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This Weekend: Things to Do in Toronto
Posted: April 21, 2015
Toronto.com's Top Picks for This Weekend:
April 24 to April 26
This weekend kicks off the Hot Docs film festival, and we've rounded up our top 10 picks for films to see this year. Earth Day events continue with the Gladstone Grow Op and the CN Tower Climb for WWF.
Don't miss: Spa Week, Arts and Fashion Week, and Eat for Tibet Food Festival.
More Things to do in Toronto
- 10 Films to See at Hot Docs
- 22 Things to Do for Earth Day
- High Park Cherry Blossom Watch 2015
- Places to Visit this Spring in Toronto
FRIDAY: April 24
The annual Hot Docs film festival returns to Toronto to celebrate documentary films, with screenings of 210 films, showcasing work by established filmmakers and up-and-coming talent.
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USSF doesn't make it easy to get licensed. I know there are logistical issues that are beyond their control. Like equus said, the basics of coaching are easy enough but it takes commitment from both sides to make it better. Someone needs to be available to train coaches (new or experienced) and the coaches need to seek out these resources.
Sorry but this has been proved wrong at the 2010 world cup. They gave up on football that tournament and decided to kick and play defensive football throughout. I would love to see playmakers and sweepers take back their roles on the pitch and become more important again. Football now is relying on speed and power over skill. Even the horrible plastic balls that are being used are unnatural. Athletes first, footballers second is what we see currently with many teams and coaching philosophy. It should be reversed or at the very least hold an equal par.
I think only a few teams follow that philosophy. Everything the US is doing to revamp their program seems to be counter to that. And I think Spain highlights this. I read an article that discussed what England or the US would have done to an Inesta, given his size. It theorized that in the US or English system they would have tried to make him a winger because he lacked typical size and athleticism. That guys like Rooney only make it as creative players in England because he has all size, speed, athleticism, and skills. The words of the current US officials, and I forget who said it, have also theorized that players like Sneijder might not have made it out of US socccer, because its difficult for skill and creative players to prosper playing "ugly" soccer. So, though I think in any sport, that pure athleticism is a highly prized and often overvalued, being a good soccer player or footballer, is getting more and more recognized. It's a bit silly that people talk about this as if its unque to Soccer. Basketball experts are constantly drafting players based on crazy athletic upside only to have them bust out of the nba. Then a guy like this Lin kid shows up out of no where. American Football does the same. Look at Tom Brady, drafted in the 7th round. There is a magical balance to any sport. The trick of finding that balance and developing it, is still somewhat mysterious.
we may be getting away from it more than you think. In the current U17 side, there's a kid from Virginia. helluva creative player, not physically imposing at all. Barca is the soccer world's favorite example these days. Rightfully so. People talk about their style of play but it seems borne out of necessity. They're not super-athletes (they are amazing soccer players though) and if they tried to play a "power" style they wouldn't be as successful. I'm hesitant to use Barca as an example because they are such an outlier, they occupy this special moment in time where the right players came along at the same time and into a system. For as long as Barca has been playing and developing players, and have had many successful teams they never achieved this kind of sustained success.
I am from Europe so not to sure about how America is going about this. But in the last 20 years here there has been a movement away from skills to power. It is not just a few clubs, but many. Infact clubs who have the other approach are a minority. You only have to look are many of the over sized muscled players or the players who can run all day. Many would not have made it in the game even 20 years ago to the highest levels. I am not saying this is just football that is more and more relying on power, I didnt bring that up and since this is a football forum, why would anyone be comparing it with basketball in the first place? You only have to add in the fact that football has become a money business. Many teams are afraid to lose because even smaller sides are on stretched budgets and relegations are now potentially fatal for a club. The sport has somewhat died because of the money side of things. Jose Mourinho is regarded as one greatest ever coaches but to me he is the image to what has went wrong with football. Win at all costs, zero style or sportsmanship. Athleticism is favoured over skill because it is seen as more realiable in a results driven business. There are examples that say different like the obvious one of Barca, Feyenoord are another good example (fantastic approach), but they are few and far between
I think it's not that power is preferred over skill, but power is more readily "manufactured" than skill. The number of really good players are few. We discuss endlessly how to develop skill players but very few coaches in the world can actually do it. Add to that, a lot of money is paid for skillful players so only the rich teams can have them. Few teams like Arsenal are patient enough to bring skillful players up, but it backfires because these same players don't show enough patience in the club. Defending in soccer is a relatively easy concept. So you can more easily get a group of players who are athletic, don't have to be the smartest, most skilled and you have a team that is hard to break down and on the other end they do just enough to score. Skillwise these power players are "good enough," but it doesn't matter that the majority are power players. As it has always been, the skillful players are the difference makers. Pele, Maradona, Platini, Messi, Zidane, Henry, Figo . . . but you always had skillful power players as well... Viera, Gulllit, Davids, Maldini . . .
I think as long as the teams that emphasize skill over athleticism or able to balance it corrently are winning, then other teams will keep trying to get that right mix and they will keep erring onside or another. The easiest side to err on is Athleticism. Its easier to find, see, recognize, and doesn't take as much development.
Zdenek Zeman is a coach who's name every football fan should know. Read up about him, he is a true inspiration to any aspiring coach.
In my mind I cannot divorce athleticism and power from the great skilled players. Dribbling in particular involves athleticism as much as skill. Take Maradona as the the best example: How can anyone say that he did not have athleticism and power? Can you divorce skill from classic "total soccer" which is based on pressing high up the field? When I was young the conflict was between passing and dribbling skills and endurance--because there were no substitutions allowed. Power and athleticism has always had an important place in the sport. The greatness of the game is that anyone can play. If any one aspect of the game has primacy over the others, it is mentality. The winner is the side which best adapts to its and its opponents strengths and weaknesses. In a 11 a side game, the circumstances are often complex and changing during the match. For a developmental coach, the style question is academic really. We want, in the ultimate end, to develop players to their maximum potential in each of the four pillars.
