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January 22, 2013
Prospects Will Break Your Heart
Chicago White Sox Top 10 Prospects
State of the Farm: "Out of college, money spent. See no future, pay no rent. All the money's gone, nowhere to go."
The Top Ten
1. Courtney Hawkins
What Happened in 2012: Impressive professional debut for the back-flipping Texan, as Hawkins looked good early and finished the season at the High-A level.
Strengths: Massive raw strength/power; well above-average athlete for his size; shows very good hand-eye skills; produces bat speed; power is carrying tool; easy 7+ raw that could play at 6 or higher at developmental maturity; arm is plus; glove could be above-average.
Weaknesses: High maintenance body; potential to add bad weight and lose athleticism; aggressive approach; will chase out of the zone; swing has miss; doesn't project up the middle.
Overall Future Potential: 6; first division player
Explanation of Risk: High risk; moved quickly in first season, but bat will need to get very close to ceiling to play in a corner.
Fantasy Future: Prototypical right field profile, with big power potential and good contact ability. Approach could limit utility, but has 25-plus home run potential.
The Year Ahead: Hawkins stormed through the lower minors in 2012, but the big Texan could use a full-season of A-ball before making the big professional jump to the Double-A level. Because of his impressive strength and excellent hand-eye coordination, Hawkins should be able to hit low-level pitching, but the real test will come when he face arms that can hit spots and spin quality off-speed pitches. It remains to be seen if Hawkins has the type of bat that will play with his approach, or if the raw power is merely a product of mature strength against inferior stuff. Sources appear mixed on his future, so a full season of professional at-bats should help clarify the developmental path Hawkins is on.
Major league ETA: 2015
2. Trayce Thompson
What Happened in 2012: Spending the bulk of the year in the Carolina League, the toolsy outfielder took steps forward on both sides of the ball, showing more utility with the bat and more refinement in the field.
Strengths: Plus athlete; big raw power; creates loft/backspin and can drive for distance; arm is strong and grades at 6; good speed for size and can play passable CF at present.
Weaknesses: Swing is very long and leveraged; struggles with pitch recognition; exaggerated swing plane limits time bat spends in zone; hit tool is below average and receives fringe projections; more athletic than instinctual in CF; most likely corner profile.
Overall Future Potential: 5; major-league regular
Explanation of Risk: High risk; already played at Triple-A level, but hit tool and approach have big question marks; pressure on bat if moved to a corner.
Fantasy Future: Raw power is good enough to profile in a corner, but bat is unlikely to produce a ~ .260 average and could have massive strikeout numbers against high-end pitching. Has enough speed to swipe some bases.
The Year Ahead: Thompson could use a full season at the Double-A level against quality pitching. The raw power is exciting, but the hit tool and decision making at the plate are red flags for some scouts. With plus athleticism, good speed, and a very strong arm, Thompson appears to have a good profile for center, but sources are mixed about his potential at the spot, and a move to a corner spot seems likely down the line. In right field, the bat will be under the spotlight, and with a long swing and possible pitch-recognition issues in the profile, the impressive raw power could fail to play in game action.
Major league ETA: 2014
3. Carlos Sanchez
What Happened in 2012: It seems like half of the White Sox system took the High-A/Double-A/Triple-A ride in 2012, and Sanchez was no different, showing his mature hit tool at each stop along the way.
Strengths: Natural bat-to-ball relationship; hands work very well at the plate; can direct the ball to all fields and will work with tough pitches; shows bat speed; can barrel; glove is best tool; several sources put a 7 on it; clean actions.
Weaknesses: Well below-average power; hit tool might play empty at highest level; better defensive profile at second base; arm only average on left side; bat pushed him quickly.
Overall Future Potential: 5; major-league regular
Explanation of Risk: Moderate risk; already achieved Triple-A level; hit tools/glove will play at highest level.
Fantasy Future: Lacks a first-division profile at second base, but has excellent contact ability, so should hit for average ~.275; shows some approach and speed on base; won't hit for power.
The Year Ahead: Sanchez's bat is setting the pace, as the hit tool shows legit promise despite not packing a big power punch. With a plan at the plate, contact ability, and some speed, Sanchez has the tools to produce in the upper minors. If the bat continues to grow, the profile at second looks like a solid-average regular, with a very good glove and enough stick to hit down the lineup. Its not a sexy a profile, but he's a big-league contributor at some point in his future.
Major league ETA: 2013
4. Erik Johnson
What Happened in 2012: The former second-round pick took a big step forward in his full-season debut, making 17 starts across two levels and showing a good command profile.
Strengths: Excellent size/strength; arm works; delivery improved since signing; fastball works low-90s with good sink; shows two breaking balls; slider jump to top of list in '12; good tilt and depth; curveball will flash above-average potential; good control
Weaknesses: Changeup is below average; will flash 5, but plays lower; can play loose in the zone; needs command refinement; raw stuff isn't overwhelming; some think he is better fit for the bullpen.
Overall Future Potential: 5; no. 4 starter
Explanation of Risk: Moderate risk; mature body; two above-average pitches; shows some feel for pitching.
Fantasy Future: Has the body and the arsenal to develop into league-average innings eater.
The Year Ahead: Johnson has a mature approach to his craft, and brings a deep arsenal to the table. His slider could end up a plus pitch, and he already had a playable curveball coming into professional ball. His fastball plays very well low in the zone, where it normally works in the low-90s but can touch a little higher. The profile looks solid-average, and if he can stay healthy, he should be able to find positive results at the Double-A level in 2013.
Major league ETA: 2014
5. Scott Snodgress
What Happened in 2012: Still somewhat new to pitching, Snodgress jumped to full-season ball and made 27 starts, really finding his rhythm after a promotion to the Carolina League.
Strengths: Excellent size; Big arm strength from the left side; easy plus fastball; can work 92-94; spins projectable CB; routinely works as average and flashes plus potential; changeup projects as third average or better offering; difficult to square up.
Weaknesses: Mechanical inconsistencies; delivery has some effort; CB can lose depth and flatten out; changeup can get too firm; fringe command at present; still fastball-heavy sequence.
Overall Future Potential: 5; no. 4 starter
Explanation of Risk: Moderate risk; fringe command, but strong fastball and late-innings floor.
Fantasy Future: Workhorse starter potential, with stuff to pitch higher but shaky command and inconsistent secondary stuff.
The Year Ahead: If the Snodgress we saw in High-A last season continues that form in Double-A, this ranking could be too low. He needs to take a big step forward with the command, but the fastball has some juice in it, and it comes from a tall, left-handed delivery. The curveball also needs improvement, as does the changeup, but the arm is fresh and there is more room to improve than the average college arm. Keep an eye on this guy.
Major league ETA: 2014
6. Andre Rienzo
What Happened in 2012: Exploded out of the gates in the Carolina League only to have his season tainted by a 50-game PED suspension despite pitching well at higher levels after his return.
Strengths: Big arm strength; bat-missing ability; fastball is steep from high release; works 88-94; can touch mid-90s; CB shows promise and vertical tumble; hard to square up.
Weaknesses: Fringe command; doesn't always finish release/pull-down the CB; shows both SL and CH that are below-average; most likely bullpen future.
Overall Future Potential: 5; quality 7th/8th inning reliever
Explanation of Risk: Moderate risk; 70-plus innings at Double-A level; PED suspension on resume.
Fantasy Future: In relief, has the arsenal and intensity to pitch high leverage; bat-missing potential.
