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I'm reletively new to this board, at least in the since that this is my first full season posting here regularly...thats a weird word, "regularly". Anyway, I knew quite a few posters here from other boards before coming here and some of them know that at least once a year I like to post a thread that is basically one amorphous blob of opinion. Usually I try to hit on all the big subjects - players, coaches, GM, ect. from all different angles. This usually tends to be pretty long, so I doubt people will read the whole thing, but it has sparked some good discussions in the past on other boards. So I'm hoping it will do the same thing here. When I do this, I try to be as unbiased as possible. I like to think I'm a fairly unbiased fan, though I'm sure there will be some that disagree with that. Anyway, here it goes:
Danny Granger - If you had asked me last year whether or not I thought Danny could be a franchise player, I would have told you "yes". Now, I'm not so sure he will be, though I still think he can be. For whatever reason, I don't see the same fire behind Granger that I saw last year - now he's been settling for too many jumpshots/3's and avoiding contact. I think if Danny could develop the mentality of Gerald Wallace that he could be a top 7 player in the NBA. Granger has a unique gift in the sense that he could do it all. However, it seems we now get a Danny that focus' primarily on offense - which we do need from him, but I want to see the defensive/rebounding menace side of Danny more than we do. He only seems to bring that out against the LeBron's and Pierce's of the NBA. I want to see Granger step up and be "that guy" but he needs to stop taking so many 3's and give 100% on defense and rebounding all the time. I don't care if his scoring drops, look what Wallace has done in Charlotte - Granger is far more talented and could make a much bigger impact than that, especially since we have a better supporting cast.
Roy Hibbert - I feel sorry for Roy. Here is a guy, who has worked his tail off since getting drafted by the Pacers, only to get stuck with a coach who doesn't have the slightest idea how to use him. I don't care who you have on your team, when you have a guy with Hibbert's size and skills, you develop him. I honestly believe our offense should revolve around Hibbert and not Granger. Clearly Granger is the better offensive player, but if you want to win you go inside out. When Hibbert starts, we'll go to him early, just to show the other team we will - then we don't pass the ball to him again until the 4the quarter for a few plays. Hibbert would even make it an easy transition as he is a very good passer for a big man and has actually drawn a lot of double teams. Granger and Rush would benefit greatly if our offense was ran around Hibbert for the full game. Heck, even Murphy would get more open looks. Also, I don't care who we are playing, Hibbert should start every game. We need to play our game, not the other teams. As for his defense, I believe he is better than he is given credit for. Most young Centers always get in foul trouble as it is, when you have guys like Ford, Dunleavy, Head, ect. on the perimeter who can't stay in front of their man and a guy like Murphy next to him, he is trying to guard his man, plus the guy who burned one of our bad defenders. If we had a good defensive PF next to him, I think he would shine more defensively.
Brandon Rush - I have a feeling this one will spark a lot of controversy. Mainly because I still believe Brandon Rush has All-Star talent and potential. Much like Hibbert, I feel Rush is being misused. I live in Charlotte, and while I have always been a Pacers fan - I once had a quarter of the season tickets to the Charlotte Hornets. This was the year that Eddie Jones was an All-Star. Brandon Rush reminds me so much of Eddie Jones its ridiculous. When we first traded Williams to Dallas for Jones and the picks I was stoked because I thought Eddie Jones would be the perfect mentor. Point is, Rush is oozing with talent, but his talent is great for a set offense, not street ball. If we ran a half court offense through Hibbert, Rush would start to emerge as a good player I think. Even now, I would say Rush is one of the best one-on-one perimeter defenders in the NBA, he rarely gets lost and rarely falls for pump fakes. In fact, about 90% of the points his guys score on him seem to be very well set screens that he has to take the long way around. I can't say much about his team defense as we don't play team defense, but I'll say right now - once we make the playoffs, however long that takes, the NBA will start to notice Rush.
Tyler Hansbrough - Tyler isn't a starter. Sorry to break it to all the fans hoping he will be, but he isn't. However, I will maintain till the day he leaves the NBA that he is a great guy to have off the bench. A huge discussion around here has been wether or not Tyler will improve his shooting % over his career. I think he will, but I don't think he'll ever have a good shooting %. He's far too agressive to only take very smart shots all the time - but with that comes all the FTA he will be getting which is why I'm okay with it. I hope we see Hansbrough retire a Pacer, I have a feeling he is our new Jeff Foster - however, I think he'll be more effective at Foster's age. I'll also say this. I am a die hard Tar Heel fan and have watched him for the last 4 years, but his defense in the NBA is so much better than he ever showed in college. Whenever we have played a team who went small ball, Hansbrough has had to guard a few SF's and has somehow played good perimeter defense on them, I was shocked - I never thought he would be the defender he is right now in the NBA, much less in his rookie year.
AJ Price - Like Hansbrough, Price isn't a starter on a competitive team, however, like Hansbrough, I think he is a great player to have on the bench. Championship teams have role players like Hansbrough and Price and it looks like we found two of them in one draft. What has impressed me the most with Price is his attitude, he looks like a 10 year vet out on the court, not rookie like at all. Quite frankly, I think he should be starting over Watson as he seems to run the offense better than Watson does. This also goes back to my view of running the offense through Hibbert as Price would just give Hibbert more room to work with than Watson would. Price also seems to be the best playmaker we've had since Tinsley and before that Jackson. It is very refreshing seeing someone with his mentality and playmaking at the PG position. Like I said though - even though I wouldn't mind him starting the next few years(same with Hansbrough), I feel on a competitive team, he is a great backup, not a starter.
Dahntay Jones - Jones is kinda a weird player for me. His defense hasn't been near as good as I had hoped, but his offense has been better than I anticipated. Some nights his defense looks great and his offense is terrible, then the next night is offense looks good and his defense is decent. I wish he could put them together more often than he does. Definitely a good role player on a Championship contender, but I'm not sure if he should really be in our future plans.
Jeff Foster - I love the guy, who doesn't? But lets be honest, he has taken many steps back over the last few seasons. On top of being officially injury prone, he has always been a hustle player, players like that fade out more quickly when they can't rely on skill. As much as I wanted to see him retire as a Pacer, we would be much better off, as would he, if we traded him to a contender before everyone catches on that he isn't the same player he was a few seasons ago.
Troy Murphy - Troy has definitely picked it up lately, which is a great thing as I was afraid his draft stock would start to slip. Now with his recent play, I think his value has rised a great deal to contending teams. Troy has taken a lot of heat around here, myself included, but in the big scheme of things, I don't think he deserves it. Jim O'Brien does not teach defense, I don't care what anyone says, I have not seen one bit of evidence since he has arrived in Indiana that he gives a lick about defense. On a good team, with a good coach, Murphy can be a decent defender. He tries, its not like he doesn't give effort, but we have no team defense, so weak individual defenders stand out that much more. Kinda like how Ray Allen's defense was masked once moving to Boston, I think a similar thing would happen with Murphy in a place like, oh I don't know, Cleveland? (Kinda like Mo Williams as well)
TJ Ford - TJ Ford might honestly be the worst PG the Pacers have had since I've been a fan - which is as long as I can remember. He is to quote Sir Charles "turrible". I think he is part victim to Obie's style too though. Obie lets the team do whatever they want, Ford can be an effective PG if held under control. Obie doesn't do that. When Ford is running wild, he brings the whole team down with him, much like Tinsley did. Tinsley was very solid under a controlled offense like Carlisle ran, even if Tinsley thought he was better off in an up-tempo offense. Even though both of their skills match an up-tempo offense, they need a coach to control the offense so they can be held in check. At this point, his value is shot - hopefully we can unload him in the summer as an expiring contract.
Mike Dunleavy - He is not the same player. I'm not even talking physically after returning from injury. He has seemed to lost what made him so effective, his high bball I.Q. He makes a lot of dumb mistakes now and doesn't seem like an effective playmaker like he was. I don't know, I'm just not sold on the player he is now - but I guess I wasn't even after his break out year either. Hopefully we will trade him sometime before next season, though I doubt that will happen. For what its worth, I like the role he has now off the bench, and his shot can still be sweet, though much more inconsistant. If he can pick up that consistancy and regain his I.Q., he will be a good bench player - I just hope we don't resign him after next season.
Luther Head - Pretty much what I think everyone was expecting of him when we signed him. He is what, 6'2, 6'3? He should not be playing SG ever. The problem is, he isn't a PG either. Even when he goes on his scoring spurts, he is a 6'2 guy trying to guard 6'6 guys. I like him as a spark off the bench, but only in a 5-10 minute role as a PG.
