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Grovinofdarkhour said...
This seriously violates a lifetime of training. It's like waking up one day and being expected to already know you're now supposed to breathe water instead of air.
Not that I'm against it, it'll just take a LOT of time to get people used to it.
Maybe now - OK, not "now", but eventually - that mage that is always out of healing range will start staying a little closer to the healers if he knows he has to get in the circle to stay alive.
I think that half the problem is that there just haven't been enough fights where DPS is encouraged to "stand in the good" compared to the dozens upon dozens of examples of "don't stand in the fire". Hell, the only one I can think of off the top of my head is Netherspite back in Kara.
It's really hard to go against years of conditioning and training overnight. As Cataclysm comes and goes on, I'm sure this will grow to be less of a problem. People just need time to adjust and get used to it.


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Series Previews
Series Preview: Cardinals at Cubs; Playoff and Division Clinching Spectacular
Remember when the Cardinals had a stranglehold on the NL Central? It wasn't all that long ago. Since the 2000 season, the Cardinals have been playoff bound 6 times, including once when they won the fricking World Series.
I hate to give them credit, but the Cubs have been playoff bound like, 6 times since Truman was in office.* Those are some pretty heavy figures there. Serious props must go to St. Louis, who, for the past couple of seasons, have been second fiddle to the first-place Chicago Cubs. Hell, let's be fair. Even when St. Louis was winning, they were still less popular than the Chicago Cubs, although they will always be first in the hearts of the mullet wearing mid-west rednecks out there.
(*Guh. Hate the Tribune. Hate P.K. Wrigley. Embarrassing.)
But, you know, the important thing is that the Cubs are very likely to clinch their second consecutive division title while the Cardinals are in town. That's kind of cool. Cooler still - St. Louis is headed toward a 4th place finish. It must sting, those salty tears.
Anyway, let's take a gander at the matchups.
Friday, September 19th - Carlos ZambraNo-hitter (14-5, 3.41 ERA) vs. Adam Wainwright (9-3, 3.20 ERA)
In his last start against - of all teams - the Pittsburgh Pirates, Adam Wainwright went 4 innings, surrendered 6 earned runs, and cried into a Nike brand bath towel. Carlos Zambrano did ... oh, just a little bit better than that.
Here's what I've learned about The Big Moose: every little arm scare we've seen this year, and in past years, stems from mechanical issues. Carlos, the big lug that he is, sometimes fails to use his legs the way he should. So, he uses his arm, his shoulder, his back, his most vulgar Spanish sayings, and whatever else he can think of to bring the heat. Except it doesn't work, and Cub fans sweat bullets over a guy tossing 91 MPH fastballs instead of 98 MPH'ers. Hopefully, the no-hitter taught him his lesson. If Carlos keeps his mechanics sound, he will dominate the Cardinals again.
Saturday, September 20th - Theodore Roosevelt Lilly (15-9, 4.13 ERA) vs. Joel Piniero (6-6, 5.24 ERA)
If only. If only. If only we could pretend that the first 4 games of the season never happened to Ted Lilly. If only we could subtract every game he pitched against the Reds. Do you know what would happen if we could? The Cubs #4 playoff pitcher would have an ERA in the neighborhood of 3.24. What we do have, regardless, is a pitcher who's won 30 games in his first 2 years as a Cub. ERA be damned, I'll take it!
His opponent is Joel Piniero, a 29-year-old who's half a decade removed from his last good season. Piniero has avoided the potent Cub offense all year long and he already has an ERA of 5.24. Good luck, buddy.
Sunday, September 21st - Ryan Clownsevelt Dempster (16-6, 3.02 ERA) vs. Braden Looper (12-13, 4.06 ERA)
Dempster has done pretty much everything possible to ensure himself a lucrative contract this off season, short of punching out Albert Pujols in a game. But don't worry, there's still time for that. At this point, it remains a mystery as to whether or not Hendry will make much of an effort to pursue this surprise All Star, but one thing we know for certain is that Jim Hendry has yet to lose a free agent Cub who he wanted to keep. Remember all those bullets we sweated over Aramis Ramirez and Carlos Zambrano? Remember how he kept them in Chicago for less money than what they would have made elsewhere?
Braden Looper has been a thorn in the side of the Cubs ever since St. Louis converted him to Starterism. (It's like Judaism, but without all the laws.) However, despite his uber-impressive 2.37 ERA this year against them, Looper has yet to win a game against the Cubs. May his streak of failure continue.
Predictions: I have a pretty good feeling that the Cubs, on a gust of momentum, will blow right by the Cardinals and into NL Central Championship Clinching Goodness. Pity St. Louis, a team with expectations as big as the unnaturally large muscles on Albert Pujols. Why, one would suspect that their second consecutive year of playing crappy baseball might even be enough to drive their manager to drink. (Cue photoshop)
...naaaah. Low blow.
Series Preview - Cubs vs. Brewers
So, here it is. Milwaukee floats into Chicago on a river of sausage and cheddar (read: greatest river *ever*) tied for the wild card lead and still alive in the race for the Central Division title. It seems like a time when our Northern Neighbors should be enthused and excited. Of course, to think this would be to ignore the fact that the Brewers have been working dilligently at blowing a sizable Wild Card lead and now stand an excellent chance of missing the playoffs entirely (a concept that seemed an impossibility no more than a month ag0).
But take heart, Brewers fans, there is still much to celebrate. Allow me to elucidate:
- You have one fewer George W. Bush look-alike on the team! Yes, that's right, Ned Yost has been fired, proving once again that it's never wise to employ a man named Ned. The man was a moron and now he's gone. Frankly, I now fear the Brewers far more than I have at any point during this season.
- Milwaukee was named the #1 city for lesbians in 2001. Hey, wasn't "Lavergne and Shirley" filmed in Milwaukee? Hmm...
- Get this: Milwaukee is the 5th fittest city in the US while Chicago is the #1 fattest city. It seems counterintuitive, sure, but it definitely lends credence to the argument for cheddar as a diet food.
- Things can only get better from here on out. I mean, unless the Brewers should somehow continue to lose, fall out of the wild card, lose Sabathia and Sheets to free agency, and be forced into a rebuilding cycle. Barring any of that, though, things are on the upswing.
So buck up, Brewers fans, and enjoy some baseball. And if anyone else has a feel-good to send the Brewers' way, leave it in the comments.
Series Preview
Cubs vs. Brewers
Tuesday, September 16th, 7:05 PM CT
Ryan Dempster vs. CC Sabathia- Ryan Dempster has begun to look pretty normal recently - although not bad, just normal. Here's hoping he can return to form given the bit of extra rest Hurricane Ike has afforded him.
CC, on the other hand, continues to not look even remotely normal . Hell, he's starting to look quite a bit like Zool's perferred endgame weapon. But, he's certainly quite the pitcher and has been a great acquisition for the Brewers. Largely pointless, it seems, but great nonetheless.
Wednesday, September 17th, 7:05 PM CT
Jason Marquis vs. Ben Sheets - Okay, so maybe this one will be tough to win. Fair enough. However, Sheets is hardly a lock for a complete game, which means that the Brewers' bullpen will have to come into the game which means...
Thursday, September 18th, 1:20 PM CT
Rich Harden vs. Manny Parra - Parra tends to get smacked around not only by the opposition but by the other round fella on the Brewers. Rich Harden tends to miss bats. Lots of them. Who would *you* rather have going? Should be a good game for the Cubs.
It's time to clinch. Go Cubs.
Series Preview - Cubs at Houston. Um, sort of. Cubs vs. Houston?
Oh, what Ike hath wrought.
In Houston, shingles are missing, power lines are down, and big, giant silly hats are blowing in the wind. Here in Chicago, animals pair up for a boat trip as we have a brand new record for rainfall in the windy-now-rainy city. In Milwaukee, cheddar is sharpening at an alarming rate as Houston and the Cubs roll in to play baseball at the last dry spot on Earth.
It's a weird, wild world.
And so today we get to see if the rest helped the Cubs bats. Perhaps the bats, which have grown so very heavy during this last losing streak, will have returned to their proper weight (except for Soriano's. He likes the heavy bat). Perhaps the Cubs will go back to finding ways to win rather than ways to lose. I dunno. I hope so. But I do know that Houston is freakishly hot and that the Cubs are going to have to be on their games to win.