The Year Ahead: Rienzo will look to put the PED cloud of 2012 behind him and to take another step forward like he did in Double-A. With two quality offerings and fringe command, his future is most likely in the 'pen, where both pitches could benefit from a max-effort approach. While it's entirely possible that he irons out the mechanics and refines the changeup, the majority of sources felt his arm would work better in a late-inning role.
Major league ETA: 2013
7. Keenyn Walker
What Happened in 2012: The raw outfielder made a return trip to the Sally League, where the bat and the approach took a step forward and eventually pushed the 22 year-old to the High-A level over the summer.
Strengths: Plus athlete; plus-plus speed; above-average defensive profile in center; arm is solid-average; shows good raw power; stolen base ability; has a plan at the plate and will work counts.
Weaknesses: Still raw; hit tool doesn't project as plus; struggles from the right side; very empty contact as RH; power slow to play in game; can get too passive at the plate; assorted injuries shortened season.
Overall Future Potential: 5; solid-average regular
Explanation of Risk: High risk; raw for age/level; needs grade jumps if bat will play at higher levels.
Fantasy Future: Has serious wheels, so will be stolen base threat; bat and approach could give him opportunities to reach base; game power is question mark; profiles in center.
The Year Ahead: Walker could use another dose of the Carolina League, where his bat struggled to play against the competition. He has some offensive upside, but his present value comes from his defensive profile at a premium position. Right now, his bat is the big question mark, and could be the difference between an up-and-down bench outfielder and a major-league regular. He still has a lot of time to figure it out.
Major league ETA: 2015
8. Chris Beck
What Happened in 2012: In his professional debut, Beck struggled to bring the quality raw stuff into game action, proving to be very hittable in his brief 40-inning clip.
Strengths: Tall/strong; serious arm strength; fastball is plus pitch; works 91-94; shows hard slider with at least average potential; changeup is best secondary offering; shows good sink and projects to be plus.
Weaknesses: Lost body at pro level; poor conditioning; got too bulky and thick and lost fluidity in delivery and looseness in the arm; arsenal played down in '12; breaking ball was very inconsistent; tendency to grip and rip everything.
Overall Future Potential: 5; no. 3 starter
Explanation of Risk: High risk; big gap between present/future on secondary stuff; high maintenance body; mechanical inconsistencies.
Fantasy Future: Could develop into workhorse starter, with deep arsenal; potential to miss bats.
The Year Ahead: If Beck can refine his body, getting back to his 2011 amateur form, he could really take off. At least one source said he had the highest ceiling among the workhorse types, with a lively fastball, a promising slider, and a plus potential changeup. With a little more rhythm and fluidity to the delivery, Beck has the raw stuff to shape into a promising prospect, and could be the top arm in the system if the profile starts to take shape.
Major league ETA: 2015
9. Myles Jaye
What Happened in 2012: The projectable Jaye is new to the mound, so his setbacks in his full-season debut are to be expected.
Strengths: Good arm strength; very fresh arm; fastball works 89-94; slider has projection; works low-80s with two-plane break; will flash a changeup.
Weaknesses: Very inexperienced on the mound; mechanics are still a work in progress; command is below average; slider can get slurvy and lose its snap; long way to go.
Overall Future Potential: 5; no. 4 starter
Explanation of Risk: Extreme risk; new to pitching; wide gap between present/future.
Fantasy Future: Has a projectable body and the potential for the three playable pitches; could log innings and develop into league-average type; lots of unknowns still.
The Year Ahead: Jaye took his lumps in his initial full-season experience, but at this stage of the developmental game, logging innings and finding his pitching rhythm is more important than the production. You have to like what he has to work with, from the body/frame, to the low-90s fastball, to the average or better potential of the secondary arsenal. Jaye isn't going to be an overnight sensation, but a little extra patience could pay off if the 21-year-old can develop into a major-league caliber arm.
Major league ETA: 2016
10. Keon Barnum
What Happened in 2012: A supplemental first round pick, Barnum went on the shelf soon after signing, but showed off his power potential in the fall instructional, launching several impressive tape-measure shots.
Strengths: Massive raw; top of the scale; big strength; monster of a man; creates good bat speed; shows good glove potential at first base.
Weaknesses: Swing has length; looks to pull fastballs and struggles against soft/spinning; good athlete for size, but most likely limited to first base defensively; hit tool remains a big question mark.
Overall Future Potential: 5; major-league regular
Explanation of Risk: High risk; huge raw, but questions about utility; limited defensive profile puts enormous pressure on bat to carry weight.
Fantasy Future: Could develop into big home run threat, as the raw power is top of the scale. Unlikely to hit for high average and won't be a stolen base threat; all/nothing profile.
The Year Ahead: Barnum is ready to take his thunder power to the full-season level, where the addition of quality off-speed pitches could present a problem. He has a long, leveraged swing that doesn't come with a quick trigger, so inside fastballs could also present a healthy challenge. Because of his size and athleticism, first base is most likely his long-term calling, and as such, the bat will need to prove its worth at every level in order to maintain prospect value.
Major league ETA: 2016
Prospects on the Rise:
1. 3B Luis Castillo: A rare mid six-figure Latin American signing for the White Sox, Castillo brings plus hit and power tools to the table. The body is already quite mature for his age, and the defensive profile at 3B isn't special, but the young Dominican will make his name on the promise of the bat.
2. RHP Brandon Brennan: A fourth-round pick in 2012, Brennan is yet another in the ever-growing list of workhorse, no. 4 starter types in the White Sox system. Armed with a heavy fastball and a 5+ potential slider, Brennan could move up the list with a strong full-season debut in '13.
3. C Sammy Ayala: 17th round draft pick in 2012 out of high school, Ayala will show easy plus arm strength and plus raw power, but it might take time for the raw product to bring the talent to game action. With a return trip to short-season ball likely, Ayala will have a chance to build his prospect resume slowly.
Factors on the Farm (Prospects likely to contribute at the ML level in 2013
1. RHP Jhan Marinez: From a lightning-fast arm, Marinez can pump fastballs in the mid-90s and has shown the ability to touch even higher. He can knock batters out with a mid-80s wipeout slider, but his future success will depend on his command, as even fringe command will allow his stuff to play in a late-innings role.
2. LHP Charlie Leesman: After a solid Triple-A campaign that saw the 6'4'' lefty log 26 starts and 135 innings, he is ready to bring his fringe fastball and impressive changeup to the major-league stage, where he might be able to find a home as a long man or fifth starter.
3. RHP Simon Castro: A former top prospect in the Padres system, Castro has seen his stock dip in recent years. But after a solid showing in the Southern League, Castro is once again at the doorstep of the majors, where his heavy, plus fastball and above-average slider could eventually find a home in a major-league bullpen.
Top 10 Talents 25 And Under (born 4/1/87 or later)
When talking with scouts about the White Sox system, much is made of the lack of true prospects. Said one veteran scout, "Just about that entire system is utility infielders, fourth outfielders and middle relievers. It's depressing."
The Sox may not have much in the pipeline but they do have a few young talents already at the big-league level. Lefthander Chris Sale moved into the rotation in 2012 and he was nothing short of sensational as the White Sox battled the Tigers right down to the wire in the AL Central. With premium stuff, Sale already shows the ability to be an outstanding no. 2 starter and he could still evolve into a no. 1 as he begins to log more innings.
Last year's .255/.300/.444 line for Dayan Viciedo may not seem like much and it may seem intuitive that first-round pick Courtney Hawkins would rank ahead of him, but in reality, it would be a developmental success if Hawkins reached Viciedo's level of big-league success. Viciedo has legitimate pop and has already demonstrated 25-home run power at the big-league level, something scouts can only project Hawkins to do several years down the line.
