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Of all games in this series, based on pitching matchups anyway, you would probably think this is the game most favored by the Tigers.
PREGAME: Armando Galarraga and Barry Zito in the series finale today.
DET @ SFG, Wednesday, June 18, 2008 Game Preview – Baseball-Reference.com
Game Time 3:45
POSTGAME: I saw about one inning of this game today. The Tigers scored their 7th run while I was watching so I can't take too much credit for the victory. Not having seen the game I can just go by the box score. It was very pretty for Placido Polanco who had 4 hits and a walk.
Also enjoying a lovely day was Galarraga who had 2 walks and a sac bunt, and allowed no earned runs in 6 innings dropping is ERA to 3.03.
But what the hell was Leyland doing lifting Thames for a pinch hitter with the homer streak on the line? Come on, how often does a guy get in a position like that? And in a laugher of a game. This wasn't a nail biter.
A nice series win with a couple hard fought games. The boys get a day off in San Diego which is a nice treat for a team that has won 10 of their last 12.
Of all games in this series, based on pitching matchups anyway, you would probably think this is the game most favored by the Tigers.
Lineup in:
Pudge still in, Grandy in Center
That is why it probably won't go the way we think. At least Jimmy can't put in Zumaya yet.
Full lineup, similar to yesterday:
Renteria, SS
Polanco, 2B
Guillen, 3B
Ordonez, RF
Cabrera, 1B
Thames, LF
Rodriguez, C
Granderson, CF
Galarraga, P
Also, Jason Beck reports that JL considered putting Rayburn in at catcher today. Apparently Inge's oblique is still a problem.
Can't wait to see Galarraga hit! And by see, I mean listen.
Best thing about this afternoon game – no Valenti and Foster on the drive home!
Why doesn't MLB.tv give you the option of picking the home or away broadcast. I'm tired of missing Rod Allen reactions to Country Funk bombs.
Cy Young winner Barry Zito, everybody. 2-0 Tigers
It has begun.
Nice start – it's Country Strong time!!
AB #1 vs. Zito
I heart Zito. Wish he was still in the AL.
Regarding Marcus: He'll walk if the pitchers are scared of him.
Pudge needs to bring 'em around to keep the pressure off Armando…
Good lord Zito is terrible now. He doesn't have the stuff to challenge hitters and he knows it. His control is so erratic that he can't nibble at corners either
Just throw the ball at Pudge's face if you want to strike him out.
I'll take the two but that certainly could have been a much bigger inning.
I'm blacked out for some reason. Anyone else having problems signing into MLB.TV?
Yeah, I blame that one on pudge. I wish Inge could have come in and struck out.
No problems here Carolyn.
I decided not to be negative today, so I will not say that Pudge has become totally hopeless with runners on 3rd and less than two outs. I will not say that………I am just going to expect a good outing from the team and be positive all day.
Scoring in the first inning, nothing like it.
Sky refuses to be overcast today. All sunshine. See what I did there?…
Is Armando hurt? What's the "Injury Delay" about?
Walk to Winn by Galarraga, who really needs a nickname considering how difficult it is to remember how to spell his name correctly
one thing that is just an extra about the streak Thames is havings he is one of the really nice guys in baseball…hopefully this streak never ends
I don't know, Sky. Your pessimism worked out well last night. Maybe you should keep it up.
Anybody know what the injury delay was?
You're right, Tiff. Scoring in the first inning is like getting laid on the first date. You never expected it to come that early and it takes a lot of the pressure off.
Of course, Ken, it also makes you wonder how many OTHER teams the Giants have allowed to score in the first inning.
Did I mention I hate all Molinas?
Wow, Ken. That was gold. And 100% on the money.
So I guess we got it twice on the first date in this case?
I don't know, Mark, but Sportsline seems to think Zito is pitching for the Tigers, and ESPN Gamecast thinks Lewis is still up with an 0-2 count.
That, my friends, was a Country Strong catch
Nice, Dave…
The way the crowd reacted I thought that was a 3 run dinger for Rowand. End of the 1st, still 2-0 Tigs.
Mark it was not an injury….Gallaraga just had to clean his spikes.
Seriously, ESPN dude is asleep at the switch.
funny about Pudge hitting is last night runner on 3rd one out he grounds to one of the only two people you can't ground out to 3rd or P…the next at bat he goes to right for a hit with no one on.????????
Galarraga is having a better than average pitcher AB
UPDATE: Yup, Zito walked him.
Armando needs to talk to pudge about working the count
is that Willis pitching???
"Of course, Ken, it also makes you wonder how many OTHER teams the Giants have allowed to score in the first inning."
Haha. You're right, Dave. Now you've got me all paranoid. It did seem a litte TOO easy, didn't it? I feel a groin injury coming on.
Armando draws the BB!
I steaming a bit that we didn't get more out of the 1st. I fear Zito won't stay long enough for us to inflict severe damage.
Now he walks Renteria, too. Just keep digging that hole, Barry.
I bet Zito's wishing the NL would join the 21st century and adopt the DH…
Zito suuuucks.
Polanco drives in Galarraga. 3-0 Tigers
Palanco hot or what…he and Country are carrying this team
Zito's terrific. I wish the White Sox had him.
Guillen double makes it 5-0 Tigers. Now I'm starting to feel sorry for Zito.
lets take Barry with us so he can pitch against us more often
5-0 Tigs. Guillen doubles.
Severe damage inflicted!
Oh please don't go Mr. Zito…
On the next True Hollywood Stories: How Zito went from being a Cy Young superstar to pitching prostitute.
Mario is not pleased with the characterization of Raburn as a "scrub" by the SF media
strange how a pitcher as great as he was can lose it …in a heartbeat
Alright, Yahoo looks like it's up to date. Wow. Tigs are beating Barry to a pulp.
Zito looks like he needs a doctor.
Dave BW: I read that story in the SF Chronicle today. Really bad.
They also said that it was Renteria who broke up the no-hitter (not) and that the Tigers win assured that the Giants would lose their third consecutive home series. I guess they already knew how bad Zito would be!
Country Strong has been very disappointing today. I say we just bring in Clevelen now…
Wrong prescription, Funk Dr.
That's what I like to hear, Joel. Marcus is set on either walking, striking out, or hitting a bomb. Although he had two nice rips foul down the 3rd base line. Hit hard.
Don't count out the Giants yet. I want the Tigers to pour it on as much as possible as if it was the play-offs and score was one-run lead late in game. It is so easy to see this kind of lead slip away!
did anyone send Cleveland their best wishes now that we have cought them in the standings……next
Marcus "Three True Outcomes" Thames. K-BB-HR is known as the Rob Deer Hat Trick, in case you were curious.
On the bright side, Country Funk might get 5 ABs today!
Chris I think Dave Kingman started the "Three outcome thing"
How about Spanish Armando? It's kind of like Spanish Armada, right? Anyone? Is this thing on?
Don't take Zito out now — he was just getting into a groove!!
See what loss of focus does? Cabrera flubs an easy out!! 5 run leads mean nothing if you end up back on your heels like that!
jud – OK we can call it the Dave Kingman Hat Trick if you like. I'm not picky. Jack Cust has turned that into an art form in recent times…
Darn. Zito's done.
Sky: Optimism. Didn't you say?
I'm throwing the "Steve Balboni hat trick" out there for good measure… though you'll have to exclude that whole BB part of the trifecta.
There is that loss of focus again..Bad wild pitch scores run for SF from 3rd! Dumb baseball I say.
I love the Three True Outcomes players. I don't think Marcus is there, yet — he needs more walks.