Other interesting things:
- The Cubs have a magic number of 8 for the Wild Card which means that, should the Cubs play .500 ball for the last 16 games, they will clinch regardless of an action by any other team.
- The Cubs magic number over Milwaukee is down to 10 which means that, should the Cubs play .500 ball for the last 16 games, they will clinch the division should Milwaukee lose more than a single game.
- That's freakin' awesome
- Print up the playoff tickets
Of course, the real trick at this point is getting everyone healthy and playing back up to their potential. And then, if we do that:
- We can then get the rotation set and lined up just the way we want it
- Kill Bob Howry and dispose of the body with a wood chipper
- Buy a big ol' giant flat screen so I can watch the Cubs in the playoffs in brilliant HD as God intended.
It's time to see the Cubs start playing like a playoff team because, you know, if they don't...I'll start crying.
Series Preview
Cubs vs. Astros at Milwaukee with the Astros as the Home Team Even Though Everyone There Will be a Cub Fan
Sunday, September 14th, 7:05 PM CT
Carlos Zambrano vs. Randy Wolf - Surely the Cubs can't look anywhere near as helpless against Wolf as they did last time they faced him. It was a rather pathetic effort on the Cubs part last time out as Wolf changed speeds effortless and the Cubs played into his gameplan by not making any adjustments. Or something. All I know is Wolf isn't that good and the Cubs are, so they'd do well to hit a bit.
Carlos is injured just a little, but now they're bringing him back after only a bit over a week of rest. Hey, I love to watch Carlos pitch as much as the next guy, but I love to watch him pitch healthy even more. While I obviously have roughly a million percent less information than the Cubs organization, it seems like it couldn't have hurt to just let Big Z have another day of rest.
Monday, September 15th, 1:05 PM CT
Jason Marquis vs. Brian Moehler - Marquis has been less terrible than usual lately, so hopefully he'll keep up his little hot streak. Hey, he might even make a playoff roster!
Moehler's been known to give the Cubs fits from time to time. This'll be a tough wn for the Cubs.
This is an important series as the Cubs try to get their feet back under themselves. Go Cubs.
This Series Preview was sent from Jason's iPhone.
Series Preview: Cubs vs. Cardinals
Apologies for the belated nature of this post.
The Cubs have started out September just like we hoped they wouldn't. Loss after loss, a team that was once an unstoppable force of motion and ... uh, force ... ahem .... well, the Cubs have been playing like refried shiz ever since the Phillies took the last 2 of their 4 game series to end August.
Consequently, Cub fans have been jumping off the ledge faster than stock brokers when befallen with the crash that perluded the Great Depression. It's pretty sad when you think about it. Despite losing 7 of their last 8, the Cubs have the best record in the National League. They've got a 4.5 game lead on a Brewers team who's lost 6 of their last 8 - and that's the largest lead of any playoff-bound team in the NL, by the way - and there are multitudes of Cub fans who have already declared this a lost season.
I'm sorry, but that's embarrassing. It's tough enough for me to read all about it on the net. If I was in Wrigleyville listening to these guys lament their sorrows while drowning in Old Style, I'd probably start throwing punches. Now, I mean no disrespect to those of you who have lost your courage and are no longer capable of believing that anything good will come of this season, I'm happy we have your patronage and I welcome your comments, but you depress me far worse than any Cubs losing streak possibly could. My one piece of advice to you is this: in 2009, any time you feel that the Cubs are done, stick a fork in 'em, cancel Christmas kitchen's closed, deposit $100 into a high interest savings account. In late October, when they really will be done one way or the other, withdraw that money. At the very least, you'll be able to take your family out to an expensive dinner. In all likelihood, you'll have enough money to take a nice vacation some place warm. And, extremely, if you find that you cannot afford to keep up with your doom and gloom mentality, then use what money you've been able to tuck away in order to book an appointment with a top-notch therapist in order to analyze behavior that I would characterize as being Immensely Unhealthy. Either way, you win, just like the Cubs will.
Anyway, let's take a look at the series preview, Cubs vs. Cardinals.
Tuesday, September -9th Ryan Dempster (15-6, 2.94 ERA) vs. Kyle Lohse (13-6, 3.82 ERA)
I'm tempted to write, "if Ryan Dempster can avoid the wrath and fury of Albert Pujols, then the Cubs will be in a good position to win," but I think you'd be smart enough to see through my facade. I will say this. Dempster - like the rest of the Cubs - has been slumping as of late. But, through 6 innings of work, he's allowed 3 runs. Most months, the Cubs kill a team if their pitching holds the opponent's offense to 3 runs, but lately our Cubs have struggled to produce.
They've been coming close to punishing the Cardinals, however, and after 5.1 innings were able to chase Lohse from the game. The Cubs of any other year lose tonight because they have failed to take advantage of early situations. The Cubs of 2008, the past 8 games excluded, score 5 runs after the 7th and make it a blow out. Tonight's Cubs score 2 more and then scare the crap out of us in the 9th.
Hey, nobody said anything was easy, and nobody promised any kind of reward. It is what it is. You know what it isn't, though? Cliff jumping time.
Wednesday, September 10th - Ted Lilly (13-9, 4.43 ERA) vs. Braden Looper (12-11, 4.09 ERA)
Theodore Roosevelt Lilly was, at one point, on the brink of being an above average #4 guy. Then he faced the Reds again. I'm not sure what Cincy knows that the rest of baseball doesn't, but he got lit up like a doobie in a college dorm room. In 2007, Lilly was an effective guy at stopping a losing skid; in 2008, we've been happy during the long stretches when he was effective at all.
Braden Looper is a converted reliever. I can't believe the luck the Cardinals have had with those guys. It's not getting them into the playoffs, though, and while Looper has fared well against the Cubs this year, they are overdue to a) beat the holy hell out of a team, and b) demolish Looper.
Thursday, September 11th - Rich Harden (9-2, 1.99 ERA) vs. Todd Wellemeyer (12-6, 3.74 ERA)
Rich Harden quietly skipped his last start due to arm soreness. Wouldn't it just be so damned Cub for both of the team's top starters to go down in September, allowing us to instead witness a ghost of the team flail and fall in the playoffs? Well, as somebody who does not subscribe to superstition, and as somebody who does not believe in curses, I'm having a lot of trouble accepting my previously stated premise. In other, less confusing words, I have to believe that Harden will be fine.
Todd Wellemeyer, meanwhile, is a converted reliever. Like Looper, he also has had a tremendous amount of success this season, but he's done only "ok" against the Cubs. He's in over his head against Harden, assuming the Cubs ace isn't a shell of himself. But why would he be?
Predictions: I remember a few years ago, I was standing with my boss outside of this little shop I worked in. We were looking down the street, which on a bit of a hill, at a very large kid on a bicycle. He was huffing, puffing, sweating and swearing, but he just couldn't get his bike to pedal. He was stuck on the hill. My boss looked at him and laughed, and he said "inertia is a bitch." He was right, and it works in both ways. The Cubs are right now at the bottom of a hill trying like hell to get back up to the top again. Once they get back up there, they will have momentum. They have time to muscle their way on up. It starts tonight.
The next time I post on this blog, things will already be different. Maybe the Cubs will surprise a lot of us tonight and pull off a very satisfying win. Or maybe they will dog it out with the Cardinals, giving and getting, playing into extra innings before Bob Howry steps up to the mound and incinerates the game with another of his meaty fastballs.
I don't know if the Cubs will win this series. I don't know if the slump is over. What I do know is what I've always known - the most important games this month are the last 10. No, scratch that. The last 10 are important, but the last 5 are huge. Right now, everything in between is sound and fury, signifying nothing, scaring the crap out of everybody.
Series Preview: Cubs vs. Astros
As I write this, the Cubs are trailing 1-0. Jason Marquis has done well, but clearly not well enough, and the Cubs are being 1-hit by Roy Oswalt. Oops, make that 2-nil, but at least the Mets are beating the Brewers.
Anyway. It is now September. The Brewers play an easy schedule this month and will aim to continue their surge against the Cubs. The Cubs, meanwhile, are a good month away from their first 100-win season since FDR was President. However, in order to do that they will need to kick off this month by playing a team that would be playoff bound if only they were in the NL West. I'm talking about the Houston Astros, the definitive example of why the NL Central is the hardest division in baseball this year.