Earl Watson - I like him a lot as a backup PG. He has been decent as the starter, but if the ultimate goal is a Championship in the future, he is more suitable as a backup. I do think he could be a good role player on a Championship team though. Thats one reason I like the wya Bird has built this team, our role players are all the type of role players you see on Championship teams, but Bird needs to add another star for any of them to make the impact the could. Watson is a solid vet though, I don't know how his future will play out in Indiana as I like to think Price is our second stringer moving forward, but maybe keep him until we can find our permanent solution to the first string PG position.
Josh McRoberts - I loved the potential that McRoberts showed last year, thats part of the reason I really didn't want to draft Hansbrough, even though I'm a Tar Heel fan. However, I think his potential is fading away. He isn't getting time for a reason, nothing Obie does makes sense anyway, but if AJ Price earned his way into the lineup, something makes me think McRoberts could too if he was doing wel in practice. Regardless of his situation, I love him as a 3rd string PF.
Solomon Jones - I'm actually really, really happy with Jones as a backup Center to Hibbert. He brings some energy and defense off the bench and has actually been better offensively than I was expecting. Good player to have off the bench, especially at the price we got him at.
Travis Diener - Wait, he's still on the Pacers? -_0 Whats there to say about Diener, he is solid when he gets time - has hit some big shots with us before, but he is where he belongs. If we were going to have to have a 4th/5th string PG, I can't think of a better player for the job, except for maybe Ed Cota or Sundiatta(sp?) Gaines.
Jim O'Brien - I hope that everyone understands that when I say this, I mean it, I'm not saying this as a joke or an exaggeration, but I honestly believe that Jim O'Brien is not fit to coach a YMCA team. This guy, is the dumbest coach I have ever seen in my entire life. Keep in mind, I am a 49ers fan and have seen some God awful offensive cordinators come through over the past few years and a Tar Heels fan and suffered through the Doherty years. Jim O'Brien is a moron, thats all there is too it. I think he might have sold his soul to the devil for the ability to manipulate his way into someone giving him a job.
Three games. Thats all it took. Three games into his 1st year with the Pacers I called that he was a terrible coach. Everyone was bashing me saying I wasn't giving him enough time, but after 3 games I could see that he had no clue what he was doing and was too stubborn to change things. I honestly don't want to get into everything that he does wrong because this whole post would take 10x longer, though if someone would like me to clarify late, just post it and I'll explain in further detail why I think he should be banned from basketball.
Larry Bird - Its funny, I can see the direction that Larry is trying to take the Pacers and I love it, however I think he is going about it in the wrong way. I can tell that Larry knows what it takes to build a Championship team, but I also think he is trying to skip a few steps. Right now, he wants to win and rebuild at the same time. The only way that ever happens is with a lot of luck and I personally don't want to rely on luck, especially with our history with it. Larry has brought in the perfect core for a Championship team. Every Championship team is filled with players like Granger, Rush, Hibbert, Hansbrough, Price, Jones, Jones, and Watson. When I say that, I mean they could all be very valuable to teams who could win Championships. However, Granger is the only star we have right now, and while I think Hibbert and Rush could potentially develop into much better players than they are right now, we don't have a coach that supports that, and even then, we would need another sure fire player to go with Granger.
I also think Bird is a little too stubborn for his own good. Bird isn't the type of guy to admit when he is wrong, but he should have fired O'Brien a long time ago, I believe the only reason O'Brien is still here is because Bird doesn't want to admit he made a mistake by hiring him. Bird and Carlisle were friends, which makes me wonder why he is hesitant to fire O'Brien, but the truth is, there isn't one good reason to keep him. Maybe O'Brien is blackmailing him? I don't know, but Bird needs to find a coach who knows how to coach.
Also, I think Bird needs to learn when to sell high. After Dunleavy's career year, I was constantly saying we needed to trade him while his value was high - in fact, most Raptor fans said they would have liked to see a Dunleavy for Bargnani deal, with some of them even saying they'd throw in a 1st. Of course, the next year Dunleavy got hurt and Bargnani broke out into a pretty good player. The point is, Dunleavy should not be considered apart of the core moving forward, even if Bird liked Dunleavy, he should have known this. When you have a player with high value who isn't a good player for a rebuilding process, you need to unload him for pieces for the future. We could have gotten a very good young piece to go with Dunleavy after that year, now we are stuck with him. Murphy is a different case I think, I doubt Murphy's value was ever as high as it is now, which is why Bird needs to look at this team, and pull the trigger on the best deal he can get instead of thinking he's getting shortchanged. I would love to see us get a 1st or Danny Green out of a Cleveland deal, but if the best offer we get is straight expirings, Bird needs to take it. I hope he doesn't try to oversell his players again, which is something I've heard hes done in the past.
My last beef with Bird is last years draft. Going into the draft, the two positions we needed were a PG and a PF. Like I've said, I love Hansbrough, but last year was possibly the best PG draft ever and this year is one of the best PF drafts ever. It made no sense to draft a PF in a sea of PGs, especially since we are still without a PG and there are no PG prospects outside of the #1 pick in this draft. If we took Lawson or Holiday last year, we would have been able to get a guy like Davis, Favors, Monroe, Cousins, Aldrich, ect. this year. I will take Lawson or Holiday paired with any of those PF's over Hansbrough paired with whatever positon we manage to get this year any day.
I think Bird has all the know-how on how to build a team, but at the same time I think he is too stubborn to do it the right way. At least in my opinion.
How I Would Do It:
As the Coach - Like I said earlier, the first thing I would do is build the offense around Hibbert. Its not often you find a 7'3 Center with the post skills that he has, even if he doesn't lead the team in scoring, he needs to be the #1 option. I would limit Granger to 5 3's a game, unless he was shooting over 50% after the first 5, in which case he could shoot them until he went below 50% - obviously he could shoot open 3's too, but never in the first 5 seconds of the shot clock. If we ran the offense through Hibbert, I think Granger would be much more effective on offense, especially if he is limited in the # of 3's he took. Take tonight for instance, Granger was driving to the hole instead of jacking up 3's. Look at all the FT's he took, then look at the big W next to the game. Granger has the ability to take it to the hole and get to the line, that needs to be his first option if he's ever going to be the leader I think he can be. As for Brandon Rush - I take a few games out of the schedule and try to get Rush to step up. I would take him aside, and say something along the lines of "I want you to score 25 points tonight, I don't care how many shots it takes you to get there, just do it. If you don't you won't play for another 3 games." I realize an offense ran through a player forcing shots like I imagine he would be would probably get us a loss, but I think it would be important for Rush to know he has the ability to take over. I would do that for a few games during the year until he got it and could go on scoring spurts reguraly. Also, I'm sure everyone here will think I'm crazy, but I would want to try Rush at PG for maybe 5 minutes per game. If anyone has noticed, he has the best handles on the team - not the best playmaker, but the best dribbler. He has pulled a few Tinsley's out there as of late. I would love to give him 5 minutes at PG just to see what he could do, because if he could hold down that positon for a few stretches throughout the game, we would have a HUGE defensive advantage. His defense would hinder the other teams PG from starting their offense, especially if we have Granger and Jones on the wings to help defend also. As for Granger, I take him aside and show him clips of Gerald Wallace and ask him to be a team player on offense and defense. I'm not saying he isn't a team player - but right now Granger is playing to maybe 6 tenths of the talent he has. I would ask him to do all the little things I know he is capable of doing. Put those games with the Rush scoring games and have learn other roles. Both of them are do-it-all kind of talents, I would do everything possible to bring out the best in them from all angles, not just focus on one aspect of their game.
The big thing for me as a coach is size and defense. I believe size and defense wins Championships. I would not want a PG under 6'2, a SG under 6'6, a SF under 6'8, a PF under 6'10, or a Center under 7'0. Ideally they would be an inch or two taller than that though. Thats why I prefer guys like Rush to guys like Kevin Martin. As good of a scorer as Kevin is, I would prefer a defensive menace, I believe the go farther in the long run. Defense wins Championships, I want great defenders.