He was one of the first to question Juve and Moggi and thus his career suffered, no coincidence. I dont have much time right now and maybe this is not the right thread. Tomorrow I will poSt about him if I find a thread related to coachs or maybe I should start a thread on him, he is a coaching genius, currently in charge of Pescara. Check out Italy clubs, southern clubs and you will see a thread for this club on here. Here is a quick clip [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eAuWd2shxw"]La Roma di Zeman - I giocatori - YouTube[/ame]
I don't understand why you mention him here. 1) This is not a fan forum. 2) He uses a classic 433 system with traditional soccer values of hard but fair play. He is the current evolution, or, if you think the 451 systems in vogue are not variations of a classic 433, then he is "the ghost of Christmas past" playing an Italian version of Dutch total soccer. Obviously he is to be admired, but he is not breaking new ground stylistically in 2012. Edit: Okay now I see from the clip what your point was (He is a talented coach who apparently has a knack for developing young professionals--which means he can make money for a European club.) In the US we have a lot of talented coaches, but the ones that change sports are the Vince Lombardi's. He not only changed football; he changed "coaching" for all team sports. Knowing a great coach can be inspiring. It is one weakness in my own background that I never played organized soccer until I was in my 30's. So I never had a development oriented coach or trained in a development oriented practice. For soccer. I had the great honor of playing 5th string split end in high school for someone who may well be the greatest high school football coach, period. He is a legend in the state of Michigan. And a huge influence on anyone who ever played for him, or even sat on the bench for him.
USA will have the next evolution as a result of this product. Kids with skills and interchangeable all over the filed. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nQ61LUklyI&feature=share"]Ferdie's Magic Carpet Unveiled at NSCAA convention - YouTube[/ame]
Anybody else have comments given the US v Italy friendly? On style it looked very much like variations of the 433 going after each other. I may watch again to pay more attention to what Italy was doing. I was watching the US players mostly. What I saw was a very Brazil like dependence on the double CB-double CM box to guard against a counter-attack and sending both full backs forward into the attack behind functional wingers. A very European 4231 is one way to describe it. When they defended the last third, they pulled the flank players back to adopt a 442 shape with Dempsey in a forward position alongside Altidore. It looks to me like we won't see the US moving away from the currently favored double DM style for the foreseeable future. As for Italy, historically they don't invent attacking styles. And I don't think pulling players further back in the system is in the future cards. So I don't believe Italy is a place to look for trend setters. What we may be missing is in Asia. If some team (other than Australia) has success with an innovative system, we could see a new style arise there. For example Japan came out of nowhere and captured the women's world cup. That certainly has drawn attention to their youth training. Japan, however, was using established Western ideas, but very effectively.
I didn't catch that friendly rca2 and have yet to watch a replay. I came across this blog explaining how to defeat Barcelona. Apparently, new ideas will be springing from chess. http://twelvepointsports.blogspot.com/2012/01/hypermodernism-and-madrid.html Makes me wonder if we will ever see Tex Winter's triangle offense adopted to soccer; what kind of outside the box thinking we will see.
I read a lot, and that may be the strangest essay I have ever read. Assuming its a serious discussion, chess tactics don't apply to soccer. The comparison fails because chess is a capture game, rather than an invasion game. Chess is won by capturing the king. Soccer is won by scoring points by advancing the ball into the opponent's goal. Chess is more like military combat (at the lowest level), so possession of the "center" in a tactical area is relatively unimportant compared to the ability to interdict the center. An illustration is the L-shaped ambush. You don't place soldiers in the center. That is the kill zone. you place the soldiers in an L shape surrounding the center on two sides so that they (the entire force) can influence the kill zone horizontally and vertically. The "new" attacking tactics advanced by the essay was described as a 424 system, but in reality was simply playing long balls to bypass the midfield to counter an opponent's clogging up the midfield. The "new" defending tactics I did not understand at all. I think he was proposing that the ball be funnelled along either touchline (and trapped against the touch line), but I don't know how you do that without controlling the center. (That is the part I don't understand.) I find it amusing that pushing attacker's wide is proposed as a new idea.
Here is a serious article on game theory. Game theory is not a theory about games. It is behavoiral science theory used to develop models used to predict human behavior (modeling populations rather than individuals). In the IT area of artificial intelligence they may talk about it in modeling a single brain. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/game-theory/ One thing you can appreciate from game theory and a comparison of soccer to chess is why soccer is touted as the world's greatest game. Soccer is immensely more complicated than chess. In soccer players moves are not defined, movement is not restricted to turns or spaces, and there are no pauses for analysis in between moves or for team mates to discuss their next move. Communication and knowledge in chess are not a problem, while soccer is played with a team of 11 individuals. Finally soccer is not limited to a single or even a shared cultural context for a team.
I wish I knew, but FIFA will try to tell us all after the results are in after the next world cup. Remember this one from FIFA about the future of football "windscreen wiper" - is a libero in midfield who stationed himself in front of the defensive block and took action to stop opposing attacks. This role is becoming more and more important in footballing tactics. On the other hand the typical playmaker is no longer part of the scene. His duties have been spread around, with the "windscreen wiper" carrying the main defensive responsibility and the midfielder playing just behind the strikers being the main point of attack. The flank midfielders link in pairs with the outer backs and complement each other both in defence and in attack.
I suspect the author of the blog is drawing inspiration for his analogy from this book [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Football-Chess-Tactics-Strategy-Beauty/dp/1843821869"]Amazon.com: Football and Chess: Tactics Strategy Beauty (9781843821861): Adam Wells: Books[/ame]
All I will say is that in University I started playing a great deal of chess with friends and then we stopped. We got to where we were routinely playing 3-5 moves ahead. After about 3 months I started seeing other things as chess problems to solve. I stopped playing, and the analogies stopped. I don't think there is anything to be learned about soccer from comparing chess to soccer.


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This might be college basketball's one shining moment, but football drives college athletic departments while basketball has been a (sometimes unwilling) passenger during a period of upheaval that has lasted a decade — and shows no sign of stopping. "March Madness" is the NCAA's most well-known phrase capturing the organization's signature event, yet its participating schools are at the mercy of another sport.


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Bromoxynil octanoate (CASRN 1689-99-2)
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Bromoxynil octanoate;
Human health assessment information on a chemical substance is included in the IRIS database only after a comprehensive review of toxicity data, as outlined in the IRIS assessment development process. Sections I (Health Hazard Assessments for Noncarcinogenic Effects) and II (Carcinogenicity Assessment for Lifetime Exposure) present the conclusions that were reached during the assessment development process. Supporting information and explanations of the methods used to derive the values given in IRIS are provided in the guidance documents located on the IRIS website.
STATUS OF DATA FOR Bromoxynil octanoate
File First On-Line 03/31/1987
Category (section) |
Status |
Last Revised |
Oral RfD Assessment (I.A.) | on-line | 09/07/1988 |
Inhalation RfC Assessment (I.B.) | no data | |
Carcinogenicity Assessment (II.) | no data |
_I. Chronic Health Hazard Assessments for Noncarcinogenic Effects
_I.A. Reference Dose for Chronic Oral Exposure (RfD)
Substance Name — Bromoxynil octanoate
Last Revised — 09/07/1988
The oral Reference Dose (RfD) is based on the assumption that thresholds
exist for certain toxic effects such as cellular necrosis. It is expressed
in units of mg/kg-day. In general, the RfD is an estimate (with uncertainty
spanning perhaps an order of magnitude) of a daily exposure to the human
population (including sensitive subgroups) that is likely to be without
an appreciable risk of deleterious effects during a lifetime. Please refer
to the Background Document for an elaboration of these concepts. RfDs
can also be derived for the noncarcinogenic health effects of substances
that are also carcinogens. Therefore, it is essential to refer to other
sources of information concerning the carcinogenicity of this substance.