At 71-66, the Astros are 14 games out of 1st place and 10 games out of the Wild Card. Their job this month will be to play spoiler. They take on the Cubs 6 times this month. Let's take a look at the specific match-ups:
Monday, September 1 - Jason Marquis (9-7, 4.46 ERA) vs. Roy Oswalt (12-9, 4.06 ERA)
Jason Marquis is trying for his 10th win of the season, but he's doing it against Astros ace Roy Oswalt. Now, I know that there isn't a Cub fan out there who'd feel the slightest bit of good if the Cubs lose their 3rd straight today, but let's just try to keep some perspective. Jason Marquis is pitching.
Roy Oswalt is having a respectable year, but the Cubs should really be scoring more runs against him than they are. Maybe they'll crank it up a notch in the middle innings, but I always get a little uncomfortable when they look offensively ... well, average. Lately, that's all they've been, if not sub-par.
Tuesday, September 2 - Carlos Zambrano (13-5, 3.53 ERA) vs. Brandon Backe (9-12, 5.42 ERA)
Carlos Zambrano hates Augusts the way some of us hate Mondays. He's been having a rough go of it as of late, but let us not forget that he would pitch with a knife sticking out of his right forearm, and he'd probably pitch well. He may be having some weird arm issues this year, but I am confident that the Moose will rediscover his groove sometime before the end of the month. Maybe it'll be tomorrow.
If Carlos is going to struggle, though, he drew the big straw in his pitching opponent, Brandon Backe. Maybe Lou did it intentionally - saving Carlos for a game where he can probably afford to cough up a few runs in the 4th or 5th, as the Cubs offense should feast on Backe.
Wednesday, September 3 - Ryan Dempster (15-5, 2.95 ERA) vs. Randy Wolf (8-11, 4.73 ERA)
Ryan Dempster has, from the purely statistical perspective, become the team ace this season. He has pitched effectively from the first game to the last, and he seems very capable of reaching 18 on the season. His opponent on Wednesday will be Randy Wolf, one of several Astros pitcher who make Jason Marquis look like a blessing. It's really quite surprising that Houston has managed to win 71 games this season when you consider the tools they've been working with.
Predictions: The best thing about the Cubs: it`s really not over for them until the final out. They are presently being one-hit by Oswalt, but sooner or later the bats will come out and runs will be scored.
As I said earlier, nobody wants to see the Cubs extend their current little losing streak. The Astros are a tough team, but the Cubs are a better one and they could and should take this series. Being realistic, if the Cubs do lose a game, it will be today`s, but there`s no reason for that to happen. Chicago could and should put up some runs against Oswalt and the Astros bullpen.
In the meantime, the Mets beat the Brewers today. No ground will be gained. Let`s hope that the Cubs are watching the scoreboard and that they understand how beneficial it will be to explode for a 7-spot in the 6th inning. And they may need that many, because Jason Marquis is having his 5th Inning Self Destruct as this is written.
Hey Jason, relax. You`ve got another year on your deal, you`re not going to make the post season roster no matter what you do, and the Cubs can`t miss the playoffs because you suck. With the pressure off your back, just go out there, throw some strikes, and let the magic happen. Sound like a plan?
Series Preview: Phillies At Cubs
They've asked the numbers guy to do the series preview today, which means that you're like as not to notice more than a few changes in how things is done. Numbers, away!
I'm using a (slightly) more sophisticated version of the Predict-A-Tron. I'm not modeling for the platoon advantage, but I am modelling different lineups. I also made one essential change, adding bullpens to the pitching lines. (I feel kind of stupid for not having done that sooner.)
The Cubs are expected to score 5.37 runs against RHP per game, versus 5.33 against LHP. Phillies use the same lineups against both sides right now, it seems, for 5.25 runs per game. These are both very good offensive teams.
What may surprise you is how good their pitching is. The Phillies have the third-lowest team ERA in the NL. (And it's not like they get a lot of help from their home park.)
I'm using RA instead of ERA - it's just like ERA, but with unearned runs included. It's much easier to compare to team runs scored per game that way. RAs listed are based upon a Fielding Independent Pitching model, and are estimations of future performance, not performance to date. (I wouldn't call them projections - they're not robust enough for that yet.)
The bullpens are neck-and-neck - 4.36 RA for the Cubs, 4.32 for the Phils. This may change, however, if they give Les Walrond more innings. (No, I'm not kidding. Les Walrond.)
"Cubs win" refers to their percent chance to win the game.
Dempster (3.62 RA) versus Hamels (3.65 RA) - This is a real ace on ace matchup, and should be a very good game. The Cubs have home-field advantage and should be favored to win, albeit only slightly. Cubs win .546
Harden (2.98 RA) versus Blanton (5.10 RA) - Two Oakland A's pitchers reuniting after this summer's fire sale. Rich Harden has been amazing for his new club; Blanton... has not. I guess 11 strikeouts a game fares better outside of the Oakland Colliseum than whatever Blanton's doing. Cubs win .656
Lilly (4.62 RA) versus Myers (4.98 RA) - Both players have had disappointing seasons; Myers even spent some time in AAA this year trying to get straightened out. That doesn't make them bad pitchers, necessarily. But neither was the ace their clubs expected them to be. Cubs win .533
Zambrano (4.27 RA) versus Moyer (4.47 RA) - You'd really like to think that Zambrano was really, really better than Jaimie Moyer, wouldn't you? Will Carroll of Baseball Prospectus doesn't think our rotation has a high enough fear factor without a 100% effective Big Z. I think he got a little annoyed when I called him Joe Morgan. Another game where the Cubs are favored, although not heavily. Cubs win .520
Estimated Win % for series: .564
Cubs should win at least two games, possibly three. This would be a nice series to do some damage in - even though it is a home set, the Phillies are the third-toughest opponent the Cubs have left, and after that we have a nice six-game stretch with the Reds and Astros where we can lard our win count a bit. A strong showing the next ten games could salt a lot of things away for the Cubs.
I updated the strength of schedule worksheet using these win probabilities, and we're just shy of 100 wins expected at 99.9182. That's another reason I'd like to see a strong showing against the Phils; taking three games from the Phillies would seriously increase our chances at 100 wins. I expect the Mets and Brewers to be more motivated than the Cubs at the end of the season, so an early push to 100 would be fantastic.
Cubs vs. Nationals - really really short series preview
If there is any justice in the world, the Cubs will sweep this series with extreme malice aforethought.
You may recall a couple of weeks back, when Kurt penned some posts about the Overwork of Carlos Marmol, during the stretch of time Carlos Was Getting His Groove Back. This also happened to be a time when Wood was soaking his blister in pickle juice, or Moises Alou's peepee, or whatever foreign substance finally served to toughen his skin. I felt I understood Uncle Lou's motivation at the time to get Carlos some ninth-inning reps, for future reference.
Marmol is back to being the Marmolator, but now I find myself coming over to Kurt's camp. Sure, I like seeing his filthy-ass stuff as much as the next guy, but I know that you can't run the stud out there every day. The human arm DOES have a tendency to fall clean off the bone when it is asked to perform the unnatural act of throwing corrosive sliders day after day. It can unhinge itself at the elbow by shearing its ligaments, or at the shoulder by tearing its labrum.
Point is, if all goes as planned, we should have three eighth-inning leads to hold this weekend, as well as three ninth-inning leads to close. Let's see somebody else besides Marmol and Wood out there slamming the door?
UPDATE - Soriano just stole home. Need I say more about the Nats?
Series Preview - Cubs vs Reds
(Note from Kurt: Because I am an idiot, I wrote my own series preview. Rather than stick you with mine as well as Jason's, I have cannibalized mine to reflect my more philosophical thoughts about the Cubs and Reds, while cutting and pasting my opinions about the pitching match-ups into Jason's post, if only because I spent a lot of time on it. I hope he doesn't mind)
I'm just sitting here waiting to get through to Comcast to uncancel my cancelled cable long enough for RCN to cancel my cable for me.
Yeah...I don't get it either, but it gives me time to think about the Cubs (although holding the phone between by ear and my shoulder is threatening to leave me looking like some kind of twisted hunchback. Maybe time to switch sides...nope, my neck isn't flexible in that direction. Damn.).