Reed ranked as the club's top prospect entering the 2012 season and he had a successful rookie season, with nearly a strikeout per inning and 29 saves. He has true closer-level stuff and should be an impact big leaguer for a long time.
The organization's young depth really falls off after Reed, as players like Thompson, Sanchez and Johnson either have considerable flaws or a restricted ceiling. Scott Snodgress represents one of the few players in the system who could take a legitimate step forward and become a viable prospect in 2013.--Mark Anderson
A Parting Thought: A miserly approach to amateur-talent acquisition has stripped the system and left it devoid of high-impact talent, but if you focus on potential major-league contributors rather than stars, the system can be viewed in a more positive light.
Last year's White Sox rankings
Special thanks to Mark Anderson and Nick Faleris for their input and influence on this list.
Jason Parks is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @ProfessorParks
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How did Chris Knight go from our No. 1 to out of the Top 10? Did his lack of want finally catch up to him?
Jan 22, 2013 06:20 AM
Was Nestor Molina even considered?
Jan 22, 2013 08:10 AM
Molina was not in the running.
Jan 22, 2013 08:35 AM
Could it be that Molina was merely hampered by a sore elbow last year? How did he manage to strike out so many batters in 2011 (while walking so few)?
Jan 23, 2013 07:14 AM
I thought he was overrated in 2011. I know he was missing bats and not walking hitters, but the overall profile didn't impress me. I always saw him as the type that can make it work in the minors but will struggle to make it work in the majors. As much as I would like to evaluate players in the vacuum of their level, scouting is about projecting that player to the highest level. Molina showed the ability to command a deep arsenal and keep minor league hitters off-balance, but the reality is that the stuff was always fringy and required sharp command to play. It's a backend profile at best.
Jan 23, 2013 07:21 AM
Jason - how high are you on Brent Morel? Does he turn it around and take over thirdbase by mid May? Is his back problem going to hold him back?
Jan 22, 2013 08:23 AM
I'm not particularly high on him. Even if he does turn it around he makes too much weak contact because he is far too willing to expand his strike zone. The back is a red flag and bears watching, but the larger problem is how his skill set actually plays against top-flight pitching.
Jan 22, 2013 08:38 AM
Marcus Semien is an intriguing statistical profile - what do scouts say about him? Could he sneak up on us?
Unlikely to sneak up, but not a bad prospect. I had a role 4 projection on him. Not a good profile on the left-side of the infield; not a highly projectable stick. He shows some pop and is more than a non-prospect, but not a major league regular for me.
Jan 22, 2013 08:45 AM
Granted I am used to grasping at straws for hope as a Sox fan, but does their supply of young live bullpen arms (Reed/Jones/Rienzo/Marinez) rank near the top of most teams, or do most teams have a glut of guys like this?
Jan 22, 2013 09:20 AM
One other, Joe DeMichele, 3rd rounder out of ASU? Showed some pretty good pop for a 2B in his half season.
Jan 22, 2013 09:41 AM
Bad profile for me. The bat is unlikely to play as a regular at the major league level, and the defensive profile is on the right-side of the infield. That's not even a good utility profile. It's a fringe major league profile at 2B only. Tough to sell that.
Jan 22, 2013 09:51 AM
I spoose the system looks better than say, last years (don't go back and look, seriously. It hurts the eyes) but this is still a top 3 worst system in baseball, right?
Jan 22, 2013 09:52 AM
The system is better than last year, but still among the worst in baseball. The White Sox are notorious for going cheap in the draft and avoiding the LA market. That leaves you with a system devoid of high ceiling talent, made up of mostly low-ceiling college players. Perhaps the 2012 draft is a step in the "right" direction, and the organizational philosophy will be different going forward. I can't speak to that, though. I do think Rick Hahn will be a very good GM and will keep the team competitive, but it's not easy to turn around a system that has been neglected for years. It's not like they can't spot talent. It's more about resource allocation and focusing efforts on the major league team rather than the construction of a sustainable, talent-rich farm system.
Jan 22, 2013 10:04 AM
Are any of the LA guys they are signing recently intriguing at all? There were a bunch of articles about them strengthening this aspect when they signed Marco Paddy, but didn't know if they were actually following through.
Jan 22, 2013 10:43 AM
3B Luis Castillo is very interesting. Brief profile of his skill-set in the "On the Rise" section.
Jan 22, 2013 10:45 AM
Not counting arb eligible guys, virtually every contract is off the books after 2014. Danks (2016), Alexi (2015) and Keppinger (2015) are the only ones left. So, it would be an ideal situation to have a great farm system to reload and compete on the cheap. Unfortunately, that is not the Sox reality. So, they must hope the arb eligible guys improve and restock with free agency to have any hope of competing.
Jan 22, 2013 10:17 AM
no mention of Jared Mitchell anywhere.....
Jan 22, 2013 12:16 PM
Jan 22, 2013 12:20 PM
is this a easy bottom 5 system for you ?
Jan 22, 2013 13:07 PM
Jan 22, 2013 13:25 PM
Jared Mitchell receive any consideration? The former lay star had a nice bounce back
Jan 22, 2013 14:11 PM
Why wouldn't you consider Hector Santiago in your list of top 10 25 and under? He was on the major league roster much of the year, and seemed to improve as the year went on (especially when he started).
Jan 22, 2013 17:33 PM
How much upside do you see with Jose Quintana? How does Quintana compare with former left handed starters Scott McGregor and Jimmy Key?
Jan 22, 2013 23:26 PM
Stunned this piece had no mention of Simon Castro's hands.
Jan 23, 2013 14:28 PM
General prospect question: do teams quietly apply an age inflation factor to the listed ages of Latin American players? It seems like whenever an age has proven to be false in the past, articles were written suggesting that teams widely "knew" the player was a couple years older than listed, and that the info. had already been factored into the player's contract/trade value.
Jan 25, 2013 01:44 AM
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I bought the book and been following and liking it so far! But then I hit a wall...Trying to run all the 5 tests (13 assertions) results in the assert_select failing with
1) Failure:
test_should_show_new_form(StoriesControllerTest) [/test/functional/stories_controller_test.rb:17]:
Expected at least 3 elements matching "form p", found 0.
<false> is not true.
This is what my new.html.erb looks like:
<%= error_messages_for 'story' %>
<% form_for @story do |f| %>
name:

<%= f.text_field :name %>
link:

<%= f.text_field :link %>
<%= submit_tag %>
<% end %>
And this is the part of the test that fails:
assert_select "form p", :count => 3
Finally, this is what the page source looks like:
<form action="/stories" class="new_story" id="new_story" method="post">
<input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="DDY3863fJMhFT3QypnQMOVegpzgpsmC4n5Qd8REe4Mo=" />

name:

<input id="story_name" name="story[name]" size="30" type="text" />
link:

<input id="story_link" name="story[link]" size="30" type="text" />
<input name="commit" type="submit" value="Save changes" />
I tried googling a bit and only advice I found was to re-create the test and/or new.html.erb file(s) and make sure they're saved as UTF-8. One was, other wasnt, so I saved them both as UTF-8 but unfortunately this did not help. Any ideas how to get the test to pass?
I am getting the exact same error. I tried renaming my .html.erb file to .rhtml but no go.