As the GM - The whole drafting Hansbrough thing put me in a tough spot of where to go. I feel we are still without a starting PF and PG moving forward, and while I think we found great backups in Price and Hansbrough, I'd much rather have Lawson or Holiday to work with going into a PF heavy draft. Since that isn't possible, my first move would be to pick up a late pick. I don't think Murphy for Z/1st is out of the range of possibility, but if the Cavs are hesitant on that, I would throw in Luther Head to get it done. We shed a little more salary and they would get a temp while their PGs are out, and a player who could be a huge spark and spread the floor for LeBron. This gives us some cap room and another 1st to work with. I would also move Foster to a contender for expirings, which seems reasonable enough.
Come draft night, lets say we end up with the 5th pick or later - I would honestly probably trade it at this point. For me this draft is Wall and Henry or bust in my book - though Ed Davis really interests me, I don't think he will be ready for a few years. When I say that though, I don't mean I don't think its a good draft, because it is - but it is a PF heavy draft, with most of them being projects. I think we would be better off trying to trade the #5 pick for that guy we need next to Granger. #5 could get us a good player to go with Granger, Hibbert, Rush, ect. I know NJ fans said that if they get Wall they would be up for a #5/Harris swap. I'm not sure if thats the trade I would want, but a Harris/Rush/Granger/Hansbrough/Hibbert core is nice moving forward, especially with Price and the Jones' off the bench. If we could somehow trade Hansbrough and the late Cavs 1st for a starting PF, we would be even more set until we can fill out our bench a little better.
I don't think theres all that many moves the Pacers can make this year to make a huge change, but if we were going to try, trading the #5 pick would be a start. Outside of the Wall and Henry, I don't see anyone who would be worth it over a guy like Harris. I'm sure some of those potential guys could really blossom and usually I'm all over potential players, but I don't think the Pacers could afford a miss at this stage in the rebuild.
Players that I think would be a great fit for the Pacers:
Raymond Felton - I think he could break out with the Pacers. He reminds me a lot of Chauncy Billups in the sense that I think he will be a late bloomer. He has already shown to be a good defender, good leader, and very clutch - now he just needs to pull them all together. If the Pacers can trade Murphy and Foster for expirings, we might have enough money to make a run at him, though it would be difficult. I think Felton would be the perfect PG for the Pacers moving forward though.
Ronny Turiaf - The closest thing to Dale Davis that I see in the NBA. I know the Warriors love him, so I don't think it would be easy to get him, not even sure we could, but I think he would be a great fit next to Hibbert. He brings energy, toughness, and defense to the PF positon. Exactly the type of player the Pacers need at the PF spot.
Danny Green - I would love for us to somehow get him out of the Murphy/Z deal if it happens, but I doubt that he will be a throw in. He is a do-it-all kind of player that I love. Will never be more than a role player, but could be a very good one who will step up big in certain situations and become a fan favorite with his pregame dance.
Hakim Warrick - I would love to have this guy off the bench for us. Again, another guy who probably isn't attainable, but seems like a good guy for us to have when Granger needs a rest. He is a do-it-all kinda player who would provide a spark along with some highlights.
Terrence Williams - Definitely not attainable, but definitely a guy that I think would be great for this Pacers team. The Pacers need a guy with some attitude like that, someone who will get under the skin of wing players while Tyler takes care of the post players.
Players to look at in the draft:
John Wall - No explanation needed, he will be a star providing he doesn't get injured.
Evan Turner - Looks like Brandon Roy light. A guy that size with handles like that and who gives it all the whole game is very rare. He is #2 on my board at this point.
Ed Davis - The guy has so much potential, but will need to bulk up if he ever wants to reach his potential. If he does bulk up, I think he could be a lot like JO was in his prime.
Greg Monroe - Probably not going to be a great player, but I could see him being a Aldridge type of player in the NBA. Definitely could be a useful starting PF.
Jarvis Varnado - Could be a great pick late in the 1st round, reminds me of Josh Smith defensively.
Players to avoid drafting:
Patrick Patterson - I really don't like undersized guys. He won't be able to outmuscle NBA players like he does in college. He reminds me a lot of Ike Diogu. Not a good defender in college, will be even worse in the NBA.
Willie Warren - I would probably like him a lot more if he was 2 inches taller, I hate short players though.
Dexter Pittman - Sorry Pittman, Glen Davis already secured the overweight guy who made it position for the next few years.
Kyle Singler - Will be in Europe in 4 years. Will probably be a much better player over there anyway, but his game/athleticism won't allow him to succeed in the NBA I don't think.
Solomon Alabi - Nothing against him, but its hard for young Centers to make it in the NBA. I see a lot of potential there, but I doubt he gets there.
Thats it haha, sorry for how long it was. I'm going to pursue a career as a writer, so once I get going it tends to go on for a while haha. For any of those who read the whole thing, just message me your adress and I could possibly send over a cookie - though if you actually gave me your adress I would probably just order you 20 pizzas instead(just to warn you 0_0). Hopefully this will bring up good conversations like it has on other boards, thanks for taking the time to read it for those who did and if you didn't I understand haha. I left out a few things suprisingly, but I have to work tomorrow so I figured I'd cut a few corners haha.


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White Sox purchase the contract of Taylor Thompson
Prior to today's game vs. Houston, the Chicago White Sox purchased the contract of right-handed pitcher Taylor Thompson from Class AAA Charlotte and transferred right-hander Felipe Paulino to the 60-day disabled list. Thompson takes the roster spot of infielder Carlos Sanchez, who was optioned to Charlotte following last night's game.
Thompson, 27, is 2-0 with a 2.61 ERA (14 ER/48.1 IP), six saves (six opportunities), 53 strikeouts and a .214 opponents average (39-182) over 31 relief appearances with Charlotte this season. He owns a 9.87 strikeout per 9.0 IP mark.
The 6-foot-5, 225-pound Thompson has recorded at least one strikeout 27 times while 24 of his outings have been scoreless. He is limiting right-handers to a .185 average (17-92) and lefties to a .244 mark (22-90). Thompson has not allowed a home run over his last 21 appearances.
Thompson, who will be making his major-league debut and wear uniform No. 60, originally was selected in the 44th round of the June 2009 draft. He has gone 17-8 with a 2.65 ERA (79 ER/268.1 IP), 54 saves and 282 strikeouts in 181 games (three starts) over six seasons in the White Sox organization. Thompson recorded double digits in saves in three consecutive seasons from 2011-13, including 13 last season and a career-high 15 in 2011.
Paulino, 30, has been on the disabled list since April 19 with right rotator cuff inflammation. He is 0-2 with an 11.29 ERA (23 ER/18.1 IP) over four starts with the White Sox this season.
Following the moves, the White Sox 40-man roster is at 40.

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Kumar Sangakkara admitted winning the World Twenty20 meant "everything" to him after he signed off his Sri Lanka career in the shortest format with a man-of-the-match performance.
Sangakkara guided Sri Lanka to their first World Twenty20 title with an unbeaten 52 as the previously-unbeaten India fell to a six-wicket defeat.
It was the perfect end for Sangakkara, and fellow veteran Mahela Jayawardene, who had announced they would retire from Twenty20 cricket after the tournament.
"It means everything. My family and then playing for Sri Lanka are the two most important things that have happened to me in my life," the 36-year-old said.
"There are no words to explain the pride we feel. All the guys out there are an amazing bunch.
"We wear these colours with a lot of pride and a lot of love. I'll miss the colours when I go in any format but everyone has got to go and my time from this is now."
Sangakkara had only lifted a major global title once during his 14-year international career - when Sri Lanka shared the 2002 Champions Trophy following a wash-out in the final.
The island nation have since suffered a series of near misses, most notably since the World Twenty20 began in 2007.
Sri Lanka have lost two finals including the last on home soil to West Indies two years ago.
"It's been a long time coming," said a humble Sangakkara, who had struggled with the bat before the final.
"We waited six years (since the World Twenty20 started) and fifth final. I can't be happier or prouder because I think the side carried me all the way through to the final.
"I didn't do much other than keep wicket.
"I'm pretty happy that I was able to do something back for them and be a part of such a great side in a World Cup."
Jayawardene, who initially paced the pursuit of 130 for four with a run-a-ball 24, was looking forward to celebrating a long-awaited success with his team-mates.
"This we are going to enjoy with the younger crowd. Hopefully we can keep up," he said.
"We have played some great cricket over the past 10 years and I think this is the icing on the cake."
India had been forced to defend a below-par total despite Virat Kohli continuing his white-hot form.
The right-hander crashed 77 from 58 balls before he was run out from the final ball.
Kohli had been given a life on 11 when Lasith Malinga grassed a tough chance over his head at mid-wicket and he appeared set to make Sri Lanka pay in full.
