls' handwriting and I can almost taste the salty, sweet combination of rollo candy bar pieces and ballpark peanuts I preferred back in the day – clearly this blogger was a fiend for salted caramel long before it became a thing. See, Mom and Dad weren't big on us eating candy bars – smart Mom and Dad! – but on game nights, my sister and I each got to pick out one from 7-11 to enjoy during the game.
And it was in this frame of mind, jonesing hard for a live baseball game, and smiling with happy memories, that we arrived in Chavez Ravine. The view from historic Dodgers Stadium is stunning. From the vista over Downtown Los Angeles on the 110 freeway side of the parking lot, to the view of the mountains behind the centerfield wall, to gates of the stadium itself, it is nonstop pretty.
Relishing the feeling of just being at the ballpark – and the view from my stylists' season seats in the second row of the upper deck right behind the plate! – I took a few photos of the warm ups while the light was still good. It is not surprising to see Dodgers and Angels hanging out chatting before the game. How many players have moved along the 5 freeway switching the red hat for the blue one or vice versa? How many sets of brothers have we had playing against one another in these match ups? Exactly.
Of course, then the Dodgers took the field and they read the lineups. Albert Pujols at first. Ervin Santana on the mound with his trusty catcher Bobby Wilson. Good, good. All very good. Alberto Callaspo at third, Erick Aybar at short, Torii Hunter in right. Very good. Bobby Abreu in left, Vernon Wells in center and Maicer Iztuis at second??? Okay, so we're playing with the B+ team today. Ho hum. And, sad to say, I knew this was going to be one of those Spring Training games where we didn't push very hard just from that fact alone. I'm not saying the B+ team can't win games, just that in an exhibition game starting with the B+ team on the field (no Fleet Pete in center, no white hot Kendrick and Trumbo bats in the lineup in and around Pujols') when you know that, as the innings progress, we're going to switch to the B, B- and C+ teams for practice? Exactly.
Oh well. Being at the ballpark is seldom if ever a bad time. The group of season ticket holders around my stylist's seats is really nice. We told them not to mock Sue too hard over our red hats as she had already given me plenty of grief over them and that got some laughs. They all greeted one another with a cheery "Happy New Year!" in honor of the new season. I love it! And there were a few a great plays to enjoy even as parts of the complete A team languished in the dugout.
What do you want, it was a weird little exhibition game. They played nine full innings even though the Dodgers had already won, just like the day before when the Angels had already won, because that's what the managers wanted. The Dodgers were even nice enough to let the pinch hitting Kendrys Morales bat a second time, calling him the DH that time which so funny over the National League speakers. That's why I say, as much as this is a rivalry, it's a relatively sibling like one. Eventually we saw more of the A team come back out to join the rookies, though I must say in a Regular Season game I would prefer to have both Trumbo and Pujols' bats in the lineup rather than having Trumbo replace Pujols.
Loss and all, it was still a fun evening and a nice little tide me over until Friday's season opener. And while I do love Angels Stadium more, we certainly don't have anything like this view:
Calling All Angels, or at Least the 2012 25-Man Roster!
I think it's safe to assume that, much like Crash Davis, Mike Scioscia believes in opening his presents on Christmas Morning not Christmas Eve, because he sure doesn't reveal so much as a peep about the final 25-man roster or the starting rotation until after the final out of the Angels final Spring Training game. As for Scioscia's feelings on good scotch, the hanging curve ball, the self-indulgence of Susan Sontag novels and any of the rest of the famous movie speech? Well, the evidence is somewhat less conclusive. I'll leave you all to speculate. Regardless, the Angels pitched, hit and fielded their way through their final 2012 Spring Training game this afternoon – finishing with a win, no less! – and Scioscia revealed the details fans have been craving for weeks and, in some case, then some shortly after.
Ladies and Gentlemen, your 2012 Angels…for now…Oh, come on? What kind of Opening Week Angels Roster/Rotation would this be without a question mark or two?:
Angels 2012 Starting Rotation (Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!):
- Jered Weaver
- Dan Haren
- Ervin Santana
- C.J. Wilson
- ?? Hey, remember what I said about those question marks! We don't absolutely need a 5th starter until the 15th. Why announce these things early? See post introduction.😉 Most likely this will be either Garrett Richards or Jerome Williams. Personally, I liked the look of Williams better than Richards last season. But Williams is recovering from a strain and Richards is no longer a rookie, so who knows?
Relievers (and here we largely pause our yay-age in exchange for some resigned sighing. This could either go really well or…yeah):
- Scott Downs (Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!!)
- LaTroy Hawkins (I have hopes that this coulld be a yay)
- Kevin Jepsen (The jury will without its verdict until more evidence is presented)
- Jason Isringhausen (Ummm…)
- Hisanori Takahashi (Er…..)
- Rich Thompson (Probably, mostly Yay!)
- Jordan Walden (I have hopes that this could be a yay too)
Catchers (Yay! They hit above .212!):
- Chris Iannetta
- Bobby Wilson
- …just messin' with ya there. For the first time in a few seasons, Scioscia is starting out with only the traditional two catchers on the 25-man roster.
Infielders (Yay!! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!):
- Alexi Amarista (Good for you kid! You had a heck of a Spring Training!)
- Erick Aybar
- Alberto Callaspo
- Maicer Izturis
- Howie Kendrick
- Kendrys Morales (Hey, infielder is what the article I read said, but we all know it's going to be a looooooong time before Kendrys does any fielding if, in fact, he does do any fielding this season. This is our DH and a damned fine one at that. Yaaaaaaay!!!)
- Albert Pujols (You know, what's his name. The new guy. I've heard he can hit and field a little.😉 )
- Mark Trumbo
Outfielders (Yaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!):
- Bobby Abreu (Allegedly. At least, outfielder is what the article I read said but, ugh. I saw him play left last night and, I love you Bobby, but oh. Hell. No.
- Peter Bourjos
- Torii Hunter
- Vernon Wells
Of Valentines, Billboards and the Machine
Driving down the 605 freeway to work today, what wondrous sight should greet my none-too-thrilled-to-be-office-bound-on-such-a-gorgeous-day eyes but this stupendous new billboard! What a lovely Valentine for the fans! Okay, so I actually telecommute three days a week so this billboard could have been up since last Wednesday night and I would have been none the wiser. But I saw it for the first time today, so I'm going with 'lovely Valentine.' Besides, this billboard is so much less ephemeral than roses, doesn't require one to make reservations or deal with crowds and won't take up valuable bed real estate unlike a teddy bear or other stuffed animal. It's perfect!😉
There are several of these billboards along my commute, a small series of them apparently, because another one a little further down the way had the same design but said "Now Playing" with the Angels logo for the A again. Passing the first one made me giddy with the reminder of the approaching baseball season. Passing the second one made me smile a little wider still. Passing the third one made me swell with pride over my team…and then frown a little as I started to question the whole ad campaign. Are we really only advertising Albert Pujols this season? Seriously?
