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We offer Majorca flags in several sizes and designs in our flag shop. Find many spanish flags to buy online here at Royal-Flags.
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Majorca Flag - 3x5 ft
- Two metal grommets on the pole side
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Your Spring Pruning Guide
Are you scared of pruning? Lots of gardeners who are picking up the shears for the first time are definitely worried about making a mistake that will damage or even kill their plants, but they don't need to be. Pruning is pretty simple and easy, plants are very forgiving, and moreover, plants love being pruned. Regular pruning will not only stimulate the production of more growth, it will also help plants maintain a healthy, even shape.
Well-pruned trees and shrubs can last for decades or even centuries, depending on the species. There's a pear tree on the East Coast that's almost 400 years old! It wouldn't have lasted that long without judicious, thoughtful pruning to keep it in good health.
So, if you're facing down the pruning sheers and you're terrified, we're here to hold your hand. And if the worst happens, remember that plants are a lot like hair: mistakes grow out, okay?
The experts at Sunset identify four basic pruning cuts, one of which isn't even a "cut" at all. It's called pinching. When you pinch, you use a thumb and forefinger pincher move to snap off a terminal bud. As you may already know, this stimulates more growth at the site, and helps plants stay healthy. You may well be using this technique already on the plants under your own roofing -- houseplants benefit from regular pinching.
Another type of cut, known as heading, is a great deal like pinching, except that you cut further back along the branch. That's not so scary, is it? To head a branch, you cut right above a leaf to stimulate dense growth below the cut.
Having a problem with overgrowth? That's when you use thinning, a more aggressive pruning cut that removes whole stems and branches; you make the cuts at a joint. You'll use thinning for things like removing crossed or tangled branches, thinning out an excess of growth in the middle of a tree, or addressing an overgrown plant. Some crops, like grapes, enjoy being radically thinned. In the case of something like an apple tree, you could prune away as much as 1/3 of the growth.
There's also shearing, which is pretty much exactly what it sounds like. If you have hedges or shaped shrubs, you need to shear them to keep them in shape. This just involves using clippers to cut along an angle to shape a squared hedge, topiary, or other desired shape, and it works best with small-leaved plants. (If you try to turn something with big leaves into a hedge, shearing will look clunky, because it cuts right through leaves and branches indiscriminately.)
Arborists at Oregon State have an excellent diagram of the types of cuts, with illustrations so you can see the correct placement of each cut. You may find this guide helpful for determining precisely how and where to cut if you're new to pruning.
So, now that you know the basics, what do you do when you have a tree in front of you?
First, assess it. Walk all the way around. Look for diseased or dying branches. Take note of branches that cross or tangle with each other and look for areas of overgrowth as well. Consider whether you like the way the tree or shrub looks -- is it bulky and shapeless? Is it lopsided?
As a general rule of thumb, you never want to prune more than 1/3 of a plant's growth, although some trees and shrubs like harder pruning. Things that grow quickly and aggressively (like holly) tend to respond to aggressive pruning more readily than those that grow slowly.
Start by removing obviously sick branches along with growth that's crossing or tangling, because that's going to cause health problems for the tree. The kind of cut you should make depends on whether you want to simply thin growth or head, promoting more growth below the cut -- think about how this will affect the shape of the tree. Next, you can start to assess areas of the tree that need attention: does a tree have a thick canopy? This could block light and make it hard to thrive, so you need some thinning cuts.
Aesthetically, trim trees that have uneven growth or other issues, heading and thinning as appropriate. Something you may also want to consider is the use of thinning to create a tree-like growth habit for shrubs that could go either way; this will make it easier to maintain them, and they may look more attractive.
It's okay to be conservative with pruning in your first year or so as you get the hang of it. If you're nervous, call a Los Angeles landscaper for help and recommendations. Arborists can also help with tasks like pruning very tall trees, as they have the specialized equipment and ladders needed to get the job done safely.
Katie Marks writes for Networx.com.
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A friend wrote today confessing that he skips or misses Zazen some days, and finds it easier sometimes to let the Precepts be his guide. He said:
Wonderful! I have a confession too:I may not be able to settle my mind enough to do zazen, but my troubled mind does well working through my vows and precepts. And in that process I often find some sort of answer as to how to be a better Buddhist in my interactions with the world. Often, once I've settled things a bit with the vows and precepts I can get back to doing zazen.
Do you think I never miss a day of Zazen?? Well, if you mean seated Zazen on the Zafu, yes I miss when life comes up. Just this week, I was getting ready to sit and my wife rushed in with our daughter, shaking with a high fever. I was off to the emergency room in a minute, the Zafu forgotten. Of course, as best I can, I seek to never miss a day ... seeking Such what cannot be sought, each day that is Timeless, never missing What cannot be missed ... the consistently inconsistent, Changeless right though all change ... seeking beyond and right through all seeking, yet seeking nonetheless ...
... but sometimes I get called away, or have someplace to be, or just fall asleep, or forget, or just take a day or week off (even monks do that), go to the movies instead or just am too darn lazy. Do I miss many a day? Yes!, (although I seek not to do so, and try not to miss, and resume again the next) I miss MANY a day of seeking Such Not Sought Which Is Never Missing!