I haven't been watching the game all that closely to be honest, but the Mario/Rod commentary is making it sound like there's some pretty sloppy Tigers defense today. 5-1 Tigers
Yes! The RBI strike out!
my gosh shades of April and May…I thought we were done with this kind of play
Chris in Dallas,
That joke was awful but I still found your post to be hilarious. That takes talent.
Oh, come on Sky! You can put away that wet blanket for one afternoon, can't you?
Adam, I just get too into it…..like a 15 year-old I expect them to never fail when I want them to come through. The adult in me knows better……the kid in me gets pissed!LOL
How about "Mondo?" It's lame, but it's pretty easy to spell.
I dig the Spanish Armando nickname, though. I'm just worried he'd be especially vulnerable to batters with the last name "Nelson."
how about some more TTO club members ..rack your brains…
Oh so the cranky pessimism is due to Sky's inner child coming out. Huh. I had it all backwards.
why take Barry out he barely threw 50 pitches
Rob Deer's Baseball Reference sponsor informs me that his TTO rate for his career was 49.69%. Impressive.
Joel has garnered my eternal respect and admiration for managing to bring Steve Balboni's name into the conversation. Kudos to you my good man.
Battlestar Galarraga?
judpma —
Adam Dunn
Mike Napoli
Ryan Howard
Jack Cust
Jason Giambi
Dan Uggla
Damn Dave beat me to the punch on Adam Dunn…
did you watch that Rod Allen moment from Japan on MBL…that was great
OK here's where we stand with the TTO All-Stars:
Dave Kingman
Rob Deer
Adam Dunn
Jim Thome
Jack Cust
Sam Horn
Mark McGwire
Gorman Thomas (yeah, I went there)
All this and more at: http://www.baseballprospectus......icleid=724
OMG…I just peed my pants. The SF announcers just talked about Rod Allen for about 15 minutes and showed the clip of him chasing a pitcher around the ballpark like a tiger chasing a gazelle for at least 30 straight seconds. That's the funniest baseball clip I have ever seen. LOLOLOL. Why hadn't I seen that yet.
OK Battlestar Galarraga is the leader in the clubhouse for this kid's new name. It's going to take a Herculean effort to beat that.
Ken: I can't believe you never saw the Rod-ster lose his marbles. High comedy.
Here's a BP article that pays homage to the TTO Club in 2003:
baseballprospectus DOT com/article.php?articleid=2518
(linked edited to get through the filter)
I was kind of surprised to see Jim Edmonds on the list.
We'll have to shorten it to Battlestar. The whole point was to avoid spelling his last name, ya know?
Ken…that was a classic clip hidden somewhere in the archives…funniest baseball moment I think I have ever seen
Russ Branyan… 53.4%!
I like Battlestar
I've kinda got a bad feeling about this game. Maybe it's the Mexican food I had for lunch, though.
Outstanding DP by Guillen and Company!
That was a DP. OMG is he slow.
Chris in Dallas, I'm ashamed I haven't seen that actually. I can't stop laughing about it. That pitcher wanted NOTHING to do with Rod. Literally running for his life. Rod was weaving in and out of people, dudes were blocking for him. I'm Youtubing it so I can watch it over and over between innings.
I see Mickey Tettleton at #5 on a TTO list I'm looking at…
Pete Incaviglia is on the same list at #18
That's two for Battlestar Galarraga,
Nice DP, now let's pour it on!
Does Mike Hessman have enough at bats in the minors to qualify TTO
Polly man. Polly.
Bo Jackson is on that list too (I'm assuming we linked to the same article). He's the only one on the list who is a Tecmo Bowl God, however. So he's got that going for him.
Ken, I just looked it up on YouTube and saw it for the first time. I don't get to watch FSN Detroit games out here in Seattle. Funny stuff.
Now is the time where I begin to wonder – who in the hell is Billy Sadler? Did the Giants sign him from a semi-pro beer league?
Do Gil and Thames go back-to-back here?
nice hustle Polly…that was a rocket Miggy hit
Thames Time.
Joel, It was actually a story set up by the SF broadcast. They made a whole drama of it. Showed the previous inning play at the plate and a much better clip than Youtube has. They said that Rod Allen gave them permission to show it this morning.
If we can score 4 and then 5 in separate innings, we'll have a Five-Cycle.
I have never seen a a DP around the horn where the batter is not even in the TV screen when the ball gets to 1st!! LOL Is this guy slow or what??? But he did smoke the ball to 3rd and force the issue!
I'm beginning to warm up to this Miguel Cabrera that everyone's talking about.
in that previous at bat Rod bowled over that catcher on a play at he plate,….the Utube clip is the following at bat
Either way… I'm struggling to follow the game through various Gamecasts that don't require the latest version of Flash player (which I can't install on my work computer).
Yeah, Sky. LOL. That's the first thing I thought. What the hell happened to the batter?? I figured he had either ran through the bag already or broken an ankle out of the box. Never seen that.
What on earth happened? Sportsline recap of the last play:
Guillen out at second on 3rd baseman Denker´s throwing error.
I've heard of some strange scoring decsions, but an error that causes an out?
That's a first.
I'm assuming you are all referring to Bengie Molina, who tears down the line like it's made out of quicksand…
Battlestar…great one handed
greg…on that strange scoring play ..Guillen on first Gil smoked a GB to third they got the force out at second o Guillen and when they threw to first the 1b dropped it and it rolled away from him
Little known fact about Omar Vizquel: He hit a ground rule double in his first career AB. The pitcher? Satchel Paige.
Battlestar K's to end the inning.
Beautiful barehanded grab by Gallaraga!…..We've seen some excellent defense this game in spite of Cabrera's error.
I'd be more impressed if Battlestar made a no-handed grab.
Now pitching – Hinshaw. Isn't that some sort of slow moving wicker vehicle?
Or a tractor beam grab…
Sorry, my sci-fi nerdiness begins and ends with Star Wars. I have no idea if Battlestar employs tractor beams.
I must say that BG (Battlestar Galarraga) continues to impress. He just seems to be money. Even when he's being hit hard like today, he's keeping it in the park, battling out of jams and playing solid defense. His stuff has a lot of movement on it too. I know we keep talking about him regressing to the norm and finishing with an 4+ ERA, but is it possible he just peaked late? Have we discovered a hidden gem who will be our #2 for the next 3 or 4 years?
You do not mess with Curtis Granderson, or else you may be mentioned in his booooooooring blog. (Sorry, Curtis, but it's true)
Ken BG has been very consistent all year..and only 26..2-3 for years to come
Ken: I'll be a Battlestar Believer when he improves his K/BB and K/9. Until then, he's walking on thin ice. Remember, this is a pitchers park against an anemic offensive club. And the pitcher has to bat. At least theoretically anyway.
He's got a good OBP too.
Maybe we should always let Galarraga bat. 1.00 OBP today with a perfect bunt to boot.
Although if Battlestar keeps this up, he may need to apply for TTO membership. He's got the one outcome down pat anyway.
I like that, Joel. What if BG just kept evolving week after week to the point he was actually just hovering around the diamond by the All Star break.
I don't understand this National league stuff…where you walk the pitcher to set up the DP
Most impressively, BG has already drawn more walks this season than Pudge did all last year… almost.
Joel: Thanks for saying that so I didn't have to. And I'm shocked and awed that Renteria would fail to produce with RISP. This is an outrage. The Giants are cheating. They're playing with confederate money, I tells ya.
Tell me….does Polly not know how to hit without 2 strikes??