Not that I'm complaining about featuring Pujols on billboards. I mean, he's only the best or one of the best, depending on who you talk to, player in the game. And it's not like he designed the ad campaign, or even requested such treatment. It's just…well…we have other players too. Other wonderful players who are either already stars in their own right or on their way to becoming so. Guys who kept the team in contention last season right up until the end even though they ultimately fell short of the mark. You know, Jered Weaver. Dan Haren. Mr. Ervin "No hitter – I finally got that Cleveland beast off my back" Santana. Torii Hunter. And, heck, after last season Mark Trumbo. I'd like to see some of these guys on billboards too.
Of course, this is hardly unique to the Angels. Most teams who land a big free agency signing do the same thing. The whole Dodgers Mannywood campaign comes most immediately to my mind, perhaps because those billboards were in the same places on my commute as these new Angels billboards not so very long ago. And I am sure you all could provide me with quite an array of additional examples. But the fact that this is a common, traditional ad campaign style doesn't make it a good one, in my opinion. To me the real story here isn't just that Albert Pujols is an Angel now. For all that he is amazing, Pujols couldn't be a baseball team of one if the rest of the team was ineffective. No, the real story is that Albert Pujols is donning an Angels uniform alongside our existing players, that he has the potential to take an already good team to the next level.
I would prefer to see several different individual player billboards – half of them Albert by all means, but the other half featuring a handful of others. Then, as you actually hit Anaheim, I would like to see a billboard or two with all of the featured players on it together. I think that billboard campaign would tell a more powerful story. …Then again, what do I know about copy, design and marketing? Oh, yeah. Never mind.😉
With Angels Contracts Complete, It's Time for Starting Lineup Roulette
With this week's news that the Angels have reached one-year deals, avoiding arbitration with both Eric Aybar and Alberto Callaspo, the team appears to be mostly set for the season. Although, I don't think anyone would mind another reliable arm for the bullpen, should it just happen to present itself and, you know, except for the "will they be ready or won't they" injury situations with Mark Trumbo and Kendrys Morales. Hey, you can't have everything, right? …except, perhaps, when Jerry Dipoto is starting off his Haloed tenure with a bang, so we'll see. *whistles softly*
At any rate, traditionally this is the time to start predicting lineups, rotations and such. But, let's be honest. Being an Angels fan adds a certain layer – or, like 10! – of, shall we say, complexity to this age old pastime. Oh, I can predict the starting rotation with ease and a fair bit of certainty: Jered Weaver, Dan Haren, C.J. Wilson, Ervin Santana and Jerome Williams. And don't think I didn't all kinds of delicious little shivers up and down my arms typing that list of names just now. The 2012 starting rotation rocks. Hard. But moving past that and on to predicting the lineup? That's another story. This is, after all, a Mike Scioscia team, she types with affection.
The boys at Hot Stove proposed this starting lineup shortly after Albert Pujols was signed:
And as lineups go, it makes a certain amount of sense. But it has two major flaws. 1) Relegating Trumbo to a part time DH role (What a waste! At that point, trade him.) and, even more importantly, 2) it only allows for 4 different variations. Four…Amateurs!😉
First, let's consider the leadoff spot. Sosh will never stick to just one leadoff man. Yes, Aybar will fill that role frequently no doubt, but expect to see Peter Bourjos and Macier Izturis (provided he isn't eventually part of trade for say, a bullpen arm, just to pull something completely out of thin air) in the leadoff spot a fair number of times as well. And then there will be those really random days, when Sosh is either feeling extra spicy or he thinks the guys need a kick in the pants. On those days we might find Howie Kendrick, Mike Trout or even Alberto Callaspo striding to the plate ahead of everyone else. You just never know with Scioscia.
Then there's the cleanup spot. Albert Pujols is clearly the logical choice. But sometimes Scioscia likes to mix things up and bat the toughest slugger in the 5th spot. At that point you might see Trumbo or Morales take a turn batting 4th. And should the offense start to enter any lengthy slumps (Which you won't do in 2012, right guys? Right?) expect to see some downright crazy things take place with the cleanup spot. In 2011 Maicer batted 4th in, I believe, two games.
And, really, that's only the beginning. Torii's natural place in the lineup is batting 3rd. But when he has an off week or two, expect to see him moved to batting 2nd…at which point he is likely to change his walkup song to Movin' On Up again because, is there anyone who has more fun during a game than Torii? As much sure, but more? Nah, didn't think so.
You can be sure that Trout and Bourjos will play in the same game many times throughout the season. And, in addition to taking the leadoff role some of the time, Bourjos will probably bat 2nd a few times as well. And the minute Trout comes into his own at the plate, Chris Iannetta is likely to see some time in the 9th spot – it's an Angels catchers' tradition, after all. Alberto Callaspo consistently has one of the highest batting averages on the team. He's sure to spend some time batting 2nd or 3rd. And what of Bobby Abreu? So far I haven't heard any noise about trading him. If he's still with the team come Opening Day, I'm sure there will be several lineup variations featuring him at DH too…
…And this? This is just what I have come up with typing darn near stream of consciousness for a few minutes. Imagine what Scioscia will come up with given an entire season to plot and plan? That said, is any of this constant lineup shifting effective? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. On the average, I'd say it's probably neither a good thing, nor a bad thing. It's just Scioscia's thing. And we fans gripe about it when the team is losing and joke about it with affection when the team is winning. Either way, I'll not be attempting to diagram all of that variation into one master lineup, slash marks or not, thank you very much.🙂
An Angels Season Highlights Review – Don't Leave 2011 Without It
So, 2011 is drawing to a close and it is my tradition to take a few moments and write up my top Angels Baseball moments for the 2011 season. It should be noted that, as this blog is now just over a year old, tradition means I am doing it for the second time. Hey, traditions have to start somewhere, right? …But I digress. These are not the Angels only highlights for the season or even necessarily the ones that folks who get paid to analyze this kind of stuff would point out. There are enough articles about that floating around out there already. No, these are the highlights, both Angels and personal, that made my baseball season, in no particular order:
Jered Weaver! Both the season he had – which, were it not for Verlander's even more amazing season would have easily been a Cy Young season – and the fact that he signed a contract with the Angels through 2016. I loved every minute I spent watching this homegrown dynamo on the mound and look forward to many more in the seasons to come.
Being Wrong. Yes, sometimes being wrong is a great thing and I am thrilled that I was wrong to have worried about Mark Trumbo taking over at first base. My concerns were based on his rookie call-up outings and the issues he had getting into position for plays during Spring Training. But the AL Rookie of the Year runner up worked hard to improve quickly at first and was a bright spot in an offense that was otherwise anything but. None of this guarantees that Trumbo will also be good at third base, but he has more than earned my interest in seeing what he can do in yet another new position.
Ervin Santana's No Hitter. A former on one season then wild as all get out the next pitcher, Santana showed he has gained considerable consistency following up on his excellent 2010 season with another quality season, and how! The no hitter was merely the most obvious indicator of thischange, but what an indicator it was.
Dan Haren's 1 hit shutout. And we were there!! Having a full season with Haren on the team would have been a highlight in and of itself, but getting to see this game, live and in person, with a great view of every nasty pitch going over the plate was absolute baseball magic.