If you figure it out please post. Thanks
Hi zelecta, welcome to the forums,
Does your stories_controller_test.rb file look like
require 'test_helper'
class StoriesControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
def test_should_show_new_form
get :new
assert_select 'form p', :count => 3
Thanks for the quick reply Mittineague.Yes, that's, well, almost what mine looks like. Just that when my rails created the skeleton file, it used a slightly different notation so I decided to stick with it (and it seemed to work just fine with all other test):
test "should show new form" do
get :new
assert_select "form p", :count => 3
So I just decided to move on and hope to fix that test later on. Everything worked just fine, until the next functional tests. Unit tests pass just fine, and all functional tests that don't include assert_select pass as well. But the one that fails this time is:
test "should show story vote elements" do
get :show, :id => stories(:one)
assert_select 'h2 span#vote_score'
assert_select 'ul#vote_history li', :count => 2
assert_select 'div#vote_form form'
with this output:
2) Failure:
test_should_show_story_vote_elements(StoriesControllerTest) [/test/functional/stories_controller_test.rb:37]:
Expected at least 1 element matching "h2 span#vote_score", found 0.
<false> is not true.
Again I'm quite certain there's nothing wrong in the generated html itself, here's a snippet from it:

Score: 11
Some random site
I'm really starting to hate assert_select
I'm wondering if you experimented with "scaffolding" and the test is finding those files instead?
No I didnt, from the little I had read about RoR until this book, I remembered that scaffolding is in general a no-no, so I didnt do it.
I had exactly the same problem.
There turned out to be a typo in the DOCTYPE declaration of my application.html.erb - a double quote was left out. Solving this also solved the assert_select problem.
Leaving out the entire DOCTYPE declaration also did the trick. This would be a good first test.
Hope this helps.
I'm puzzled, what does your DOCTYPE look like? I have everything wrapped in quotes. I would include it here, but it has a link and the site is not letting me post.
Sorry, I cannot post my DOCTYPE declaration either.
The point is that assert_select can fail if your views generate HTML that is incorrect in some way. Try simplifying your templates/views until assert_select works again.
As I said, in my case, removing the entire DOCTYPE declaration suddenly made assert_select do its job again, and so I knew that there had to be a mistake in that declaration. In your case it might be some other part of the HTML that is wrong: do all the tags that open, also close ? (You did not misspell a closing tag, for instance?) And what about the quotes?
I have discovered a missing double quote in my code but am on other issues now and have not gotten back to it ...
I had the same problem too, seeing error for 'p'.After removing all the DOCTYPE declaration, the problem disappeared.I will try to put the DOCTYPE back piece by piece to find out what went wrong.
Thanks for the help!

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Peavy: Injuries no excuse for poor overall play
ARLINGTON -- With six White Sox players currently on the disabled list, including four who were penciled in for major 2013 roles, Robin Ventura's crew could be considered in survival mode until June when some of these players begin to return.
Jake Peavy, one of April's top performers for the South Siders, doesn't view the team's situation in such a dire manner. The right-hander simply believes the White Sox have to play better baseball to contend, regardless of health concerns.
"It's not the guys we lost are the reason we are not playing good fundamental baseball on any side of the ball. And it's not on the coaching staff," said Peavy prior to Wednesday's contest. "They are doing every bit of what they did last year and they are pulling their weight. It comes down to every man in this clubhouse looking himself in the mirror and asking what they can do more to help this ballclub.
"Every one of us can look back on this last month and realize that we can give a little bit more than we got and play a little bit better than we played. That's what it's going to take if we are going to climb out of this thing and just shore up all three facets of the game. They need to be a little bit better than they have been.
"I don't think anyone in here will tell you any different than that," Peavy said. "Baseball is contagious as well. When you find little ways to lose every night, that kind of gets contagious. We just have to get on a roll. A few nights in a row we get a big hit or get a big pitch thrown to get us out of a jam, that stuff gets contagious and you go on a run and get back around .500."
Entering Wednesday's second game of this eight-game road trip, the White Sox bullpen had an 0-4 record with a 7.42 ERA over its last eight games. The relievers produced a 1.63 ERA in the first 17.
Two errors in Tuesday's loss gave the White Sox 18, tied with Oakland for the second-most in the American League, and their .980 fielding percentage is tied for last in the AL. Their offense ranks last in batting average, on-base percentage, walks and average with runners in scoring position.
Certainly losing players such as Gordon Beckham, Gavin Floyd, John Danks and Dayan Viciedo make a difference in these numbers. But Peavy doesn't want those injuries to become a crutch for a team without much room for error.
"You can't win it in April, but you can certainly dig yourself a hole that's hard to climb out of and we are trying to avoid that at any cost," Peavy said. "We have to understand our identity as a team. We show up every night expecting to win, but we can't just because we show up to the ballpark thinking we are going to win. We have to flat out outwork and out-want the other side. Outplay them.
"That's something we did last year that just hasn't happened. Pitching-wise, hitting-wise and defensively certainly we have to do better than we've been. If we do that, we are going to be fine and compete with anybody in the division just as we did last year.
"But it has got to happen here shortly or we are going to look at ourselves from the bottom [of the division]," said Peavy, who will pitch Thursday's finale against the Rangers. "Then you got to play over and above to get back to where you need to be. We understand there's a sense of urgency that we need to kick ourselves in the rear end a little bit and it's time to go."
Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Merk's Works, and follow him on Twitter @scottmerkin. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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You can't ever be complacent about anything as big as the still-wrenching economy that is Europe. I have said all year that Europe is not affecting us so far, that the measures put into place by the European Central Bank last year are working, meaning that Europe has shown a degree of stability that is welcome. I didn't want anyone to sell our stocks because of the declining economies there, notably Spain and Italy, as well as the potential for a real plunge in France.
That has been the right call so far during this bountiful start to 2013. In fact, it's been the right call since the summer, when Mario Draghi, the ECB chieftain, said he would do whatever is necessary to preserve the currency union....500 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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'"I think we really gained a lot of experience as a team, most specifically for the young guys," defenseman Jay McKee said Thursday. "I think that our first series had a lot of twists and turns in it from being ahead two games to having pretty much a must-win situation in Game Five here at home. It was physical. It had a lot of speed to it. It really had everything, momentum changes. So it was great for them to get their feet wet and get a feel for what it's like. Every shift has so much meaning to it, as opposed to an 82-game season."'
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THE former chair of NHS West Mercia cluster of Primary Care Trusts (PCT's) has been appointed as the independent chair of the Future of Acute Hospital Services in Worcestershire programme.
Joanna Newton takes over from David Williams from NHS England who has been leading the project on an interim basis.
She said: "I'm delighted to be joining the Future of Acute Hospital Services in Worcestershire programme at such an exciting time.
"For the first time there is a clear clinical way forward for acute services in the county and I feel we have a real chance of ensuring that Worcestershire's acute services can be clinically and financially sustainable for many years to come. I've been involved with the NHS locally in Worcestershire and I'm looking forward to my part in this programme."
David Williams, director of operations and delivery at NHS England Local Area Team, said: "We are at a stage where it is now right for NHS England to take a step back and to return to its primary function of scrutinising the project.
"Responsibility for the project rests with the three clinical commissioning groups and they will be pushing it forward under the chairmanship of Joanna. We are lucky to have secured someone of Joanna's experience and expertise as chair of the programme going forward."


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DENVER— The campuses and undergraduate programs of the University of Colorado maintained high rankings among national and regional institutions in the latest edition of U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges.
The 2013 report, released today, shows the University of Colorado Boulder ranked at No. 42 among top Public National Universities; the University of Colorado Denver's downtown campus ranked 108th on the same list.