If the U.S. EPA has evaluated this substance for potential human carcinogenicity,
a summary of that evaluation will be contained in Section II of this file.
__I.A.1. Oral RfD Summary
Critical Effect |
Experimental Doses* |
No effects 2-Year Rat Feeding Union Carbide, 1982 |
NOEL: 100 ppm bromoxynil LEL: None |
mg/kg/day |
*Conversion Factors: 1 ppm = 0.05 mg/kg/day (assumed rat food consumption); dose adjusted by the ratio of the molecular weights of bromoxynil octanoate (402.8) and bromoxynil (276.8).
__I.A.2. Principal and Supporting Studies (Oral RfD)
Union Carbide Agricultural Products Company, Inc. 1982. MRID No. 00096521.
Available from EPA. Write to FOI, EPA, Washington, DC 20460.
Fischer-344 rats were randomly assigned to one of four treatment groups
(60/sex/group). The treatment groups consisted of animals receiving either 0,
10, 30 or 100 ppm of bromoxynil in their diet. All animals were observed
daily for mortality and external signs of toxicity. Blood and urine samples
were collected from 10 rats/sex/group after 3, 12, 18 and 24 months of dosing
for hematology determinations, urinalysis, and blood determinations. No
significant toxicological differences were noted between treated and control
__I.A.3. Uncertainty and Modifying Factors (Oral RfD)
UF — An uncertainty factor of 100 was used to account for the inter- and
intraspecies differences. An additional UF of 3 was used to account for an
insufficient database since the existing database does not indicate that the
dog (chronic exposure) will be more sensitive by an order of magnitude.
MF — None
__I.A.4. Additional Studies/Comments (Oral RfD)
Bromoxynil exists as an acid but also as esters (e.g. octanoate). Subchronic
studies indicate that there is no toxicological difference between these
different forms of bromoxynil. The RfDs for all bromoxynil compounds will be
based on the toxicity of bromoxynil alone, unless evidence to the contrary is
Data Considered for Establishing the RfD:
1) 2-Year Feeding (oncogenic) (bromoxynil) - rat: prinicipal study - see
previous description; core grade supplementary
2) 13-Week Feeding (bromoxynil octanoate) - dog: NOEL = 5 mg/kg/day (Rhone-
Poulenc, 1965)
3) 3-Generation Reproduction (bromoxynil) - rat: Reproduction NOEL=300 ppm
(15 mg/kg/day); LEL=none (HDT); core grade minimum (Union Carbide, 1978)
4) Teratology (bromoxynil) - rat: Fetotoxic and Maternal NOEL=15 mg/kg/day;
Fetotoxic and Maternal LEL=35 mg/kg/day (reduced fetal weight; increased
uterine deaths, increased number of fetuses with supernumerary 14th rib, and
reduced maternal body weight gain; core grade guideline (Union Carbide, 1981)
5) Teratology (bromoxynil) - rabbit: Teratogenic NOEL=30 mg/kg/day;
Teratogenic LEL=60 mg/kg/day (hydrocephalus, microphthalmia, anopthalmia, and
severe defects in ossification of the skull); Maternal NOEL=30 mg/kg/day;
Maternal LEL=30 mg/kg/day (body weight loss); Fetotoxic NOEL=30 mg/kg/day;
Fetotoxic LEL=60 mg/kg/day lower body weight); core grade guideline (Rhone-
Poulenc, 1983)
Data Gap(s): Chronic Dog Feeding Study
__I.A.5. Confidence in the Oral RfD
Study — Low
Database — Medium
RfD — Medium
The critical study appears to be only of fair quality and is given a low rating. Additional studies are supportive and of fair to good quality. The 13-week dog feeding study provides a sensitive toxicological endpoint that supports the 2-year rat study. Hence, the RfD is given a medium confidence rating.
__I.A.6. EPA Documentation and Review of the Oral RfD
Pesticide Registration Files
Agency Work Group Review — 11/06/1985, 09/16/1987
Verification Date — 09/16/1987
Screening-Level Literature Review Findings — A screening-level review conducted by an EPA contractor of the more recent toxicology literature pertinent to the RfD for Bromoxynil octanoate conducted in September 2002 identified one or more significant new studies. IRIS users may request the references for those studies from the IRIS Hotline at firstname.lastname@example.com or (202)566-1676.
__I.A.7. EPA Contacts (Oral RfD)
Please contact the IRIS Hotline for all questions concerning this assessment or IRIS, in general, at (202)566-1676 (phone), (202)566-1749 (FAX) or firstname.lastname@example.com (internet address).
_I.B. Reference Concentration for Chronic Inhalation Exposure (RfC)
Substance Name — Bromoxynil octanoate
Not available at this time.
_II. Carcinogenicity Assessment for Lifetime Exposure
Substance Name — Bromoxynil octanoate
This substance/agent has not undergone a complete evaluation and determination under US EPA's IRIS program for evidence of human carcinogenic potential.
_IV. [reserved]
_V. [reserved]
_VI. Bibliography
Substance Name — Bromoxynil octanoate
Last Revised — 11/01/1989
_VI.A. Oral RfD References
Rhone-Poulenc, Inc. 1965. MRID No. 00111190. Available from EPA. Write to
FOI, EPA, Washington DC 20460.
Rhone-Poulenc, Inc. 1983. MRID No. 00138149. Available from EPA. Write to
FOI, EPA, Washington DC 20460.
Union Carbide Agricultural Products Company, Inc. 1978. MRID No. 00064815.
Available from EPA. Write to FOI, EPA, Washington, DC 20460.
Union Carbide Agricultural Products Company, Inc. 1981. MRID No. 00116558.
Available from EPA. Write to FOI, EPA, Washington, DC 20460.
Union Carbide Agricultural Products Company, Inc. 1982. MRID No. 00096521.
Available from EPA. Write to FOI, EPA, Washington, DC 20460.