Young Angels' feats. I said it many times throughout the regular season, the Angels rookies and practically rookies made my season. Whether it was watching Peter Bourjos' dramatic plays in center, Tyler Chatwood's development on the mound or Mark Trumbo slowly make opposing pitchers start to take notice, the Angels "kids" made the game a lot of fun to watch and gave me significant hope for future seasons.
Personal Game Attendance at an All-Time High! So I tallied it up and we went to 22 games this season, two of which were the Angels/A's double header. Wow! So. Ummmm…Hon, when you read this, remember how that fact of that being absolutely (Wonderfully!) crazy is tempered by my folks and your boss giving us tickets.😉 Being at the game so often gave us the chance to catch a lot of season highlights. Bourjos' first home run of the season. Trumbo's first big league homerun. A couple of flying Bourjos catches. An I can't believe he caught that Torii Hunter catch…and that was just during the Haren 1-hit shutout game, no kidding. There was even more than that over the course of the other 21 games. I only hope that tickets are not so expensive this season that we have difficulties getting to the game. I don't have to go to 22 games (Though I will never turn it down!) but if I don't get to the ballpark every couple of weeks or so, crankiness is likly to ensue.🙂
Travelling for Baseball. Seth and I have talked about eventually seeing a game in every Major League stadium for years, but it has also been years since we've been able to do any real travelling. This season we finally got started on our plans and while we may have started small we started well, travelling up to the Bay Area to visit with friends and watch games at the Coliseum and AT&T Park. So. Much. Fun! This coming season, the way things look, I think we may only be able to make it down to Petco Park in San Diego, which is local but still progress.
And last but not least…I hesitate to include this winter's signings only because at the moment Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson have not had the opportunity to take a single swing or deliver a single pitch for the Angels. We suspect they will be strong, difference making additions to the team but while it's all still just on paper, it's only highly probable, not actual. But I will add this to my list: last year at this time I was writing about Hot Stove Grief (Hey, this is a serious disorder. Wipe that smirk off your face!) and feeling like the front office was just phoning it in. Today I feel like the front office is really working to put the best team on the field they possibly can and I am hopeful and excited for the season to begin. What a difference a few months make!
Let Us Have Angels, Wins and a Happy Ending
The show must…you know…
Go on!
It will be alright.
How will it?
I don't know, it's a mystery.
Favorite lines from a favorite movie, having nothing whatsoever to do with baseball. And, yet, these are the lines I find running through my ever tangential brain as I contemplate the last remaining days of the regular season.
Three and a half games behind the Rangers, our intrepid Angel heroes head off to AL East to challenge two teams against whom they have had mixed results this season. Meanwhile, the Rangers enter the extremely soft finish to their overall-harder-than-the-Angels' September schedule, and face off against two teams they have beaten bloody this season. At this point in our story, things look a bit grim for our heroes, statistically speaking, and the promise of three games against the Rangers to end the regular season doesn't assuage all concerns quite as quickly as it did a few weeks ago…
But that's just the numbers talking. Statistics and probabilities. The same statistics and probabilities that throughout the season predicted the Angels would be mathematically eliminated or right on the verge of it At this point. So, in the immortal words of Charlie Brown, tell your statistics to shut up. ;) Somehow, every time they were on the verge of being too far out of the race to come back this season, the Angels have managed to come back. A crucial pitching performance. A dynamite play. A key walk off hit. The reemergence of the offense. How do things keep working out? I don't know. It's a mystery. But they do.
Can the Angels still squeeze their way into the post season, even now, either via an AL West title or the Wild Card? Absolutely! But will they? And, if so, how will they manage it? I don't know. It's a mystery. At the moment our probable pitchers list after Jered Weaver's start on Wednesday is Dan Haren, Ervin Santana and then…a big series of questions marks. And that's one of the mysteries that is key to the post season mystery ending on a cheerful note. Is it back to Jerome Williams and Joel Pineiro? Well, I like the first part of that thought. Will the Angels adopt a sort of three man/short rest rotation for the time being? If so, I sure hope if works better outside of the Texas heat. Make the right decision Sosh, because this is Double Jeopardy where the scores can really change…especially if Pineiro is on the mound and his sinkerball is still hiding underneath the sofa cushions in the clubhouse.
But there are more mysteries within mysteries. I've been saying all season that there are two Angels teams that seem to switch uniforms from time to time, the clutch team and the Keystone Cops. So which Angels team is landing in Baltimore? And in Toronto? For that matter which teams will the as-yet-to-be-determined Angels team be facing? The spoiler Orioles and Jays who easily bested the higher ranking Rays and Red Sox this week or the teams the Angeles were able to beat a few times? I certainly hope it's the latter but I don't know, it's…well…you know.
Starting Friday night in Baltimore, the Angels need to go on a longer winning streak than they have been on all season and Texas needs to lose a few games. They Angels may be able to survive another loss or two, but only if Texas is losing as well and it doesn't cost them anything in the standings. Is this likely? No. But I live for against the odds story book type endings and so, apparently, do the Angels. So, Let's Go Halos!
Baseball and the Fanly Art of Heckling: Another Very Special Post from TIAVSG
Love it or hate it, baseball and heckling have always gone hand in hand. In fact, if I may wax William Goldman-ish for a moment, when the very first pitcher climbed up onto the first pitcher's mound and gave up the very first bases clearing double to the first clutch hitter, the first baseball fans were all present, and they heckled him.
But just because heckling is part of the baseball tradition doesn't mean you can head on down to the ballpark and just start shouting any old thing you'd like. I mean, there are rules against that sort of thing! Okay, so they're more like guidelines really. But remember, 'tis a fine, fine line between entertaining and obnoxious. So, as we head down the final stretch of the season and into the playoffs and fan passions run hotter every day, I think a review of these guidelines is in order. Surely none of the fine folks at MLBlogs need the review themselves, but we all know someone who does…so if you are reading this because someone anonymously sent you a link…or printed it out and left it on your chair, well, you might want to take notes.😉
1) Know Your Strengths and Weaknesses. Personally, I don't often participate in heckling. Not because I have anything against heckling when it's done well, mind you, but because I know that my wit, such as it is, is only quick around friends. Family. Coworkers. Basically in relaxed situations. If, like me, you are the kind of person who will usually come up with the perfect snappy comeback to any confrontation…fifteen to twenty minutes after the fact…then please join me in appreciating the fanly art of heckling as strictly a spectator sport. Your section mates and your baseball buddies will thank you.
2) Brevity. Show of hands. How many of you have suffered through a game painfully within earshot of some fool delivering an oral dissertation to the opposing team? Lame and annoying, right? Even if he or she is on your side. And it's not like the players they're attempting to heckle are even going to follow the whole essay when they're trying to play the game. So what it lacks in entertainment value, it completely makes up for by being pointless. Save the lengthy commentary for blog posts.