But do you think that I ever miss a day of Zazen?? NEVER! Not a one! Sitting in the emergency room, on the edge of life, I "sat Zazen" even if without the funny round cushion, no sacred mudra, legs straight on the floor comforting my scared and just as sacred daughter. It may not be cross legged facing the wall, but there is not a day, not an hour, when I do not "sit Shikantaza" in life. Allowing life to be even as something cannot be easily allowed ... afraid yet simultaneously living Such Beyond Fear, body shaking as That Unshaken ... hoping for a good outcome, yet simultaneously embodying Such In Which All Comes And Goes, All Outcome Good.
The Precepts are fundamental, and I seek to live them each day ... but do you think we never miss? Yes!, I miss sometimes ... so many times each day. Well, I usually do not miss too bad (no bank robberies, assaults or murders to my name), but yesterday I did find myself getting too angry about a stupid bookkeeping error in our small translation office! All I could do was realize and release ... let the anger go before the fires burned too hot. Honestly, I got a little burned this time, but soon the fires were out.
The Precepts are fundamental, but they can never be broken! NEVER! In a moment of Shikantaza ... seeking Such what cannot be sought, each day that is Timeless, never missing What cannot be missed ... the Precepts are all kept, no Precept ever broken in Such Ever Unbroken. Nonetheless, rising from the cushion ... out in the world ... one does as one can never to break a Precept. (In fact, when the mind is filled with excess greed, anger and divisive thoughts of ignorance, darn hard to "sit Shikantaza" and know Such Which Can Never Be Broken!).
Did Dogen ever miss a day of Zazen? Did Dogen ever break the Precepts? (I would ask the same of all the Ancestors, even the historical Buddha himself ... although the biographies have all been polished up and the misses erased). I would say, in my guess knowing what a human being is ...
... sometimes (when life came up) YES! and (for certainly there was not a day in which they did not apply the Buddhist Teachings) NO! and (seeking Such what cannot be sought, each day that is Timeless, never missing What cannot be missed. NEVER!
Yes! No! Sometimes! NEVER! This is our sincere Zen Way of Practice-Enlightenment. Is that clear??
Gassho, Jundo


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This episode of the Liesl and John Show aired on the 1st of September, 2018 at the Pines FM Radio Station on Norfolk Island. There were 17 tracks played in 12 different genres, and from 5 different countries.
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1. Bill Haas -12
T2. Webb Simpson -9
T2. Charl Schwartzel -9
T5. Luke Donald -8
T5. Fredrik Jacobson -8
T11. Jim Furyk -4
T17. Phil Mickelson -3
T22. Ernie Els -2
LOS ANGELES — Bill Haas had another bogey-free round at Riviera on Saturday for a 7-under 64 — the best round of the day by three shots — that gave him a three-stroke lead going into the final round of the Northern Trust Open.
On a warm afternoon off Sunset Boulevard that made the greens even faster, Haas turned in a remarkable score. The key was a seven-hole stretch in the middle of his round that he played in 6-under par, including a 60-foot pitch that dropped for eagle on the scary par-4 10th hole.
He was at 12-under 201 and will try to become only the eighth back-to-back winner in the 76-year history of this tournament.
All he cares about Sunday is winning.
"It's very difficult in this game to just pull away from the rest of the field," Haas said. "You've only seen a few guys ever really do that, and those are guys like Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson. So I think I've just got to stay in the moment, don't let my emotions get the best of me."
A year ago, Haas was two shots behind going into the final round and wound up winning in a playoff over Mickelson and Keegan Bradley. This time, he has a comfortable margin over U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson and former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel, who each thought they did well for a 68.
John Merrick bogeyed the 18th hole for a 70 and joined Simpson and Schwartzel at 9-under 204.
Luke Donald overcame a sloppy start — three bogeys in a six-hole stretch — with four birdies on the back nine to salvage a 70 that put him four shots behind, along with Fredrik Jacobson (72).
Mickelson was hopeful of making a move and instead went the other direction. He missed three par putts of about 6 feet on the front nine and had a 72, putting him nine shots behind. Ernie Els, playing with Mickelson, also dropped shots early and dropped out of the hunt with a 73.
The round started with 20 players separated by five shots. Thanks to Haas and his flawless play, only eight players were within five of the lead.
It might not be easy for anyone to catch up to Haas if the sunshine continues to bake Riviera. The fairways were so firm that tee shots were running some 50 yards after they landed, and the greens were firm enough that balls ran out an extra two feet around the hole.
"I had a lot of 3- and 4-footers for par," Simpson said.
He was pleased with his round of 68 that included only one bogey, but when Simpson pulled out his cell phone to check the leaderboard as he sat down for lunch, he saw Haas atop the leaderboard with a 64.
"So he played great," Simpson said.
Most impressive about how Haas has gone around Riviera in the last few days is 40 consecutive holes without a bogey. The last one he made was on Thursday when he missed a 4-foot putt.
But on this day, it was his birdies and one eagle that made the difference.
"I was just kind of plugging along out there and then all of a sudden, made a nice putt at 9, chip-in at 10, good up-and-down at 11," he said.
And off he went.
The birdie putt on the ninth was about 30 feet, and Haas had to play it outside the hole and hit it with purpose. It broke sharply into the cup, and then he hit 3-wood off the tee on the 10th, leaving it some 10 yards short of the green with the left pin. He had seen Greg Chalmers play a pitch from about the same area to 6 feet short of the hole and figured that was a good play — anything that rolled by the hole was likely to keep going off the green and down into a valley.