_VI.B. Inhalation RfC References
_VI.C. Carcinogenicity Assessment References
_VII. Revision History
Substance Name — Bromoxynil octanoate
Date |
Section |
Description |
12/23/1987 | I.A. | RfD Withdrawn pending further review |
09/07/1988 | I.A. | Oral RfD summary on-line |
11/01/1989 | VI. | Bibliography on-line |
01/01/1992 | IV. | Regulatory Action section on-line |
04/01/1997 | III., IV., V. | Drinking Water Health Advisories, EPA Regulatory Actions, and Supplementary Data were removed from IRIS on or before April 1997. IRIS users were directed to the appropriate EPA Program Offices for this information. |
12/03/2002 | I.A.6. | Screening-Level Literature Review Findings message has been added. |
_VIII. Synonyms
Substance Name — Bromoxynil octanoate
Last Revised — 03/31/1987
- 1689-99-2
- Bromoxynil octanoate


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The Board of Directors of The Walt Disney Company has scheduled its annual shareholders' meeting for Tuesday, March 18, 2014, in Portland, Oregon.
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Series 39 Preview: Cubs vs. Cardinals
Adam Wainwright will throw Sunday against the Cubs. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)
The Cardinals have spent most of the season at or near the top of the standings in the tough NL Central—meaning they could be considered one of the best teams in baseball—but they do have some weaknesses. Although their league-leading offense is great at piling on runs in blowout wins, they're 15-14 in one-run games. Add in some problems with outfield defense, and overall they're fairly mediocre in the field. But when you have the strongest lineup in baseball and two of the league's best starters, you have to be less than perfect somewhere else, right? The Cards' veterans—Yadier Molina, Adam Wainwright, Carlos Beltran and Matt Holliday—are all having strong seasons, but it's the rookies who have really made the difference. The youngsters are the main reason St. Louis has been able to withstand a serious rash of injuries.
HITTING: 4.88 Runs Scored/Game (1st in NL)
The Cardinals offense can destroy weak starters and tear middle relievers to pieces. They may not be the sabermetric ideal, with a league-average walk rate and a lot of quick at-bats, but Yadier Molina (fresh off a DL stint), Allen Craig and Matt Carpenter are all hitting better than .314, and they put a ton of well-hit balls in play. Veteran outfielders Holliday and Beltran provide the pop, but when one of them needs a day off, the Cards can rotate Craig to the outfield and spot-start the best bench bat in baseball—sweet-swinging rookie Matt Adams, who carries an .813 OPS into the series. To make matters worse for opposing pitchers, David Freese looks like he's finally shaking off the rust of his slow start. If there's anything the Cardinals don't do well, it's run. They attempt to steal less often than any other NL team, but with their powerful offense, why risk handing the defense an out?
PITCHING: 3.73 Runs Allowed/Game (5th in NL)
The Cardinals have done well given the body blows they have taken in the rotation, first losing co-ace Chris Carpenter for four months and then Jaime Garcia for the season. But Sunday's starter Wainwright has a great shot at winning the NL Cy Young Award, and Shelby Miller could claim Rookie of the Year honors. The question is whether they'll find a third mate to solidify a postseason rotation. Lance Lynn and Jake Westbrook (Friday's starter) are good innings-eaters, but the Cardinals are monitoring Carpenter's comeback in the hopes he'll recover from his shoulder injury and round out their rotation for the stretch run. They could also use another reliever with swing-and-miss stuff beyond the hard-throwing Trevor Rosenthal. Forkballer Edward Mujica isn't a classic closer, and while playing matchup games with righty Seth Maness' heavy sinker and situational southpaw Randy Choate has worked well enough so far, they've been auditioning hard-throwing farmhands all year.
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Series 38 Preview: Cubs vs. Reds
Mat Latos has served as the ace of the Reds staff. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
The Reds pulled into the 2013 All-Star break with a better record than they had at the same point in 2012, when they finished with the second-best mark in baseball. But things are different this year in the NL Central, baseball's toughest division, where Cincinnati is locked in a three-way race for the crown with Pittsburgh and St. Louis. With seven games left against the Cardinals following the Reds' trip to Wrigley Field, and six of their last nine against the Pirates, Cincy and perennial MVP candidate Joey Votto will have several opportunities to make up ground in the division race. And they could be poised for a better second half, as they were two games below their expected win-loss record at the break. If the Reds can make a late-season surge to the top of the NL Central standings, it would be the first time the organization has claimed back-to-back division titles since the Big Red Machine did it in 1975-76.
4.30 Runs Scored per Game, 3rd in NL
The Reds owe much of their offensive success to generating lots of walks and stockpiling power hitters who can exploit Great American Ballpark's comfortable dimensions. But one of those strengths is more precarious than the other. The lofty on-base percentage stems from just two regulars: leadoff man Shin-Soo Choo and Votto. Once again, Votto is leading the attack with his league-best OBP and walks total, but he and Choo are the only reliable on-base threats. The Reds lineup is stacked with multiple righties who struggle against right-handed pitching. Reds hitters from the right side combined for a .609 OPS against right-handers in the first half. With cleanup hitter Ryan Ludwick out since the first game of the season, a big question has been power in the middle of the order.
3.68 Runs Allowed per Game, 3rd in NL
The silver lining to putting ace Johnny Cueto on the DL three separate times is that his absence has given the Reds the opportunity to break in top lefty prospect Tony Cingrani, who has lived up to his advance billing thus far. Monday's starter Mat Latos is logging another fine season as the front man of a rotation that has no true weak link. The staff's youth and relative health have allowed manager Dusty Baker to avoid getting too involved with a bullpen left short-handed by injuries to veterans Sean Marshall and Nick Masset. Only the Nationals go to the 'pen less frequently than the Reds, and Baker prefers to avoid bringing his relievers into runners-on situations or using them on consecutive days. If there's a mystery as big as Homer Bailey's swings between excellence and mediocrity (Tuesday's projected starter tossed a July 2 no-hitter surrounded by three losses), it's closer Aroldis Chapman's struggles on the road contrasted with his absolute dominance at home.
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Series 37 Preview: Cubs at Cardinals
St. Louis' Matt Carpenter has been one of the NL's best this year. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)
Holding the league's third-best record and a 7.5-game lead on one of the Wild Card spots, the Cardinals have their sights set on making up a four-game deficit on the first-place Pirates in the NL Central. The Cardinals had a wrench thrown into their campaign when team talisman Yadier Molina went down with a sprained knee at the end of July. The team has gone 4-5 since and lost 2.5 games of ground in the process. Molina won't be available for this series, though the team hopes to have him back in a week. St. Louis still has plenty of firepower at the plate and on the mound, and they have one of the game's best farm systems to supplement their current roster. But with the Pirates showing no signs of letting up, the Cardinals will have to find another gear to avoid the one-game Wild Card playoff for the second straight season.