3) KISS (Keep it Simple Stupid). Brief taunts can be equally obnoxious and pointless if they are overly complicated or just plain stupid. For example, at the double header in Oakland we sat near an Angels fan who had special things he would shout for each As player. "CoCo likes to start fights in Boston!!" "Jackson? More like all jacked up!" "Suck it Powell, you aren't catching perfection anymore!" And after each new "gem" he would turn to the all of the fans nearby and explain his taunt to us. "See, this one's funny because Landon Powell caught Dallas Braden's perfect game and he's not catching Dallas Braden today." Ummm. No dude. It's still not funny. Nothing will make it funny. It got to the point where the rest of the Angels fans in the section were telling him to shut up. So, a few good rules of thumb here: if your fellow fans are moved to mock you and especially if your brand of heckling requires footnotes? Don't. Just don't.
4) Simple does not have to mean uncreative. Ubiquitous "(Player Name of Choice), you suuuuuuuuuck!" guy or gal, I'm looking at you. Yes, you have met the basic requirements of brevity and simplicity but, trust me, if this is all you're shouting all game long, you've sailed right over that fine, fine line and deep into obnoxious on sheer monotony alone. Mix it up a little from time to time, or at least give it rest for a few batters and your section mates, even those rooting for your team, will thank you.
At the double header in Oakland, we had the You Suuuuuuuck guy sitting right across the aisle from us. "Torii Hunter, you suuuuuuuuck!" "Santana, you suuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!" And he never shut up for longer than the space of a breath. For. Five. Innings. Mind you, he didn't do this during the first game, when the Angels won. Or during the first few innings of the second game when the Angels were ahead. And I was getting so sick of him that I was on the verge of pointing this out, when he made me laugh. You've no doubt heard about the huge seagull problem at the Coliseum and AT&T Park? Huge flocks of them descend in the last few innings of games, take over sections of seats and menace fans. Well, the You Suuuuuuuuuck guy suddenly shouted "Would you hurry up and beat these guys already?! The seagulls are hooongry!!" and pretty much the entire section, Angels and As fans alike, burst out laughing and he seemed a lot less obnoxious after that…I also think he toned it down a little after that, but there's still a good lesson there.
5) Keep it clean, baseball is a family game. Just because it's 2011 and the large number of kids in the stands might be able to give you a decent four letter word vocabulary lesson, doesn't mean you need to contribute to their long list of bad examples. A lot of adults don't want to hear it either. The F-bomb may in fact be the hardest working little multi-tasker in the English language, but even the little black dress is not appropriate for every occasion.
I'm not suggesting that you need to keep it as clean as they apparently do down south. A friend of mine who went to a few college ball games in N'awlins actually witnessed fans heckling the umpire thusly. "Excuse me, Mr. Umpire? Does your wife know you're screwing us, sir?" But still, you have to admit there is a certain level of awesome there.
And, last but certainly not least:
6) Kindly remember that no one, not even members of your own party paid to come to the ballpark to listen to you heckle. Hecklers can be a very entertaining part of the game, but a little goes a long way. True masters of the art of heckling should consider themselves to be salt…or perhaps I should use a spicier analogy? Vulcan fire salt perhaps? The point is your purpose is to accent the game, not to take it over. Do not block other fans' view of the game. Do not keep up such a constant stream of dialog that you keep other fans from enjoying the game…especially if their team is already doing that for you. Otherwise, seriously, you are no better than the jackass in the obviously brand spanking new team shirt…and hat…and jacket jumping up and down and screaming at everyone to do the wave. And no one wants to be that guy, right?😉
The Angels 11 $1 Standings Trick
A good friend wanted to celebrate her birthday in style this weekend, so she got the lot of us passes to the Magic Castle on Saturday. I know what you're thinking – cheesy fortune tellers and kid's birthday party tricks. I thought as much myself before I went the first time, but the reality is quite different. Housed in a gorgeous pre-World War I era mansion tucked into the Hollywood Hills, the Magic Castle is the headquarters for the Academy of Magical Arts and a truly decadent private club. A luxurious setting, an elegant meal, cocktail servers who never let your glass go empty if you let them, and the magicians, wow! My favorite part of all of it is the close-up rooms – card tricks, coin tricks, ring magic, rope tricks and the like all performed to perfection mere feet away. The magician might as well be sitting on the other side of the dining room table from you if you are lucky enough to sit in the front row.
There aren't very many new tricks in the world really, just infinitely innovative riffs on classic tricks. But the variations and personal stamps each magician puts on these tricks are where I think the true artistry lies. Take the 11 $1 bill trick, as it was first described to me. I have seen it performed many ways by many different names, on Saturday for example, it was performed by a magician from my home town as the 4 card trick. But I have never seen it performed so well as the 11 $1 bill trick so I will use that variation as my example. The magician performing this trick always invites a member of the audience to assist him. When I saw the trick, the assistant was Mike, a good friend of mine, and the rest of us were sitting in the front row, close enough to reach out a touch the dollars ourselves.
The Magician took a simple wallet out of his pocket and counted out the contents, 11 $1 bills, into Mike's skeptical hand and invited him to look over each bill carefully. He then invited Mike to investigate the wallet to prove that is was empty and Mike did so thoroughly. The magician set the empty wallet on the table in plain view and asked Mike to count the stack of bills back to the magician. 11 $1 bills. Then the magician counted them back into Mike's hand – 11 $1 bills – and asked Mike to count the stack back into his hand again. Only now, suddenly, Mike could only count 10 $1 bills. Surely Mike was mistaken, the Magician said and counted the stack back into Mike's hand. 11 $1 bills. Try it again, he asked. So Mike counted the stack back into the Magician's hand. 9 $1 bills. No, the Magician said there are 11 and counted them back into Mike's hand. 11 $1 bills. Mike counted them back to the magician again. 8 $1 bills.
Ah, said the magician. I know what happened. And he picked the wallet up off the table, opened it up and removed 3 $1 bills! This trick then continued for some time with several variations. The 11 $1 bills grew in number to 15 and shrank and low as 6 until eventually Mike was asked to investigate the offending wallet again, which he did even more thoroughly, and put the empty wallet into his own pocket himself. In the end, Mike could only count 7 $1 dollars back to the magician again and the remaining three were, you guessed it, inside the wallet he had tucked into his own pocket. I am difficult to impress. I look for the misdirection, glance at places the magician is de-emphasizing, and try to see that which I am not supposed to see. Every now and then I see a bent card, the hidden coin or a few of the torn pieces of whatever disappearing, but not this time. I have the vaguest of ideas what the magician might have done, but damned if I could catch him at it. Magic? Of course not. Not in the Harry Potter/Walt Disney/Gandalf the Grey sense, at least. But definitely a gifted artist giving a brilliant demonstration of his craft, and what could be more magical than that?
Anyway, does the 11 $1 bill trick remind you of anything? Yes, exactly. The Angels standings in the AL West. Twenty days ago, the Angels only had to count a mere 1.5 games out of first back to the Rangers. But then they went to New York and Toronto, and entertained a visit from the Rangers themselves, and when the Rangers counted games back to the Angels, the stack grew to 5 games, then 6 games, then 7. But just when the audience expected them to count back 8 games, Mark Trumbo hit that walk off homerun and showed the Rangers that 2 of those games had magically disappeared from the stack.