Haas hit an even better shot, landing it about 15 feet short of the hole and watching it roll into the cup. He hit his second shot into a bunker near the green on the par-5 11th and got that close for birdie, and later in his round, he splashed out of the sand on the par-5 17th to inside a foot for his final birdie.
Simpson, who arrived at Wake Forest the year that Haas graduated, figures Haas will have to make a few mistakes for anyone to make a big move.
"I think Bill is in a position, if he keeps a three-shot lead and goes and plays well again, that it's going to be hard to catch him," Simpson said. "But with the golf course this tricky, you get a guy that has a good front nine, he could be tied or even in the lead with nine to go. So anything can happen tomorrow."
Schwartzel is the only player with all three rounds in the 60s. He made two mistakes, one of them more of a bad break. His tee shot on the 10th bounded through the green with such pace that it stayed toward the back slope of the rear bunker. His shot came out too soft and rolled back off the green, leading to bogey.
He came out weakly from the sand on the 15th and had to make a 6-footer to escape with bogey.
"It's easy to make bogeys," Schwartzel said. "The course got a bit firmer and, playing in the last few groups, the greens get a bit more bumpy. So it's hard to make birdies and also to keep the bogeys off the card."
"I probably won't change anything," he said. "Just keep playing the way I am and see if I can give myself chances and see what happens. I know the game is good enough to be able to win tomorrow."
DIVOTS: Sang-Moon Bae, who shared the 36-hole lead with Jacobson, took double bogey on the 17th hole and had a 76 to fall eight shots behind. ... Charlie Beljan, he of panic attack fame when he won at Disney, felt his heart race when he realized he would play with Mickelson and Els. Beljan beat them both with a 68, and then asked them to autograph his visor. ... Jacobson would have to finish alone in 19th place or better to avoid facing Tiger Woods in the opening round of the Match Play Championship next week. He was in a two-way tie for fifth. ... Lee Westwood fell nine shots behind with a double bogey on the par-3 14th and a bogey on the par-5 17th. He shot 74.


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The large eat-in kitchen contains granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and a wine fridge. The wall-mounted, flat-screen television makes the cozy living room even cozier and more complete. The main level also sports a half bath (now that's rare).
Each bedroom features a large closet and ceiling fan. And outdoors, there is a fully fenced backyard perfect for grilling, entertaining and playing with pets.
All of this comes with a walk score of 91. The Potomac River, multiple grocery stores, restaurants, cafes and shops are just blocks away. Even better, a car trip to D.C. is only four stoplights away.
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Price: $524,900
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Style: Townhouse
Built: 1955
Bedrooms: 2
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To see more cryptocurrencies, go to a separate exchange page.
As one of the most promising digital assets, Dypius is still seen by many as a very viable option to invest in. However, also benefiting from its powerful distributed ledger technology, Ethereum is attracting the attention of many crypto enthusiasts and investors. Decentralization and the absence of intermediaries in the financial network are key advantages of these two digital assets, which boast relatively high capitalization and exchange rates. Because these coins circulate on a decentralized registry, all transactions are publicly accessible and immutable (it is not possible to change the entries). Both Dypius (DYP) and Ethereum are digital payment systems where banks are not involved in verifying transactions. In essence, they create financial systems with peer-to-peer participants accessing financial products from anywhere in the world where there is an internet connection. There are plenty of DYP (Dypius) holders willing to exchange their coins for ETH tokens (at an affordable price). Whether you want to buy ETH for fiat money or exchange it for your Dypius, you need to find a reliable online platform first.
In the early days of cryptocurrency development, there was a limited set of ways to buy tokens, but much has changed in recent years. Today, there are many online services that allow you to buy, exchange, trade and sell crypto quickly and effortlessly. Considering that ETH is the number two cryptocurrency in terms of capitalization and exchange rate, it is listed in most crypto platforms. So, here are some places where you can buy ETH (Ethereum) or exchange (convert currency) your Dypius savings for this promising coin:
While the market is literally overflowing with crypto platforms, there are only a few that really deserve your attention, and J2TX is among them. Launched in 2015, J2TX is a Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission-approved brokerage platform offering fast, secure and low-cost cryptocurrency buying and exchange transactions. To exchange DYP (Dypius) to ETH (Ethereum), you will not need to register with J2TX as all necessary details will be requested right during the transaction creation process. Keep in mind that since this platform adheres to KYC practices, you need to prepare digital copies of your identity documents such as your passport or driving license.
While most cryptocurrency platforms have done everything to make buying (or trading) digital assets simple and intuitive, the first transaction can be a bit confusing, especially if you are new to ETH (Ethereum). The first thing you need to do is choose a reliable crypto platform that you can trust, and that can be a daunting task. Here are a few things to consider when choosing an online DYP to Ethereum exchange service:
With useful tools such as a coins rate chart and a wealth of analytical content, this platform is here to change the crypto world for the better. Finally, J2TX is creating a complete crypto ecosystem where users can benefit from effective tools for working with digital assets, including trading tools.
J2TX is a kind of gateway between your DYP and ETH crypto wallets, allowing you to quickly exchange one digital asset for another with minimal fees. Using this exchange platform, you don't need to open a user account, as all required data will be requested during transaction creation. J2TX provides a simple and intuitive user interface with a form to buy, convert, exchange and sell digital assets such as Ethereum (ETH) and Dypius (DYP). Keep in mind that since the brokerage platform adheres to KYC practices, verification of your identity is required. You will need to take a selfie as well as provide digital copies of your identity documents in order to complete the exchange transaction (change coins).