The Cubs have survived the horrors of Florida (bad driving, alligators, old people) and Atlanta (old alligators, bad people, driving) and emerged in better condition than when they left. I'll admit that I was scared of the Florida trip before the weekend started, but as Rob stated, I had nothing to fear but fear itself. This is, of course, complete crap. There are tons of tings to fear. For example:
- Flying monkeys
- Excessively sharp cheddar
- Foreigners
- The color puce
But few of these things directly relate to the Cubs, so I'm saying we're safe for now. Let's sit back, enjoy the ride, and PRAY TO SWEET, HOLY JESUS THAT THEY DON'T BLOW IT.
Series Preview
Cubs vs. Reds
The Matchups
Tuesday, August 19th, 7:05 PM
Johnny Cuedo vs. Rich Harden - The first time through the order, Johnny Cuedo has looked more like Ruben Quevedo (give or take a cheeseburger) before settling down, starting a family, and buying a home in Decentville (population: meh). So, if the Cubs can get to Cuedo early, they can build a little lead and make life easy of Harden.
Speaking of, Harden has been ever-so-awesome since joining the Cubs. Even in his last start, when he kind of sucked, he was awesome. Harden is completely unhittable and pretty much the only way he can get into trouble is if he starts walking people and giving up the home. Lucky for the Cubs, Mr. Three-True-Outcomes, Adam Dunn, has been shipped out.
Kurt: Harden has been hard-luck with the Cubs so far. He's only won 2 games in his 6 starts, despite a 1.80 ERA in the NL. As a team, the Cubs are 4-2 with him, the only 2 losses stemming from games in which the Cubs scored a grand whopping total of 2 runs. So far, Harden has been everything promised. He has perhaps the best stuff of any pitcher on the Cubs staff, and he has - and often delivers upon - the ability to shut down the opposition in every start.
Johnny Cueto, meanwhile, is 22 years old, and he's thrown 110 or more pitches 6 times this season. He's also had an ERA of 5.67 since the All Star Break, but Baker shockingly showed restraint in his last start, allowing him to throw only 5 innings and 95 pitches.
Wednesday, August 20th, 7:05 PM
Bronson Arroyo vs. Ted Lilly - Arroyo, he of the pointy toed delivery, has been just this side of terrible this year. And by "this side," I mean the terrible side of terrible. He's super annoying with his array of crap that he throws up there, but with the way the Cubs have been hitting, they should be able to turn around a few his changeups.
Lilly has been pretty excellent since the All-Star break. The Reds have hammered him pretty well before, but that's all going to change. It just has to our I'll cry.
Kurt: Theodore Roosevelt Lilly has been working hard to get his ERA below 4. It's been a season-long project, dating back to April 22nd, when he was able to drop his ERA from 9.16 to 7.30 after 6 solid innings of 1-run ball. In fact, if you subtract his first 4 outings from the records, Lilly has gone 12-3 this year with an ERA of 3.66. I'm pretty confident in saying that you will find no other team in baseball whose 4th best pitcher has done as well.
Bronson Arroyo, meanwhile, is perhaps the closest thing the Reds have to an ace. He's actually pitched better since the All Star Break, going 3-3 but with a 4.31 ERA. He's only faced the Cubs once this year, in a game where our beloved offense took him for a whole lot of rides. Let's keep our fingers crossed that the batting practice session will continue tomorrow night.
Thursday, August 21st, 1:20 PM CT
Carlos Zambrano vs. Aaron Harang - Aaron is the latest example of Dustification and he hasn't been remotely the same pitcher since Johnny B. Wristband rolled in. In the past, I was always terrified of Harang, but that was before Dusty got ahold of him. Now he's batting practice.
Carlos has struggled pretty mightly in his last couple of starts. He's not injured, right? Right?
Right. Here's to Carlos bouncing back.
Go Cubs.
Kurt: Once or twice a year, Carlos will go through one of those scary stretches where his pitches look flat and opponents wail on him. His last 2 starts have been that way - after giving up 9 earned runs in 4.1 innings of work against St. Louis, Carlos "improved" against the Marlins by giving up "only" 5 runs in 6 innings of work. I was watching his last start against the Marlins with my brother, who noted that, for a guy who just gave up a bunch of runs, he sure did seem to be in a jovial mood in the dugout. I noted at the time that while he was laughing and smiling then, he sure as hell wasn't too happy earlier in the game when the Marlins had lit him up like a firecracker. The Big Moose may be quick to forget, but I wouldn't question for a second his intensity and passion in a game, because he'd probably kill me if I did. The toothless Reds may be an ideal opportunity for Zambrano to dominate.
Aaron Harang needs to join the queu of pitchers whose careers have been laid to ruin by Dusty Baker. Since he pitched 4 innings in relief in that ridiculous 18-inning loss to the Padres on May 25th, Harang has gone 1-8 with an ERA of 8.26. Reds fans have to be furious. Harang was a should've-been Cy Young pitcher before this season. Now, he's a wreck.
Series Preview - Cubs at Braves
The Cubs are swinging on over to the East coast and have lots of nasty teams to deal with. But, before the pain starts, the Cubs will have the relatively easy assignment of taking on the Texiera-less Braves.
The Braves have finally fallen from their rather lengthy reign of terror and sit in fourth place (metaphorically speaking...some of the Braves might be standing) behind the Marlins, Mets, and Phillies. Thank God for the Nationals, am I right? I mean, am I right? Ha! Yeah.
As is often the case when you're the best team in the National League, this is a team the Cubs should beat, even on the road. I'll only really be happy with the Cubs taking two out of three (okay, I'd be happy if the Cubs swept).
Let's take a look at how likely that is...
Series Preview
Cubs at Braves
The Matchups
Tuesday, August 12th, 6:00 PM CT
Rich Harden vs. Charlie Morton - Up until his last start, Harden had been unbelievably good. In fact, despite the fact that I had excessively high expectations with him coming over to the Cubs, he still managed to exceed them. Crazy, I know. Harden was hit pretty hard in his last start, but I look for him to rally today and make us all proud (I was going to go with a "puke and rally" metaphor, but I thought that might get rather gross rather quickly).
Charlie Morton is more famous for his excellent steak house, one of the best in Chicago. It's even better than Outback.
Wednesday, August 13th, 6:00 PM CT
Jason Marquis vs. Jorge Campillo - I think we all know how we feel about Jason Marquis, so there's no need to mention it. Despite this, I will, but I think it's important to constantly remind the internet that Jason Marquis sucks. So, internet, here is your reminder: Jason Marquis sucks.
Jorge Campillo, on the other hand, is quite decent. He throws a wide variety of pitches ranging from the fastball to various pitches that could be best described as "not fastballs." Cubs.com goes so far as to describe his control as "pinpoint." How many angels can dance on the head of his control? We'll find out soon.
Thursday, August 14th, 6:00 PM CT
Ted Lilly vs. Tom Glavine - It's the matchup of the crafty lefty versus the crafty serial killer. Tom Glavine is still pitching at the ripe age of 42 and Ted Lilly has a freezer full of human heads. How wins? I don't know, but I can't wait to find out!
Go Cubs.
Series Preview: Cubs vs. Cardinals (or "Interview with Will Leitch, Part Deux")
Editor's note: GROTA is issuing an It Burns Your Virgin Eyes Warning! In this article, when you are least expecting it, our interview subject Will Leitch will let out a mighty curse that would make even the most hardened nun blush. Since we typically adopt a No Cursies! Policy, (rather than a No Curses policy; hey, we follow the Cubs) a warning has been issued. So, that's it. You've been warned. If you've got a problem with it, cram it up yer ... meh, nevermind.
Everyone's still talking about the last interview we did with now-former Editor of Deadspin Will Leitch, so we thought it would be good to feed off the buzz and bring Will back for a reprise.
Of course, everyone knows what's happened with Will since he last stopped by. First, an angry older gentleman killed Will and fashioned a suit out of his skin as Bob Costas looked on. Shortly after that incident, Will was on his way to New York Magazine. It's been all upwardly mobile for him this last year. Congratulations to him. That's just terrific. Just...terrific. I mean, it's okay that I'm still an amateur blogger, right? He's older than me, right? I still have a while before I have to try to accomplish something in the blogging world?
I swear to god, if I'm not writing for ESPN Magazine by the time I'm thirty, I'll just cry.
So anyway, he's back and ready to talk about important things, like the Cubs. And the Cardinals. And the Cubs and Cardinals. And maybe, just maybe, his answers to our questions can inspire all of us and bring a little hope into our world. Of course, that'd be pretty surprising, but it could happen.