Maybe we pick up Sexson when he gets released.
hey Polly "have a day"
Not funny.
Hit parade continues. Every Tigers starter has been on base. 7-1 Tigers. Gal is at 50-some pitches in the 5th
Struck. Him. OUT.
If Armando is going to be Battlestar Galarraga, then we need to start calling Polly–Darth Polanco because he has been strong in the force lately.
we need Country to keep his head in there long enough to POP one more!!
For those unaware…..Granderson doubled…….Gallaraga walked…..( he is 0 for 0 in 3 times AB today….2BB and one Sacrifice) and Polly knocked a solid single to left, scoring Granderson……..7-1, bottom of 5th. Polly is 4 for 4 already.
Sky ..thanks for that recap Rod….very professional
Battlestar keeps battling……keep it in the park baby!
Richie Sexson!?! He throws his helmet like a girl. No thanks.
nice pitch…Pudge says Hey I can't hit that pitch either but I would have swung too
Runners on first and second, one out. AG is now up against the Winn/Molina/Rowand trifecta
Maybe we could get Farny back and then convert him to an outfielder a la Ankiel. I bet he'd hit a billion home runs.
hey is that JL's dad as the ball"gramps" down the third base line??????????
Although the score doesn't reflect, Galarraga is getting hit pretty hard today. He's also getting behind in counts more than usual.
Not to rain on the parade. Just sayin'.
Now that I could get behind.
wonder if spending 10 minutes running the bases last inning for BG..he isn't used to it …makes a difference..just sayin
Battlestar to T Smith: "Scoreboard, amigo. Scoreboard."
Bg Bg BG BG BG
Battlestar has been more like Criss Angel or something, what with the magical escapes and all. I wonder if he can put a cell phone in a Heineken bottle too?…
You can't mess with Battlestar's photon torpedo slider.
T Smith: Exactly, Ken, that just shows how he can play when he doesn't have his best stuff.
AG gets a bases loaded strikeout to end the inning
Was Rowand's strikeout as gritty as it looked on the Gamecast?
Joel — it was probably the grittiest strikeout I've seen all year. You could just sense the multitude of intangibles he was bringing to those swinging strikes.
I suspected as much.
oooh, Miggs hit a hard line-drive foul that was almost Sheffieldian in its speed
Leyland destroys Marcus' streak 🙁
Pudge should be in the TTO club…just because
Rowand's grit in that strikeout makes White Sox fans long for Aaron to return home…
He took Thames out. WHAT A BUTTHOLE!
Aw… the streak ends.
*sigh* Leyland could have rewarded Marcus by leaving him in the game for one more at bat. Rude. It's a six run spread.
But you know, in a 7-1 game, a marginal improvement in LF defense can make the difference between winning and losing.
isn't this like taking a guy out when he is 0-3 and a 29 game hitting streak going?????
Jimmy wouldn't want Marcus to think he's earned anything…
Not to mention Thames was on the front page of MLB.com as a "Can He Do It?" type spread.
I guess he can't, Jimmy. Why don't we just take him out!
OK I've never been on this bandwagon before, but after seeing what just happened to Mr. Country Funk, I've got to change sides – Fire Leyland!
trouble is Thames isn't one of Jimmys boys
Hey, did you know that people residing in the Baltimore/Washingon DC area call said area Bal/Wash. And they also refer to themselves as Bal/Washers. I feel like you need to know these things.
It is apparent that the key to Pudge's success is a threat to his job security. We need to throw Raburn into the catching rotation to lower Pudge's comfort level again.
Jud – you bet it is. Leyland draws the ire of many a Tiger fan today.
Including me. I don't care if he even has a good reason. Kind of hard to hit a home run with the manager taking the bat out of your hands.
You mean like golf balls, right?
I hadn't noticed how slow this game was going until Mario mentioned it. We are nearing the third hour and it's the seventh damn inning.
So, did Holm score on Burriss's hit, or did ESPN screw up the score?
joel …run
I think he scored on the ERROR.
Hollimon gets to first on an error. Still in search of that elusive first hit.
Let's get Polly a 5 hit day
Now is the point where I have to bring up that if they lose, I am in fact going to go home and drink a strychnine martini.
C'mon Polly… tack another one on.
I think JL should pinch hit for Polly. He doesn't need a 5-for-5 day – he might demand a new contract or something.
After just looking at the current all star game voting results, I've determined that fan voting must come to an end with all due speed.
Finish this game.
I'm tired of it and I'm pissed Country Funk didn't even get all of his chances.
Weird moment: FSN camera showed Cabrera in the dugout with his arm around Pudge, who was resting on Cabrera's shoulder. When they noticed the camera, Miggs quickly pulled his arm away.
Note to Jimmuh:
NOW would be a good time to bring Rodney into the game following his return from the DL. Just wanted to point that out.
I don't like the Giants. What a bunch of Bal/Washers.
Oh, you guys will see Leyland's wisdom when the side is retired in the 8th on 3 consecutive diving grabs by Clevelen in LF. And then you'll understand why he's the manager, and you're not.
By the way, if you think I'm not going to dust off that joke for the next series at Camden Yards, you are severely mistaken.
Mark..good point
He's waiting until the bases are loaded with nobody out. That will be the correct time.
Dave: Don't ask, don't tell.
I got it bring in Jones he will load the bases then bring in Crooked Hat
Joel, I assume you mean it's a one run game at that point too, right?
and Chris, I would expect nothing less than to hear (well, read) that joke during our next series at Camden. I'd be disappointed if I didn't.
Mark in Chicago
I was thinking the exact same thing.
I think you all should know that the Braves are installing a 40-foot tall tomahawk-chopping cow in center field.
Rowand hustles into a gritty groundout, ending the seventh inning. 7-2 Tigers.
ok 8th inning come on Country lets hit on a """"WTF""""""
.219 scrub AB. The 900 year old ballboy almst died trying to retrieve a foul
Joel – You should leave Grady Sizemore alone.
Balldude faceplant – Awesome
jud..he's out of the game
Just so everyone knows, Marcus' streak (the one that matters more) is still intact. His next four hits just need to be home runs.
I can't believe we traded Country for a groundout.
Yabu is apparently throwing his infamous mystery ball, which cannot be identified by MLB Gameday and does not travel to the plate, it merely appears in the catcher's mitt.
He is one tough hombre to hit when that pitch is working.
UPDATE: Phew, he has gone the more conventional route, throwing fastballs and sliders. Apparently, the mystery ball puts too much strain on his aura.
Sky–thats what the WTF was all about
Why is Dolsi pitching and not Fernando? Um. Wow, for a win, this wasn't really managed all that well unless Rodney pitches in the ninth.
So the Giants got the 900-year-old ball boy to pinch hit?
Oh, it's Ray Durham.
I hope in the post game press conference JL says I asked Marcus about coming out and class guy that Marcus is he said fine. let the young guys get some playing time….I hope it went down like that …….
That balldude is almost dead over there.
Dolsi in for a third inning? That would be silly.
Vinnie Chulk has one of the better names in the MLB today.
They're gonna leave him in for three innings? Ha. Hahaha. This is so stupid.
Leyland left his brain in the hotel room today. This is pathologically bad.
Leyland is an idiot.
Or maybe Leyland just wants to get out of here and didn't want to have one of his batters' avg go down when he could use a pitcher.
Miner's in. Might as well get Jones up early, we're gonna need him shortly…
Adam ..I think they are grooming Dolsi for longer relief sessions with Crooked Hat and Zoom both coming back…..
Even money says Miner allows the leadoff hitter to reach base.
