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Cubs Sign 5 Arbitration Players
The Cubs signed 5 of their 8 arbitration eligible players today.
Baker: $975,000, up from $415,000
Guzman: $825,000, up from $421,500
Gorzelanny: $800,00, up from, $433,000
Fontenot: $1 million, up from $430,000
Hill: $700,000, up from $475,000
That's $4.3M total for those 5, leaving Carlos Marmol, Ryan Theriot and Sean Marshall. The three will file their salary figures today and the Cubs will counter. Marmol made $575,000 last year, Theriot made $500,000 and Marshall made $450,000. Miles guesses Marmol will top $2M, Theriot will go over $1M and no guess on Marshall but I would guess right around $1M. Always a good time to remind everyone that Jim Hendry has never actually gone to an arbitration case ever with a Cubs player...the last Cub to make it that far was Mark Grace in 1993.
Miles also says the Cubs are interested in Jermaine Dye and Rocco Baldelli, but it all depends on the price.
Theriot asks for $3.4M(dear god, just cut him), Cubs counter with $2.6M. Marmol asked for $2.5M, Cubs put in $1.75M, Marshall asked for $1.175M, Cubs offered $800K.
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I don't really get the Dye interest - is he going to want to take a job as a short side platoon man? Baldelli would seem to fit a bit better - though he has a similiar skill set to Byrd.
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At this point I think Dye is just looking for a job.
Look at Jim Edmonds as a prime example of overvaluing your place last season. Now he is willing to play for the minimum.
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I like the idea of bringing in Baldelli. He would be a strong 4th outfielder and he's someone that can do a good job if he's called into action on a full-time basis. I don't understand the interest in Dye. Isn't he basically a DH now?
What did Mike Fontenot do in 2009 that made the Cubs more than double his salary? Would he have gotten that much in arb? Doesn't a $1 million salary make him less tradable (or untradable)?
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Submitted by Sweet Lou on Tue, 01/19/2010 - 3:54pm.
I like the idea of bringing in Baldelli. He would be a strong 4th outfielder and he's someone that can do a good job if he's called into action on a full-time basis. I don't understand the interest in Dye. Isn't he basically a DH now?
What did Mike Fontenot do in 2009 that made the Cubs more than double his salary? Would he have gotten that much in arb? Doesn't a $1 million salary make him less tradable (or untradable)?
SWEET LOU: Not only does Jermaine Dye have diminished skills at the plate and in the field, he has played a grand total of one game at 1st base in his big league career, so I wouldn't count on him to give D-Lee a day off when needed.
Xavier Nady has more experience at more positions (RF-LF-CF-1B plus 3B in college) and is seven years younger than Dye, but he had his second TJS last July and might not have enough arm left to play RF.
Rocco Baldelli is just a shell of the player he was three or four years ago (injuries have taken their toll), but he does still hit LHP pretty well and he can play all three OF positions, and he should be fairly cheap, too (especially when compared to Dye and Nady).
I still think Ryan Spilborghs is probably the best option, given that he is young, healthy, and cheap (he just signed a two-year deal for $3.5M). The Cubs probably won't have any right-handed hitting 4th outfielders ready for the big club in 2010 or 2011 (Brandon Guyer is closest, but he's about two years away), so getting Spilborghs for two years is probably a good investment. I suspect if the Cubs would give up Tyler Colvin and one of their young MLB-ready (or near-ready) relievers (like Caridad, Stevens, Berg, or Parker), they could get Spilborghs.
As for Mike Fontenot, because he is a "Super Two" with options left, the Cubs probably gave him more "big league" money than the other four, but to get that Fontenot had to accept a minor league "split" salary (probably around $300K) in case he gets optioned back to Iowa in 2010. (K. Hill, Gorzelanny, Guzman, and Baker are out of minor league options, so there is no point in giving them more big league money in exchange for a minor league split). Likewise, the Cubs would probably be willing to give Sean Marshall more money than Gorzelanny (maybe even the entire $1.175M), as long as Marshall accepts a $300K minor league split salary (Marshall has one minor league option left, while Gorzelanny does not).
BTW, if Fontentot is optioned to the minors in 2010 and accrues less than 33 days of MLB Service Time, he would NOT qualify for salary arbitration again in 2011. Instead he would become an "auto-renewal" player again post-2010, and if that were to happen, the Cubs could unilaterally cut his salary up to 20%, from $1M in 2010 to as low as $800K in 2011. So Fontenot is in a slightly different spot than the other seven Cubs arb-eligible guys ("Super Two" with options left).
And just as a further point of information, Geovany Soto will qualify for salary arbitration for the first time post-2010 (he has no minor league options left, so he won't be going back to AAA anytime in 2010 even if he struggles).
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i don't get the confusion over fonte settling for 1m.
guy is a middle IF who is capable of 15hr/30double season...
even if some feel he's overpaid it's not more than 100-200K i'd imagine. those that feel he should be paid 400-500K are missing something when compared to peers...which is a huge part of the arb. bargaining (and settling out of arb. bargaining) process.
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I didn't bother to comment on that. Why the confusion over Fountainout and nothing about Warning Track Baker?
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for 4.5m for a single year you can't blame them.
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Parker Posey? Huh?
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meh...so he's throwing high 80s and has a feel for his breaking stuff.
the important thing is how long it takes him to actually get rid of the ball, but these kind of stories rarely give this kinda info...it's probably the #1 indication of whether you're ready or not no matter what the mph is.