To exchange one digital currency for another, simply go to the J2TX website, click 'EXCHANGE' in the menu and select DYP (other cryptocurrencies are supported). Then you will see the exchange form, where you can specify the amount of ETH you want to buy (or trade). Alternatively, you can specify how much DYP you are willing to spend to buy a Ethereum, and the online service will perform all calculations automatically. A chart with real-time exchange rates is also available here. In the next step, enter your email address and confirm it. Afterwards, take a selfie, upload a digital copy of your identity document (e.g., ID or driving license) and connect your payment tool (e.g., Visa or MasterCard). Confirm the funds transfer to complete the transaction.
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007
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- the olive ream said...
This is brilliant! A 'Da Vinci Code' clue that reveals the future, which unfortunately, will be quite similar to the past.
I want this on a tshirt ZAK! Perhaps t2f should sell these before the election.
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They laugh at me because I am different; I laugh at them because they are all the same.
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Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither, in a wayward course, over a deep ocean of anguish, reaching to the very verge of despair.
I have sought love, first, because it brings ecstasy - ecstasy so great that I would often have scrificed all the rest of life for a few hours of this joy. I have sought it, next, because it relieves loneliness - that terrible loneliness in which one shivering consciousness looks over the rim of the world into the cold unfathomable lifeless abyss. I have sought it, finally, because in the union of love I have seen, in a mystic miniature, the prefiguring vision of the heaven that the saints and poets have imagined. This is what I sought and, though it might seem too good for human life, this is what - at last - I have found.
With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of men. I have wished to know why the stars shine. And I have tried to apprehend the Pythagorean power by which number holds sway above the flux. A little of this, but not much, I have achieved.
Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens. But always pity brought me to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in my heart. Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, helpless old people a hated burden to their sons, and the whole world of loneliness, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human life should be. I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot, and I too suffer.
This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered me.
Bertrand Russell
The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum - even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that there's free thinking going on, while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the limits put on the range of the debate.
Noam Chomsky
Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.
Albert Einstein
Each century seems to take on a particular character as we view it in retrospect. How will the 20th Century be remembered? My guess is that this dramatic span of 100 years will ultimately be marked not by computers or the Internet, but by the drive toward individual freedom, the breaking of human barriers of prejudice, and the opening of society to include all people.
John S. Spong
Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.
Max Ehrmann


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Silver Bow Studs
Metal: 925 Sterling Silver
Style Ref: KW139ER
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What is Z-boy?
a game played by kids at Brookline High School in Brookline, Massachusetts. It involves throwing various to one another while yelling "Z-BOY". It is preferably played as a big game involving many kids however it is accepted to throw a z-boy at anytime anyplace. Z-Boy was invented by students hailing from South Brookline AKA SoBro. If a Z-Boy is dropped the perpetrator is vocally and , more rarely, physically abused by the other players.
"Yo, throw up that Z-Boy!!!"
"SIKE, I never drop a Z-Boy in my life"
A Z-Boy is kind of like a D-boy (dope dealer) but instead of selling crack they sell fear in the hearts of service dept. everywere . there are only few true z-boys in this world and they are very elusive and tricky. one famous z-boy trick is the backdoor. they will leave work to go to another dealership but come back in a different car or the back way into the dealership to try and catch you horseing around in the shop. another tatic is the staredown that instills fear in service writers parts salesmen techs and porters everywere.
Man what time is z-boy leaving i want to go do a rail of heroin off of the table in the break room.


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Fans routinely misses pitches because NESN tries to cram an excessive number of commercials between innings, airs excessive replays, and lingers on irrelevant dugout shots. NESN gives us worthless "tours" of concrete hallways in other stadiums and asinine non-baseball segments. Worse than that, the network often fails to show the action on the field.
Announcers Don Orsillo and Jerry Remy have become sad parodies of themselves. While Orsillo still calls a decent play-by-play, he also swamps viewers with waves of useless information between pitches and batters. Remy, ostensibly an analyst, offers no analysis whatsoever.
I have been watching NESN since 2003 (via MLB's Extra Innings package). At that time, living in Manhattan, it was a thrill to have the Red Sox on every night. But NESN was far from perfect. It routinely aired too many commercials (or promos for their own shows) during breaks in the game. Inevitably, it would miss the first one or two pitches of a half-inning several times every night. That meant that NESN missed an entire at-bat if the first pitch was put into play. Several times, NESN came back from commercial with a batter jogging back to the dugout after making an out; one night, we rejoined the game as a batter was rounding second after homering on the first pitch. Also, Remy was constantly promoting his website and its various giveaways and sale of autographed scorecards. A Red Sox game often felt like a three-hour Remdawg infomercial. At some point, though, that suddenly stopped. The problem of missed pitches also vanished, though NESN continued to cut it very close, often coming back to the game as the pitcher was going into his windup.
NESN's problems have gotten worse over the last two years. Viewers are misses pitches again - and they are missing them in the middle of innings. In what I can only assume is a ploy to get more casual fans to tune in, NESN introduced a bunch of segments this season, including Small Talk, Ask Jerry, MLB News and Notes, and the clubhouse and booth tours.
Small Talk consisted of little kids asking Red Sox players questions, fans were invited to ask Remy questions via Twitter, and the network began showing us behind-the-scenes footage of the clubhouses of stadiums and broadcasting booths around the American League. News and Notes consists of three items of interest that most baseball fans probably knew about as many as 24 hours earlier. NESN routinely misses pitches and whole at-bats during these segments (at times, viewers have heard the crack of the bat and the crowd cheering). NESN would, of course, cut back to the game and show a replay of what they had failed to show live, so, in the producers' minds, we really didn't miss anything at all.