Or they decided to use all his arm up before they send him down tomorrow for Zumaya?
Too bad the game Monday got away. This could have been 3 series sweeps in a row. I'll take the 2 wins though.
I really don't get why JL isn't getting Rodney a low leverage inning here. No – Just let him have 3-4 days to mull over his bad outing the other day. Really let it soak in. Let it get deep in his head until the next time we really need him. Brilliant!
OK, 2 out of 3 here (which could have been a sweep except for Rodney pooping the bed), so the good play continues. Now it's off to take 2 of 3 from the Padres for a very good 4-2 trip.
Much of the time Leyland's personnel moves make little sense to me. I am inclined to believe that when something works out right, it is due more to luck than sound judgement.
Outstanding effort by all………even the relief looked solid!
Another series win!
good win boys!!
Totally agree with everyone. Rodney needed to come into a low pressure situation to get the game experience back. I know they needed a strikeout the other night but they didn't put him into a good situation straight coming back. He should have been in the ninth today.
I think that is at least two straight appearances where Miner has been quite effective.
The team will miss Peavy too on the trip so that's a plus.
We get to face Baek, whom we absolutely beat up on ("Like he stole something!") when he pitched middle relief for the Mariners. I love our chances for another sweep or 2/3.
Yeah, that's pretty much the attitude I've got right now, too 🙂
Baek-Friday, Maddux-Saturday, Wolf-Sunday
No Peavy or Young = YAY!
No Ledezma = BOO!
My lasting memory of Wilfredo will always be watching him systematically dismantle his hat in the dugout for about half an hour after a bad appearance. Such a hilariously passive/aggressive and human moment.
Yup, Ryan. It was beautiful.
If anyone cares, on June 8 the Tigers were 24-36, 11 games back of the White Sox, and the guys over at BP gave them a 6.8% chance to make the playoffs. Prior to today's win, they have made up 5.5 games to pull within 6.5 games back and they now sport a 20.96% chance of getting to the postseason. Again, before today's win and the Sox' upcoming loss tonight (hehe) to the Pirates.
Amazing what a 9-2 stretch (now 10-2) will do for your season.
Type "playoff odds" into Google and follow the link to BP to see the entire league. Use PECOTA-adjusted with projections for the best info.
Mark in Chi – thanks for the 'link' very interesting
I sent an email to Henry Schulman an hour ago regarding his column calling Ryan Raburn a scrub.
Well, he sent me back a response already:
I have gotten lots of insulting e-mails from Tiger fans today, including one who said he hopes I die. Since your letter was actually well-reasoned, I will respond to you.
I did not mean it is an insult, and I sent the following note to Ryan today:
I did not mean the word disparagingly. Whenever I played a sport, I was definitely a scrub, and I was always proud when one of us scrubs did something good. In Giants land, it even became a sort of badge of honor for a group of backups who were called the "Scrubeenies."
I have covered major-league baseball for 20 years. That's thousands of players. I respected every one for having the talent to get where 99.9 percent of baseball wannabes can never get. That includes you.
Henry Schulman
Giants beat writer
San Francisco Chronicle
Him getting death threats over calling Raburn a scrub is absolutely ridiculous. No reason anyone should get death threats for that. And I wasn't even upset that he called someone who's not an everyday player in the majors a scrub, it was just the principle of it and how it came across in the print. Seems like a nice guy, though.
What did Leyland do to piss everyone off? Seriously, I've been away and didn't see the end of the game.
Wow Mike. Very interesting, and any kind of "hope you die" e-mail to the writer – even as a joke – is disgusting. Some people's children….
While he says he respects Ryan and did not mean the word disparingingly, he never says what he did mean by the comment. I'm not sure that's significant, but it caught my attention right away.
Hoping that someone dies is not a death threat.
Totally off-topic, but I'm watching the Cubs battle back against the Rays.
What the hell happened to Troy Percival?!?! I thought his career was over, done, finito. His bicep exploded, his arm fell off, he tried a comeback and couldn't throw anything above 85 mph. Now he's closing for the Rays and he's got 25 K's in 24 innings, a 5:1 K:BB ratio, a 2.59 ERA and a 0.70 WHIP.
Chief is quite right. The two concepts are in a completely different universe from one another.
Yes, that is true, but it's still pretty vicious and uncalled for to "want someone to die" over something as trivial as this.
Percival was righteous for StL last year too.
Of course, Mark. But the fact that someone would write that shouldn't be all that surprising considering that the internet is a magical land of hyperbole and stunted emotional growth 🙂
okay, I'm dying over here. Awesome thread today ya'll.
Battlestar? Awesome, consider it used, although I also like him as "Little Cat."
Miggy and Pudge sharing a special moment in the dugout? Why doesn't anyone put that on YouTube. I'm swooning just thinking about it.
Winning 2 out of 3 (even though it probably should've been a sweep)? I'll take it.
hey Chief,,,,,,, Leyland pulled Thames before he got his 4th at bat to try and continue towards the consecutive game HR record…most of us if not all of us were P@issed
Not going to lie, I was watching the game live and didn't even realize that Marcus got pulled.
2 things…….If anyone had read the complete article in the SF Chronicle and not just certain quotes, it was quite entertaining especially if you put yourself in the mindset of being a Giant Fan. He made some great compliments about our Tigers but those didn't get quoted.
As for Clevlen, I hate to see him go. Lloyd said at the beginning of the season one of his goals was getting Brent to believe in himself that he can hit. He probably presses a little too much, but I sure hope he makes it.
Games like today where JL pulls Thames with a streak on the line and his handling of the bullpen make you wonder if a manager has much to do with anything regarding his team's success. For a 'player's manager' to shortchange Marcus is pretty dumb. And this would've seemed a perfect chance to get Rodney back in the groove.
Quite the rocking thread, people. I'm going to stay out of game threads more often. I can't even begin to list my favorite funny stuff this time. Just really, really good interplay.
Mike R, I can't explain it, but you are my new hero for emailing the SF guy and posting the response (how about posting your email to him?). Emailing a sportswriter is just so far removed from the realm of things I would ever do, I can't help but admire that someone would do it. It almost sounds like I'm insulting you here, but I'm not. It was really cool.
Mark, it appears to me that Schulman implies he uses the words "scrub" and "backup" interchangeably. To me, calling Raburn a scrub seems a bit harsh until you realize it might just mean seeing Raburn as a backup who will never be a starter. Unless they can make a 3B out of him, it is in fact hard to see him ever starting for the Tigers.
Oh, the Tigers won. Cool.
Oh, for crying out loud — we're back to the 10 PM starts tonight, kids.
They should check Raburn's hard drive.
The funny thing is that in calling Raburn a "scrub", he also marveled at how far he hit the HR *in the same sentence*. Seems like he didn't mean anything by it, so I will not wish his untimely demise. Anyway, good series for Los Tigres. I too will miss seeing Wil Ledezma (SD DFA'd him, right?). That weird head jerk thing he did with runners on base was high comedy. He looked like he might stroke out at any moment.
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I see what you just did there Sean. Good stuff.
tiff: 'Little Cat' works for Galarraga. I fear we may lose our younger audience who has no idea who Andres Galarraga was, though…
And I really wish I could come up with a good joke for 'Balldude', but I really can't. No. Words.
"I see what you just did there Sean. Good stuff."
Ha! Well, you'll need to tell me what it was, then. You might be the clever one, not I.
I'm in such a slump right now, I could be headed to Lakeland on a rehab assignment. I'm not sure if finding out what the good joke I should have intended was will boost or shatter my confidence.