After pulling several bats and a rookie outfielder seemingly out of thin air, the Angels took on Baltimore and Chicago and were able to count a mere 2 games back to the Rangers again…Boston may have helped with that a little. And then the counting began in earnest in Texas. The Rangers dazzled the Angels by making baseballs disappear over fences and counted 3 games back into the Angels palm. Then the Angels discovered the secret of the disappearing baseball trick themselves, Ervin Santana turned three days rest and grit into a win and the team counted 2 games back to the Rangers. This feat caused me to respond with a trick of my own and magically pull a Droid out of my small, elegant little evening bag to check the score several times on Saturday. However, Jered Weaver was unable to match Santana's impressive prestidigitation, the Angels fielding moved out of the magic shop and into the novelty store, and suddenly the Rangers counted 3 games in the stack again.
The Angels have 29 games left, 3 of them against Texas, and I can't help but feel they have a few more tricks up their sleeves. Provided the bats continue to obligingly reappear or, better yet, no one makes them disappear in the first place, I predict that the number of games in this particular stack is going to go up and down several more times before someone is eventually able to pull a division title out of the wallet on the table. The feat is hardly impossible, but if the Angels are able to cinch the division win, it will be one stylish trick indeed – even more enjoyable than the 11 $1 bill trick and even more impressive than my own little trick of walking and standing around the Magic Castle for seven hours in three inch heels with nary a blister to show for it.😉
Weaver Pitches 7 Shutout Innings to lead the Angels to their 6th Victory While the Ink Dries on His Brand, Spanking New Contract
We were not going to go to a game this week. Yes, we had originally planned on going to Tuesday night's game, but then the unexpected trip to Yosemite came up and it just seemed like too many things…Until Jered Weaver's press conference. I think Weaver got a great deal from the Angels. But at the same time, I am as touched as everyone else that he didn't wait to shop around as a free agent, potentially leaving significant dollars on the table to stay with the organization he grew up with.
Listening to the press conference on the radio at lunch on Tuesday and hearing Weaver say, with warmth and tears in his voice, 'I just couldn't see myself anywhere else but here,' 'How much more money do you really need?' and 'Watching all of the Angels alumni return to throw out first pitches for the 50th, I want to be part of that brotherhood.' I was thrilled. I was proud. I was moved. Heck, I even shed a few tears myself. There's just something about tough guys being moved to tears that causes a few of my own to roll down my face in sympathy. And suddenly, I really wanted to go the game on Wednesday and be part of the crowd cheering our admiration and thank yous when Weaver took the mound for his next start. I can't imagine sharing that with my non baseball fan friends. It's not like I know the guy, or much of anything about him outside of baseball. So I know they wouldn't understand needing to go to the game at that point in the slightest. But at the same time, I'm certain you all get it.🙂
Reason #3,987,542 (give or take, it's a really long list!) my husband is the best ever? When I texted that I after listening to the press conference I wanted to go Wednesday's game after all. Could we go if I could find cheap tickets? He responded almost instantly with a 'Yes, please.' He was listening to the press conference too. So, many, many thanks to the Angels fans who decided to part with club level seats for $10 each. Were it not for the generosity and/or last minute changes in plans of fans such as yourself, I would sit at home a lot more often than I do.😉
So, long story somewhat truncated, we got to see the Angels mini-sweep the White Sox (I just can't think of a two game series as a full series, sorry!), winning their sixth game in a row. The whole evening was perfect. We even got to the game in time to check out some of the warm ups which with our jobs and So Cal traffic, never happens:
The Angels bats went on a terror and guys found ways to get and base and score in a welcome trend I hope to see continue into the fall:
We saw seven Jered Weaver shutout innings followed by shutout innings from Bobby Cassevash and Fernando Rodney – note, he isn't coming in when it counts. Smart. Very smart:
And I got to see one iteration of my dream Peter Bourjos/Mike Trout outfield live and in person for an entire inning once Trout pinch hit for Vernon Wells in the 8th. Trout promptly knocked the ball into left field for his first big league pinch hit. So many firsts! *sniffles* Our baby's growing up so fast! ;):
From our vantage, we even caught random goofiness in the bullpens…or, invoking the Roger Rabbit Only When it's Funny Clause, chose to infer random goofiness:
And then, there was this. I hate the kiss cam. In fact, I think it's so stupid and pointless that until you all set me straight, I assumed it was a uniquely So Cal thing. We So Cal folk seem to need our beach balls and other lame distractions at perfectly good baseball games *rolls eyes* so it made a disturbing sort of sense. However, this season cheeky humor has arrived at the Big A. Finally, the sound guys have caught up with the times and play sarcastic music and sound effects when the visiting team strikes out, has a meeting on the mound…you know, like other teams do. In keeping with this sense of fun, the camera folks have continued their goofiness with the Kiss Cam's last victims each evening from where they left off with the Indians Bullpen back in April. The visitor's bullpen is a common target, as is the visitor's dugout – an injured Evan Longoria blowing kisses at the camera from his perch on the rail was a high point. But announcers, programmers and sound crew from visiting and home team alike aren't guaranteed a pass either. By now, this is a sufficiently well known prank that the victims usually play along, increasing the humor value considerably. The White Sox bullpen was no exception:
And, of course, all's well that ends well. Light that baby up! Hey, Shakespeare wrote it…except, you know, for that Angels-centric part there…and now you can read it on the Internets, so it absolutely has to be true:
Now, let's do it again, but in Texas shall we? I am so excited for this series! Ervin Santana and Jered Weaver are both even pitching on short rest to help get it done. Clearly the Angels are feeling extra competitive and I love it!
Stomped by Texas for Three Games Straight, Is There Any Hope For Our Boys in Halos?
The 2011 Angels can't score to save their lives and they can't hit when it counts. Veteran bats have only come alive in alternating streaks all season – much like Torii Hunter's slumbering bat waking with a vengeance into his current 15-game hitting streak – and the rookies and the gap hitters are pretty much carrying the line-up. The problem with that is that we can get guys on base, but we can't bring them home, facts I haven't shied away from mentioning all season.
And yet, the Angels have been in the thick of the division race, winning series and beating top teams all season long pretty much on the strength of their pitching and fielding alone. Two weeks ago, we were a mere game out of first place! So what happens when the pitching inevitably falters for a few games? Last week happens, with the disastrous road trip to Toronto and the Bronx. And if the fielding gets lax too? Well, then you have what could have been a season making series against the Texas Rangers turn into what we've seen on the field instead the last few days – something that could very well be season breaking if the Angels don't pull it together and play their hearts out from tonight on through the rest of the season.
Another end result is that I, consummate baseball optimist, constant cheerleader and the self-proclaimed Pollyanna of Angels baseball actually started to despair for a few minutes Tuesday night. Tuesday was my husband's birthday and his boss gave him the company seats, the OMG! company seats, on the field, in the first section on the dangerous side of the home plate screens, 10 rows back from the action. Awesome boss, yes? But sitting there, seemingly inches from the field, watching Erick Aybar lazily glance at the second playable line drive in as many innings shoot uncontested into the outfield for extra bases, in a game where our young starter was clearly struggling and needed all the backup he could get, I thought, "Well, that's it then. If the Angels have just given up, the season is over."