The University of Colorado Colorado Springs ranked in the top tier of Public Regional Universities of the West, and 38th overall among Regional Universities of the West.
Other highlights:
• CU-Boulder's undergraduate engineering program came in at 19th among public institutions whose highest degree is a doctorate, 34th overall. Within engineering, kudos went to aerospace/aeronautical/astronautical (No. 12).
• CU-Boulder's undergraduate business program came in at 22nd among public universities, 36th overall.
• UCCS' undergraduate engineering program ranked 9th among public engineering schools whose highest degree is a bachelor's or master's, and 25th among public, private and for-profit institutions.
CU-Boulder (No. 97) and CU Denver (No. 189) also remained among the top overall National Universities, which also includes private and for-profit institutions.
U.S. News & World Report rankings are based on its measures of academic peer assessment, graduation and retention rates, faculty resources, student selectivity, financial resources and alumni giving. "National Universities" are the 281 U.S. institutions (173 public, 101 private and seven for profit) that offer a wide range of undergraduate majors as well as master's and doctoral degrees; some emphasize research.
The rankings are posted at http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges.
The 2013 edition Best Colleges book is available online and will be on newsstands Sept. 18.
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By the standard of refreshes, the Fusion has undergone a subtle one. Of course there's a new front grille, and it's joined by new headlights in a redesigned fascia. Inside, the conventional automatic shifter has given way to a new rotary control. The big advantage of rotary knobs, however, is that they use less space to do their job, and Ford hasn't radically changed the center console to free up that real estate.
But then there's Ford's new Sync 3 entertainment and information system, which is easier to use, more fast and responsive, and features much clearer graphics than the unloved MyFord Touch system that it replaces.
Added to the option list, among other things, are LED headlights, lane keeping assist, a rear cross-traffic alert system, adaptive cruise control, forward collision warning system, and a revised automatic parking system that will both parallel park and perpendicular park without driver input. There's also a new Platinum trim level that packs in practically every option and adds amenities such as quilted leather upholstery and a power-adjustable steering wheel.
The most exciting Fusion will now be the new Fusion Sport V6, which comes powered by a turbocharged 2.7-liter V6 with 325 horsepower. With 350 pound-feet of torque on tap, it should prove to be the quickest mainstream midsize sedan for sale in North America.
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Future of Merrifield Seminar on April 24
Fairfax County Office of Public Affairs
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 551
Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
Contact: Merni Fitzgerald, Director of Public Affairs
703-324-3187, TTY 711, Fax 703-324-2010
Media Pager: 703-324-NEWS (6397)
April 18, 2007
The Future of Merrifield
The "Future of Merrifield" will be the topic of the first Providence District Seminar Series of 2007 on Tuesday, April 24, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Luther Jackson Middle School, 3020 Gallows Road, Falls Church. Providence District Supervisor Linda Smyth is sponsoring the seminar series.
County staff and members of the citizen task force that drafted the update to the Merrifield comprehensive plan will be on hand to describe their roles in the planning process. Developers with approved and pending rezoning applications will be available to answer questions about the homes, restaurants, retail and amenities they hope to bring to the Merrifield area.
Residents are invited to learn how the planning process moves from paper to actual construction. A historical look at the planning process and how it set up the framework for the transformation will be discussed. Copies of the Merrifield plan are available at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpz/comprehensiveplan.
Other seminars in this series will focus on transportation and the planning and development of Tysons Corner. This is the third year for the seminars. More information on these seminars is available on the Providence District Seminar Series Web page at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/providence/projects/seminar.htm or by calling the Providence District Office at 703-560-6946, TTY 711. Reasonable ADA accommodations will be provided upon request.
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I have 3, yes three shirts for sale or trade. I have 2 in lizard (dark green) and one navy all in mens small and all new with tags. Im looking to sell or trade for discs. if i dont sell or trade they will be one ebay in a week. if you want pics let me know
im open to lots of discs but the ones i prefer are: VP's, ridge, almost anything CE, nuke, Nate Doss X Avenger, Goldline or Opto Halos, Blueberry Wraiths, Augusta Wraith, special blend discs, katana, 1st run destroyer PD. SURPRISE ME!!!!
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A 44-year-old man who set up two undercover officers with a young drug dealer has been spared jail.
Steven Button set up the deal with the plain clothes cops when they met up with him in a Manchester Road betting shop.
But after hearing he only played a minor part in the deal, and his wife was keen for him to move away from the drugs world, a judge imposed a suspended sentence.
Claire Marlow, prosecuting, told Swindon Crown Court how two officers, using the names Stan and Cerys, infiltrated town centre drug users last year.
She said on Wednesday November 27 they went to William Hill on Manchester Road and spoke to a man they had seen before, known to them as 'Steve', who was Button.
They asked him if he had a number for a dealer called AJ and he said he knew his runner and used Stan's phone to call him.
"He spoke to him and asked if he could sort his brother out with two dark. He told them to go to The Manor pub near Asda Wal-Mart," she said.
The officers then met up with a youth in a purple hoodie who supplied them with two wraps of heroin for £40.
Miss Marlow said the officers called the teenager, Liam Smith, 18, again the following day and bought heroin and cocaine.
"The officer asked if that was the normal place to meet him and he said 'Yes, spread the word'," she said.
Button, of Home Farm, Highworth, pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of class A drugs.
The court was told he had a history of offending but only one drugs offence of simple possession and nothing for the past 11 years.
Rob Ross, defending, said "Mr Button feels he has been foolish: he accepts how foolish he has been.
"I think he has learned a lesson from it. I think he would benefit from some supervision."
Judge Tim Mousley QC imposed an 18-month jail term suspended for 18 months with a 12-month supervision order and a three month night time curfew.
Smith, of Beech Avenue, Pinehurst, pleaded guilty to three counts of supplying class A drugs and will be sentenced later.


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garublador wrote:You could have finished dinner before posting, we wouldn't have minded.
I'll just reiterate that this is a big deal. Definitely try it if you haven't already.
Midnightbiker wrote:I have tried that, but I can only seem to get 3 fingers under the disc. I have trouble when I put my pinky finger under there.
jamsisjams wrote:I went out and tried this grip today, as best I could from memory, but the results weren't amazing. It seems to work for me but I think I have more to work on than my grip.
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Royal Oak Township to be policed by Michigan State Police
Fri, 01 Nov 2013 09:48:27 GMT —
An impoverished Detroit suburb is getting its police service from Michigan State Police starting Friday.
State police say the Oakland County sheriff's department is closing its substation that previously served Royal Oak Township.
State police say troopers will patrol the community of 2,400 bordering Detroit and also will provide detective and other police services.
The Metro State Police Post in Oak Park also is the primary law enforcement agency for Oakland County's Novi Township and for Macomb County's Armada, Bruce, Ray and Richmond townships.
The U.S. Census says that Royal Oak Township's average household had an income of about $24,000 in 2010, compared with Michigan's average of about $45,000. Its government finances have been under state review because of pension funding issues.


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Blagojevich Attorneys Ask for Juror Anonymity
Rod Blagojevich's attorneys are asking that jurors in the former governor's upcoming retrial be allowed to remain anonymous.
In the first Blagojevich trial, Judge James Zagel kept the names of jurors secret until after the verdict. He said members of the public had already called his office to weigh in on the high profile case and he didn't want jurors subjected to that. Zagel plans to withhold the new juror's names again in the retrial scheduled to begin April 20th, but Blagojevich's attorneys say those jurors should have the choice to remain anonymous even after the verdict. They say jurors will almost certainly become quote, "media prey" after the trial.