Kohli helped to belt 16 from the 16th over, delivered by Nuwan Kulasekera, and at that point it appeared as though India were primed to launch a late assault.
It never arrived as just 19 were taken from the final four overs despite Kohli's presence.
He was frustrated by Yuvraj's Singh's 11 from 21 balls, before holing out off Kulasekara, before even Mahendra Singh Dhoni failed to supply the late hitting.
It proved crucial as Sri Lanka were always on target despite a nervy chase.
"I got going in the 16th (over) but after that I hardly faced any balls," he said.
"That was sort of annoying but I wouldn't say frustrating because the other people at the striker's end were trying to hit the ball but it wasn't coming off.
"It was one of those off days. It happens when you can't really time the ball. They were bowling in brilliant areas.
"We had a one-off day but the boys can be really proud with how we've played."
Kohli was named man of the tournament after hitting 319 runs, but admitted falling short in the final left a bitter taste.
"I am disappointed that we couldn't cross the line," he said.
"I was pretty happy with the way I was hitting the ball, keeping things simple and trying to stay in my zone. That worked for me.
"I've been playing well for the past two months and I thought why not make the most of my form.
"The most pleasing thing is that the team reached the final and I was able to contribute in almost every game that we played and that makes me happy."


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'"I actually never went to a Bills game, which is kind of weird," Orpik said. "I remember growing up that's when they had the four losing teams in the Super Bowls. . . . They were always the big team in town, but I never got to go to the games. This will be a first experience for me."'
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Shakir Soto was exhausted when he heard the news.
After a hard lift, the Wilkes Barre (Pa.) G.A.R. Memorial defensive end was running sprints on the school's track when he was called to the school's office. He entered the room to see his coach, Paul Wiedlich, standing with a member of the United States army. Soto didn't know what to expect, but the result left him paralyzed.
"I was still for a second," Soto said. "That nervous chill that goes through your body, not like shocking, but it was just awesome."
Soto, a Pitt commit, was one of 400 high school seniors across the nation nominated for a spot in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl. He's one of just 14 Pennsylvania players to be nominated.
"It just feels great," Soto said. "It tells me that hard work pays off, and I'm being rewarded for it. I've been working at it for years, and everything's coming into place. It's just awesome. To be nominated, it's just great."
While his play on the field earned him the honor, it's his life off the field that sets him apart from other players across the nation.
Wiedlich, who also coached Soto in eighth grade, has seen this kind of honor coming. He said Soto's "one of the hardest working people he's been around." Wiedlich gave Soto a path to follow to achieve his goal of a D-I scholarship, and the 2013 prospect hasn't wavered.
"He deserves everything he gets," Wiedlich said. "He was nominated for the All-American bowl, and he deserves it rightly. He's put the time in and really worked at his craft. He deserves everything he's getting as fruits of his labor."
Soto knew, even in eighth grade, that he wanted to play D-1 college football. Despite being shorter, smaller and slower than other players around him, he saw the path ahead of him.
With the support of his coaches and family, he began working toward his ultimate goal. Soto started working with his coach in the weight room continuing to add mass as he went through a few growth spurts.
"I live in the weight room basically. I'm there more than I am home," said Soto, who was voted a captain as a junior, unheard of at his high school.
Soto has used that motivation and continues to play with a chip on his shoulder, going from the short, small kid to an athletic specimen. Now, he stands a 6-foot-4, 248-pound defensive end that's a terror for opposing offenses.
In G.A.R. Memorial's defensive scheme, Wiedlich said defensive end is the toughest position to play with multiple assignments and responsibilities on each play. Soto plays with discipline, understanding the fundamentals of the game on each snap.
He couples that with a non-stop motor that can dominate the opposition, and Wiedlich believes the possibilities are endless.
"I wish we were at a Quad-A school and he could only go one way," Wiedlich said. "I can just imagine how dominant he would be. With us being a small Double-A school, we don't have him on the kickoff, but everything else he's on."
Athletics can only take you so far. College football is littered with stories of unbelievably-talented players, who never could reach their full potential. That's the biggest thing that separates Soto from others. As dominant as he is on the field, he's just as powerful away from the field.
Soto has a strong academic drive. He's a consistent fixture on the school's honor roll and ranks 18th out of the 162 students in his class. He plans to major in nuclear pharmacy at Pitt.
Even away from school, Soto has the kind of compassionate personality that would make Gandhi blush.
Last summer, harsh rains flooded the Susquehanna River cascading into the Wyoming Valley. With G.A.R. Memorial located on a hill, people in the affected low-lying areas took refuge in the high school.
Soto along with a few others were among the first to pitch in for the effort. Without being told and not even asked, he was there passing out water and setting up cots for displaced families.
The 2013 prospect does the same for people close to him. This past year, Soto showed up at Wiedlich's house for a Christmas Eve party. He dressed as Santa Claus for the kids at the party and kept them entertained all night.
"He's just an out-going, easy-type kid," Wiedlich said. "He's a smart kid. He thinks things through. He's not too quick to rush the judgment on anything.
"He's a super kid, honest to God."
That's the kind of kid that Pitt got when he committed April 21st by giving defensive line coach Inoke Breckterfield a card for his birthday, announcing his pledge. Looking back on the commitment, Soto is happy with his decision and is excited about the future.
"I feel great about it," Soto said. "I feel like it's the best fit for me - the coaching staff, the environment, people there. I've talked to people who are on the football team and people that are there for just an education to get both points of view. I haven't heard about a bad thing about Pitt so far. It's just awesome."
He travels to Pitt today to take part in an invite-only recruiting event where he and fellow commits Scott Orndoff, Aaron Reese, Dan Samuelson and Jaymar Parrish will help the coaching staff host targeted recruits.
Five is the most commitments Pitt's had this early in the recruiting cycle since Rival.com began, and that makes Soto excited about his future with the Panthers.
"That just shows you that we're going to make it, and we can be a great team," Soto said. "The guys I've talked to who have committed so far are just great guys."
Soto won't know if he was actually selected for the U.S. Army All-American bowl until this fall. The selection tour starts in late August as 90 seniors will be chosen throughout the fall to play in the January game.
Regardless, if he's selected or not, Pitt got an All-American in his own right.
"I'm going to keep working hard, non-stop running, non-stop motor," Soto said. "That's the way I play. I just want to be the best."
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Simon goes to college where he meets Isak, the son of a wealthy Jewish bookseller who has fled the persecution. The families of the two boys become intertwined in unexpected ways as war wages across Europe.
- Genres: Drama
- Running Time: 122 minutes
- Release Date: Friday, December 9, 2011
- Country: Sweden
- Language: Swedish
- Starring: Bill Skarsgård [Simon], Helen Sjöholm [Karin], Jan Josef Liefers [Ruben], Karl Linnertorp [Isak], Katharina Schuttler [Iza], Stefan Gödicke [Erik], Jonatan Wächter [Young Simon], Karl Eriksson [Young Isak], Erica Löfgren [Klara], Josefin Neldén [Mona], Lena Nylén [Olga], Cecilia Nilsson [Inga], Jan-Erik Emretsson [Neighbour Klas], Pär Brundin [Neighbour Åke]
- Directed by: Lisa Ohlin [Director], Marnie Blok [Screenwriter], Lisa Ohlin [Screenwriter], Jessica Ask [Producer], Leander Carell [Producer], Marc-Daniel Dichant [Producer], Sveinung Golimo [Producer], Per Holst [Producer], Patrick Knippel [Producer], Steffen Reuter [Producer], Annette Focks [Original Music], Dan Laustsen [Cinematographer], Kasper Leick [Film Editor], Michal Leszczylowski [Film Editor], Simon Gunnarsson [Casting], Anette Mandoki [Casting]
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Motorcycle Makers Reveal Many New Bikes at EICMA Show in Milan
At first glance, this retina-melting lime green machine rolling on 26-inch wheels appears to be a Rolls Royce drop top. Nope. It's a Chrysler 300 with a fake Rolls grille. Even without that front end, this thing is over the top in so many ways. Have a look at the trunk for example—it opens sideways. This car seems perfect for a modern re-make of the Dolomite.
There's ugly bad, as evidenced by most of the cars in this story. But there's also ugly good. This V-8-powered Miata built for Formula Drift competition is most definitely ugly good. This might not be the look you'd want for your daily commuter, but it's actually a cool collage of images mixed with sponsor logos.