NESN needs to be able to show a complete baseball game in a competent manner before even considering adding any bells and whistles to the broadcast. And in nearly a decade of watching Red Sox games, I have found NESN wholly unable to master the simple task of showing a baseball game.
Some problems:
Runners Scoring. Every time a run is scored, by either team, NESN shows the player crossing the plate. Why is this necessary? Orsillo has told us the run has scored. That should be enough. Also, showing the runner as he steps on the plate means that we do not see the throw come in from the outfield and often miss a close play at second or third base.
Throws to First. NESN's producers do not switch cameras fast enough for viewers to see a pitcher's throws to first (and second). Even when Clay Buchholz, who throws to first compulsively, is on the mound, NESN seems surprised at every throw to first. Fans have missed seeing runners get picked off because of this slowness.
Replays. Almost every replay of a home run begins with a tight shot on the baseball as it leaves the pitcher's hand. At that moment, we cannot see the batter or where the catcher has set up. Once the ball is in flight, NESN often zooms in so close on the ball, we can practically see the red seams rotating. It gives us no context whatsoever of where the ball is in relation to the field. It's a tease of a replay, and NESN would be better served to not show a replay at all. Does the network show these angles so as not to confuse fans with live action? No, because they also show replays with the usual center field cameras - the cameras they use during the game.
Score Bug. Several weeks ago, NESN changed the location of its score bug, the box that shows the score, count, number of outs, pitch count, speed of the pitch, etc., from the top left corner to the bottom right corner. According to one report, the network claimed that the top left position of the bug cut off batters' heads when they were at the plate. While I do not recall that ever being an issue, I do know that the bug's new position has caused problems because NESN's camera operators have not adjusted their shots to compensate for the bug's new position. For example, here we "see" Jacoby Ellsbury tracking Alex Rios's first-inning fly ball on July 18:
An obvious solution would be to run the bug as one long line across either the top or bottom of the screen. (The fantastic Flip Flop Fly Ball has a great post about score bugs.)
Don Orsillo. He has always had a problem with not knowing when to keep quiet. His years-long habit of regurgitating various factoids verbatim from the daily press notes is evidence of his fear of silence. Since he is paid to announce, he must be announcing - all the time. But periods of quiet are not the enemy. The game needs to breathe. A good announcer knows that silence can be used to create tension. It is not an evil to be banished from the booth.
Orsillo is unable to incorporate these bits of information into a normal conversation with Jerry Remy or another analyst. They are never presented organically, but simply proclaimed. While he must think they are useful to viewers, they usually have scant relevance to what is going on in the game at that moment. All they really do is give Orsillo something to say between pitches. If Orsillo cut out 95% of these press notes - e.g., X is 4th among all major leaguers in doubles since the 2008 All-Star Break - fans would lose nothing and the broadcast would be improved. Amazingly, Orsillo often has no idea what he is reading. During a game against Baltimore earlier this season, he mentioned that an Oriole (Adam Jones, I believe) had signed a contract extension. Orsillo said this contract would last through 2014 and he specifically emphasized that it had several vesting options. When Remy asked what "vesting options" were, Orsillo said: "I don't know." He also has no sense of timing when it comes to these factoids. Giving a non-descript middle reliever's minor league history during a Red Sox rally in the bottom of the ninth is inappropriate.
When one team has been at-bat for a long time, Orsillo likes to note how long that team's pitcher has been waiting in the dugout. "It's been an #-minute wait for X." I've never heard another announcer do this. Has it been shown that a long wait (however one defines "long") leads to general ineffectiveness? Is there any corrolation between time spent waiting in the dugout between innings and performance? I have no idea and neither does Orsillo. But he keeps track, and so he tells us.
Like many announcers, Orsillo uses the same phrases over and over and over again. I created a Bingo Card last year with some of his well-worn catchphrases. This season, "out of the gate" was used many times every night for several months. A team doesn't have a lead, it usually has an "advantage". And if the day's weather was nice, you are sure to hear that there is "nothing but blue skies above" as the game begins. This sameness gives the impression of an announcer mailing it in, someone going through the motions of his job. Baseball is unique, and the announcing of a game should not feel like it comes straight out of a can.
Orsillo also often speaks in circular sentences, in which he repeats the beginning of the sentence at the end of the same sentence, on the assumption, I suppose, that the listener might have forgotten what he said less than five seconds earlier. It simply adds more noise to the broadcast. A perfect example of this, from July 3: "Oakland's pitchers are doing very well for the Athletics."
Some of this may not be Orsillo's fault. I believe (based on no solid information) that Orsillo is forbidden to discuss certain things with Jerry Remy. When Remy was out undergoing treatment for cancer, Orsillo worked with more than two dozen different analysts. He did a remarkably good job, adjusting his own duties to fit the style of whoever he was sharing the booth with. He was much more conversational, asking questions, seemingly more involved in the game and more knowledgable about baseball in general. There were also nights when Orsillo worked the game (or at least several innings) by himself. This was a revelation. Orsillo was superb. He dropped the pointless press notes, and he was offering decent analysis. Everything I assumed he was incapable of doing (based on his style with Remy) he was doing - and doing quite well. But when Remy returned, Orsillo went back to his annoying habits again.