I can't wait for Sam's 4th Inning report. I think our jaws are going to drop at the starting pitching numbers.
Caps off to The Gambler, Battlestar, Verlander, and Robertson. Two more nicknames are needed. Off the top of my head, my weak suggestions are The Thin White Duke and Beautiful Loser. OK, let me try again. Highlander and… Beautiful Loser.
Chris, it's a homonym with/for "bald dude." That's not a joke, but it's a start.
I watched video of Guillen's error, and I can't fault him terribly. That's a tough play even for Inge, I think.
As I thought about it more, I wondered about the following:
a) Has it ever happened, on a play like this, that a 3B has bluffed the throw and fooled the 3B coach and/or runner? That would have been sweet. (And has a pitcher ever joined in on the fun, calling for the ball from 3B or actually cutting it off?)
b) Not knocking Gil, but does a brilliant 1B (or IB) with astounding presence of mind get off the bag, move toward the throw, and nail the guy at the plate?
c) Should Carlos have perhaps just eaten the ball? I only got one angle which didn't make anything about that clear. It did look like a perfect throw gets the guy, though.
Verlanderlay Industries is a good one the boys over at The Dugout came up with…
Sean C., FSN Detroit showed Guillen's "error" a couple of times in slow motion and it appeared pretty clear that the error should have been given to Cabrera. The ball was not too far down the line down by his ankles, possibly a short hop. Not a great throw, but certainly catchable.
The runner is easily out of the throw is caught, so I don't think you fault him for throwing it.
MLB Gameday has video, but not the best angle, for anyone else interested on the video under "Holm heads home" I'm probably the only one that interested in the attribution of errors to #9, though…
Thank you, Rick. I do believe the video you mention is the one I saw. I just couldn't tell the situation at first base, aside from the fact that the throw certainly wasn't "wild."
It may well be another "hidden error" for Cabrera. I don't think the extreme comments about him should discourage a realistic critique of his game. The same might be said for Renteria and Sheffield.
"Verlanderlay Industries"
Ah, yes, Joel. That is good. I wish his name was Art. It's hard to do anything with Justin. Although a reliever/spot starter named Justin Case would be a welcome addition.
"…I watched video of Guillen's error, and I can't fault him terribly. That's a tough play even for Inge, I think…."
Exactly right. I think Inge maybe makes the play… but a 1st baseman who can pick certainly helps both players convert the out. But no way Renteria makes that play — regardless of whose on first. He just doesn't get any leather on the ball at all … which was the point I made in the other thread.
I also assumed incorrectly that errors factored, along with vector, how hard the ball was hit, handedness of pitcher, etc., in the sabermetrics (PRM and URZ) that show Guillen as a horrible or below average defender and Renteria as an average defender. Not knowing precisely how the sabermetrics were calculated, it was an obvious assumption since Guillen makes so many more errors.
I will say, though, to critique the PRM method, that the vectors are divided into degrees of 5. That's just too wide of a margin, in my mind. Baseball is a game of inches, right? Not a game of five full degrees. If the ball is 5 degrees to the right, it's virtually right in an outstretched glove (yet, potentially the same vector, so far as the calculation is concerned) ..and then there is only three quantities of ball speed: soft, medium, and hard. First off, who determines this coefficient? Wouldn't that be a subjective element thrown into the mix? And even if it is determined by some other method, three variables are not enough. The exact speed would make the metric more accurate, to me. While your at it, you might as well introduce the speed of the batter into the metric. Why should a defensive player be punished if he makes a gem of a play, yet fails to record an out because he's trying to pick Ricky Henderson in his heyday? Same player throws out Sean Casey, even after bobbling the ball. Yet the metric rewards the latter play. I'm sure an argument can be made that all the plays even out in the wash, but there are just so many variables — why not try to quantify them, if you're gonna live and die by this kind of objective analysis.
It's late…tired, and for some reason can't edit last post now, but obviously meant PMR — not PRM
Kathy, I read the article and it was complimentary. But his disparaging remarks about Raburn just weren't needed. It wasn't overly inflammatory but it was poorly worded. A "struggling, part-time player Ryan Raburn, hitting just .219" would've sufficed.
But bland things like that don't sell newspapers. Especially in this era of instant information. "Scrubs" and disparaging remarks hit home more with readers.
T Smith
I was thinking about defensive metrics recently. I plan to do some reading that will probably render the following obsolete, but here goes:
At the beginning of the 2007 season, I devised a kind of scoring system for hitting performance with men on base, and did something similar for pitching with men on base. It was simple and yet very illuminating, though I'm sure real statheads would have just said: "Yeah? So what. A few existing stats will tell you the exact same thing." But I wanted one stat, and it was just for me, anyway. Ran out of time to keep up with it after 40 games or so. I revised and expanded the system for hitting again this year, but ran out of time to keep the spreadsheets at about the same point.
This beginning has led to thoughts of simple measures for measuring what you might call basic job performance. Broken down to essentials (in an abstract sense, ignoring the very real "inside game" that doesn't lend itself to measure very easily), the batter's job is to either get on base, drive in a run, advance runner(s), or some combination thereof. For a pitcher, it's even simpler. Get outs. One might look aside from quantifying the relative impact of the results and simply ask, "did he get the job done?".
There's no way to avoid subjectivity with measures of fielding. My idea (soon to be seen by me as naive and obsolete, probably) is to again simplify. Leave out the leaping, diving, running, sliding, fell down because of wet grass plays. Define the ordinary play for each position and the expected optimum outcome, look at these plays, and score them as success or failure. 1 or 0.
My imaginary fielding stat is PBPP (Playable Balls Perfectly Played). The unchanging and absolute standard of greatness in this system would be 1.000 or something close to it. One nice thing would be that positions would be treated exactly the same. A good score for a RF would be a good score for a SS. It would mean the same thing – he's good. Not good for his position or league or in terms of runs prevented – just good. The relative impact of defense at various positions is already well understood, and PBPP would say nothing about that in and of itself.
An example: Man on first, one out. Playable ground ball to SS. Optimum outcome: 6-4-3 double play (normal lead for runner, wasn't going, no jet at the plate). SS's job: Field the ball, throw to 2B. 2B's job: Catch the ball, force the runner, throw to 1B. 1B's job: Catch the ball with foot on bag. So the SS bobbles the ball after gloving it, throws to 2B for the forceout and that's it, no play at first. SS gets "0," 2B gets "1." Simple. Although you'd have to pay me at least $20 an hour to slog through thousands of hours of video to compile this stuff.
The crux of my reasoning is that, while spectacular plays are spectacular and terrible plays terrible, making the playable play routinely is what wins ballgames.
Again, better minds have surely thought this stuff through more expertly than I ever could. But this is a glimpse into a non-expert perspective that might provoke the thoughts of other non-experts.
Speaking of standards, it's funny how things change and don't change. A .300 BA has been the gold standard since forever. But ERA standards have certainly changed. I "came up" in the early 70s, when a good starting pitcher was in the 2s, and even 1s were possible. 3s were merely OK, and 4s? Scrub, journeyman. 5+ and you stink, fella, I mean really stink. It's not mysterious, but it is funny. If you're a young fella or a young gal, try to imagine a future where a .250 hitter wins the batting tile by a wide margin, stirring excitement for much of the season as he flirts with the "impossible" .300 mark. That's what it's like.
Bilfer, gotta disagree with the step up. What's with all the data. They're not robots. The guy might have gastro intestinal reflux on certain days preventing him from fully extending his body to pick up a ball. Is that a vector or a degree of granularity? I think the home town guy's assessment is ok.