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CHICAGO—Three things we learned from the Green Bay Packers' 21-13 victory over the Chicago Bears Sunday at Soldier Field:
1. The Green Bay Packers may have their problems with injuries, inconsistency in the offensive line and the kicking game (Mason Crosby probably should be cut Monday). And there may be questions about whether they can match up with power-running teams like the 49ers or Giants. But there is no doubt they have a firm grasp on how to control the NFC North. They simply let Aaron Rodgers do it.
The Packers (10-4) wrapped up their second straight NFC North title despite looking shaky in the first quarter and a half, and left the Bears (8-6) looking like a team in disarray.
When Rodgers (23-of-36, 291 yards, 3 TDs, 0 interceptions) gets into tough situations, he has the presence of mind to ditch the ball or buy time until someone is open. He's not married to any one receiver like the Bears' offense is, and sometimes hasn't even known who he'll have for targets heading into games. But he persists. Rodgers can give the Packers a fighting chance in the playoffs even when it might appears they're overmatched.
2. Green Bay's management and coaching staff have proved once again that in the NFL, organizations do indeed win titles.
In winning another division title, they showed a well-drafted roster can make up for any disasters in terms of injuries, suspensions, whatever.
It's not just signing players and bringing in free agents, but finding players who can contribute when called upon in their scheme. Its alos about having a staff that knows how to coach up players—young ones in particular—in the system so they can be effective in a pinch.
On the other side of the field Sunday, the Bears have done the exact opposite, starting with former G.M. Jerry Angelo to new G.M. Phil Emery to coach Lovie Smith and his staff.
3. Jay Cutler truly is a coach killer.
He's been through two offensive coordinators in Chicago, and now it's looking more like it will be a third next season, if not a new head coach. When all he needed to do to get the Bears into halftime tied was throw the ball away or roll out and scramble, he threw an interception directly to Packers defensive back Casey Hayward.
The pick allowed Rodgers to give Green Bay the lead at halftime and changed the game. Cutler (12-of-21, 135 yards, 1 TD, 1 interception) has beaten the Packers only once, and his two interceptions last week were the decisive factors in the loss at Minnesota.
Down the stretch, the Chicago offense has faltered repeatedly with a banged-up offensive line and receiver corps, but Cutler has not overcome the problems. Instead, he forces the ball where he shouldn't and doesn't give his team a chance to win.
The difference this time: If he gets Smith fired, he might be the next one out of town because there's no guarantee a new coach and Emery would want him running their offense.


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Les Parisiens want to keep the Italian coach on board, but the club's sporting director has revealed that the former Chelsea boss has intimated his desire to depart
Reports in France indicated that the Italian had met with club owner Nasser Al-Khelaifi and the Brazilian club chief on Sunday and revealed his desire to depart Parc des Princes this summer.
PSG have already confirmed that Madrid - whose head coach Jose Mourinho is widely believed to be Chelsea-bound - have bid for Ancelotti but Leonardo is keen to keep hold of the ex-AC Milan trainer.
"Carlo has asked to go to Madrid but we want him to stay on," Leonardo told L'Equipe on Sunday. "No decision has been taken yet, we just listened to Carlo.
"We will look at the situation a little. The priority is still to keep him on. We have never contacted other coaches [while [Ancelotti has been in charge]."
He added to RMC Sport: "Carlo Ancelotti has a contract and it is binding for both parties. At the time that I am speaking, Ancelotti is still PSG coach. Carlo is the best coach for the club, I hope he will stay."
Ancelotti guided PSG - bolstered by the likes of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Thiago Silva and Ezequiel Lavezzi last summer - to their first Ligue 1 title in 19 years earlier in May.
Following les Parisiens' 3-1 win over Stade Brestois on Saturday - in which David Beckham played what is set to be his final professional game - the club have one final game left this season at Lorient next Sunday.


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How many times have we heard that we should wait until after the election because then there would be clarity? Heck, we heard it so often even my mother reported it to me last week. Well, here we are two days and 3% lower after the election and I see folks on television telling us we should wait for the fiscal cliff to be resolved before we have clarity.
I found myself considering this on Thursday, since we clearly have clarity. We have a president by a clear win. There is no uncertainty. That's when I realized that folks don't really mean they want clarity. Wanting clarity is a euphemism for "still bearish." Once we have clarity, according to them, it means that they are now bullish.
I suppose that means risk on and risk off will fall by the wayside. Soon it will be clarity and uncertainty.
Then there is the constant citing of Apple (AAPL) being in bear-market territory. Someone asked when we started marking individual stocks in bull or bear markets. And, quite frankly, if you wanted to check on stocks in bear markets there are hundreds of stocks down 20% from their highs.
But this spring Apple became an index of its own. Remember when folks were buying and selling only Apple? Sure, that was fine as long as it was going up, but now that it is going down, well, heck, I guess Apple needs some clarity.
Apple's decline had been very orderly until the last two days when it went parabolic to the downside. This is not the finest channel in the world, but Thursday was the second hard day of selling and the third down day in a row for the stock. I know everyone has their sights on $525 as the place to buy Apple, so consider that it likely will not get there without bouncing first or it will simply blow right through it. I'd be in the bounce camp.
If you are looking for something bullish on the market, there are the same short-term oversold conditions I cited yesterday: the high put/call ratio, the high TRIN. To that I can add that the number of stocks at new lows did not expand on Thursday's lower low in the market.
But I continue to see gloom but no panic. I still do not see the VIX jumpy. I see the 10-day moving average of the put/call ratio is nowhere near where it usually is when we get a good low in the market.
The McClellan Summation Index continues to decline and I suspect the 50-day moving average lines will roll over now. This continues to add up to a likely short-term rally, but without panic and capitulation and the intermediate-term indicator either turning back up or having positive divergences, the rallies should fail.
Please note: I will be traveling for a few days. My next column will be Wednesday, Nov. 14. I suppose that guarantees we'll have volatility in the next few trading days!


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Skewed Left
What the End of a Nine-Figure Contract Looks Like
When a team signs a player to a nine-figure deal these days, it usually isn't looking for the big payoff to come at the end. The end is a necessary burden—the consequence of locking in what might be a few more years of stardom in a sport where fewer and fewer stars ever hit free agency and there aren't five—win players around every corner.
For the Giants and Barry Zito, though, there is some weight put on the end of the deal. With no rotation depth, the Giants are counting on Zito to show that even with his 2012 postseason performance exceeding his true talent, his 16 innings, three runs allowed, six walks and 13 strikeouts were at least a sign that there's something there.
Besides, Zito's end is all he has left after compiling a grand total of 1.8 wins above replacement player over the first six years of the $126 million contract.
The end tends to be ugly, though it hasn't always been for baseball's $100 million men. Some do just fine in their last guaranteed years, even at times parlaying them big paydays. Others flop and are never seen again.
Where Zito ranks on this list of best and worst final guaranteed seasons of $100 million deals will have a big impact on the Giants' chances in 2013.
1. Albert Pujols 2010 (age 30)
2. Manny Ramirez 2008 (age 36)
3. Alex Rodriguez 2010 (age 34)
4. Carlos Beltran (age 34)
5. Todd Helton 2011 (age 37)
6. Jason Giambi 2008 (age 37)
7. Kevin Brown 2005 (age 40)
T8. Ken Griffey Jr., 2008 (age 38)
T8. Derek Jeter 2010 (age 36)
10. Mike Hampton 2008 (age 35)
11. Johan Santana 2013 (age 34)
12. Carlos Lee 2012 (age 36)
Zachary Levine is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @zacharylevine
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I'd love to see a BP take along these lines about how the new CBA is affecting free agency. With this latest rash of eight and nine figure extensions for players south of 30 years old, the prospect of acquiring impact talent in free agency seems to dim by the day. Is the new CBA to blame? Are GMs getting smarter? Is this just a fad? I'd be curious to see if serious analysis reveals a correlation.
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Depletion of body fat stores is more common in young dairy calves during colder weather, but it also can occur in heifers and adult cows. Lack of body fat and/or catabolism of muscle (to meet energy demands) can put animals into a negative-energy balance.
In the January 2013 Utah State Dairy Veterinary Newsletter, David Wilson, extension veterinarian with Utah State University, says the Utah Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory has seen a noticeable increase in the number of cases where cows or calves have died with little or no body fat present.
"These are not cases of animal neglect or absolute starvation, but rather where there has not been sufficient feed to meet energy needs caused by the consistently low environmental temperatures this year," he says.