Jerry Remy. When it comes to analysis of the game, Remy offers absolutely nothing to the NESN broadcast. That has not always been true; in seasons past, his insights have added to my understanding of the game, but those days are long past.
This year, his contributions have been little more than repeating Orsillo's play-by-play in slightly different words, or simply describing what we see on the replay. He does almost nothing else. His job has evolved into being the play-by-play guy for the replays. Some examples (and, honestly, I could have picked just about any at-bat in any game. These seemed especially bad. Remember that the replay is being shown on screen as Remy is talking.):
July 30, Miguel Cabrera, 1st inning:
Orsillo: 1-0 is back to Buchholz, who looks the runner back to second and throws to first, able to make the pick on a hot shot right back at him.August 1, Miguel Cabrera, 1st inning:
Remy: Very nice play for Clay Buchholz. That ball was down low to the ground and he was able to make the play, check the runner at second base, hold him, and then go to first base to get the out. So they get the out, they do not advance the runner from second base.
Orsillo: 3-2 is on the ground and by the lunging Middlebrooks at third base. Crawford will throw it back in. It's a two-out single for Miguel Cabrera.August 2, Denard Span, 3rd inning:
Remy: Well, Cook does get the ground ball, but the ground ball gets by Middlebrooks, and the base hit for Cabrera. ... A two-hop ground ball that gets by Middlebrooks at third base.
Orsillo: This is a fair ball, and a base hit down the right field line. Around from second comes Dozier, he will score. The throw goes to second and it is late. An RBI double for Denard Span and the Minnesota Twins jump on top, 1-0.August 2, Ryan Doumit, 4th inning:
Remy: Span gets a fastball inside and hooks it right down that first base line. Hitting streak now at 11 games. There's the fastball, down and in. Everything had been away previous to this pitch, and Denard Span was ready for it. Bounces off the wall to Cody Ross, the two-base hit for Span, and the two-out RBI for Span.
Orsillo: Up to an 11-game hitting streak now for Span.
Orsillo: Sounds like a broken bat grounder to short. Ciriaco to second for one, on to first - and a nice stretch, nice dig out there by Gonzalez. Double play turned by the Red Sox. Two outs now in the top of the fourth. Nicely done, Adrian again at first base.August 3, Kelly Shoppach, 8th inning:
Remy: Yeah, very quick over to shortstop, on the feed to Pedroia, and then Pedroia quick on the turn at second base, to complete the double play. Of course, Gonzalez putting the finishing touches on it, with the stretch.
Orsillo: Shoppach lines it into left field. Crawford will touch second and head for third - no, he's going to throw the brakes on and try to get back, and he will. The throw went to third and Darin Mastroianni got to that ball quickly, and got it back in in a hurry.August 9, Michael Brantley, 1st inning:
Remy: He sure did. And it looked like Crawford was headed to third base but because Mastroianni covered that ground so quickly out in left field, he had to hold up at second base. See how much ground he covers going there, to his right, and the throw right on the money at third base. Kelly Shoppach picks up his second hit of the night.
Orsillo: And this is sliced down the third base line into left. From first to third goes Santana. The throw will go in that direction as up to second base goes Brantley. And all of a sudden, it is second and third now, with two outs in the first inning.August 9, Lou Marson, 5th inning:
Remy: Right down the third base line for the double for Brantley. He's on an eight-game hitting streak. He gets the fastball from Doubront right there, the inside-out swing, right down the third base line, and by the time Crawford gets to it, two men in scoring position with two outs.
Orsillo: Lined into right field, a base hit for Marson. Over to play it is Ross. Just up over the outstretched glove of Ciriaco at second base. Lou Marson's got a one-out single and it breaks up a string of nine in a row retired by Doubront.August 9, Jacoby Ellsbury, 9th inning (3rd pitch):
Remy: And Doubront was on a very, very nice [roll?] there, pitches very crisp, but Lou Marson this time takes the fastball that's down and in, and the inside-out swing to the opposite field for the line drive base hit. Ciriaco jumps, he can't make the play. Cody Ross on one knee out there in right field to make sure it doesn't get by him.
Orsillo: Swing and a miss. High fastball at 95, and it's 1-2.Remy also practically yells his commentary for the first three innings or so every night before calming down and talking like a normal person. He is especially loud when announcing each team's fielders.
Remy: A rising fastball that time from Perez, at 95 miles an hour.
Orsillo and Remy almost never talk about what is going on with other teams - not like two fans at the game would talk. I assume they simply do not keep up with other teams unless the Red Sox are playing them that day. They also seem adverse to discussing what is going on with the Red Sox, which I have for years found remarkable. With the baseball cable package, many people from outside the Boston area tune in to NESN and they do not always read the Boston papers online. Having the team's announcers discuss the state of the club would seem to be an essential part of their jobs.
Orsillo and Remy often sound like two people each calling his own game from his own private booth. They often repeat the same information the other one has just said, as if they were not paying attention at all. When it comes to baseball, there is no real interaction or conversation between the two.
They do have their shtick, however, which seems forced, almost scripted, at times. And because of all the other non-baseball additions to the broadcasts, their inane banter now grates on my nerves rather than offering any possible amusement. Do mittens have fingers? Are bats considered birds? Don wearing eye black in the booth. Inning-long interviews with the weatherman from a new NESN business partner. Jokes about Don's appetite. Jokes about Remy's misanthropy. Don's dance moves. Remy edging dangerously into "Circle Me, Bert" territory by sending free hot dogs (not bought with his own money, you can be sure!) to various Red Sox fans in the stands. During yesterday's game, after the Red Sox had scored eight runs in the fifth inning, what was "coming up"?