And so, without further delay, we welcome Will back to lovely GROTA Mansion. And at his request*, we've skipped all the pleasantries and moved straight to the questions.
(* may not have actually been at his request)
GR: Okay, here's the most obvious question given that nobody expected much out of the Cardinals seeing as how it's basically Albert Pujols and a rag-tag bunch of ragamuffin kids. What would you say the key is to their success? Is Dave Duncan just a wizard or something (and I mean, literally, a wizard)?
Will Leitch: It's pretty ridiculous what Ryan Ludwick has done this year; you could make an argument he has been more important to the Cards than Pujols. (You'd be wrong, but you could make that argument.) Going into the season, I thought the Cardinals' best outfielder would be Colby Rasmus. Ludwick has been amazing (if streaky), Skip Schumaker and Joe Mather are a surprisingly effective platoon and it has been a sublime pleasure watching Rick Ankiel (swoon!) improve seemingly by the game. That outfield was supposed to be a wasteland; it's been the team strength. Much is made out of the rotation, but it has been anything from dominant. Lohse is the ace, and he's not having the season everyone thinks he's having, Todd Wellemeyer is only recently starting to look healthy again, if Braden Looper reaches the seventh inning we're doing backflips and Joel Pineiro ... well, I like the color of his glove. In other words: Duncan is getting too much credit. (I mean, he is the bullpen's pitching coach too. And if the bullpen were even halfway decent, we'd be battling you guys for first place rather than hoping the Brewers kill each other.) The offense (and defense, vastly underrated, as always) is the reason they're 10 games over .500 in a season in which we were idly dreaming of breaking even, maybe.
GR: Along those lines, the biggest surprise on the Cards?
GR: Does it bother you more that the Cubs are atop the standings rather than, say, the Brewers? Or is your only concern that the Cardinals are trailing?
Will Leitch: Dad, Wrigley is beautiful, and it's the Cards.
Bryan Leitch: But why would you go there? It's nothing but Cubs fans.
There's something pure and great about that. Why would I go to Wrigley Field? That's where the Cubs play. No other explanation necessary.
The only way I'll be able to accept the Cubs making the postseason is if the Cardinals make it too. Because this is your 100th year. This is the season everyone has been quietly waiting for. What better way to see it end than to the Cards in the NLCS? The two teams have never played in the postseason before. It kind of has to happen, doesn't it? We all need our Yankees-Red Sox moment.
GR: You are obviously far less biased than our writers - or readers, for that matter - to the point where you may in fact be a little biased in the other direction. With that in mind, in your unbiased opinion, just how good are the Cubs this year and, more importantly, do you think they will reach the post season and play like the best team in the National League, or will they get there and play like the Cubbies of old? (congratulations if you made it all the way to the end of that questions without having to re-read)
GR: You're in different circles than us working-class schmucks - what have you heard about the pending sale of the Cubs?
GR: Which Cubs pitcher do you want to see your team face the least? Which Cubs hitter makes you the most nervous when he steps up to the plate with runners on?
GR: Who would be better on "Rock Band", Mark DeRosa or Aaron Miles?
For 25 minutes, the crook had a gun to Miles' head, until the 5-foot-8 infielder, the son of a heavyweight boxer, took matters into his own hands.
He attacked the 5-foot-11, 175-pound intruder, and during the struggle, Miles bit Williams on the forearm while Williams bit Miles fiercely on the upper back. Both had their hands on the gun, and eventually, with Miles lying on top of the burglar, a SWAT policeman who'd broken through a window had no choice but to fire six close-range gunshots.
"We're downstairs in the parking lot, and you hear this, pop-pop-pop-pop-pop-pop," Ensberg says. "And we're like, 'Aaron's dead.' " But the cop hadn't missed, wounding Williams once in the face and five times in the upper torso. The burglar was still alive, but some of his teeth had literally been shot out of his mouth. Miles bolted through the broken window and down to the parking lot, straight into the arms of his teammate Rose.
"He nearly broke me in half," Rose says today. "He had the guy's skin in his teeth, blood all over him. I mean, the guy took a big chunk out of his back. He's cussing and saying, 'F -- those motherf--ers.' I'd never seen him like that."
GR: And finally, how does it feel to see Jim Edmonds on the Cubs and actually helping quite a bit? Cardinal fans actually liked him, right?
WL: I don't know what you're talking about. Come again?
And with that nifty little exercise in denial, we bring this interview to a close and get to the serious business of previewing the upcoming series. Thanks again to Will for stopping by. We'll all be watching closely as he ascends to dizzying heights at New York Magazine, only to have it all come crashing down after a well publicized incident involving a pontoon boat and a bottle of Grey Goose, leading to the inevitable decent into soft-core porn. On the plus side, I'm pretty sure Molly Ringwald is currently on the soft-core circuit, so he's got that going for him.
Series Preview
Cubs vs. Cardinals
The Matchups
Friday, August 8th, 1:20 PM CT
Ted Lilly vs. Braden Looper - Lilly's been pretty good of late, at least for his first five innings. That third time through the lineup, things can get a little dicey. Lilly's always been good against the Cardinals and I'm sure he's pitched many memorable games against them during his tenure as a Cub...I just can't remember.
Looper's well known for having a very large chin and an equally large amount of chin stubble. At least, that's what he looks like in his gameday photo. Looper's been Lilly-esque for the Cards this year, which is more than they could have reasonably hoped for. Of course, that has little bearing on what they actually hoped for, as reason has little impact on a Cardinals fan.
(Cardinal fans everywhere are realing from that little zinger)
Saturday, August 9th, 2:55 PM CT
Big Z vs. Todd Wellemeyer - Zambrano's been extremely great for a while now and, contrary to the rap on him early in his career, seems to now pitch to the pressure. With that, I'm expecting big things from him as he tries to bury the Cardinals. Actually, I'm expecting some thing more along the lines of "kill, burn, and bury the Cards...and then piss on the asses" as that's how Carlos rolls.
I'm always happy to see a former Cub succeed, so it's nice to see Wellemeyer doing so well. He extra innings debut back in '03 where he struck out the side is still one of my warm fuzzy memories from that year. Hell, it might be my only memory as I've blacked out the vast majority of that year. But Wellemeyer's a solid pitcher, although he's come back down to earth quite a bit since he fast start.
Sunday, August 10th, 7:05 PM CT
Ryan Dempster vs. TBA - In the past, the Cubs have always struggled mightily versus TBA, but that was the old Cubs. The new Cubs occasionally struggle versus TBA, but now it's much more of a crap shoot.
Dempster was decent in his last start an probably deserved a win as he allowed a grand total of two runs despite not having much of a fastball.
Cubs versus Cardinals! Catch the excitiment!
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So apparently Sevilla FC has found a way to put YOUR picture on the back of their Jersey! Read more to find out this crazy money making scheme!
Steven Gerrard talks on his injury and how it could have ended his career. We as players should always be thankful when we are healthy, take the time to think when we are injured, and play for something bigger when we can!
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If the U.S. wants to change and start becoming a force in the world of Football, I believe they are going to need to go to these schools and come back with the knowledge of a couple hundred years worth of footy history and experience.
I am currently reading a book called "Soccer Against The Enemy: How the World's Sport Starts Wars and Keeps Dictators in Power." Its a fascinating read because of all the history behind it. Dont get me wrong, I was terrible at history and never cared too much for the subject, but when you add soccer to it, its like adding the sauce and meatballs to a pretty plain dish of spaghetti.
Italian cuisine aside, the book does remind me of one of the sarciest footy moments of my life. I imagine, that I will share my soccer stories with the world as time progresses, but I thought that I would go ahead and start sharing with this nugget of knowledge…though no knowledge ever is given.
2002 was the World Cup in Korea and Japan. The first ever co-hosted Cup in the history of the tournament. I guess the threat of nuclear war from the North wasnt really part of FIFA's determining factors. I was in my country, or at least half of it, for the first time ever. I had gone with my "Older Brother" or 'hyung' in Korean. He invited me to stay with his family and show me around all parts of the country. From the Mountains of Saraksan to the beaches near the DMZ (which is very surreal with barbed wire beaches). The atmosphere was electric everywhere we went because of the fact The World Cup was being partly played in the land of the Tiger.