The article also includes recommendations on increasing feed to cows and calves during cold weather.
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Scout Jamboree affecting business on multiple levels
National Scout Jamboree to be held in West Virginia, July 15-24.The Jamboree will attract Scouts from across the nation to The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve, a 10,000-acre adventure world, stretching across Fayette and Raleigh counties.Shops and restaurants, hotels and tourist attractions are in line to benefit from the influx of Scouts and their families, but if you drill down deeper, there are even more ways that the Jamboree can affect the economy.Take Kelly and Weber, for instance. Kelly deals in Boy Scout memorabilia. Weber has become a licensed dealer of Boy Scout merchandise.In the back of Kelly's jam-packed SUV, which he drives cross-country collecting and selling Scout memorabilia, he finds a Boy's Life magazine featuring the 1950 Jamboree -- the only one Weber ever attended.Inside the magazine, black-and-white pictures capture a very different Jamboree, with activities such as knot-tying and first-aid challenges and basic sports like canoeing and archery.Meanwhile, The Summit offers the world's largest man-made outdoor climbing area, the world's second-largest outdoor skate park and the world's second-largest BMX facility, among many other world-class attractions."I've been to Disney World, two World Fairs and I've never seen anything that impresses me like the 10,000 acres the Boy Scouts have developed," Weber said.The event is expected to attract about 30,000 Scouts and Venturing participants and 8,000 staff and adult leaders. Since construction of The Summit began in 2010, on-site contractors have employed 952 people, 78 percent of whom are from West Virginia. Workers from Fayette, Raleigh and Nicholas counties account for more than 30 percent of in-state workers, according to the BSA.Additionally, BSA purchased more than $16 million in materials in West Virginia, with more than $9 million spent in Fayette, Raleigh and Nicholas counties. When Weber found out the Boy Scouts would be his new neighbor and host to the National Jamboree, he wanted to be involved."As an old Boy Scout and West Virginia businessman and local citizen here, I want to make the Boy Scout thing work and maybe make a few bucks selling T-shirts," Weber said. Weber's store already designed and printed shirts in-house, so he thought "why not try and sell official Boy Scout apparel for the Jamboree?"After several months of negotiations with the Boy Scouts, Spider's Cycle City, which specializes in motorcycle apparel, became an official licensed BSA retailer and has partnered with Belk's in the Crossroads Mall and local Little General stores to carry the merchandise.Store customers can find various T-shirts, hats and drink holders displaying the official Boy Scouts Jamboree logo."The people that are buying it are tourists passing through that were once a Boy Scout who are saying, 'I can't get back to the Jamboree, but I'm going to buy a shirt while I'm here,'" he said."If we pay for all of our product and our overhead, I would be very happy because I want to say I was a part of it."In addition to Weber's Spider Promotions, regional businesses Mountain Boys Coffee, Corporate Identity and East-West Printing sell official BSA licensed apparel. Christy Pack, operations manager for Belk's at Crossroads Mall, said they're always looking for new business, anything to help with business and with being involved with the community. Belk's will carry a wider variety of BSA clothing than Spider's Cycle City, including fleece jackets for $40 and fishing shirts for $55."We have sold some but not a whole lot. It's just to our customers already," Pack said. "Once we get those banners up outside and traffic coming through, I think we'll blow [through] it."Sharon Cruikshank, Fayette County Chamber of Commerce director, says people in the area are getting excited for the event, and she believes all of West Virginia will benefit from the Jamboree."We're just looking forward to seeing what happens," Cruikshank said. "It's kind of like Christmas -- you don't know what you're going to get, but you're still excited."Weber and Kelly draw from lessons learned as Boy Scouts. "A lot of my business is pure out trading, and I remember that as a vivid lesson," Weber said. "It really stuck with me, to trade something of equal value."Kelly, from Atlanta, is a third-party dealer of historical memorabilia such as hats, patches and books. His company, Big Rock Publishing, reproduces old Boy Scout literature as e-books available in the online Amazon bookstore.He hears stories all the time from men saying when they were a Scout at a Jamboree or Order of the Arrow conference, they received more of a business education than they did in four years of college."In a very micro-economical way, you can take Boy Scout patches and find out very quickly how to buy and sell stocks on the stock market, how to buy and sell inventory, how to manage inventory and how to handle security of inventory," Kelly said.When Kelly found out about the Jamboree location three years ago, he made his way to West Virginia. For the first time, he will host the Jamboree's trading show July 13-21 at the Mount Hope stadium."A national show like this Jamboree where people are coming from all across the country is better for a guy like me because I can reach people," Kelly said. "I could sell stuff online for $5 or whatever, but I can sell it here cheaper and to a whole lot more people."Kelly anticipates about 80 tables of memorabilia. Dealers will arrive July 12, and the show is open to the public daily from noon to midnight."Some of the people are collectors and they're just trying to fill a specific need in a collection. Some are here to sell duplicates of patches or trade for memorabilia they need," Kelly said. "There's a market. 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Australia's largest toll-road operator, Transurban, has conceded that traffic volumes on its new roadway in the US have been lower than expected in the first six weeks.
After taking five years to build, the 495 Express Lanes near Washington DC opened to traffic on November 17. While demand had increased over the first six weeks, Transurban said it was ''lower than anticipated as local traffic patterns and user preferences adjust''.
However, its revenue in the week before Christmas was about double that of the opening week.
Transurban's chief executive, Scott Charlton, said he believed it would take at least six months to establish any reliable trends.
''We believe the 495 Express Lands provide a compelling option to commuters stuck in the endemic congestion of the Capital Beltway,'' he said.
Using its preferred measure, Transurban's total proportional toll revenue rose 5.1 per cent to almost $300 million for the three months to December.
The company's biggest asset, Melbourne's CityLink, recorded a 5.8 per cent rise in revenue to $125 million for the quarter on the back of a 2.8 per cent increase in traffic.
The period included the closure of the Burnley and Domain tunnels on the CityLink for less than a day in October due to a computer malfunction. The outage prompted Transurban to waive tolls.
Andrew Chambers, a research analyst for fund manager Legg Mason, said the rate of traffic growth on the 457 in the US had been strong since its opening but the key question would be whether it was maintained in the longer term. ''It's hard to tell at this stage,'' he said.
Like other infrastructure companies, Transurban has benefited over the last year from its reputation as a defensive stock.
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October 8, 2012
Inside 2012 MLB Attendance, Plus Postseason TV Ratings Update
With the 2012 regular season in the books, it's time to look at how clubs did at selling tickets. Yes, they call it "attendance," but it's really "paid attendance," a showing of tickets sold and rarely reflective of actual butts in the seats. The league's 30 clubs drew 74,859,268 over 2,423 games this year: an increase of 2 percent. While this wasn't as good as I projected before the season started, it was the league's largest year-to-year growth since the 2007 season total rose 4.6 percent over 2006. Nine clubs drew more than three million in paid attendance this season, while 13 clubs eclipsed the 2.5 million mark. In addition, this is the second consecutive season that total attendance increased over the previous year and marks the highest attendance since 2008. When things are all said and done, 2012 will rank as the fifth-best single-season in MLB history in terms of attendance.
That's the good news. The bad news is that attendance between 2010 and 2011, while technically up, was basically the same. The league sold 397,715 more tickets last year than 2010, or an increase of less than one percent. Let's call that what it is: flat. In fact, over the last four years, the league has seen attendance pretty much remain flat. When you factor in new ballparks for the Mets, Yankees, Twins, and Marlins over the period, this tells us that either the sour economy still holds its grip on America's discretionary income or MLB's true "golden era", as Selig likes to call it, was really 2004-2008 when attendance soared. Still, the league has to be happy; last year, the Dodgers' attendance cratered during Frank McCourt's tenure, and there were a considerable number of rainouts. This season, rainouts weren't as high, and with the two additional Wild Card teams added in, the races for a postseason berth were more compelling.
Here is the breakdown of attendance for MLB since 2000:
Of MLB's 30 clubs, more than half the league (16 teams) experienced attendance decreases; 14 saw attendance increases. Increases ranged as high as 44.16 percent (the Marlins—more on that in a bit), to as low as 2 percent (the Rays, who still ranked last in paid attendance). Decreases ranged from as high as 22.22 percent (the Astros, during their last season in the National League and coming off back-to-back seasons of more than 100 losses), to as low as 0.29 percent (the Giants, who wound up winning the NL West).