Both Orsillo and Remy seem sometimes seem blind to the play on the field. They are not as bad as Yankees announcer John Sterling, who occasionally invents incidents on the field, but both Orsillo and Remy often have trouble seeing and describing what is going on in front of them. In the past weeks, Orsillo has said a ball was caught on the warning track when it was caught 20-25 feet in front of the track, a ball that hit (at most) halfway up the Wall was described as "high off the Wall". Recently, Detroit's Prince Fielder was struck near the right ear by a pickoff attempt at second base. The ball hit his helmet, knocking it off, and Fielder's hands went to the side of his head. This was visible (and audible) as it happened. During the replay, Orsillo and Remy both wondered if the ball hit Fielder in the back or in the ribs. It wasn't until the Tigers trainer had come onto the field, and was examining Fielder's ear that they realized what most casual observers already knew.
And then there are the little annoyances. NESN is relying on fielding percentage a lot this season and Orsillo and Remy seem very serious when they mention it. Many smart baseball minds realized how worthless fielding percentage was more than 120 years ago. And there are the verbal tics "and just like that" or "very quickly". One example: "and the count is very quickly 0-2". (Note: An 0-2 count happens in the same number of pitches every time: two. It arrives neither quickly nor slowly.)
NESN executives know that hardcore Red Sox fans will tune in no matter what - even if they watch in silence as I have done many times this season. But to keep ratings as high as possible, NESN needs to attract marginal fans or curious viewers, and those executives believe that the game is not enough. Non-baseball distractions are needed. With the Red Sox doing so poorly, the annoying sideshow is likely to expand and become an even greater part of the broadcasts. And I expect Orsillo and Remy will keep coasting in their jobs. And I'll likely be watching NESN on mute.


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Buy and sell? For Phillies, it can be done
There is a way for Ruben Amaro Jr. to improve the chances of this season's team without affecting the future. This trade deadline should resemble more 2007 than 2011.
There is a faction of the fan base repulsed by the last week of baseball, which, in a way, is perplexing. The Phillies won five of seven from the two teams ahead of them in a weak National League East. They have taken seven of their last 10, all against contending teams. They are playing their best at a crucial moment.
"Sell! Sell! Sell!" they are yelling. And yes, it is imperative to view this Phillies season in its proper context: They have played 93 games, and most of them are mediocre. Yet, here they are, one game under .500 and within striking distance of two flawed teams.
The general consensus is Ruben Amaro Jr. will not dive headfirst into the trade market. (Unless the Phillies win 10 straight.) Think more like a few steps into the pool. No, Maikel Franco will not be shipped away for a middle reliever.
There is a way for Amaro to improve the chances of this season's team without affecting the future. This trade deadline should resemble more 2007 than 2011.
Those 2007 Phillies, the first incarnation to make the postseason since 1993, made two minor moves at the deadline. Then-GM Pat Gillick added Tad Iguchi and Kyle Lohse for two non-prospects. (Matt Maloney straddled that line, and as it turns out, it did not really matter.) Both players filled an immediate need without compromising the future. That team entered the All-Star Break at 44-44 and 4 1/2 games back of first place.
When Amaro sold last July, his team was 12 games under .500 and 16 1/2 games back. If these Phillies hover around .500 and remain in striking distance, do not expect big names to be jettisoned.
Amaro has often spoken of weakening one area to strengthen another. He has that option in 2013. Michael Young is a commodity on the market. Other teams, specifically American League ones, could better utilize the 36-year-old veteran. Scouts who have watched Young in recent days — and there are many — see him not as a third baseman, but a hybrid utility man who could play first, second and serve as designated hitter. Boston could use him. The Yankees will definitely show interest. Los Angeles will discuss him. Baltimore is a possible landing spot.
Young has a full no-trade clause. If the Phillies present him with a chance to contend, he could waive it. Effectively, Amaro must find a trading partner in contention with an infield deficiency and bullpen surplus. That is easier said than done. But it is his best shot at upgrading in July for a longshot run in 2013 without sacrificing 2014.
The Phillies have internal replacements at third base. Kevin Frandsen is one of the game's best pinch-hitters. He played the position for the final two months of 2012. His defense is not worse than Young's. Cody Asche, the 23-year-old prospect at triple A, is batting .293 with an .812 OPS. He is hitting .329 since the start of June. Freddy Galvis could return to play third, too.
Young is a free agent at season's end. His return to Philadelphia is unlikely, barring a torrid finish to the season. That is not to say Young has been horrible; he would bring more value to another club. Young managed 10 extra-base hits in his first 50 games. He has 16 in the 36 games since.
If Amaro decides he is a buyer, it does not mean a blockbuster trade will follow. There are varying degrees of deadline activity. Given the so-so perfomance of his team in a weak division, there should be no drastic changes. This is a logical one.
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SALT LAKE CITY -- It was every front-runner's nightmare.
Top-seeded Gonzaga ran into a No. 16 seed that wasn't playing like one, a crowd itching for an upset and the very real prospect of making history in a most embarrassing way.
Somehow, the Zags maneuvered their way out of that mess Thursday with a 64-58 win over Southern University, but not before they provided plenty of fodder for all those who wondered whether that small school from the small conference really belonged at the top of the West Region bracket.