Granted even in the U.S. when it is a World Cup year everyone catches soccer fever for approximately 2.5 weeks before the itching for the NFL season. What that usually entails is the that everyone wants to emmulate what they have watched during the day, and play. One of the best things about this sport is that even if you are not that good, or dont play on regular basis, the people who do just want to play and will allow the noobs to join in. Thats what happened in Korea. We have seen The Tigers, under Guus Hiddink, the Dutch coach lead the team to the quarter-finals, a first in the history of Korean Football. Hyung and my self wanted to play, and I was itching for the competition and trying my hand or foot in this case, against international opponents.
Land in Korea is a commodity and so when you visit Seoul or any of the major cities you will realize that the city is built upwards. Parks with grass dont necessarily exist in Korea. However, giant sand pits do. Those are the fields, and that is where we went to play. We ran into a teenager who was just excited at the chance to speak English invited us to play. Now when we had arrived there was soccer practice going on with little kids, and mini games with what looked like high school kids. When we spoke with the young lad, I noticed something strange…black cars that were pulling up to the field. When I mean black, I mean the windows were tinted totally black and even the rims were black. The car. Was black.
The guys who got out, were questionable. This will sound terrible but this is what I thought. When the first few guys got out, they were all bald, wearing soccer uniforms, tatted from head to toe wearing what looked like the Ray-Bans from Men In Black. Now the men themselves looked like Down-Syndrome patients (see, terrible). They just looked different. Anyway, they stepped onto the field and started shewing the little kids and coaches off the field, but were leaving us alone, so needless to say a little disconcerting. Eventually the teenager we were with, whose name I will never remember, told us that the Korean Mafia had shown up, and that we had to play. we couldnt refuse them. Before the game started I didnt know what to think. My mind was racing thinking that I was going to end up on some FOX special of International detainees. As we were lining up for the kick off, the teen mentioned one more thing…that we shouldnt play hard, or tackle. I think that was pretty obvious but the way I was thinking it was a good reminder.
We started playing and it really is all a blur, and I dont remember to much about what happened during the game except from one incident. We had taken the ball from a turn over and I was playing up top as the left forward. We started progressing up the field linking some passes up through the midfield and I started moving away from my marker. As the ball started to make its way up field it ended up right about the half way line when hyung recieved the ball and started dribbling up field. Just before defense could step in and intercept he saw on the left that I was on the run calling for the ball.
The cross was inch perfect. It floated just right, and had the pace to carry through to my chest. In my mind I was thinking that if I was going to die, at least I would have scored a goal against the Korean Mafia! It was that moment when everything was just right. Forwards know what I am talking about when you already know and have that feeling the ball is going in the back of the net. Conditions were almost perfect because after all we were still playing in a giant sandbox. The sun was shining, a cool breeze, blue sky, and I'm sure someone was making the perfect steak in Kansas. It was all systems go. The ball hit my chest and with flawless control the ball drops in my stride. My eyes on the ball watching it drop and timing my stride for the volley, I unleash the shot which was from just outside the 18 yard box. I hit the sweet spot and managed to make the ball dip somehow. In slow motion I watch the ball slice through the air and watching the goalkeeper trying to read and react to the shot. Mind you that the goalkeeper was one of the Mafia guys shirtless with a beer belly. In that moment the ball was dipping into the lower left hand corner and in that split second I think my life was spared. The ball in all its pomp was denied by the wood work and in the silence of the park, all I heard was, "dink." The ball bounced out and was cleared out of the area.
I was confused. Emotionally that is. Any player knows that when you have an opportunity like that you are disappointed that the shot didnt hit the back of the net. You are excited and proud that you actually shot that shot, however I was relieved that I still got to leave the park that day. I was hacked off cause I missed, but relieved that I missed. Almost immediately after the shot, all I could hear from the Mafia players in their broken English was, " Good Shot-u! Good Shot-u!" I said thank you and prayed that wasnt the last thing I heard…
Shortly after that the game had ended because of nicatines effect on the longs of the Mafia players. The Black cars arrived again, but this time more of them and the guys that were getting out, were the Korean version of Men In Black…
They deeply bowed to each other as though someone were pushing them down, and gave each other a hand shake. They then hopped in the cars and left. I couldnt believe what had just happened. The first time that I had played internationally since leaving England, and it happened to be with the Korean Mafia…what were the chances. So thats one of my stories. I hope to hear some stories of yours soon. I enjoy a good story.
God Bless!
Stay Hydrated and I will see you on the field!
"Play for something bigger."


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CHICAGO (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday sentenced former Chicago police commander Jon Burge to 4 1/2 years in prison for lying about the use of police torture to gain confessions.
Burge, 63 and suffering from prostate cancer, was convicted in June of two counts of obstruction of justice and one count of perjury for lying in a 2003 civil lawsuit brought by a victim of police torture.
Burge was dismissed from the police department in 1993, but was never convicted of actually torturing suspects before the statute of limitations expired. Instead, he was charged and convicted of lying under questioning in civil suits brought by victims.
Burge and detectives under his command were suspected of forcing confessions from black suspects by using electric shocks delivered with a homemade device, suffocation with plastic typewriter covers, and mock executions.
"Jon Burge shocked me and suffocated me and forced me into confessing to a murder I did not do," said Anthony Holmes, one of Burge's alleged victims, testifying during the two-day hearing.
"Why did you do this?" asked Holmes. "Why did he take a false statement? He was supposed to be the law."
Police torture in Chicago has drawn condemnation from the United Nations, led to increased scrutiny of the death penalty for confessed murderers, cast a cloud over the police department and cost the city of Chicago tens of millions of dollars in settlements.
Burge argued that the suspects concocted the torture allegations while in jail together to help their cases and to win compensation awards from the city.
Also testifying at the sentencing hearing was Howard Saffold, a former Chicago police officer, who said that police torture made the community more dangerous, because people stopped trusting the police.
"Decent police officers are wearing jackets they don't have to wear," said Saffold.
"This is a cancer," said Saffold. "You can't put cancer on probation... You have to restore confidence here."
U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow also received numerous letters of support from friends and former colleagues of Burge.
Men allegedly tortured into confessions under Burge were among those people freed from prison after being sentenced to death in recent years. The false convictions helped convince the Illinois state legislature to ban the death penalty earlier this month. Gov. Pat Quinn has not yet decided whether to sign the ban into law.
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Tawi-Tawi celebrates 'Kamahardikaan' festival
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BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi—The "Kamahardikaan" festival was celebrated recently in this capital town of this remote island province with Gov. Sadikul Sahali and other local government officials leading the weeklong merrymaking.
Sahali said the festivities, which thrilled a big number of foreign and domestic tourists from Zamboanga Peninsula, the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), and the Visayas, were actively participated in by top officials of the province's island municipalities of Mapun, Tandubas, Languyan, Simunul, Panglima Sagala, Turtle Island, Sibutu, South Ubian, Sapa-Sapa and Sitangkai.
Kamahardikaan which means "freedom" in the local dialect is a major feature of the 40-year-old province's founding anniversary "which was started by our forefathers," Sahali said, adding that the event focused on the theme "Nurturing the socioeconomic gains through committed local governance Tawi-Tawi's impact on regional and national growth."
He said the significant occasion aims at showcasing Tawi-Tawi's history, its vibrant colors, grandiose designs and uniqueness of its inhabitants who include the Badjaos, the island's indigenous peoples, who live in canvass-covered boats.
Among the highlights of the affair, Sahali said, was the seaweeds fair dubbed as "Agal-Agal Festival." The province is often tagged as "the seaweeds capital of the Philippines." The festival also featured a trade fair, dance and cultural exhibitions, and street-dancing competition with the participants garbed in costumes which prominently displayed seaweeds to feature the robust heritage of the residents.
Vice Gov. Ruby S. Tan said participating groups also joined various sports activities including basketball, volleyball, swimming, native-dance tilts and motocross racing joined by riders from Cebu, Zamboangla, Davao, Bukidnon, Ozamis and Zamboanga Peninsula provinces.
Tan considered the 40th provincial anniversary as, so far, the "most successful ever."
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Can You Help Me Find a Small, Inexpensive Knife to Keep at Work?
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Q: I often cut up apples, carrots or fresh herbs at the office. The kitchen has HORRIBLE knives and I am afraid one of these days I'll cut myself badly. Can you suggest an inexpensive knife that I could store in my desk that either wouldn't need lots of care/sharpening or is compact and secure enough to bring back and forth between my kitchen (to hone it) and work?