HITTING: 4.9 Runs Scored/Game (1st in NL)
The Cardinals may be without their best player, but they have plenty of offense, young and old. Veteran outfielders Carlos Beltran and Matt Holliday continue to provide formidable punch in the Nos. 2 and 4 spots in the lineup. The switch-hitting Beltran has hit 20 home runs this season at age 36. Holliday's .281 AVG/.362 OBP/.446 SLG supplies plenty of all-around value, though each component has been on a gradual five-year decline. Surrounding them in the lineup are second baseman Matt Carpenter, first baseman Allen Craig and third baseman David Freese. In just his second big league season, Carpenter has become one of the game's most valuable players, ranking 10th in NL Wins Above Replacement, according to Baseball Reference. His .379 on-base percentage provides plenty of opportunities for the top of the lineup to drive in runs. Craig, meanwhile, has proved to be a steal as an eighth-round pick in the 2006 draft, with a consistently .300-plus batting average despite a loss in power this year. One thing the Cardinals probably won't be attempting is base theft. They're a lead-footed bunch that ranks last with 41 stolen-base attempts in 114 games.
PITCHING: 3.7 Runs Allowed/Game (3rd in NL)
The Cardinals' lack of speed would hurt them more on defense if not for the fact that the team's pitchers resolve one-fifth of all plate appearances with strikeouts. They also are excellent at avoiding free passes. Tonight's starter is 26-year-old righty Lance Lynn, who is having a nearly identical season to his breakout campaign last year. He employs a low-90s fastball and high-80s slider/cutter he leans on versus righties, as well as a two-seamer and change-up that he drops versus lefties. On Saturday, the Cubs will see promising 6-foot-6 right-hander Michael Wacha take the mound. Though the 2012 first-rounder has a 4.58 ERA through three starts, he has good peripheral numbers and has held his own so far. He sports a low-to-mid 90s fastball with great downhill plane, a tight curveball that he hasn't pulled out much in big league action, and an impressive mid-80s change-up. The series wraps up against right-hander Joe Kelly, who has done Yeoman's work as a swingman the past couple of seasons. His power sinker has acclimated well to starting, and he's coming off four great outings in a row. Closer Edward Mujica has salvaged a ninth-inning role that could have been a disaster with Jason Motte missing the season due to Tommy John surgery—and after Mitchell Boggs' awful audition. But it's yet another outstanding young arm, lefty Trevor Rosenthal and his 98-100 mph fastball, that has batters shaking in their boots when it most counts.
Series 36 Preview: Cubs at Phillies
Darin Ruf has been on a tear for Philadelphia. (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images)
The Phillies are aging before everyone's eyes, and so far, GM Ruben Amaro Jr. has seen his team suffer the consequences of sitting idly by. The team's big offseason acquisition was infielder Michael Young from the Rangers. Though he's had a bit of a bounce-back season at age 36, his on-field decline over the last several years is obvious. Ryan Howard, 33, is merely an average first baseman now—and one the team is stuck with through 2016. Second baseman Chase Utley, 34, still provides a lot of value when healthy, though he too is on the natural decline player's experience after their typical late-20s peak. They've also been without 36-year-old ace Roy Halladay since May, and he was a disaster before going down with a torn rotator cuff. But never have things looked as dire as they have the last couple weeks: The Phillies have lost 13 of 14 games, scoring 2.4 runs and allowing 5.8 per contest. They're now 50-61 and 17 games back in the one-horse NL East.
HITTING: 3.8 Runs Scored/Game (14th in NL)
Out are Howard (knee), Dom Brown (concussion) and Ben Revere (foot), leaving the Phillies to throw left fielder Darin Ruf and third baseman Cody Asche into the fire. The former has been on a tear, while the latter has struggled mightily. With Michael Young, Howard and Utley—as well as catcher Carlos Ruiz and shortstop Jimmy Rollins, both 34—all on downward paths, it's the trio of mid-20s outfielders that was hoped to round out some of the lineup's rough edges. Only the 25-year-old Brown has fulfilled his promise, and even he has mixed a torrid few weeks in late May/early June with plenty of slower periods. The 20th-round pick in 2006 struggled with low batting averages in auditions the past three seasons, but he finally earned a starting role with a good spring and has been the team's most valuable offensive player (.271 AVG/.316 OBP/.531 SLG) outside of Utley. Brown is far from a perfect player, however. He's hacking away more than ever—with 76 strikeouts to 25 walks—and all 24 of his home runs have been pulled. Center fielder Ben Revere, the 25-year-old speedster acquired from the Twins, had an empty .305/.338/.352 line before going down with a fractured foot.
PITCHING: 4.6 Runs Allowed/Game (T-15th in NL)
The Cubs will miss the still-excellent Cliff Lee this series, instead seeing Kyle Kendrick, Cole Hamels and young prospect Ethan Martin take the mound. Kendrick has seen his ERA spike above four for the first time in three years, as the pitch-to-contact sinkerballer has seen more ground balls squeeze through. He won't issue many free passes or hangers over the plate, however, so Cubs batters will do well to go with pitches and piece together runs. Hamels also has seen his ERA spike, from right around three the past few years to 3.87. Like Kendrick, he's seeing more balls in play find holes, and the results have been similar to his off-year in 2009. But still armed with one of the game's most deceptive change-ups, Hamels is performing significantly better than his 4-13 record would suggest. Coming of an inauspicious major league debut against the Braves, Martin is a promising arm acquired in a 2012 trade deadline deal that sent Shane Victorino to the Dodgers. He has a huge fastball in the mid-to-upper 90s as well as a sharp curve and hard slider. But Martin struggles with his command and has historically gotten hit fairly hard by lefties in the minors due to a weaker change-up. Veteran closer Jonathan Papelbon closes things out, set up by a few young, promising arms in lefty Jake Diekman and Justin De Fratus.
Series 34 Preview: Cubs vs. Brewers
All-Star shortstop Jean Segura has been one of the few bright spots for the Brew Crew in 2013. (Photo by Tom Lynn/Getty)
Not much has gone right for the Brewers this season, as Milwaukee continues its tumble from perennial contender to NL Central also-ran. The Brew Crew suffered a huge power outage in the early going thanks to a rash of injuries, starting with preseason surgeries to two first basemen—Corey Hart and Mat Gamel. Third baseman Aramis Ramirez, who had a terrific 2012 campaign, has played only 54 games because of knee issues. But as stagnant as the offense has been, the pitching has been even worse. Milwaukee's pitchers own a combined 4.09 ERA, 11th in the NL, and their starters have a league worst 4.79 ERA. To add insult to injury, there's the inescapable saga of former MVP Ryan Braun, who has drawn the ire of baseball pundits, players and teammates for his reported PED use and links to the Biogenesis Clinic in Florida. Braun's suspension, which will keep him out of action for the remainder of the season, puts an exclamation point on an already disappointing year in Milwaukee.