In fact, I think I waited this long to post our photos from the game, indeed anything about the Rangers series, in the hopes that Wednesday would give me something more cheerful to talk about. No dice. At least the lollygagging fielding was over by Wednesday, but not the gaffs. Balls were being thrown all kinds of places that weren't anywhere near a glove. Erick Aybar decided to make an effort again for us Wednesday, but alternated between not being able to keep balls in his glove and not being able to get them out in time to actually throw them – which given the throwing situation might, in hindsight, have been a blessing in disguise, I don't know – all night. Santana pitched a great game, but with the usual insufficient run support, and now with insufficient defense, it's no surprise we lost.
So, are we done? The commentators all seem to think so. This was an important series, no doubt about it. We could be. If we can pull tonight off, we're still six games out of first place in mid-August and that's a tall order. But I did say my moment of despair was brief and, like it's underlying message, I'm not giving up unless the Angels have given up…and even then I probably won't give up unless winning becomes a mathematical impossibility, not a mere improbability, an impossibility. I'm stubborn like that. Monday and Tuesday notwithstanding, I don't think the Angels have given up. Wednesday they still played badly but there were improvements – our pitching was back on track and the defense was at least hustling. And, here's the thing. We were only one game out of first two weeks ago with only a handful of head to head games against the Rangers under our belt. We have seven more coming up including tonight. So, come on Angels, this division just got a whole lot tougher, but it's still winnable.
So, tonight and going forward through August and September, we need to see a lot less of this – big bats taking knocking our pitching for extra bases -:
And a lot more of this, namely Angels in scoring position who then actually score and Angels on the base paths who just earned RBIs. And, I know I'm being extra, extra demanding here, but how about in several of the innings leading up to the 9th inning too?:
We need to start hitting pitchers who are hittable, and not right into double plays either. Derek Holland pitched a good game, but he was hittable:
No more injuries please!!! Everyone stay healthy:
It's unfair to but so much pressure on our starting pitching, but that's just the way things are this season, especially with the #4 spot in the rotation in such a state of flux, the rest of the rotation needs to be lights out as often as possible. With Garrett Richards unfortunately timed injury, they're reinstating Joel Pineiro as a starter…oooooh boy. I just don't know about that one. Prove me wrong, okay Joel? And the bullpen needs to be equally spot on. So why did we send this guy back to AAA?:
And why do we keep putting this guy in, in crucial situations? Tuesday was fine. Fernando Rodney pitches best when we're already behind and don't want to fall further behind, but I still don't like seeing him take the mound:
And the fielding needs to be error free and full of hustle:


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- Member for
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|13 weeks 4 days ago
|I have a prescription for
I have a prescription for equal measures of eye rolling when I see someone use "to be fair," but I suppose I don't care enough to downvote.
|2 years 15 weeks ago
|I find your Dad to be rude
I find your Dad to be rude and unfair.
..But my name is actually Dustin.
|2 years 30 weeks ago
|Congratulations Alex. It's
Congratulations Alex. It's nice to hear this kid is on his way to attaining a dream.
|2 years 39 weeks ago
|All hail.
All hail.
|2 years 44 weeks ago
|What a mess.
What a mess.
|3 years 3 days ago
|Gnarly face seems to be David
Gnarly face seems to be David from Wyoming. Both accounts are consistently bitchy and menopausal.
|3 years 3 days ago
|Well this guy played. Hall's
Well this guy played. Hall's suspension was more for his patented double-bird than anything since Wilson played yesterday.
So Section 1... I'd have to say Urban picks his spots as to how it can serve his team best in the public spotlight and winning games.
|3 years 2 weeks ago
|I always love people like
I always love people like you. Instead of simply explaining your opposing view and data models you insist on being crass and hard-nosed about it. It really makes others want to listen to you.
Here's where you respond with something like: "Whatever. I don't care and it doesn't matter to me how other users want to interpret my posts."
Keep it up man, GREAT work.
|3 years 3 weeks ago
|I'm always curious when I see
I'm always curious when I see a poster deriding a popular board opinion.
Do you seriously think Borges should keep his job, or are you just "David from Wyoming 2.0" and simply perpetually insufferable? I don't understand how anyone can actually justify Funk or Borges keeping their jobs with a straight face.
Back to our regularly scheduled basketball programming (where points are put on the board in a competitive fashion).
|3 years 3 weeks ago
|You're right. It is actually
You're right. It is actually a blessing in disguise.
|3 years 3 weeks ago
|Which element of my post was
Which element of my post was "stupid" exactly?
|3 years 3 weeks ago
|Wrong. I said "more glaring."
Wrong. I said "more glaring." Where did I say better or worse? Quit putting words in people's mouths and then jumping to assumptions about how much Michigan football different posters watch.
It doesn't really matter anyway. The fact that they're comparable means we have a shitty offense.
|3 years 3 weeks ago
|I really wish I didn't know
I really wish I didn't know this. His offense is more glaring than RR's defenses. If Hoke doesn't fire him at season's end, he'll be on the hot seat all of next season.
|3 years 3 weeks ago
|Borges and Funk are let go.
Borges and Funk are let go. Both of their charges have significantly regressed and showed little improvement whatsoever. Funk is a no-brainer. His line is statistically one of the worst in Michigan history, and the worst in FBS this year. Yesterday I was mulching leaves and found myself apprehensive about stopping the yard work and switching the game on because of how disgusting the line is. That pains me to my core.
Devin needs to show improvement over final two games with decision-making. He needs to learn to throw it away faster rather than scramble straight backwards 10 yards first. He's obviously playing hurt. He's started wearing a knee brace and rib protection so they're hide g an injury from us. I suppose they'll unveil it at seasons end to make us feel as though he gutted through something.
Brady needs to reevaluate defensive play. Not seeing as much progression there as we expected either. Linebackers haven't made strides (in most cases they've regressed - Bolden, even Ross hasn't made any quantifiable leap).
The list of noteworthy aspects of this team is so long I can't type it all out on my phone.
|3 years 4 weeks ago
|Alright SC. I just have to
Alright SC. I just have to know - and don't think I'm chastising you in any way because I'm just genuinely curious. What do you think of the coordinating and the line coaching now?
This team's offense has easily surpassed the ineptitude of RR's defenses (last in TFL's, -48 yards rushing, etc. etc. etc. ad nauseum). We look absolutely awful. I feel horrible for the seniors on this team.
|3 years 10 weeks ago
|What? Taken literally, we've
What? Taken literally, we've been playing like a 5-8 team the last few weeks. In almost any remaining game on the schedule we won't win if we play like we did against Akron and UConn. How this escapes other users/fans mystifies me.