As mentioned, the Marlins celebrate the largest year-over-year increase in the league this year at 44.16 percent thanks to their brand-spanking new ballpark in Miami and being hyper-aggressive on the free agent market, landing Jose Reyes, Heath Bell, and Mark Buerhle. While, that's good for the Marlins and the league in some respects, at an average of 27,400 per game, it will go down as the worst average paid attendance for a new ballpark opening since 2000. Here's the listing of the 14 clubs who opened a new ballpark over that period, their opening date, and the average attendance, sorted worst to best:
In terms of total attendance, the Phillies (once again) topped the charts at 3,565,718, or over 100 percent of Citizen Bank Park's capacity. To those that look at the standings and ask how that's possible, paid attendance comes largely in the offseason prior. Since the Phillies performed well in 2011, it would make sense that season ticket sales during the 2011-12 offseason would be good. While the club's average paid attendance declined 3.12 percent (115,000 fewer in total), the number of tickets sold remained solid. That is sure to change next season when sales figure to drop given the disappointing 2012 season that just unfolded.
The Texas Rangers are the other big attendance story of 2012. The club finished third behind only the aforementioned Phillies and the Yankees. When you consider that in the last year former owner Tom Hicks owned the club (2009) they ranked 17th, it's a good sign. The sobering news will be the disappointing loss to the Orioles in the AL wild card play-in game. It's also highly possible that it was Josh Hamilton's last game as a Ranger, as well. As with the Phillies, expect Texas' attendance to dip in 2013, though not nearly as dramatically.
In a sign that fans really do care who owns their team, the Los Angeles Dodgers increased attendance this as fans anticipated the end of the Frank McCourt era. With a seating capacity of 56,000, the Dodgers have by far the largest seating capacity in all of the majors. So while Dodgers Stadium only averaged 73.3 percent of capacity, they still drew almost 390,000 more fans than last season (389,107, to be exact).
As mentioned, the Astros took a beating at the gate with the league's largest decline. How bad was it? The club drew 459,283 less this season than 2011. When you consider that Houston's attendance dipped 11.34 percent from 2010 to 2011 (264,474 in total paid attendance), it's concerning. The club, who has stripped the player payroll down to the bone, enters the AL West in 2013, where spending in free agency has been rampant due to new local television deals (Angels and Rangers).
Speaking of the Angels, it seems the Albert Pujols signing didn't exactly turn out as planned. Not only was he supposed to help in the standings, pushing them past the Rangers (he didn't, and they missed the playoffs entirely), Pujols was supposed to be marketing gold for Arte Moreno and the Angels. The club still ranked in the top 10 (seventh overall) but looked on as attendance declined 3.3 percent, amounting to 104,551 fewer tickets sold. While just over 3 percent doesn't sound that bad, consider this: it was down last season as well (2.6 percent). With the poor showing this season, expect the drop to continue in 2013.
Some other attendance tidbits:
Here is the entire league compared to last season:
As we all know, this year marks the first time that there are two Wild Card play-in games. TBS's exclusive, live doubleheader coverage of Major League Baseball's first-ever wild card games on Friday averaged a 3.7 overnight rating, per Nielsen. The network's telecasts, marking the start of the 2012 MLB postseason, were up 12 percent compared with an average 3.3 overnight rating for the entire Division Series last year. When compared to the first day of the 201 postseason (Texas vs. Tampa Bay, ALDS Game 1: 2.3 overnight rating), the Wild Card games were up 61 percent.
After the final numbers came in, coverage of the Wild Card play-ins averaged 4,608,000 total viewers, up 61 percent over last year's 2,866,000 viewers for the first day of the MLB postseason. The average 3.0 U.S. household rating for the Wild Card doubleheader was an increase of 58 percent over last year's 1.9 rating for the first day of the postseason.
The numbers the following day were a bit trickier to decipher. After all, on the first day of the postseason, the league's broadcast schedule pitted the games against NCAA College Football games. According to TBS and Nielsen, MLB's games averaged 3.9 million total viewers for TBS' exclusive coverage of the first-ever Wild Card and Saturday night's Division Series doubleheader—an increase of 26 percent compared to the first two days of the MLB postseason last year. The corresponding 2.5 U.S. rating, based on Nielsen Fast Nationals, is up 25 percent over last year's 2.0 rating.
The network's coverage of Saturday's Division Series doubleheader—Detroit vs. Oakland at 6 p.m., followed by Cincinnati vs. San Francisco at 9:30 p.m.—averaged 3.1 million total viewers, up eight percent when compared to the first day of the Division Series last year (2.9 million total viewers).
Locally, TBS's coverage of the Athletics/Tigers generated a 19.2 metered market rating in Detroit and a 7.9 rating in the Bay Area. The Reds/Giants telecast delivered a 17.0 metered market rating in Cincinnati and a 12.6 in the Bay Area.
Maury Brown is an author of Baseball Prospectus.
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It looks like something is amiss in the numbers for Atlanta. Either 2012 and 2011 numbers are inverted or the year-over-year percentage change is. Either way, thanks for presenting the figures.
Oct 08, 2012 03:15 AM
Hi R.A.,
Oct 08, 2012 04:48 AM
What I meant was that more total tickets were sold in 2012 than in 2011, but the average per game went down, and the percentage dropped.
Oct 08, 2012 08:36 AM
Is there data out yet on average ticket prices?
Oct 08, 2012 06:32 AM
The Rangers lost to the Orioles, not the A's, in th play-in game.
Oct 08, 2012 08:56 AM
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Two corrugated box manufacturers recently saw first-hand how their recyclable products stand up to the ordeals of field packing, vacuum cooling and transportation at a trial run with Lakeside Organic Gardens.
Representatives of Interstate Container and Green Bay Packaging followed iceberg lettuce and other vegetables from the Watsonville-based organic grower-shipper's fields April 19 to New Leaf Community Market in Santa Cruz, where a salad was served after delivery.
The boxmakers are members of Global Green USA's Coalition for Resource Recovery, which organized the event. They're offering and developing alternatives to traditional paraffin wax-coated produce boxes, which can't be recycled.
The product reached Santa Cruz in good shape, but the jury is still out on how far and how fast recyclable coatings and boxes can go to replace paraffin.
"We're in trial mode," said Dick Peixoto, owner of Lakeside Organic Gardens, a 2,000-acre operation. "We've tried several different companies in the past, and those were failures. This one looks a little more promising, but it's a work in progress."
Some vegetables test box strength more than others; examples include dense commodities such as red cabbage and cucumbers. But the sternest test is on items exposed to ice or water — like broccoli.
"A lot of our products are packed real wet, so some cartons have to be able to take a dousing of water, and some just have to be able to stack up against others that are wet," Peixoto said. "That's where these (recyclables) might work out better. We've done some with broccoli ice injection that didn't work. So we're trying to find what they will work for. I started looking at this as a mid-range solution to get us halfway to ice injection."
Nevertheless, wax's days are numbered, as the packaging companies see it.
Jeff Cormier, national sales and marketing manager at Reading, Pa.-based Interstate Container, said his company, which also manufacturers for the poultry and seafood industries, plans to be wax-free in three to five years. Zach Eckert, sales manager at Houston-based Spectra-kote Corp., said an 80% reduction in waxed box use is realistic.
But gaining the ear of grower-shippers isn't easy.
"Lakeside Organic is more receptive to the ideas we're proposing than some of the larger scale producers," said Brian Walker, manager of technical services and product design at Green Bay Packaging. "The bigger growers know what they do, they've got traditions and stick to them. But we also recognize that our products need to be improved, so we want to put ourselves in an environment to see how they perform.
"It's a trial in California, but this is product we have been shipping and using for several years," Walker said. "It has proven field application, but the environment here is a bit different than in the Midwest. It's an opportunity for us to get into some heavyweight applications."
The boxes are certified recyclable by the Fibre Box Association.
Annie White, director of the Coalition for Resource Recovery, said the demonstration was a step toward matching recyclables' success with poultry in the produce industry.
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UUS stocks rose, giving the Standard & Poor's 500 Index its biggest advance in two months, amid better-than-forecast housing data and as President Barack Obama expressed confidence on a budget agreement with Congress.
The S&P 500 rose 2 per cent to 1,386.77 at 4 pm in New York.