HITTING: 3.9 Runs Scored/Game (10th in NL)
Despite their middle-of-the-road offense, the Brew Crew have profited from one of the top one-two punches in the game, with Norichika Aoki leading off and Jean Segura having a breakout season in the second slot. Aoki's .360 on-base percentage is one of baseball's best from the top of the order, while Segura has been doing it all. He leads the NL in hits, and is second in the league in triples and stolen bases. And Segura is not the only hitter who has developed In Milwaukee when given a chance to play every day. Center fielder Carlos Gomez has finally become the player many expected him to be when the speedster was a top prospect in Minnesota. On a less positive note, second baseman Rickie Weeks' game continues to be in free fall, and the Brewers have yet to find a playable bat to man first base with Hart out for the season.
PITCHING: 4.6 Runs Allowed/Game (T-15th in NL)
The Brewers' initial decision to go with a youth movement in the rotation was moderated by their late-spring signing of veteran free agent Kyle Lohse, who is having another solid season in the NL Central. But whatever Milwaukee's master plan is—or was—none of it has worked in a rotation that ranks close to the bottom in quality starts. Expected ace Yovani Gallardo hasn't been able to pitch reliably past the sixth inning, and not one other starter has truly been effective. Just three Milwaukee starters have made more than 20 starts on the season (Lohse, Gallardo and Wily Peralta). Other than those three, only Marco Estrada (12) has made as many as 10 starts. Matters aren't much better in the bullpen, as John Axford pitched his way out of the closer's role, and replacement Jim Henderson lost time due to injury. With the trade deadline nearing, the Brewers could be looking to deal experienced bullpen arms such as Mike Gonzalez.
Series 33 Preview: Cubs at Giants
Giants catcher and reigning NL MVP Buster Posey is having another stellar season. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/GettyImages)
World Series champions two of the last three seasons, the Giants are in a tailspin this year. They're 17-30 since June 1, when they were 29-25, and now sit seven games back of the surging, first-place Dodgers. Even worse is that they've been getting blown out more and more in the month of July, as their starting pitching has been an utter disaster except for Madison Bumgarner (and Chad Gaudin's eight starts). The Giants offense has rarely been able to carry the team, but this year they are outplaying the pitching staff. Unfortunately for them, it hasn't been enough. That said, they've been much better at home, where their mound mistakes can be covered by both a spacious outfield and fielders who can roam it effectively.
HITTING: 3.9 Runs Scored/Game (10th in NL)
Catcher Buster Posey, the reigning NL MVP, is just a slight tick off last year's pace, but he's still a one-man wrecking crew. If not for Cardinals backstop Yadier Molina, Posey would easily be the best at the position. Only Posey, first baseman Brandon Belt and right fielder Hunter Pence have double-digit home runs this year. Still, when you take into account their spacious home ballpark, the Giants feature some well-rounded position players. Second baseman Marco Scutaro, 37, has extended his career since being traded to San Francisco, and he pairs an average glove with an all-fields contact bat. Shortstop Brandon Crawford, 26, looks more capable with the stick each year, though his calling card is some of the best range and glove work in the game today. And, when healthy, third baseman Pablo Sandoval still brings average-to-better work at the plate and in the field. The Giants carry three switch-hitters (Sandoval, Tony Abreu and Andres Torres) and three left-handed hitters (Blanco, Belt and Crawford), so manager Bruce Bochy has options aplenty to load up on the platoon advantage.
PITCHING: 4.5 Runs Allowed/Game (13th in NL)
The Cubs will face what was formerly known as San Francisco's top three—but is now a top one and two shells of greatness. After six straight seasons with a sub-4.00 ERA (and four of the last five below 3.00), Matt Cain takes the hill tonight with an ERA sitting squarely at 5.00. What was a consistent ability to use his fastball up in the zone to induce lazy pop-ups has become a concerning tendency to leave hittable pitches over the plate. Manager Bruce Bochy has limited Cain's usage of late (2.1, 0.2 and 5.0 IP over his last three starts) and thrown out a vague sense of "precaution." What we do know is that Cain is using his fastball less and his slider more than ever, to the diminishing effectiveness of both. Bumgarner starts Saturday's game, and the young lefty is pitching as well as ever. He has a career-best 2.93 ERA, .193 batting average against, and 25 percent strikeout rate, easily making up for an uptick in walks (to a still below average 7.1 percent). Cubs hitters have a tough assignment against Bumgarner. Righties will have to guard against cutters and sliders inside, while protecting against soft stuff away. Lefties will see fastballs located in all quadrants but will have to stay back on breaking pitches. And Bumgarner often pitches backward. Then there's Tim Lincecum, coming off a 148-pitch no-hitter followed by an eight-run, 3.2-inning start. After five straight stellar seasons to start his career—including two Cy Young Awards—the diminutive righty is in the midst of his second subpar season in a row. There's a good chance the Cubs will see plenty of the eight-man bullpen, a good-but-overworked squad capped by closer Sergio Romo and his physics-defying slider.
Series 32 Preview: Cubs at Diamondbacks
Paul Goldschmidt has been one of the few consistencies in the Diamondbacks' order this year. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
The leaders of the NL West host the Cubs for a four-game series, with Arizona's half-game lead over the surging Dodgers potentially on the line. The D-backs team has been somewhat of a greater-than-the-sum-of-its-parts squad, with a few standouts making up for some major disappointments. It's little surprise GM Kevin Towers is rumored to be looking for reinforcements by the July 31 trade deadline. There have been only two constants in the Diamondbacks' lineup so far: first baseman Paul Goldschmidt and a terrible running game. On the latter, Arizona is 29-for-54 in steals, a 54 percent success rate that is alarmingly bad. Their steals leader is Goldschmidt, who does much more than run the bases well. He has turned out to be a superb draft pick for the Diamondbacks, selected in the eighth round in 2009 by former scouting director Tom Allison (now with the Mariners). In the rotation, 23-year-old Patrick Corbin has been the only above-average regular, and the bullpen has been a mixed bag for Towers as well.
HITTING: 4.1 Runs Scored/Game (6th in the NL)
In parts of three seasons in the majors, Goldschmidt has proved himself with an ability to improve across the board. His walks, batting average and power are up this year, and his strikeouts have diminished, adding up to a .309 AVG/.392 OBP/.550 SLG that ranks in the league's top 10 for each category. Beyond his No. 3 hitter, manager Kirk Gibson has had little consistency in the lineup, employing 82 different batting orders in 95 games. Young shortstop Didi Gregorius, acquired via trade, has cooled off considerably (.227/.303/.277 since June 1) and is now splitting time with a can't-get-hot Cliff Pennington. The other big trade acquisition, multiposition man Martin Prado, also has been cold all year and a major disappointment along with catcher Miguel Montero. Second baseman Aaron Hill missed two months with a broken hand, but he continues to earn his sizable contract despite now being on the wrong side of 30. There's little help in the outfield either. Youngsters A.J. Pollock and Gerardo Parra haven't done much at the plate, while veterans Jason Kubel and Cody Ross have struggled despite being part of a platoon.