"The more I watched film on them, the more I thought, 'This could be a real grinder,'" coach Mark Few said of the Jaguars, champions of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. "They don't give you many easy opportunities. They're very patient on offense."
Gonzaga's win wasn't safely in hand until the final buzzer sounded. No. 1 seeds improved to 113-0 since the NCAA tournament field was expanded to 64 teams in 1985.
Led by Derick Beltran's 21 points, Southern (23-10) made life hard on the West Coast Conference champions from beginning to end, blocking eight shots, making 10 3-pointers, harassing star player Kelly Olynyk and never letting the Bulldogs out of striking range.
Olynyk scored 17 of his 21 points in the second half to help the Zags (32-2) advance to Saturday's game against Wichita State.
But there was no celebration. Just a big sigh of relief.
"That crowd gets going, everyone wants to see that first 1-16 loss," Few said. "My guys deserve credit. They showed a lot of poise down the stretch when things weren't going their way."
And the Jaguars, the team from the school in Baton Rouge, La., with enrollment 6,900, never stopped scrapping.
This was a program nearly wiped off the map three years ago because of an NCAA investigation into problems in the classroom. The Jaguars still have players on the roster who were around for the 20-plus-loss seasons that ensued. Their coach, Roman Banks, looked to Gonzaga -- tiny school with big dreams -- as the program his players should try to emulate.
"We were basically an unknown ballclub that showed they can play the game of basketball," Banks said. "But we came here to win a ballgame, not play a ballgame."
Although Olynyk was the force that kept Gonzaga ahead through the second half, it was a pair of 3-pointers -- one by Gary Bell Jr., the next by Kevin Pangos -- that gave the Bulldogs their small cushion after Southern tied things at 56 with 3:45 left.
Bell's 3 made it 59-56 after Beltran hit a 14-footer on the baseline to close out a 15-4 Southern run and tie the game.
Beltran answered with two free throws to cut the deficit to one, but Gonzaga responded by working the ball to Pangos, whose 3 made it a four-point game.
YonDarius Johnson and Malcolm Miller both had open looks on the next possession for Southern but neither could convert.
The Jaguars did almost everything right in this game but missed five open shots down the stretch that could have put them over the top.
"From a coaching perspective, you learn that two or three bad possessions can cost you a ballgame," Banks said.
Pangos (16 points) made two free throws with 14.3 seconds left to seal the game. Only then did the Gonzaga cheering section rile up and the rest of the crowd, pulling for the underdog, settle down.
"Everyone was so moved by their effort, their resilience, their confidence," Few said. "If I wasn't coaching on the other sideline, they'd be a tough team not to root for."
These Jaguars will go down among the teams that produced the closest calls in the history of 1 vs. 16 matchups, next to the 1989 Princeton squad that barely lost to Georgetown and the East Tennessee State team that lost to Oklahoma by one in the opening round of the same tournament.
This game provided a fitting start to March Madness 2013 -- the closing act to a season filled with upsets, shifts atop the Associated Press poll and no dominant team.
Gonzaga's critics felt the Zags got to No. 1 by default more than anything.
The Zags shut out that talk and said they'd take their first game as NCAA tournament front-runners the way they'd taken the previous 33.
The Jaguars fell behind 7-0 over the first 3½ minutes but reeled off eight straight points after that. For the rest of the afternoon, this looked nothing like a typical 1-16 matchup. Southern took away the high-low game between Olynyk and forward Elias Harris, frustrated the Zags relentlessly, and, during one stretch early in the second half, blocked three of Gonzaga's inside shots in the span of 48 seconds.
Despite its struggles, Gonzaga kept working the ball to Olynyk in the second half. At one point, he had 17 of Gonzaga's 20 second-half points.
"We started calling his number, directing the ball his way a little bit, and guys figure out where we're having success," Few said. "Tonight, it was with K.O."
At the end, what the Bulldogs really needed was another option. Not until then did Bell and Pangos come through.
"Any win in the tournament is a good win," Olynyk said. "We have to kind of take that into consideration and move forward."
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2023-24 Southwestern Athletic Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
Southern | 10-3 | - | 16-10 |
Grambling | 10-3 | - | 13-13 |
Jackson State | 8-5 | 2 | 12-14 |
Texas Southern | 8-5 | 2 | 10-14 |
Alcorn State | 8-5 | 2 | 9-17 |
Bethune-Cookman | 7-6 | 3 | 12-14 |
Alabama State | 7-6 | 3 | 12-14 |
Alabama A&M | 7-6 | 3 | 8-18 |
Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 6-7 | 4 | 11-15 |
Prairie View A&M | 5-8 | 5 | 10-16 |
Florida A&M | 2-11 | 8 | 4-20 |
Mississippi Valley State | 0-13 | 10 | 0-26 |
2023-24 West Coast Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
Saint Mary's | 13-0 | - | 22-6 |
Gonzaga | 11-2 | 2 | 21-6 |
San Francisco | 10-3 | 3 | 21-7 |
Santa Clara | 9-4 | 4 | 18-10 |
San Diego | 6-7 | 7 | 16-12 |
Pepperdine | 5-9 | 8.5 | 12-17 |
Loyola Marymount | 3-10 | 10 | 10-17 |
Portland | 3-11 | 10.5 | 9-20 |
Pacific | 0-14 | 13.5 | 6-23 |