Sean C. Inter(league)play as in Detroit VS San Diego. See what thinking about defensive metrics and blow can do to a young man's mind.
Funny how two guys in uniform can play cutsie cutsie in the dugout and everyone thinks that's team chemistry; but if the same two guys were seen in a bar in the Castro District of SF wearing leather and basically doing the same cutsie cutsie after the game, people would make a big deal out of it.
Sean — you are old.
"…But wouldn't you agree that these methods even as they exist now are a tremendous step up from a hometown guy sitting in a press box saying "i don't think that's an error."
Absolutely agree. What exists now is certainly much more illuminating than a completely subjective, one-dimensional determination. While not being a stat-head myself (what is the respectful — even flattering — way to address you guys? Stat-geek? Statie? Stat-Head?) I am intriqued by advanced metrics and find them invaluable — I am also very grateful that some unshaven, sleep-deprived guy, in some desolate and sleeply Western Michigan town, is hybernating in a shack under a train tressle somewhere cruching all these numbers (hope ron doesn't sue me for plagerism). It's when the results are counter-intuitive that I'm compelled to question the metric, as well as my own judgement. And I'm certainly not above questioning my own biases and judgement.
I like the binary approach! Did he get the job done? 1. Did he fail? 0. Another variable I'd maybe throw in there — what degree of importance is it for player to produce, at any given interval of measurement? Not sure how to objectively quantify this — maybe weigh the importance more in games with 3 run margins, with RISP with less than one out, etc. I'm sure there is a whole slew of valuable measurments you could come up with to quantify this.
Anway, that's pretty much how I "subjectively" come to my judgements. Last year, there were just so many times Inge came to the plate — when we needed him to notch a 1 for the team, when he produced a 0. Yet his overall stats weren't as bad as the whiffing-guy I remember who continually killed rallies in crucial ABs. I suspect that's because he also notched some 1s when the score was 11-2. This is an old gripe of mine, and a competely subjective analysis. But it would be fun to quantify objectively to see if I'm out of my mind or not.
"See what thinking about defensive metrics and blow can do to a young man's mind."
Very nice, Ron. I think it was mostly the defensive metrics.
T Smith
What you mention in the last part of your post is something I look for, too, truth that gets buried in aggregate stats. The closest thing I've found so far as a metric for "clutch" (for lack of a better term) relies on someone else's work entirely, the wWPA thing in the baseball-reference game logs. It's winner's Win Probability Added, and I even think I understand how they come up with those numbers. I would need a database with the entire statistical history of organized baseball in it to calculate such things myself. So I think I'll leave it to them and borrow from it until I come up with something of my own that satisfies me. Subjectively.
Dave, I may be old, but I'm fit enough to play for the Detroit Tigers if I wanted to. I simply choose not to. Even though it would be so cool to have a manager that smokes.
TSmith – I like it. A huge pet peeve of mine is seeing a routine double play botched, but they still get the the force. The inning continues, with a DP, the inning would be over, but there are only two outs, and then the floodgates open up. If I only had a nickel for every time this happened. So statisticallly, the pitcher is at fault, when in reality, if the SS just made the routine play, 5 fewer runs would have scored. The SS lost the game, but no 'fault' is given, statistically, he just gets credit for making the force out.
So to taking your idea a step further, I'd like to see the REAL WORLD impact of the 'non-plays' or '0'. Not the projections based on 'average situations', but what actually occurred. For example: Guillen botches routine ground ball preventing a double play that sould have ended inning, subsequently 5 Runs scored. So Guillen gets credit for 5 actual RCFO(Runs created for Opponent)
There could be other stats spunoff from this. How about the IERA 'Inge Earned Run Average'. How many times have we said, 'Inge could have made that play?' Well, lets figure it out! Just rescore each game and theoretically place Inge at every position. If Inge would have made the play, give the player an ILE(Inge Level Error) and recalculate the the IERA. We'll also modify the WHIP and call it IWHIP(Inge Whip) and eliminate all BB/hits that were cause by innings extended by ILE's.
Wow. You guys are too in-depth today. Where are the fart jokes? Geez.
Inge Whip. That's good. But most of us already have one.
Chris, I tried to counteract the rising level of dicourse here with a poopy joke in some recent thread. Look around. Yeah, it's not the same as a fart joke, but I did what I could with what I had.
Go Cubs.
Deal Brandon to the Cubs (who needs Ramirez?) so they can have Inge Whip on Felix Pie.
Chris. Don't fret. The fart jokes will come. In time, in time. I'm still working on my first cup of coffee.
Doesn't some team (maybe the Cubs) have a prospect named Donald Veal? Veal, Pie and Inge Whip. Sounds tasty.
If I were the Cubs (and who's to say I'm not), I would drop that Donald fella like a… a hot potato. I've seen the reports. His production is egregiously cruel and inhumane. He's not the "milk-fed" prospect the Cubs wers sold. In fact, he's laced with all sorts of drugs. His violent background and inability to walk make me question both his stability and hitting potential.
Lol Sean.
Thought for the Day: If the Tigers can win this evening's contest by 3 or more runs, they will have a positive run differential for the season.
You're not going to believe this, Chris, but I scooped you on your Thought for the Day by about an hour. Honest.
Score one for Sean! Woo-hoo!
No way! Where? I must've missed it. Once again, I'm an idiot.
T Smith, your'e not out of your mind. You score a perfect 1.0 on the DO NOT DRINK YOUR FIRST CUP OF COFFEE BEFORE 11:AM SANITY SCALE put out by the AMA.


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LONG BEACH >> It's unlikely voters here will be weighing in anytime soon on whether the city should allow state-approved fireworks.
On Tuesday, the City Council voted 7-0 to receive and file a report by Fire Chief Mike DuRee on the impacts of allowing so-called "safe and sane" fireworks, generally considered devices that do not fly or explode, such as sparklers, smoke bombs and glow worms.
The presentation by DuRee came after Councilman Al Austin proposed an advisory ballot question last month asking residents if Long Beach should permit the devices.
Only Councilman Steve Neal voiced support for Austin's request, saying that many residents flout the law and use fireworks readily available in neighboring cities.
"The question, in my mind, is there room for the city to benefit and is it worth us investing in?" Neal asked.
To Councilman Dee Andrews, who acknowledged potential benefits to nonprofits selling fireworks, the answer was no.
"It is not worth the nuisance posed to residents in my district and the city of Long Beach," Andrews said.
In his report, DuRee said that no coastal cities in Los Angeles or Orange counties permit the sale or discharge of state-approved fireworks. Of the 39 L.A. County cities that do, 77 percent of them contract fire services, and 49 percent contract police with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, he added.
DuRee also pointed to the experience of a nearby Orange County city that briefly legalized safe and sane fireworks. Huntington Beach set up a two-year trial in 2012 allowing state legal fireworks, but officials ended the experiment last year due to safety concerns.
Figures provided by DuRee suggested the loosened rules in Huntington Beach caused an increase in illegal fireworks, with public safety officers there confiscating 165 pounds of the fireworks in 2012 and 116 pounds in 2013, up from 25 pounds in 2011, before the test run.
"The city of Long Beach can learn a lot from the experience in Huntington Beach," DuRee said.
Austin said, though, that the issue is worthy of consideration by voters and that police officer time on the nation's birthday is better spent handling crowd control and violent crime.
"Those are the issues I want to see our police officers focused on," Austin said, "and not breaking up block parties and family fun on the Fourth of July."
The deadline to place a measure on the June 3 ballot is March 7.