PITCHING: 4.1 Runs Allowed/Game (7th in the NL)
The Cubs will face some talented young arms this series. It turns out the first two starters—lefties Tyler Skaggs and Corbin—were part of the bounty that came back from the Angels in the 2010 Dan Haren deal. Skaggs is more of a crafty type, with a low-90s, four-seam fastball that he can use on both sides of the plate and a big, knee-buckling curve. Command has been something of an issue for him in the majors, and his offerings versus righties, notably a change-up and two-seam fastball, are still developing. Selected just a few dozen picks later, Corbin has been the Diamondbacks' top pitcher by far, with a 2.35 ERA, sub-1.00 WHIP and just under seven innings per start. The tall, lanky pitcher can work his fastball up to 94-95 mph with life, before coming back with a hard slider released from a low-three-quarters arm angle. That punch-out pitch has only increased in effectiveness and has the sort of two-plane movement that makes it effective against both hands. The series closes with righty Ian Kennedy—an extreme fly-ball pitcher who has increasingly struggled since his career year in 2011—and lefty Wade Miley. In the bullpen, typically a Towers strength, new closer Heath Bell has been too homer prone to be a true anchor, but sidearmer Brad Ziegler has been Gibson's most used, and most effective, weapon.
Series 30 Preview: Cubs vs. Cardinals
Carlos Beltran is having an MVP-caliber season. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)
There may be no injury or in-season development big enough to bring down the high-flying Cardinals. No matter what fate has thrown at them, the Birds have turned to one talented rookie after another to plug the holes—all while piling up wins and establishing themselves as one of baseball's best. Ten of St. Louis' 13 position players are homegrown, more than one-third of their starts have been made by rookies, and the additions of freshmen Trevor Rosenthal and Seth Maness have helped stabilize a bullpen racked by injuries and ineffectiveness. But none of this should really come as a surprise by now. These are the benefits of having baseball's best player development team and part of the reason why the Cardinals may rule the roost in the NL Central for years to come.
HITTING: 5.0 Runs Scored a Game (1st in NL)
The Cardinals' offense grinds pitchers down with its depth, largely because there are no easy outs in the order. The bats deliver a good amount of walks and power while leading the league in on-base percentage via a high team batting average. First baseman Allen Craig, who is in the RBI race as a function of his reliable execution, might be the best reflection of a lineup stacked with effective contact hitters who can provide line-drive power. While most of the Cards' talent is homegrown, their two big-ticket free agents—Carlos Beltran and Matt Holliday—continue to provide pop from the outfield corners. If there's a disappointment, it's third baseman David Freese's power numbers. The 2011 postseason hero has seen his slugging percentage drop below .400. But if he gets hot along with the weather, the Cardinals' league-leading offense could get even better.
PITCHING: 3.6 Runs Allowed a Game (3rd in NL)
Losing Jaime Garcia for the year and Friday's starter Jake Westbrook for more than a month would have crippled most contenders, but nothing seems to faze the powerhouse Cardinals. They simply used these setbacks as an opportunity to test out 2012 first-rounder Michael Wacha—who has had success despite bouncing between the minors and the bigs. He could join Rookie of the Year favorite Shelby Miller and sophomore workhorse Lance Lynn as the core of this young rotation's future. The Cubs will miss Miller but are expected to see Lynn on Saturday. And it's tough to ignore Sunday's starter Adam Wainwright, one of the game's elite pitchers with a 12-5 record and a 2.30 ERA. Getting quality starts almost two-thirds of the time with the league's best offense creates a ton of winnable ballgames, but it's the improvement in the 'pen since a disastrous first couple of weeks that has helped the Cardinals convert winnable games to actual wins. Unconventional closer Edward Mujica might owe some of his success to his forkball coming right after the blistering heat of Rosenthal and Maness.
Series 24 Preview: Cubs at Cardinals
Matt Carpenter has been a big contributor this year for the Cardinals. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images)
Is there any organization more indestructible than the Cardinals? In recent years, they've managed to replace Albert Pujols, Lance Berkman and Rafael Furcal in the lineup without missing a beat. Plus, the pitching staff has weathered losing co-aces Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright in consecutive years. But mounting injuries in the rotation could bring the Cards back to the NL Central pack this season. The man trying to hold the staff together is the rock the team has leaned on through all of the previous changes: catcher Yadier Molina, now in his ninth season as the Cardinals' regular receiver. Yadi not only intimidates opposing running games out of existence (he sees less than one stolen base attempt every two games, and throws out more than 40 percent of runners), he's also an irreplaceable staff manager and a critical offensive cog.
HITTING: 5.0 Runs Scored/Game (1st in the NL)
Though the Cardinals lack a single signature strength in the lineup, they more than make up for it with balance and depth. The team exploited that depth this season when they moved slugger Matt Carpenter to second base, and he's shown a fine aptitude around the bag. They also have slugging rookie reserve Matt Adams cooling his heels on the bench. Moving Allen Craig from first to an outfield corner would create playing time, but with Carlos Beltran and Matt Holliday manning those spots, there's little room to cram everyone into the lineup. If there's one thing the Cardinals lack, especially with Furcal out, it's speed. They're last in the league in steals and stolen base attempts, a far cry from the days of Whitey Herzog and Vince Coleman. Still, the Cards' offense could be primed for a big second half once Holliday and third baseman David Freese start slugging the way they can.
PITCHING: 3.6 Runs Allowed/Game (3rd in the NL)
Few clubs can contend with a healthy Cardinals starting rotation. Wainwright has undergone a remarkable transformation since completing his recovery from 2011 Tommy John surgery. This year, he's drastically cut his walk rate while pushing his strikeout rate to an eye-popping 24 percent. And right-hander Shelby Miller, building off a strong 2012 major league debut, is one of the leading candidates to snag Rookie of the Year honors. If there's a concern beyond the injury to rotation regular Jaime Garcia, who is out for the year after having shoulder surgery, it's the bullpen. After losing closer Jason Motte for the season, manager Mike Matheny sifted through multiple alternatives before settling on journeyman Edward Mujica to protect ninth-inning leads. Mujica lacks the pure velocity typically associated with a shutdown closer, but he uses his splitter to good effect. If he struggles, you can bet the Cardinals will be in the market for a closer at the deadline.