This blows my mind: Michigan needed a final-seconds-of-the-game goal-line stand to beat Akron. This team has looked pathetic the last two weeks, and we've seen that Notre Dame isn't close to as good as we thought they were. They look bad too.
|3 years 10 weeks ago
|I've watched over 200
I've watched over 200 Michigan home games. They're not very good this year. Not sure how that's trolling.
|3 years 10 weeks ago
|You're overreacting much more
You're overreacting much more than I am. I'm not overreacting at all. These teams are significantly better than Michigan. If you can't see that you haven't watched our games this year.
|3 years 10 weeks ago
|Well... Both Wisconsin and
Well... Both Wisconsin and Ohio look much, much better than us. Its pretty obvious. Couple that with the known commodity of a few Gardner-wrapped gifts to the opposing team and it'll probably be a long afternoon.
"Rationale" that's fact-based says we have played horribly the past two games, and beat a had NotreDame team. We scraped by two losing teams by our fingernails. That's not good.
|3 years 10 weeks ago
|Watching this Ohio-Wisconsin
Watching this Ohio-Wisconsin game I can't help but think Michigan is going to get rolled pretty hard at home again this year. Depressing. Both of these teams are leaps ahead of Michigan.
|3 years 11 weeks ago
|Wait, are you suggesting that
Wait, are you suggesting that it's not the "kid's" fault for sending out a dumb tweet to begin with? Maybe "kids" shouldn't be so obsessed with using social media to brag about their offer sheets and being able to drop Ohio State.
The argument that the users of Twitter have any semblance of privacy on that site is tired and uninformed. It only gets magnified if you're in the public eye in any way. There's a simple solution: stop using Twitter or stop posting dumb stuff (but we all know most everyone can't help but post dumb, inflamatory stuff).
|3 years 11 weeks ago
|Uh no. Rodriguez's offensive
Uh no. Rodriguez's offensive lines could block and blew out UConn.
|3 years 11 weeks ago
|Uh no. Rodriguez's offensive
Uh no. Rodriguez's offensive lines could block and blew out UConn.
|3 years 11 weeks ago
|At what point do all of the
At what point do all of the "reasonable" fans arguing for patience hit the Panic button?
This team looks inept. The offensive line is pathetic. We're going to lose this game tonight.
|3 years 12 weeks ago
|You know your program has
You know your program has fallen a bit when getting beat at home by Akron wouldn't surprise me much. This team looks pathetic.
|3 years 13 weeks ago
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Fantastic! Thank you.
|3 years 13 weeks ago
|Fantastic! Thank you.
Fantastic! Thank you.
|3 years 13 weeks ago
|Piggybacking off this so
Piggybacking off this so others can see - there's a fantastic high-res, wallpaper-worthy picture of Lewan holding Gardner back after Gardner scored on his touchdown run.
You can find it in the ESPN "Week 2 Wrap Gallery." It's the very last picture.
|3 years 14 weeks ago
|Is this serious? I can't
Is this serious? I can't believe I have to type this: the entire 200 million wasn't needed for the donation. He likely added more to ensure the Business school was finished, etc.
I mean honestly, are you guys seriously that aloof or does Stephen Ross contribute to your Christmas cheer?
|3 years 14 weeks ago
|It's a discussion. I added
It's a discussion. I added some knowledge, personal experience, and factual information about how these large donations work, and often why they go down. It doesn't make Ross's contribution any less grand, relevant, or good-natured. He could have donated the money anywhere but chose a learning institution that he has close ties to. I thought that was inferred, but I was wrong.
"All the dots, caps and italics" are in reference to two casual uses of ellipsis and one word in caps and italics? What - you didn't feel it necessary to call out the donations in quotation marks? You're slipping.


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Thanks for all the suggestions. PeteCz I didnt even see #65, thats a good one to keep in mind.
Jim- A friend of mine suggested Twentymile for the fishing, and I have wanted to explore a new part of the park also. Another vote for #65, Bearpen Branch, Ill have to try this one next, but it is on the far side of the park for me (Im in Knoxville).
Crockett - Thanks for that link, I didnt know what the stream looked like at #18, and from the pictures it looks very kid friendly. That had been first on my list before, I think I might end up there after all.
Grouseman - Thanks for the suggestion on the campsite. As for the hike being too tough, this three year old is as big as most five y.o. and has been hiking since he could walk good. He's done several 2 to 3 mile hikes before. Here is a pic of us heading down the Stiffknee trail on the way to Slickrock (which is a tough trail and about 3 miles, Eli , the 3 y.o is on the left). We never made it, but that was due to running into 2 yellow jacket nests on the trail about a quarter mile before the creek. They didnt complain once other than that.
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Intended for longer-distance intermediate-stations services on main lines, 2 Bil (indicating two-coach bi-lavatory) electric multiple units first appeared in 1935. The fleet was of wholly-new construction and to a high specification.
The units were formed Driving Motor Brake Third (DMBT) + Driving Trailer Composite (DTC). The bodywork was to main line standards with full-length side-corridors and a lavatory in each coach. Technically, the units were to the Southern's standard specification for suburban EMUs, close-coupled with no gangway connections between coaches. The units had the Southern's standard suburban-type front-end but, unlike the 4 Lav.s, the 9ft wide bodysides were maintained over the entire length of each car, with no recessed sections at the outer ends.
Units - 1890-99 (2001-09)
Unit 1890, renumbered 1900 in January 1936 and 2010 in February 1937, was effectively the prototype and 1891-99, renumbered 2001-09, were the first production batch.
Equipment, motors and underframes of the first batch were of the then-standard suburban design with Metropolitan-Vickers motors and control gear. The DMBTs had one powered bogie with two 275hp type 339 traction motors.
The DMBTs had seven compartments and a van area that included equipment boxes for the Metrovick control gear (one of the guard's seats was higher than the other as it was mounted on an equipment box). The internal layout was driving cab, guard's compartment, 7 Third-class compartments and lavatory, with the corridor on the left. The DTCs had the internal layout: cab, 4 Third-class compartments, 4 First-class compartments, lavatory, with the corridor on the right.
Maunsell 'middle period' bodywork features - such as door ventilators, cream-painted corridor panelling and wooden-fillet window-fixings - distinguished the first batch of units from the rest of the fleet.
Units 2011-2152
Units 2011-2152 were built in three batches:
In practice, all of these units, together with 2001-2010, became common-user across the South Western and Central divisions.
2011-2152 were generally similar to the first ten units but had the later SR standard English-Electric traction equipment. As with the 2 Nol. and 3-car suburban motor units, the English Electric equipment was backwards-compatible with the earlier Metrovick type and all of the fleet could work in multiple with each other and with other suburban-type units.
Surprisingly, since the change from Metrovick to underfloor-mounted English-Electric traction equipment saved space that was normally reflected in a small increase in passenger accommodation, the DMBTs of this and subsequent batches of 2 Bil units had only 6 Third-class compartments and a coupé (half-compartment) instead of the seven compartments of the first ten DMBTs. Experience may have shown that a larger van area was needed for mails and parcels on main-line routes.
The bodywork of these and subsequent 2 Bil units were representative of Maunsell's later period. Door ventilator louvres and cab-front ventilators were not provided and the cream-painted corridor panels were replaced by varnished teak. Cable conduits on the front of the DMBT were repositioned in line with the changed location of the traction equipment and the windows were mounted in flanged aluminium window-pans instead of being secured by wooden fillets.