Contact Eric Bradley at 562-499-1254.


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A Northumberland village's post office is in need of a new owner after it was put up for sale.
Seahouses Post Office, and the adjoining house, are up for sale through George F White in Alnwick with a guide price of £375,000.
David Glen, the current owner of the King Street property, is looking to retire.
"I have been doing this for 17 years and I would be delighted for someone to take it on," he said.
The information provided by the estate agent describes the property as a 'superior detached house occupying a large plot' with a 'village post office attached to main residence'.
But it adds that the house could be sold separately and that there is potential for bed and breakfast use.
The Post Office and retail unit is around 300 sq ft and includes a Post Office counter with security glazing and storage areas.
The property information states that the Post Office salary currently amounts to £27,500 per annum. 'The retail shop sells stationery and cards providing a modest additional turnover with considerable potential,' it adds.
The Seahouses facility is the last in the area following the closure of Beadnell's post office in March last year. It was replaced by a mobile post service.
In 2008, North Sunderland and Bamburgh's post offices were part of a number of nationwide closures by Post Office Ltd, which also saw services in Longframlington, North Broomhill, Milfield, Doddington and Netherton go the same way.


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Nearly one-fifth of all Americans – roughly 60 million people – take low-dose aspirin every day to help ward off heart disease. Now, new studies show popping a baby aspirin daily can help prevent cancer. But should you really take aspirin that often? Here's how to tell if daily low-dose aspirin is right for you.
A series of large recent studies shows that people who take 75 mg of aspirin daily for at least five years reduce their risk of dying from cancer by about 20 percent. Other research has concluded that people who take daily aspirin have a 41 percent lower chance of getting liver cancer, specifically, than non-aspirin users. Researchers think aspirin helps prevent cancer by reducing inflammation that may cause the disease.
Despite these impressive numbers, the American Cancer Society says no one should start taking daily aspirin for cancer. The drug, even in a baby dose – 81 mg – increases the risk of internal bleeding, ulcers, and one type of stroke. A recent study of more than 100,000 people found taking aspirin daily boosts your chance of debilitating or life-threatening bleeding by 30 percent. "We don't know how long you take it before the prevention starts, and how long the prevention lasts after you stop taking it," says cancer-study specialist Dr. John Baron of the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina. "It can take years of taking aspirin for the cancer benefits to begin – but that could be 10 years of bleeding without benefits, and that's a problem."
What to do? Wait for the research, says Dr. Baron. "My guess is that when the work is done, aspirin will be judged worthwhile, maybe to start taking around age 50. But there will need to be the appropriate warnings about the likely side effects and toxicity."
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If you haven't had a heart attack or don't have any risk factors for heart disease, like high cholesterol or high blood pressure, you probably shouldn't take low-dose aspirin, says New York cardiologist Dr. Dennis Goodman, because the risks outweigh the potential benefits. "Aspirin is not a benign medication – otherwise, we'd all be taking it. But if you talk to any gastroenterologist, they'll tell you it's the most common cause of serious stomach bleeding and upper-GI procedures." Indeed, studies show daily low-dose aspirin raises the risk of severe bleeding more than it will lower your risk of having a heart attack.
If you have had a heart attack, take aspirin, says Goodman. "Aspirin is probably one of the most effective and cost-effective treatments for people with heart disease or high-risk factors for heart disease. But again, it's not indicated for everyone."


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Teams chase points throughout season
The biggest prize for the 17 undefeated crews in the Moku O Hawaii Outrigger Canoe Racing Association season is ownership of the most points.
Some paddlers might argue that bringing home a gold medal after each of the last four regattas is a better feeling. After all, it's always nice to stare at a trophy case filled with first-place mementos.
However, most coaches would take a big-picture perspective and point out that the shiniest medals are found at the Hawaii Canoe Racing Association state championship, where gold is only earned by beating the best of the best.
Not that getting Moku O Hawaii gold is small potatoes, but it's really tough to finish first at states. Last year, HCRA had 41 events, and Keauhou brought home five golds, Kai Opua three and Hanakahi one.
For clear-definition perspective, last season at the Aunty Maile Mauhili/Moku O Hawaii championship, Kai Opua and Keauhou each pocketed 14 golds. Being a big fish in a small pond is much different deal than swimming with the biggest sharks.
But once in a while, the little guy swings for the fences at states and knocks one out of the park, giving the Big Island paddling brotherhood a reason to rejoice.
Hanakahi's crew of Chris Agpoon, Ana Barden, Haunani Haasenritter, Jonathan Pang Ching, Melissa Pang, Ching and Joshua Villanueva won the quarter-mile mixed novice B, the only race the small Hilo club entered.
It will be that crew's first and only state gold for the mixed novice B. That's because the race is reserved for rookies. At least, that gold will shine brightest among the four Hanakahi collected during the Moku O Hawaii season.
Moku O Hawaii has three lanes in each event at the HCRA state championship, which will be held Aug. 3 on Kauai.
The only way to earn a lane is to finish in the top three in the island standings or if a club declines a berth. There are only three regattas left to score valuable points, including today's Puna Regatta in Hilo Bay.
Kai Opua has six perfect crews: girls 14, boys 16, girls 18, women sophomore, women 65, and senior masters men 50.
Keaukaha has five unbeatens: mixed 12, girls 13, girls 15, novice A women, and masters women 40. The girls 13 (Ana Ah Nee, Ash Mendes, Pua Silva, Hopoe Sipinga, Kahealani Ujano, Zoey Vera Cruz) set a new record in the quarter-mile event in 1 minute and 56.92 seconds last week.
Keauhou has two flawless crews: girls 12 and masters men 40. The girls 12 (Trinity Ballesteros, Patricia Flores, Ashley Hanato, Kiana Hoopii, Livi McClure, Tenaia Minamishin) established a new mark in the quarter-mile race in 2:06.36.
Kai Ehitu's mixed novice B (Niklas Dahm, Kelley Gallagher, Dominique Goodson, Marisa Piazza, Jake Rivera, Malosi Stegehuis) is undefeated.
The West Hawaii club had a bad day at the office last week at Keaukaha's regatta, watching three of its crews — boys 12 and 13, and men masters (60) — lose their perfect streaks.
At least Kai Ehitu head coach Richard Kimitete can proudly point to his club's skill-set at developing rookies. Last year, Kai Ehitu's mixed novice B tied with Hanakahi with 67 points in the Moku O Hawaii standings, and won two golds.
Meanwhile, Puna, under head coach Afa Tuaolo, has three unbeaten crews: boys 18, golden masters women 55 and the mixed men and women, the last race of the day.
Five of the six 18 paddlers were on Puna's undefeated boys 16 crew in 2011: Chance Agpoon, Lono Leasure-Lucas, Hayden May, Colby Nicholas and Keola Sumera-Lee. That year the crew finished fourth at states.
The new paddler on the 18 crew is Cheyden Quiocho, a 2012 Keaau graduate, who competed in football, judo and wrestling. The 18 event is one mile, twice as long as the boys 16. And tough competition also goes on within a club.
Puna, which means "spring of water" and was founded in 1975 by Clarence Hauanio, Ipo Kaawaloa, Danielle Mahi, Steve Morris and Anson Smith, often enters in the neighborhood of 30 races during the Moku O Hawaii season.
But at states, the club will usually compete at Division AAA (13-20 races) or Division AA (7-12 events). Puna was second last year in Division AAA, and won the Division AA title in 2011.
Some crews are left home for the greater good of a club's mission: to chase state gold, the biggest and shiniest prize of them all.