Sent by Shayna
Editor: Shayna, a good-quality picnic knife would fit the bill; they are compact, travel securely and are often quite inexpensive. (And they won't make your co-workers nervous about the knife you're storing in your desk!) Here's a roundup of some of our favorites:
Readers, do you have any suggestions for inexpensive, easy-care knives to keep at the office?
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Similar to the Kuhn Rikon knives listed above, I have a Farberware ceramic paring knife and small cutting board I keep in my desk for cutting apples, cheese, etc. I picked it up at Kroger for about $5 and I've had it about a year and it's still very sharp and very easy to clean.
A Victorinox paring knife would be good - they're cheap and super sharp. I've had one for about 2 years and haven't even had to sharpen it yet!
I keep a very inexpensive knife from IKEA in my office desk drawer for precisely this function.
An Opinel folding pocketknife - runs about $12 and works great for this kind of thing.
I'll vouch for the Kuhn paring knife. I bring it to work with me and had my first one for 6 years before replacing it (because I lost the first one). Mine even came with a cover which makes it great for storing in my lunch box.
I have the folding fruit knife from Lee Valley Tools that I keep in my lunchbox. It's pretty great. http://www.leevalley.com/en/garden/page.aspx?cat=2,40733,40738&p=65687
No brand to recommend, but I like having a sheath on my "keep at work" knife so it doesn't get damaged rattling around in my desk drawer.
I second the Opinel pocketknife. They are simple and cheap and will work perfectly for this.
I use an Opinel pocketknife (3-inches blade) on my pockets 365 days. It is my kind of cheese and bread knife, among other things; however, please make sure to remove the knife from your pockets if visiting any Government office building, going to airport or any other Federal Government premises. I already lost one that was confiscated in one of those occasions.
I'll third the Kuhn Rikon paring knife- mine has a cover too.
As many have said, the Kuhn pairing knife is my go-to.
Or so that your hand doesn't get damaged.
Would it be worth sharpening or honing the knives that are already there, or are they just a lost cause? If you don't have a sharpener or honing steel that you could bring in, you could always ask coworkers and offer to do the work yourself. Plus, maybe if you broadcast the problem, you'll find that other people have noticed it, too, and that you can convince management to upgrade.
I have one of those bright yellow pairing knife from Williams-Sonoma. They're made by Kai for WS (I think?) and it comes with a sleeve. So, safe enough to travel and wouldn't break the bank.
I am the LAST person to talk, but is keeping a knife in your drawer at work a good idea. I'm sure that most employers would consider it a weapon, although you may not. Probably not worth the potential trouble. I use my pocket knife.
I bought a cheap ceramic paring knife at Marshalls or TJ's. It came with a cover so it is perfect for keeping at the office along with a small bar cutting board. Just big enough to cut an apple.
Opinel no. 8 knife is amazing! I've been using it nice for 6 years, and the blade is very easy to sharpen, and get very sharp. The only two issues are that the wooden handle can expand with humidity changed, and that the blade can burr very easily is not sharpened correctly.
You can find it for a decent price if you google it.
I will fifth the recommendation for an Opinel knife! As long as it is wiped clean they stay sharp for a long time and are very good quality. I use a folding Opinel pocketknife for the same purpose as you are describing.
the victorinox red paring knife is so great. they are super inexpensive (around $6) and last for a long time without needing sharpening. i have two and have had them for about 7-8 years, use them all the time, only had them sharpened once, they are going strong.
I suggest checking out Kiwi brand knives. We actually own two, one of which is the smaller pairing knife. They are incredibly sharp and ours are still sharp in spite of never being sharpened. Their blades are pretty thin so I wouldn't go around trying to pry things open with them but one of their best attributes is the cost. They are cheap. Our pairing knife costs $3.
And right now I'm seeing a set of three Kiwi steak knives for $5.
When the price is this cheap I don't worry too much about beating them up. But they're still really sharp so keep them covered.
I think my fave inexpensive model is the Kuhn Rikon. It's sharp, it's light (but not flimsy), and comes with its own sheath. What more could you ask for?
On the KitchenKnifeGuru website I did post on inexpensive knives for cutting up pumpkins that features the Kuhn Rikon and a few others.


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Can someone please tell me if it is true that in heavily doped pn junctions, the electric field that prevents further diffusion of holes and electrons is set up more quickly than in less heavily doped pn junctions? Is this essentially because the holes and electrons recombine more quickly and very near the join between the p and n type semiconductors, which occurs because the charges don't need to travel very far before they recombine?
So then is this the reason why depletion layers for such pn junctions are narrower than for less heavily doped pn junctions?
Thanks a lot.
Actually, In heavily doped P-N junction there are lot of donor (+ive charge) and accepters (-ive charge) in n and p region respectively. when junction is formed the electron from n side to p side to recombine with holes and vice versa, leaving behind -ive donor in n region and +ive acceptors in p region. Theses +ive and -ive charges setup an internal Electric filed Ein which prevent the further diffusion of charge carriers(electron and holes).. So in the case of heavily doped of p-n junction, only less recombination of electron and holes is required to set up the Electric field which prevent the further diffusion, resulting in narrow depletion region... while is lightly doped large no. recombination of electron and holes is required which result in wide band gap.


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27th November 2011, 11:53 PM
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Urgent recall- my dog cash in hospital due to jerky treats!
FDA Issues Dog Treats Warning
So as some of you may remember I made a post almost a week ago about my 2 1/2 year old boxer Cash, who recently started vomiting after giving him antibiotics along with panacur after brought home a 10week old boxer puppy...
well here is the nightmare I am now dealing with...
After Cash first started throwing up I immediately contacted the vet and took him off all medication, a day later Cash was still throwing up. I brought him back into the vet and they tell me he doesnt really seem sick enough for a bowel obstruction, and they think it was stress from the new puppy and that I should give him benedryl and pepcid. So I do, and it helps and he seems to be ok for that day..that night Cash is again vomiting but this time it seems to be more severe..next morning I call the vet and they say I can bring him in and leave him there...I decide to instead call my old vet from before I moved since she also has boxers.
She tells me to bring him to the nearest animal clinic for xrays and blood tests and have them sent to her..which I do... Upon entering I am in tears..I dont know what is wrong with my Cashie and I am scared for a bowel obstruction...I explain to the vet the situation that has been brewing for a few days and before even doing xrays he explains to me that cancer runs high in boxers and so does a form of Crohns Disease or it could be an underlying liver disorder...I just burst in to tears! The tech comes in to give me 2 estimates one being more expensive but with more thorough blood work and more xrays and I tell them to do whatever they can to diagnose and treat my dog.
The vet takes Cash back to do xrays and I am left alone with all of these thoughts swimming around my head...all I can hear is the vet along with his techs laughing and joking around which does not seem to be very professional or sensitive to my emotions at the time.
The vet comes in and directs me to a room where 3 other dogs are locked in, to review the xrays. He shows me that there is a lot of gas in Cash's intestine which is abnormal and he can not be sure of the reasoning but it would also point to a form of crohns. He then said he would like to do another xray to check for mega esophagus and I agree. Upon closing the door he says to his tech "We need to do another xray" she responds "of the boxer uhhh" he then says very loudly "yeah, i know but if if she had the funds available we could just sedate him to get better xrays." UM? EXCUSE ME?! when was this option given to me? No one ever said that he was being difficult and they could sedate him for better pictures! Also, did I not say "please do whatever you can to diagnose and treat my dog"...yes I think I did...Now mind you I rushed into the nearest vet as soon as the opened still in my pjs and I am a mess from being up all night and crying...is he judging me based on how im dressed?
At this point I just want my xrays and blood work faxed to my other vet. The doctor comes back in tells me the chest xray was fine says the other xrays are poor quality and they could do better ones if we sedate him so now im going to pay twice? I tell him no because I feel this was a ploy for more money...this guy is worried about how to get the most money out of me not the wellfare of Cash.
As I am leaving I ask the tech for the xrays and the bloodwork and my mother (who is a nurse) calls me to check in..she has a few questions for the vet so i ask him if he would mind speaking to her and he says "I dont spend 45mins explaining something to just explain it to someone else"...Well that just threw me over the edge! I respond with " I am sorry I am wasting your precious time and keeping you from joking and flirting with your staff!" He tells me how difficult it is to deal with clients who are crying over funds..I went ballistic! I told him that it is very unprofessional to talk to anyone like that and that I had said I would do whatever it takes and what heartless person would assume I am crying because of money! I am clearly and very understandably concerned and scared for my baby!