—Christina Kahrl
Series 23 Preview: Cubs at Mets
David Wright has kept the Mets offense together this season. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
The Mets' rebuild continues to hit alarming lows, with the team's youth mired in some severe struggles. The demotion of first baseman Ike Davis and his .161 average, after a season in which he hit 32 home runs but batted .227, is just the tip of the iceberg. Infielder and leadoff hitter Jordany Vadelspin has a .281 on-base percentage, shortstop Ruben Tejada was batting .209 before going down with a quad injury, and left fielder Lucas Duda barely supplies enough walks and power to justify being the team's No. 5 hitter. At 24-37 and with few solid indications of bad luck, the Mets occupy fourth place in the NL East only due to the presence of the replacement-level Miami Marlins.The lone bright spot has been the breakout season of 24-year-old ace Matt Harvey.
HITTING: 3.9 RS/G (10th in NL)
The Mets lineup has benefited from a handful of strong veteran performances. Some have been expected—cornerstone third baseman David Wright continues to be the team's all-around best—while others—like the comeback effort of 35-year-old former Cub Marlon Byrd—have been much more of a shock. Second baseman Daniel Murphy continues to provide high batting averages, though little else in terms of secondary skills. But the Mets haven't been close to enough to overcome outright poor hitting elsewhere. As a team, they are batting for a .229 AVG/.297 OBP/.380 SLG slash line—and that's excluding the pitching staff. Still, it's the struggles of their once-promising young position players that are causing the most long-term concern. At least they'll have top catching prospect Travis d'Arnaud back soon, following a two-month recovery from a foot fracture. Like the few other bright spots so far, he still won't be able to do it all by himself.
PITCHING: 4.7 RA/G (14th in NL)
The Mets pitching has been a disaster so far, and the staff the Cubs will see this weekend will be considerably worse because it won't include phenom Matt Harvey. That said, a fielding crew with the worst defensive efficiency (percentage of balls in play turned into outs) and the fact that Mets pitchers have the majors' lowest strikeout rate has compounded the problems. It's a vicious cycle that, in the end, has led to lots and lots of runs. Tonight's starter, veteran righty Shaun Marcum, has the rotation's second-highest strikeout rate (21 percent), as he continues to rely on a mid-80s fastball that he can sink or cut, a good change-up he uses heavily against lefties, and a couple of breaking balls. But despite his ability to miss bats and avoid free passes, his 4.96 ERA has been the product of hard-hit fly balls and poor defense. Lefty Jon Niese and righty Jeremy Hefner keep the ball on the ground a great deal more but allow many more balls in play as well. Closer Bobby Parnell has done well with his power fastball/curve combination, but the Mets have had considerable trouble building a link to him with anyone from the farm system.


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Joe Grushecky
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Joe Grushecky | |
Born | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States |
Genres | Rock Heartland rock |
Instruments | Guitar |
Years active | 1976 - present |
Labels | Razor & Tie |
Associated acts | Iron City Houserockers, Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers |
Website | www |
Joe Grushecky (born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a rock musician in the United States known for his work with the Iron City Houserockers in the late 1970s and early 1980s; and for his works since the late the 1980s with his act Joe Grushecky and The Houserockers; and for his solo career. After his days with the Iron City Houserockers he continued to have moderate success, mainly in the Pittsburgh area.
In 1976, Joe Grushecky, a high school special education teacher, started the Brick Alley Band. Grushecky's new band was a typical bar band. They signed to Cleveland International Records in 1977, who rechristened them the Iron City Houserockers. The band's first album was Love's So Tough, released in 1979, and was a fair success. Their next album, Have a Good Time but Get out Alive! (released in 1980), was a bigger success. Two more albums followed, Blood on the Bricks in 1981 and Cracking Under Pressure (1983 as The Houserockers). By 1984, the band wasn't selling many records anymore and they were dropped by MCA Records. They broke up shortly thereafter.
After the breakup of the Iron City Houserockers, Grushecky returned home to Pittsburgh where he retook his teaching job (which he still holds). He also began to sharpen his songwriting. He released a single entitled "Good Bye Steeltown". Finally, in 1989, he fully re-emerged with his new act, Joe Grushecky and The Houserockers.[1]
Grushecky's first new album since the Iron City Houserockers days was Rock & Real, released in 1989. It would be followed by seven more albums, including 1995's American Babylon, which was produced by Bruce Springsteen.[2] Grushecky's more recent albums include Fingerprints (2002), A Good Life (2006), and East Carson Street (2009).
Iron City Houserockers[edit]
- Love's So Tough, 1979
- Have a Good Time but Get out Alive!, 1980
- Blood on the Bricks, 1981
- Cracking Under Pressure, 1983
- Pumping Iron & Sweating Steel: The Best of the Iron City Houserockers, 1992
Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers[edit]
- Rock & Real, 1989
- Swimming with the Sharks, 1991
- End of the Century, 1992
- American Babylon, 1995
- Coming Home, 1998
- Down the Road Apiece Live, 1999
- True Companion, 2004
- East Carson Street, 2009
- We're Not Dead Yet - Live at the New Hazlet Theater, 2011
- Somewhere East of Eden, 2013
Joe Grushecky solo[edit]
- Fingerprints, 2002
- Outtakes and Demos 1975-2003, 2006
- A Good Life, 2006
- ^ The Official Joe Grushecky Site
- ^ Pareles, Jon (1995-10-20). "Rock Review: Springsteen as Mentor for a Milder Comrade". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
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The opt-outs from care.data, the government's centralised patient information database, will not remove patients' details from the system, as promised, according to Ross Anderson, professor of security engineering at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory.
Instead, all patients' clinical data will be uploaded as a single record, with only name, date of birth and postcode removed. "The government will simply pretend this is anonymous, even though they well know it is not. This is clearly unlawful," wrote Anderson in a University of Cambridge blog.
The non-opt-out is required because care.data will also be used to pay bonuses to GPs for hitting central government healthcare targets. For example, for vaccinations or particular treatments for patients with particular ailments.
However, so-called anonymisation rarely works in practice because patient records will have plenty of other information that can be used to identify individuals. For example, although postcodes may be removed, the GP's name and surgery will still be in there - effectively highlighting a patient's location anyway.
The decision was made in late-January, according to Anderson, suggesting that NHS England and the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) are still making up the specification just one month away from when uploading of patient data from GPs' surgeries to care.data is due to start.
It has also been revealed over the weekend that police will have access to the care.data information - without even requiring a warrant or court order.
Anderson, a respected cryptographer, has campaigned on computer privacy issues in the past. He believes that care.data in its current form is unlawful. "Our advice is to opt out anyway while we lobby ministers to get their officials under control, deliver on Cameron's promise and obey the law."
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