Blagojevich's attorneys don't want deliberations to be affected by jurors who are worried about impending press and public pressure, and they say Blagojevich's right to a fair trial and an impartial jury require that jurors be allowed to remain anonymous if they so choose.


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Experienced travelers say the California Zephyr is one of the most beautiful train trips in all of North America. As you climb through the heart of the Rockies, and further west through the snow-capped Sierra Nevadas, you may find it hard to disagree.
The Zephyr runs daily between Chicago and San Francisco, coursing through the plains of Nebraska to Denver, across the Rockies to Salt Lake City, and then through Reno and Sacramento into Emeryville/San Francisco.
Reserve a spacious coach seat for your journey or, for a more luxurious experience, reserve a roomette or bedroom in one of the Superliner Sleeping Cars.
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The California Zephyr connects to San Francisco and Oakland stations via Thruway Bus Service at Emeryville, California.
An innovative partnership program between the National Park Service and Amtrak, the Trails & Rails program provides Amtrak passengers with educational opportunities to foster an appreciation of a selected region's natural and cultural heritage and renews the long tradition of associating railroads with National Parks.
The California Zephyr has an onboard Trails & Rails program operating from Denver, Colorado to Grand Junction, Colorado and on the return route between these two Colorado cities.
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MIAMI - As Hurricane Andrew's 20th anniversary approaches, we should remember those who lost their lives in that devastating hurricane.
If we want to prevent similar loss of life in the future, it is instructive to look back at how and where people died.
SPECIAL SECTON: Hurricane Andrew
The National Hurricane Center's report on Andrew lists 26 direct deaths associated with the hurricane. The direct deaths are those associated directly with the hazards of the hurricane, such as wind, water and tornadoes. Of the 26 direct deaths, three occurred in the Bahamas, 15 in Florida and eight in Louisiana.
All 15 Florida direct deaths in Andrew occurred in Miami-Dade County. The direct loss of life included six in their homes when roofs and/or walls collapsed; two who unsuccessfully tried to ride it out on a boat; one drowning in a canal; two in mobile homes; one person in a truck crushed by a downed tree; one killed when hit by debris while trying to seek shelter; and, two who were thrown from a storage trailer where they had sought shelter.
Some of those direct deaths occurred when people thought they had done everything they were supposed to do, including putting up hurricane shutters and preparing their supplies. Stronger buildings should prevent most of that from happening in the future -- at least those homes built to the new building code.
But there were also dozens of indirect deaths related to Andrew. The indirect deaths reported by The Miami Herald in January 1993 included carbon monoxide poisoning from improper use of generators, fire (including two children who died in a house fire caused by a candle that was used because electricity was out after the storm), electrocutions, lightning (a volunteer was struck and killed by lightning while he was helping a helicopter crew unload food for storm survivors), traffic accidents (at least eight of these deaths occurred where stop signs had been knocked down by Andrew's winds or traffic lights were inoperable due to power outages), five suicides, four killed by others, heart attacks, and falling off a balcony while checking for damage.
We will never know the total indirect death loss associated with Andrew. However, many of those deaths could have been prevented by using greater caution. Andrew is one of many examples indicating that the loss of life can continue well after the hurricane.
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While putting together this summer's squad of Replacement-Level Killers, I noticed something alarming. It's been an awful year for third basemen, both in the number of marquee players who have served time on the disabled list and in terms of their overall offensive production—so bad, in fact, that as a group they're being outhit by second basemen, and are basically even with shortstops. The dreaded Chone Figgins' return to the hot corner isn't enough to explain this phenomenon, so again I must ask: Just what in the name of Larry Wayne Jones is going on?
For starters, let's turn once again to Bill James' defensive spectrum, which runs 1B-LF-RF-3B-CF-2B-SS-C. The positions at the left carry the least defensive responsibility and generally have the best offensive production, because teams can draw from the widest pool of players to fill those slots; if you can rake, you can play first base. (In case it's not clear, designated hitters belong even further to the left of first basemen.) Meanwhile, the positions at the right carry the most defensive responsibility, drawing from a shallow pool of players who generally manage the least offensive production.
When I covered the topic a couple of years ago using final 2008 numbers and Clay Davenport's version of Equivalent Average, the positions matched up almost perfectly (DH excluded) with the defensive spectrum. The ebb and flow of talent from position to position and year to year means it doesn't always happen so neatly, as this graph, which uses Colin Wyers' version of what's now called True Average, shows. Remember that True Average adjusts for park and league scoring levels and centers at .260, so all of the year-to-year scoring fluctuations come out in the wash.
Here's how the numbers fell last year:
Aside from the DHs, that's not too far from the Jamesian template; below first base, you have the corner outfielders inverted but separated by just a few points, and center fielders a couple points ahead of second basemen, with shortstops and catchers bringing up the rear. Just over halfway through the 2011 season, things are much more helter skelter:
Center fielders outhitting left fielders, second basemen and shortstops outhitting third basemen, earthquakes, volcanoes, Pirates in first place, dogs and cats living together—it's been that kind of year. That last column in the table shows the change in True Average relative to last year; basically, it's left fielders and third basemen that have taken the fall in a major way.
Last year, there were 43 players who accumulated at least 200 plate appearances while playing primarily at third base, a bunch that hit a combined .261/.335/.419 for a .264 TAv. This year, there have been 51 players who have accumulated at least 100 plate appearances while playing primarily at third, a pool that has hit just .249/.314/.384, for a .256 TAv; remember, scoring is down 4.4 percent, and the MLB average on-base and slugging percentages have dropped six and 12 points, respectively. Focusing only on the 33 players common to both pools, the group has dropped from .266/.329/.425 (.268 TAv) to .252/.315/.392 (.258 TAv). Putting names to the numbers, no less than 15 of those 33 have shed at least 25 points of True Average:
Inge you already know about; he was a Replacement-Level Killer due to his combination of illness and weakness, and McGehee earned a Dishonorable Mention. Elsewhere, we have relatively unestablished players coming back to earth after partial 2010 showings of questionable sustainability (Betemit, Johnson, Valencia), some of them even banished to the minors (Alvarez, Nix). We have once-established players going from bad to worse, quite possibly playing themselves out of the majors (Mora, both Lopezes).
Perhaps most importantly, we have some of the position's best and brightest suffering through injury-riddled 2011 seasons—Longoria (oblique), Rolen (shoulder), Wright (back), and Zimmerman (abdominal surgery) have all done stints on the disabled list, with all but Rolen's lasting at least a month; Wright has only just begun a rehab assignment after missing more than two months. None of them have produced at the elite levels they managed last season, and with the exception of Rolen—who's been backed up by the surprisingly resilient Miguel Cairo (.280 TAv)—all were replaced by much-inferior scrubs. Expand the list a bit further and we could also include Chipper Jones (knee surgery) and Placido Polanco (back), both of whom have dropped by 15 points. While we're at it, note that Inge, Nix, and Alvarez have all served time on the DL in 2011 as well.
Meanwhile, only six players have improved by a similar magnitude:
The historically awful Wood had nowhere to go but up after his trials in Anaheim. Sandoval and Ramirez have rebounded from lost seasons in grand fashion, the former by shaping up (though he too was bitten by the injury bug, needing surgery to repair a broken bone in his hand), the latter by staying healthy for a rare change. Reynolds, despite his low batting average and noted contact woes, is nearly as productive as he was in 2009 (.296 TAv) after an off 2010. Also rebounding nearly to 2009 standards (.280 TAv) is Callaspo, who's more or less the antithesis of Reynolds, a contact-oriented hitter with narrow secondary skills. Headley is the one player here who appears to have taken a legitimate step forward, as he's never posted a TAv higher than .270.