Then this guy rips the xrays out of my hand and said he will not hand them over without written request from my vet. Well everything said and done I got what I needed to my vet, she tells me to get my dog over to the animal hospital down the street from her office (they are a small practice) because he has pancreatitis (the other vet never mentioned to me)..which I do
Now at the animal hospital, they have to get Cash on IVs and antibiotics and anti nausea medication. Upon further test they confirm pancreatitis and suggest it was to do eating something that he shouldnt have or been poisoned of some sort...I have no idea how this could have happened, and I start thinking that someone may have thrown something over the fence...all kinds of things...but I keep a tight house and yard and I know it couldnt have been a plant or cleaners or anything like that.
So Cash has been in the hospital since yesterday afternoon and he is a pretty sick pup
A few hours ago I get a call from my aunt in Chicago who just watched Fox news and said that there is a recall brewing on Chicken Jerky Dog treats that are from China and sold at places like Costco...light bulb.
Upon research I find that these Waggin Trains treats I bought and have been feeding to my dog for the past month are on that list...FML
So I am almost positive that this is the reason my dog has become so ill! Not only do I feel completely guilty and responsible for this happening to him but I am also completely outraged at the fact that there are claims of dogs not just getting sick but dying from this! and this has not been pulled off the shelves!
Early today I had also given one of these treats to my puppy! again FML!
I hope this reaches others so that you guys will not have the same issues that I have run into with my precious Cash.
Also, the amount of heartless vets who are just looking for paychecks is just unbelievable to me!
best to all of you!
Colleen Mama to
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28th November 2011, 05:55 AM
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Colleen, I'm so sorry to hear about Cash. What an awful experience you had at the vets. I'm glad you found a better clinic. Sending many (((healing vibes))) your way. Hopefully he feels better soon. There are some other board members with dogs who had pancreatitis, I'm sure someone will chime in and share their experience.
Thank you for passing along the warning about the treats.
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28th November 2011, 08:26 AM
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I am sorry to hear about Cash
Sending some healing (((vibes))) to your baby. And unfortunately, some vets are rude and don't understand the relationship between pet and owner (why they get into the field, I don't understand lol). Sounds like you did the right thing and Cash is in good hands now
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28th November 2011, 10:43 AM
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Colleen, I am so sorry you had such an awful time with that vet! As for the pancreatitis,my Thor suffers from chronic pancreatitis. Hopefully Cash's is an acute case. Just the one incident and done. It is scary to go thru. Since he is at the hospital he is getting the best care. He'll be on fliuds and pain meds for 24-72 hours. Then they will start introducing some low fat food. He'll need several small meals througout the day so as not to over work the pancreas. It is something that is treatable and you now have him where he needs to be. So try to calm down and breathe. I understand how upset you are. The first time Thor had pancreatitis the vet missed for weeks! It wasn't until I said something that she even ran the blood work for it. I believe since it went on for so long without being treated that he has a chronic case now. Needless to say we switched vets.
Once you calm down go online and find review sites for local vets. Put down just the facts of how your visit with the first vet went so others is your area will be aware and can avoid something similar. That way at least something positive can come out of this mess.
I'm saying a prayer for you and for Cash. Sending lots of positive, healthy (((((vibes))))) his way!
PS I'm going to post your link on the Recall thread in the nutrition forum.
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28th November 2011, 11:13 PM
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Cash has been in the hospital for going on 3 nights..I saw him earlier today and he was STILL vomitting. I feel like this cant be ok and isnt right...The vet said his energy level is good and hes mot in pain but i feel like Cash is just a trooper..they said they will check his blood work in the morning and then possibly a barium X-ray to look for an underlying bowel upstruction.
I feel like my dog is dying on me and I feel helpless and I don't know what to do. I am devastated and can't sleep.
29th November 2011, 01:45 AM
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After reading this story I have thrown out a new bag of dried chicken jerky (made in China).
Harry has been very unwell and spent two days and a night at the vets on a drip for rehydration, antibiotics, and anti nausea.He would not eat or even drink for a whole day,started to vomit , and had absolutely no energy.The vet initially suspected pancreatitis.After lots of tests and $644 dollars later, the vet said his pancreas was normal and couldnt come up with a diagnosis.If it happens again he has to go back and have an ultrasound,but at this stage he is just about his normal self again.He was getting this jerky for treats but not anymore!
Thank you for posting your story,hope your dog is recovering well.
29th November 2011, 01:05 PM
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You poor thing I really feel for you,but please remember that Cash is in the best place and getting the best care possible ,you are both in my thoughts and prayers and sending lots of healing <<<vibes>>> your way.
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29th November 2011, 09:23 PM
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Turns out the toxin may have caused his duodenum to not work which won't allow the food to empty into his bowel which is making him very
Sick but also causing the pancreatitis...maybe this happened to your dog too we only found this out after goin to a 5th vet who did the ultrasound...not sure if this will be chronic from now on or will pass through his system I read that it could reverse in 6 to 2years...
30th November 2011, 03:05 AM
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I hope he is getting better, and it sounds like you have a great vet who is looking after him now.Best wishes and lots of healing vibes for you as well
30th November 2011, 06:34 AM
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How is your baby Cash today?
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30th November 2011, 07:13 AM
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I feel so bad for you and cash I hope all turns out well for you both.I feel your pain there is nothing worse than the feeling of uselessness and the feeling of having your hands tied but Cash is in good hands now and with lots of good vibes and karma he will be ok.As for dog treats I have always made my own for my boy and for his special treats jerky I would buy human grade try it 1st before giving to my boy.I was a paranoid freak when it came to my boy people used to make fun of me some times and say things like "It's a dog" lol.As for that VET be careful of liable suit but I sure would try and get the word out some how.We love our pets and when they get sick we pay real good money to make them better we certainly don't need vets out there trying to soak us.That's where my husband steps in I cry my eyes out and say do whatever and he says NOW WAIT A MINUTE he always has the level head.Don't worry Cash will be ok now.Sending all the good vibes.
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30th November 2011, 01:26 PM
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Just wondering how Cash is doing today.
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Help !!!!
The folks at the Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Volunteer Ambulance Corps are barely holding on - and with the recent ruling giving the owner of the collapsed building next door even more time to do what should have been done so very long ago, their future is very much in doubt.
With that in mind, the Woodhaven Residents' Block Association and our elected officials – Mike Miller, Joe Addabbo, Eric Ulrich, Elizabeth Crowley, and Nydia Velazquez – are holding a Pasta Dinner Fundraiser for the Ambulance Corps because that's what we do here in Woodhaven; we look out for one another.
It's scheduled for Saturday, September 20th starting at 5 PM in space generously donated by Emanuel United Church of Christ (91st Avenue and Woodhaven Boulevard). Tickets cost $20 and can be purchased below (or you can email firstname.lastname@example.com or leave a message at 718-296-3735 for details). It's going to be a 50's themed party, with good music and food and fun.
Come out, have a good time, and help save the Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Volunteer Ambulance Corps. Over the years, these guys have responded to emergency situations, sometimes putting themselves at risk. They have comforted accident victims and they have saved lives. They have provided these services for free - and this is our opportunity to pay them back.
If you live too far away to attend - please consider buying a ticket as a donation. Every penny counts.


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Don Carlos Méndez Martínez was born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. He is the son of Doña Rosita Martinez and Don Pablo Mendez. He began his studies at Eladio J. Vega Elementary School, and the Marina Middle School now named Añeses Morell School. He continued studies at the José De Diego High School. At the age 17 he joined the United States Army, and at the age of 19 he was a Veteran of the United States Armed Forces. Taking advantage of the benefits under the GI-BILL he studied Gemologist Science and jewelry design. He opened his own business in jewelry and later focused on a real estate business. He also studied political science and philosophy at the University of Washington.
In 1995 he returned to Puerto Rico, and in 1996 aspired to become mayor of Aguadilla City, position that he still holds at this moment. He was president of the Federation of Mayors of Puerto Rico during the years 2003 and 2004. He is currently chairman of the State Republican Party of Puerto Rico.


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