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EDMONTON - About 400 people were forced from their homes by a condominium blaze early Monday.
The four-storey condo fire at Park Place Hamptons, near 199 Street and 53 Avenue, broke out in the early morning hours on Monday.
Kevin Lapes and his wife Alyssa Guthrie were fast asleep in their second floor unit at Park Place South Hamptons when a fire alarm went off around 1:30 a.m.
During the three years that Lapes has lived in the building, there have been many false alarms, so the couple didn't think anything of it until the smell of smoke began wafting through the air. Guthrie then saw a burning piece of vinyl fall past their window, prompting the pair to grab a wallet and two phones before fleeing the building in their pyjamas.
"We grabbed one bunny and we couldn't get the other because she hid under the bed," said Lapes, noting the fire department managed to save the couple's second rabbit.
Once outside, the couple watched in disbelief as the billowing smoke turned into flames ripping through the roof of the middle portion of the four-storey condo complex.
"It was just billowing smoke. It was disbelief, shock. You see it on the news all the time, but then it's your building," Lapes said.
About fifteen minutes after fire crews arrived at the scene, located just off 199 Street and Lessard Road, a second alarm was called for more firefighters to help battle the intense flames. The fire was brought under control around 3:15 a.m., causing an estimated $7 to $8 million in damage.


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Sarah Villa sat with her mother on the porch of their City Heights home recounting what happened when she was attacked by a pit bull at her friend's home.
She's got white bandages on two fingers, her thumb, her upper arm and her cheek. She's also holding a stuffed cow given to her by the medical staff that put her under and stitched up her wounds.
"I feel a little bit better but I can't even open my mouth up. It still hurts, my chin part, " Villa said.
The 6-year-old girl was bitten during the attack Sunday in the 4800 block of Auburn Drive near Euclid Avenue.
Animal control officers said Villa had thrown candy at the dog before the attack but the child told NBC 7 San Diego that wasn't the case.
"She got loose from the chain, went through the gate and started biting me on the cheek and the arm," she said.
It was after the dog bit her in the cheek, that Villa said she threw candy in an attempt to stop the attack.
Sarah's mother, Natasha Villa, said she was told by the neighbor that the dog had just spooked the girl and that her injuries were from running into a wall. Once she took a look at the wounds,
however, she knew they were from a dog.
The dog was taken to be quarantined at the San Diego County Animal Services, officials said.
Even though she had to be put under to get several stitches on her face, the little girl said she doesn't blame the dog.
"It wasn't really the dog's fault. How the neighbor treats the dog, it has to act like that. So it wasn't really the dog's fault."
Natasha Villa favors having the dog euthanized to avoid a similar attack in the future.
"I don't want another child or another family to go through what I did," she said.


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MARIA Sharapova says players are confused over the Australian Open's extreme heat policy after she battled through sweltering conditions on Rod Laver Arena to advance to the third round.
As the mercury soared to 44C, the No. 3 seed said players did not know what the temperature limit was on court and deserved more consultation from officials.
Sharapova said no consideration had been given to final sets in Grand Slam matches, which are not limited by a tie-break.
The Russian star survived a scare from Italian world No. 44 Karin Knapp in the searing conditions in a 6-3 4-6 10-8 victory that lasted for three hours and 28 minutes.
After three days of 40-plus temperatures, officials implemented the extreme heat policy for the first time this week at the Australian Open early in the third set of Sharapova's match.
But the policy made little difference to the Sharapova-Knapp battle as the match was played out with the Rod Laver Arena roof open.
Under the extreme heat policy, the roofs on Rod Laver Arena and Hisense Arena are to be closed at the end of the set and stay closed until the end of the match.
Sharapova said she was not aware the extreme heat policy had been invoked until she came off the court at the end of the match.
"There is no way getting around the fact that the conditions were extremely difficult, and have been for the last few days," Sharapova said.
"It's a tough call. I mean, I think the question I have is no one really knows what the limit is. Not the players, the trainers themselves, when you ask them, `When will the roof be closed?'
"No one actually knows what that number is in comparison to humidity or the actual heat.
Sometimes you wish you know, because it's - it just depends on I'm not sure who, a referee or the meteorologist, and there are just a lot of questions in the air that maybe, you know, should be solved.
"Because I asked the trainer the other day, 'What does it take for the roof to be closed or matches to be stopped?' She said, 'We have no control over this'."
Sharapova believed more consideration needed to be given to the players' welfare in deciding sets, saying the rules did not allow for long third or fifth sets with no tie-breaker.
Sharapova's final set against Knapp lasted for 1hr 55mins.
Asked if the roof should have been closed from the start of the match given the forecast temperature, Sharapova said officials could have stepped in during the match.
"I don't know so much about from the morning. Maybe at 11am it wasn't as warm as towards the end of the match," the 2008 Australian Open champion said.
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"But I think the question is from the second to the third set.
"That's because no one knows there is no tie-breaker in the third set, so once you start that set, you're going to be out there until you're done. That's the question I have.
"I would love to know a bit more detail before - not even before I get on the court, but just in general it's good to know. I didn't even know there was no play when I left the court. I mean, I had no idea."
The four-time Grand Slam champion blew three match points when the scores were locked at 4-5 in a physically and mentally challenging third set that saw her serve up eight of her 12 double faults for the match.
"I'm really happy to get through. I really am. I worked really hard in the last few months and I wanted this match," Sharapova said.
"I didn't play my best tennis; I didn't do many things well. I got through it, and sometimes that's what's important.
"It's not the best conditions, but I don't want to complain.
"Even if I lost the match that wouldn't be the reason, because there is still somebody across the net that's facing the same type of conditions."
In the following match on Rod Laver Arena, No. 10 seed Caroline Wozniacki also advanced to the third round with a 6-0 1-6 6-2 win over American Christina McHale.
With the roof closed, Wozniacki took 1hr 43mins to push past the world No. 62.
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The Occupy Wall Street movement has spread to the campus of San Jose State University. A group of demonstrators have gathered outside Dwight Bentel Hall on Wednesday in a show of solidarity with Occupy protests across the Bay Area and the rest of the nation.
On Wednesday morning, the group consisted of less than 10 individuals who say they are confident more supporters will come out as the week progresses. Campus fliers with statements like "because administrators, not faculty, get raises" are urging students to join the movement at 1:30 pm today.
The group says that while everyone supports the ultimate goal of ending corporate greed, they also have personal reasons for participating in the protests.
Daniel McCormick, a first year biology student, was dropped from all of his courses at SJSU when he didn't pay a fee he says he was unaware of. McCormick says he's fed up with the school's rising tuition rates and bureaucracy, and is hoping the Occupy SJSU movement will bring attention to the schools lack of transparency.
Curtis Fox, a fifth-year chemical engineering student says he's participating in the movement to bring attention to corporate and government injustices. When asked if he will be skipping classes to participate in the protests, Fox says education is too important for him, but he won't be surprised if other student's do skip.
Fellow protester Jonathan Perez, a first-year biology student, holds the same sentiments. Perez says he will attend all of his classes, but plans on taking the movement with him and spreading the message to his classmates through discussions.
The group is planning on continuing the protests for several days, and says they will remain next to the Tommie Smith and John Carlos statues for as long as they can.


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Although IT anthropologists are far from common, some companies and IT shops are hiring them to provide that insight, which in turn helps technologists develop applications and systems that best meet users' needs. IBM computer scientist Eser Kandogan sums up the relationship like this: A technologist can make a tool usable; an anthropologist can make sure it's used.
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