In service
Four units were written off as a result of war damage: 2102 and 2131 at Portsmouth in August 1940, 2014 at Brighton in May 1943 and 2119, probably in the London area, in December 1944.
The DTC of unit 2056 was written off following an accident at Brighton in 1946 and replaced in 1948 by the DTC from disbanded 2 Hal. unit 2646. Unit 2088 lost its DTC in a fire at Littlehampton in 1950, replaced by a trailer from 2 Hal. unit 2653. In 1951 2008 and 2029 permanently exchanged driving trailers.
Units 2069 and 2100 both lost DTCs in a collision at Barnham in 1951.
DTC 12166 of unit 2133 was destroyed in a runaway and collision at Guildford in 1952. The accident was caused by brake failure and as a result all Bil. and Nol. units were fitted with a control governor that cut off power to the main traction circuit until pressure in the train brake pipe had risen above a predetermined safe level. 2 Hal. units already had this safety feature.
Units 2069, 2100 and 2133 were returned to traffic at the beginning of 1955 with all-steel trailers similar to the DTCs of 2 Hal. units 2693-2700 but with the Formica and veneer interior finish of contemporary EPB stock. Internally the new cars comprised 4 Third-class compartments, 4 First-class compartments and lavatory: with the corridor on the right and a communicating door between the corridor and the cab.
2088 was involved in a second accident on 1st August 1962, when it was leading the 10.17 a.m. train from Brighton to Portsmouth. As the train was approaching Barnham station it was derailed by facing points that were partially open as a result of a loose washer wrongly energising the point motor. The left-hand wheels of the front bogie of DMBT 10654 travelled up the platform ramp and the coach overturned to the right, followed by the unit's Hal.-type DTC 12121. Fortunately nobody in the well-filled 6-car train was seriously injured - the driver, in particular, had a lucky escape as a platform coping stone pierced the cab and fell across it as it overturned - but
Both coaches of unit 2088 were written off following a derailment at Barnham in 1962.
2 Bil unit 2006 was re-formed in September 1963 with five suburban trailer coaches to become trailer set 900.
The DTC of unit 2105 was destroyed by fire following a collision with a bus at Roundstone level crossing in 1965 . The unit was disbanded, with its MBS transferring to 4 Lav. unit 2943.
Final years
In the final years of the fleet several units were withdrawn, rather than repaired following relatively minor accidents. The main withdrawal of 2 Bil units began in February 1969, with units sent to scrap dealers in Gloucester, Norfolk, South Wales, Stockton-on-Tees, Rotherham, Sheepbridge (Chesterfield) and Shattleston (Glasgow). 2037, withdrawn in March 1970, was sent to Derby London Road for experimental use before being finally scrapped circa 1975.
The last 2 Bil units in general traffic, withdrawn in July 1971, were 2016, 2034, 2090, 2098, 2111, 2123, 2135 and 2140.
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Dr. Oz grocery shopping tips to buying organic foods
Dr. Oz tackled the popular question of "should I be buying organic foods?"
My position on organic foods is quite simple: if I had an Angelina Jolie food budget, I'd buy everything organic. It's true that organic foods are not purchased exclusively by the very rich (or else it wouldn't be a billion dollar industry). There are loads of regular people with regular incomes who have made the lifestyle choice of buying organic foods.
I have some items that I've been buying organic for a decade now: milk, yogurt and essential oils.
When it comes to eggs, I buy mine free range and I will gladly switch to organic free range eggs when I can get them on sale. When it comes to produce, if there is a sale on organic products, I'll jump at the occasion and there are certain conventional products (like strawberries) I no longer eat if I cannot buy them organic because I've read too much about the amount of pesticides used in the cultivation.
If I could only buy organic meats, I would. Right now, it's not part of my food budget, but I do buy grain feed meats because they are affordable and they can easily be purchased at the grocery store!
I was a bit surprised to hear Dr Oz admit that organic products can be fairly expensive. It's important to recognize that, but I was equally happy hear Dr. Oz list some grocery items that should ALWAYS be organic and those that you keep buying conventional.
I actually wrote a post asking readers to share their approach to organic foods with this new recessionary economy. You can still read it here if you've missed it: Quizz: Are you still buying as much organic food as before the recession?
>>> Dr. Oz's suggestions on which food items to buy organic:
I really love these fun games Dr. Oz creates in order to teach the audience about food.
In a recent episode on organic foods he asked two contestants which items should be purchased organic and which are not necessary.
Here is Dr. Oz's list of MUST when it comes to choosing organic foods:
1) Milk! I've been buying organic milk and yogurt for a long time and I'm about to upgrade my butter and cream to organic as well.
2) Leafy greens: You cannot crumb off pesticide from leafy greens so buying them organic as much as possible is a good idea.
3) Thing skin fruits like grapes and strawberries.
4) Apples: I buy conventional apples, but I allowing scrub off the skin before eating them or I remove the skin before putting my apple in my breakfast smoothie.
Here is Dr. Oz's list of foods that don't have to be organic:
1) Thick skin fruits like mangoes, avocadoes and pineapples (you'll most likely be removing the skin of these fruits before eating them).
2) Broccoli: Dr. Oz explained that pesticides don't stick to broccoli all that much.
3) Fish
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New York University Library, University of California San Diego Library, and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library agree to merge Archivists' Toolkit (AT) and Archon archives information management applications. Andrew W. Mellon offers funding to support the endeavor.
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Keystone Library Network enrolls as a Registered Service Provider.
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ArchivesSpace trainer corps works with Registered Service Provider Keystone Library Network to provide Basics and Digital Objects training via webinar. Recordings from the sessions are subsequently made available to all ArchivesSpace members.
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Second annual ArchivesSpace Member Forum held at the Robert W. Woodruff Library of member institution Atlanta University Center, in conjunction with the Society of American Archivists annual conference in Atlanta, Georgia.


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Tribeca Notes 4/26: Rob Lowe's 'Knife Fight' A Success, '2 Days In New York' To Premiere
The premiere of Rob Lowe's Knife Fight last night was a rousing success. It was well-written, funny, and smart. One of the more enjoyable experiences I've had screening thus far at Tribeca.
If you're looking to rush the ticket line tonight at the Tribeca Film Festival, there are a pair of powerful documentaries playing that are worth your time. the first is Planet of Snail, the story of a blind/deaf Korean man who happens to be an aspiring writer and his tiny, handicapped wife. The most heartwarming scene of all the films playing at Tribeca might just be in this film, when the couple must figure out how to change a ring lightbulb for the very first time. (Chelsea Clearview Theaters, 7pm)
Turn Off the Lights is the Roma story of three teenagers newly released from prison. The films alpha male is 18-year-old Alex, who was accused of killing his girlfriend at 14. It's surreal to watch how he aggressively treats any one of his five girlfriends, or invites 13-year-old girls to his mates' flat for a night of fun. All of this is filmed by Ivana Mladenovic, a Serbian woman. (Chelsea Clearview Theaters, 10pm)
The main event tonight, however, is 2 Days in New York, the Chris Rock flick that's sure to draw a lot of rushers, so get there early. (BMCC, 9:30pm)