"This change and transition in taxation is much more important for equity allocations going forward than what people realize," said Michael Shaoul, chairman of New York-based Marketfield Asset Management, which oversees $US3.5 billion. He spoke in a phone interview. "The US economy looks pretty good. Earnings are OK. As long as Congress doesn't absolutely wreck it, it will be fine."
Obama met with senior Democrats and Republicans on Nov. 16 for talks to avoid $US607 billion of automatic tax increases and spending cuts that, if allowed to come into force, might push the country into a recession next year. The S&P 500 rose 0.5 per cent on Nov. 16 as House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican, described the budget discussions as constructive and said he would accept increased government revenue coupled with spending cuts. Congress is now in recess for Thanksgiving until Nov. 26.
"I am confident we can get our fiscal situation dealt with," Obama said yesterday at a news conference in Bangkok, where he began a three-nation Asian trip.
Sales of previously owned US homes climbed in October, indicating gains in the real estate market are being sustained by cheap borrowing costs. Confidence among US homebuilders unexpectedly climbed in November to a six-year high, propelled by the biggest jump in sales in a decade, adding to signs the real-estate market is improving.
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The S&P 500 has gained an average 0.6 per cent during the week of Thanksgiving, according to data since World War II compiled by Bloomberg. That compares with 0.15 per cent in all calendar weeks in the same timeframe.
Gold and oil rallied as a weaker dollar and concern about unrest in the Middle East increased demand for the commodities as alternative investments. Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak said the army was prepared to invade the Gaza Strip for the first time in almost four years.
The post-election rout in US stocks has driven the S&P 500 down so far that it would have to advance 26 per cent to reach the valuation of bull markets since John F. Kennedy was in the White House.
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Investors have seen $US806 billion erased from the value of American equities since Obama was re-elected Nov. 6 in the biggest decline since May. The combination of falling stocks and rising profits as the economy recovers has left the S&P 500's price-earnings ratio below the ending level of eight of the nine bull markets since 1962 and beneath the average of any since Ronald Reagan was in power.
Bears say the 4.8 per cent drop in the S&P 500 and valuations show investors are losing confidence that Congress and Obama will reach a budget compromise that would keep the recovery from stalling. Bulls, including the top strategists at six Wall Street firms, say that the declines are another reason to buy and that stock prices from Apple to Dollar Tree Inc. are bound to improve as earnings increase.
"The stock market looks cheap because people are way too pessimistic about what growth looks like for the next 10 years," said Brian Jacobsen, who helps oversee $US208 billion as chief strategist at Wells Fargo Advantage Funds and predicts the S&P 500 will rise 47 per cent to 2,000 in 2014. "You can get big and rapid moves in the market when expectations are so low."


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LAKE HELEN, Fla. - A bear attacked and killed four pet goats and injured a donkey at a rural Volusia County home, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
The attack happened about 4 a.m. Monday at a home on Running Deer Trail, a wooded lane not far from Interstate 4.
Pictures of the bear have been taken by neighbors, showing a bear that is over 300 pounds.
The homeowner, whose miniature donkey, Nugget, was badly scratched by the bear, told the FWC that she is "terrified because the bear has now tasted blood."
Dan MacCarrick, a neighbor, said bears have traveled through his yard previously, but there's never been a reason to call wildlife officials.
"I think that now that he's actually killed something, FWC needs to do something, he said. "Now that's he's actually climbed inside pastures and killed other animals, he'll continue to kill.
MacCarrick said he wonders what the bear could do next.
"I'm concerned about the kids in the neighborhood, other pets in the area," he said. "It killed the (animals) just for fun, it appears. He didn't eat anything. He just killed them and went on to the next one.
"I'm actually pretty tired. We haven't slept a whole lot since Sunday. Every time the dogs bark, we do what we can to secure the smaller animals that we have," MacCarrick said. "We lock them up in a stall. We've barricaded our barn to try and protect them. During the day they're in the pasture."
Cathy Murphy, the owner of the pet goats who were killed, believes the bear climbed over the fence because a portion of it is destroyed.
The FWC said bears occasionally take small livestock, but the animal's typical diet consists 80 percent plants, nuts and berries.
Wildlife officials said they advised the families to secure all feed and garbage in a closed, locked building or secure area. Also, the FWC said small livestock should be kept in an area surrounded by an electric fence.
"We'll put that around where the smaller animals are kept," said MacCarrick, adding that the materials for the fence cost him about $500.
MacCarrick said he's hopeful that the bear can be trapped and relocated and won't have to be euthanized.
As of now, the FWC has no plans of setting traps to eventually relocate the bear.
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Oakland County has a new clerk beginning next year -- you may have heard of Lisa Brown before she unseated incumbent Clerk Bill Bullard by 40,799 votes earlier this month.
In 2006, Brown, a democrat with no prior political experience, came very close to unseating republican David Law in the race to be state representative for the 39th District.
The 39th District, which is made up of Commerce Township and much of West Bloomfield, has historically been republican and Brown was considered the underdog, but she lost to Law by only 181 votes.
Law decided not to run for a third term, and Brown won the 2008 election -- winning by 57 percent of the vote.
Since winning the 2008 race, she has served as representative for the 39th State District, and will finish out her term, which ends on Dec. 31.
"I think that I'm going to miss it, but I'm thrilled that I get to continue working with the people I've represented," Brown said.
In June 2012, she made headlines across the nation when she was banned from speaking on the Michigan House floor after she said during a debate about anti-abortion legislation: "I'm flattered that you're all so interested in my vagina, but 'no' means 'no.' "
The controversial bill proposed restricting abortions after 20 weeks, but Brown said that violates her Jewish faith -- which allows abortions when the mother's life is at risk.
While some representatives said the statement was offensive, Brown defended her right to say the word "vagina" because she said it's the "anatomically, medically correct term."
The anti-abortion law passed on a 70-39 vote.
She has also served on the Education, Energy and Technology, Ethics and Elections and Judiciary Committees.
Though she is a little sad to say goodbye to the Michigan House of Representatives, she said her work there is not done and there is still legislation she is working on.
She is also thrilled she can continue to serve the people now that she has been elected as clerk. She believes she has made great relationships with the people and the colleagues while she was a representative, which will help her in her new job.
"Obviously I'm honored and humbled by the support I received and excited for the opportunity to serve the people of Oakland County," Brown said.
Bullard was disappointed he lost the race, but he knows the office will continue to work hard.
"We have a great office, it was great before I got there and it will be great after I leave. We will work with the new clerk in the transition and it will be a smooth one," Bullard said.
He is proud of his accomplishments, such as the e-services center and other improvements in the past two years.
"I expect the other improvements made will go on just like past improvements," Bullard said. "We have a good system in Oakland County with the county clerk working with the local clerks and I expect that will continue."
Bullard said he and Brown will work together to ensure a smooth transition. She said she is busy working as both a state representative and trying to make the transition.
A top priority for Brown is getting a mobile office to visit every community, with a schedule that is well-advertised.
"That's at the top (of my priorities) ... this is really a service oriented office," Brown said. "... There's issues we're going to have to deal with, there are elections in February," Brown said.
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Was playing a casual game and myself and another guy both took a shot going across a road and didn't know if we were in bounds:
Shot 1:
Landed on road and slid on top of dirt/mud on the shoulder. So basically, the road had been encrounched by years of dirt and grass ect, but you could tell the disc it was still probably within the edge of the original asphalt line. No visible pavement underneath
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Shot comes back into a marshy area about 150 ft. from the teepad, on the side of the road shooter shot from. This may be somewhat harder to describe, because as I read what I wrote, there is no way it would be considered OB, but basically you are shooting across the road 30 ft away and this would be a shot coming back over the road into a relatively unused area.
For reference for anyone who knows the course, I am talking about hole 13 on Swope Park in KC.


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Jean D. Oneacre, 95, died Jan. 23, 2013.
Born in Chippewa Lake, she was a member of Church in the Falls.
Preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Laird, she is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Janice and Bob Wilson of Taylors, S.C, Joan Oneacre of Kent and Elaine and Bob Waldsmith of Akron; son and daughter-in-law, Jim and Susan of Stow; grandchildren, Scott Wilson, Wendy Nicholson, Andrew Wilson, Renee Oneacre and Greg Oneacre; six great-grandchildren; and sister Fern (Norm) Haslop of Creston.
Visitation was at Redmon Funeral Home. Funeral service was conducted at Church in the Falls, Mark Brazle officiating. Burial was at Oakwood Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Church in the Falls, 837 Chestnut Blvd, Cuyahoga Falls 44221.