Looking at it from a different vantage, among the third basemen in last year's pool, an alarming 10 of the top 21 in True Average have served time on the disabled list, with Longoria, Zimmerman, Wright, Casey Blake, and David Freese all spending at least a month on the DL this season, and Alex Rodriguez destined to reach that level as well. Again, each has been replaced by hitters of vastly inferior quality, with the Dodgers (Juan Uribe, .208) and Nationals (Alex Cora, .212) most notably polluting the waters. Add to that an unfortunate migration (Figgins, .200, after playing second base last year) to offset the arrival of Kevin Youkilis (.330), plus a couple of underperforming rookies of varying pedigrees (Brent Morel, .215; Mike Moustakas .204), not to mention the Indians' mistaken notion that Jack Hannahan (.243) was somehow an everyday player, and you can start to understand how the position-wide performance has dropped so precipitously.
The other side of the coin is what's happening at shortstop. Jose Reyes (.331) has rebounded from two injury-plagued seasons and returned as one of the game's most electrifying players. Jhonny Peralta (.316) has moved back to shortstop and hit like it was 2005 all over again. Asdrubal Cabrera (.302) has become a star, and Yunel Escobar (.301) and J.J. Hardy (.294) have rebounded from injuries. On the other hand are the declines of Hanley Ramirez (.264), Derek Jeter (.260), and Rafael Furcal (.168), a return to normal suckitude for Paul Janish (.213), the desiccated remains of Edgar Renteria (.222) and Alex Gonzalez (.221), and the improbably awful Reid Brignac (.176). Overall, they're up an unremarkable four points this season, right in line with their annual undulation between .250-.255.
With Zimmerman, Wright, and Longoria at least likely to heat up somewhat once they're further away from injuries, my guess is that by the end of the season the relative production between the two positions will normalize, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's a smaller gap than usual. We still have four weeks of Eduardo Nunez replacing Alex Rodriguez, after all.
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Nothing is as tranquil as the expanse of the Milky Way floating in the summer night sky—or so you'd think. In reality, the center of our galaxy is a chaos of fast-whirling stars, super novae debris, and intensely magnetic neutron stars, all orbiting around a monster black hole 4 million times the mass of the sun.
And things are going to get even more violent. Astronomers have detected a blob of gas, called G2, that's being ripped apart as it plunges toward the black hole. Later this year the hole will start to consume that cloud of gas. As the gas accelerates to terrific speeds, it collides with other incoming matter, heats up, and radiates energy at a ferocious rate. A similar flare-up 100 years ago created a burst of light as bright as a million suns; we know because the light echoes are still bouncing around the center of the galaxy. According to radio astronomer Shep Doeleman, the upcoming annihilation event could last for a year or more and rank as "a once-in-a-lifetime event."
Huge as it is, the central black hole is still a thousand times too small to be seen with the Hubble Space Telescope. Plus, it's obscured by interstellar dust that blocks all visible light. But radio waves of about 1 millimeter wavelength can get through. Doeleman is organizing the Event Horizon Telescope, a project to create an international network of radio dishes that together will constitute a system with an effective diameter as large as Earth's.
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It's not hard to see that Bob Stoops would like to see his offense get a bit more physical moving forward, and it's also no secret that if there was any one player in Stoops' tenure that embodied the type of play he is looking for it's former tight end Brody Eldridge. With that in mind it's probably no coincidence that the Sooners chose to pursue a player that has drawn numerous comparisons to the former Sooner, and current Indianapolis Colt tight end.
That player is also Oklahoma's most recent commitment Brannon Green of Fort Scott (Kan.) C.C
The 6-foot-4, 260-pound tight end has not long been a target of the Sooners but says things came together quickly when one former Sooner put in a good word for Green.
"(Former back-up quarterback) John Nimmo had mentioned my name to coach Bruce Kittle and he called me and we talked and I told him I was interested," Green recalled. "We had talked on the phone and he came this morning and talked to me and did an in-home visit."
Like Eldridge, Green is a small town Kansas product and says he is more than aware of the comparisons and thinks Oklahoma's use of the tight end is a natural fit.
"Honestly, my parents and I had talked about it and coach Kittle sold me (on being a Sooner)," he said. "I had heard about Brody and knew that he had success there and I had watched, they use their tight ends a lot.
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With one tight end committed in Tallahassee (Fla.) Godby standout Laith Harlow the Sooners already have two commitments in the class of 2012 and continue to pursue San Diego (Calif.) Westview star Taylor McNamara. However, with one the impending graduation of both Trent Ratterree and James Hanna the amount of on-campus talent at tight end is in short supply.
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Odd Thoughts: Ruining the Raptors home debut
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Any landing you can walk away from is a good one and conversely any win that you go home with is a good one. It may or may not have been pretty, totally depending on your view of how a game should be played, but if youre a Pacers fan you have to be happy that not only did our team gut out a tough win but that we are actually 2-0. Yes its early, yes these have been poor teams but come the last two weeks of the season 2 wins may make the difference between making the playoffs or not or it might even mean the difference between home court advantage in the first round or not.
So lets be grateful that the boys are getting the job done.
Boys really doesnt apply to our team anymore does it, these are men. God does it ever feel so good to look at our team and know that we are not going to be pushed around, not going to be out toughed, not going to be out hustled.
Scrappy is an overused word but honest to God it fits this team.
Lets do tonights odd thoughts bullet point style.
Im going to start off with a complaint. We have got to get our field goal % up; a good team will not allow us to win a game like this. But it shows that right now our defense is so tough that lower level teams never get a lead on us. I know the shots will fall more as the team works together and the coaching staff implements more offensive sets, but man can we go through some slumps.
Thank God for Danny Granger. To use the vernacular of todays youth haters gonna hate well Danny sure has his fair share of haters. Some of it he deserves most of it he does not. But for tonight not only did he hit big shots to prove (once again) he is an ice cold killer, but his defense was strong all night as well. His post game interview showed me that in fact does he not only not hate having someone else take big shots but he in fact loved that there are so many options.
Two games in and Im already ready to build a shrine to David West. I had forgotten what a true power forward looked like who actually had more skill than flash. Two games, TWO GAMES and he has been a large reason for both victories. Everybody will talk about his shot at the end and they should, but I want to talk about that block that he had that wiped away a wide open layup. If your old man pro on the team is never giving up on a play then its going to be very hard for the younger guys to give up on plays. That is called setting the example and leading by doing. While he didnt have the rebounding numbers this game he had in the first he was in the thick of it every single time.
Lou Amundson was robbed. He should have been credited with a blocked shot but they gave it to Granger. Danny was in the area but the replay to me showed that Lou was the one that got it. He was in there for 8 min. tonight & I was thrilled with every second he was on the floor. Im a sucker for banger hard worker types and Lou is that in spades. His offense is never going to be smooth, if it was he would be called Tyler Hansbrough, but for 8-10 min every game this guy is like sending a lightning bolt through a set of jumper cables.
Paul George was a tale of two halves. First half he looked like he was going to make the all-star team if not all NBA first team. Second half he looked like he was going to make DeMar DeRozan an all-star. Not sure what happened there, I understand the shot not falling but he seemed to lose it on defense as well. I think he shares the one trait a lot of our younger players do and that is we tend to take our foot off of the gas when we get a lead. I have no doubt though that he will overcome this. In fact that I am questioning if he had a good game or not and he had 18 points should tell you how good this guy is going to be.
Toronto made it a point to deny Tyler the ball and often times were giving him a soft double whenever he would make a move down low even without the ball. In fact I think that part of their idea was to be overly physical with Tyler to see if they could get him to lose his cool. To his credit he did not, but to their credit they did pretty much neutralize him in the post. Well see how he adjusts for the next game.
Darren Collison I think has gone out of his way to make certain that the starting point guard spot is his for the foreseeable future. While sometimes he still lets his man past him more than he should I will say this, the guy has already broken up more fast breaks all by himself than our club did as a whole all of last year. It is uncanny how he can break up a 2-1 fast break by striping the ball. He still hasnt got his shot going but to his credit he is not looking to get his shot going. He has been a pass first point guard and since he has been released from his shackles has become quite good at running the offense. Still needs some work but so far he has played very well.
Im not sure what is up with George Hills shot. It just looks flat right now. I like the fact that Frank made him shoot the technical foul shot, I have a feeling he did that just so he could get some confidence by seeing the ball go through the hoop.
I say this in all seriousness and without any sense of hyperbole. How good will we be if we ever get our field goal % up in the 40s and maintain our defense and rebounding at this high level.
I cant say this enough either. Thank you God for Frank Vogel & for Larry Bird for seeing we needed Frank Vogel and for Herb Simon letting Larry Bird make the move after seeing we needed Frank Vogel. What we had been playing here was literally the antithesis of everything that I knew as basketball. Frank came in here and changed everything and it couldnt be more different. Its as though he came in and said everything youve been doing, change it. Im just glad basketball as I knew it is back again.


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Much of what you thought you knew about math class has been turned on its head at Dana Middle School in the Wiseburn School District.
Seventh- and eighth-graders at the west Hawthorne school don't really use textbooks or do much in the way of homework. The teachers rarely spend more than 10 minutes on any given lecture. At the beginning of class, instead of urging kids to quiet down, the teachers try to get them riled up.
If it all seems a little strange, the method of teaching - developed by researchers at Loyola Marymount University - also might offer a glimpse into what math instruction will look like in the future. At Dana, it has produced striking results.
In two years, the share of eighth-graders scoring proficient or better in algebra at the school has more than doubled, from 27 percent to 62 percent. Also, a strong majority of students at the school - 62 percent - now cite math as their favorite subject.
"Last year it was 46 percent, and I thought that was unbelievable," Wiseburn Superintendent Tom Johnstone said of the survey. "To me, this is the statement of the power of outstanding teachers."
Perhaps most impressively, officials believe the style of teaching - now in its fourth year at Dana - is a key factor in the school's elimination of the achievement gap separating the academic performance of black and white students. In fact, the test scores of both cohorts are strong and steadily rising, with black students catching up in recent years and now slightly outscoring their white counterparts on the Academic Performance Index, a measure of student success based on a batch of springtime exams in both math and English.
The math pedagogy has been slowly spreading to more school districts throughout the South Bay. Like many education initiatives, it has its very own acronym - CMAST, which stands for the Center for Math and Science Teaching at LMU.
The teaching philosophy aligns with a sweeping transformation in education that is set to descend on the vast majority of states in the nation, Johnstone said. Called the Common Core State Standards, the reform effort - which will be implemented nationwide in two years - seeks to deepen critical-thinking skills by emphasizing mastery of material over memorization.
Likewise, the method of teaching math at Dana prioritizes conceptual understanding over "drill and kill" repetition, and student buy-in over schoolmaster lectures.
Instead of being told to do, say, 30 problems in the back of the book for homework, students have a hand in the process of assigning. They notify the teacher of the level of difficulty they're in the mood for on any given day - easy, medium or difficult - and, regardless of the option, rarely do more than a handful of problems.
"If you're a bright kid and you're crazy, you're probably going with a challenge all the time," Johnstone said, half-jokingly. "If you're in soccer, you'll challenge yourself part of the time, but you're also realistic."
Instead of sitting through 50-minute lectures, students spend the bulk of class time practicing problems on handheld whiteboards, which they hold aloft for the teacher's approval or disapproval all through the hour.
Lessons begin with a hook. Usually it's an age-appropriate pop-culture reference or funny video that demonstrates the conceptual aspect of the day's lesson - a way to break the ice and make some sense of the abstract.
To illustrate the general idea of improper fractions, Kevin Corrinet's algebra class recently watched a video of a tiny Chihuahua devouring a huge pizza. To introduce students to the idea of converting a point into a point-slope, they watched a clip from the movie "Iron Man," in which the protagonist, Tony Stark, transforms into superhero form.
"Sometimes it's a huge stretch," acknowledged Corrinet, a former military man and West Point alum whose classroom is adorned with a sign reading "No excuses!" "But from the students' point of view, it's also a great way to start the lesson. It activates their dendrites, it wakes them up, it gets them motivated."
Another key to the program at Dana is a kind of math lab, in which maybe 50 students who could use a little help cram into a room, break into groups of four and begin solving problems on big whiteboards. Also in the room are a handful of tutors, among them a classroom teacher, several knowledgeable students and one or two professional engineers.
"They are great role models," said Dana Principal Aileen Harbeck of the engineers, who work at either Raytheon Co. or Northrop Grumman. "The kids know where they are coming from."
One of the tutors is Rob Peckham, a Northrop engineer who has been donating several hours a week for six years. Peckham holds not only a mechanical engineering degree, but also a master's degree in computer science and an MBA, all from UCLA.
"The stereotype is teachers don't know much about the sciences," he said, taking a brief break between problems. "But coming here, I realized the teachers aren't the problem. (Instead) it's: Do the students care?"
As for the achievement gap, the diverse school appears to have accomplished quite a feat.
Seven years ago, white students - who make up about 8 percent of the population - outscored black students by 33 points on the Academic Performance Index, a measure of student success ranging from 200 to 1,000 based on a battery of springtime exams. In 2011, the gap had closed, with the black students - who constitute about a quarter of the school's pupils - scoring an impressive 875, surpassing the white students by a point. In 2012, the scores of both subsets rose again, the blacks to 904; the whites, to 899.
Statewide, white middle schoolers outperform their black peers by more than 150 points - 865 to 710.
To be sure, Wiseburn's sample is somewhat skewed, as the district is well-known for attracting commuter families from outside the boundaries. In general, families willing to commute to school tend to be more heavily invested in education in the first place, regardless of race or class.
Still, the scores indicate there once was a gap where now there is none. (The gap between white and Latino students - who make up more than half of the population - remains at 34 points and has been closing at a much slower rate.)
Johnstone said it wouldn't be accurate to say the math program was solely responsible for this success.
"I think the CMAST program was a key factor," he said. "But I also think that all of the boats are rising at the same time. ... Their scores went up in every single subject."
Meanwhile, for all the benefits of the math curriculum, Johnstone says there is a downside.
"The preparation that goes into it is just very, very intense," he said. "But it's hard to argue against it. ... The reward is having kids that are extremely successful in math."


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Also, god forbid the chemotherapy is not working to stabilize/decrease the size of the tumour does anyone have any recommendations/success with other chemotherapies with the same type of tumour location?
Any advice will help. I am the only one in the family that is aware of the extent of her illness and I like to prepare myself for good as well as bad news in advance so that I can focus on my mom's response - the more information the better.


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