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well thank you MLB Network.
tonight's Hot Stove show had video and commentary on sheets workout today.
harold reynolds specifically broke down his motion and speed to the plate in his mechanics complete with comparative video of him when he's in his zone.
long story short, his mechanics seems to be just fine even if the velocity isn't there yet.
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I don't see anything surprising about Fontenot getting $1 million. I'm just surprised he got a bigger raise and is being paid more than Gorzelanny. I guess the amount of time he spent in the minors knocked him down some $.
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im also kinda surprised gorz. came in under 1m, too.
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I feel very strongly that this is The Riots last season in Cubbie Blue.
Wonder if he has any trade value next season?
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let's all enjoy riot's last season and take it for what it's worth...unless hendry decides to give the guy a 2yr/6-7m deal or something.
he's not the greatest...he has no power...his D is average as hell...DLee bails his throwing game out regularly...but he's been quite a consistent deal for what he is.
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A multi-year deal like that wouldn't surprise me from an organization that values consistency from average players and peaks/valleys from supposed performers. Plus, Cubs fans have always liked crackers to go with their whine.
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Bury the racism until the season starts. :)
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If he was kept as an inexpensive utility guy, I'm all for it.
I would rather have TheRiot than Fontenot, personally.
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for 3.5 times the money though?
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"...an inexpensive utility guy..."
Emphasis on "inexpensive".
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Submitted by The Real Neal on Tue, 01/19/2010 - 6:57pm.
Yeah, jokes over on Theriot. He'll really have to do something to get offered arbitration next year. Barney or Castro for ML minimum will probably be too tempting even for Retardo to pass up
REAL NEAL: Although he might not have the projected upside of a Castro, HJ Lee, or LeMahieu, Darwin Barney is the real deal, a genuine shortstop and a very polished player, and he is more-advanced than Castro. I don't think the Cubs would lose a lot with Barney in the lineup. He has gotten lost amidst the hype involving the others (especially Castro), but I believe Barney will be an everyday MLB shortstop and do a good job. Once he has mastered AAA, Barney should be able to replicate Theriot's BA/OBP/SLG numbers at the big league level, while providing more stable well-rounded defensive play at SS. Castro (and HJ Lee) will probably be even better than that (eventually), but Barney is no slouch.
That's the impression I get on Barney. I'm going to look forward to checking him out in March. He seems like Theriot without the "speed", but I imagine given 40 chances he could probably get thrown out 16 times too.
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maybe 2010 will start the season with the DP combo of Barney-Riot, after all Theriot only has to beat out Baker/Fontenot and I'd like the bench better if Baker was the fill in and PH.
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Are you the guy who proclaimed Barney the second coming of Derrek Jeter?
Nice throw, but it not like he's Shawon or anything.
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Theriot is not a great ball player, we all know that, but he has at least proven he can consistently perform decently at the ML level - which is why I like him. You know what you get. If the Cubs can find someone better, I am all for it, but I am not holding my breath on these guys. Barney "mastering" AAA is simply not a given - that's why they have so many levels of minor leagues. Furthermore, Ronny Cedeno mastered AAA too (.355/.403/.518) and so even doing that is no guarantee of major league success.
The reality is that the reason we have Theriot is that he is the BEST shortstop the Cubs system has produced since Dunston. That is sad.
So here is to hoping these guys pan out, but again, not holding my breath.
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WISCGRAD: My point about Darwin Barney is that he has rocketed through the Cubs system "under the radar" (so to speak), making it to AAA in the middle of just his second full season in pro ball. He has managed to advance along without having to repeat a level or fight through a bad year, and just based upon what I have seen of him, I believe he will be an everyday big league shortstop capable of essentially duplicating what Ryan Theriot does at the plate, while providing better range and a stronger arm in the field.
I am not saying that Barney will be a Hall of Famer or an All-Star, just that he is a definite major league prospect who is mature and polished, and probably very close to mastering AAA to the extent that he soon will have nothing more to prove there. And I further believe that Barney will make his big league debut in 2010, he will play SS, and it will be before September 1st (although it might not be with the Cubs).
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The big point here that Theriot at $1 million or less is a good thing. Theriot at $3 million, is not such a good thing. You're not going to win with a lineup full of Theriots, having a starting shortstop for $500K allows you to spend more on other positions. The main benefit to having Theriot, is now gone, and unless he consolidates the skills he's shown at times througout the years, he goes from an asset to a liability from here on out.
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Agreed TRN. Theriot at $3 mill is definitely overpriced. He'd better get on base more, and steal bases more efficiently this season. Nah...he's still going to price himself out of a job after this season, but who else do the Cubs get for 2010? Tejada? Blanco?
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Well we're stuck with Theriot in '10. There may be a GM who values him highly enough to trade a RH setup man on a similar contract for him, but Lou and Hendry haven't yet realized that Theriot's value is gone, nor would the be comfortable starting a rookie or Blanco (and I am not in the Blanco can hit camp). I can't see how Theriot doesn't finish the season as the starter at short, unless he gets hurt or really really tanks.
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Nope you won't win with a lineup full of Theriots, and obviously I agree that the more he costs the worse it becomes for the Cubs. You want to get as much production for as little cost as possible. But $3 million for an OK shortstop is not going to be the death knell for the team. Last year Theriot was .284/.343/.369 in what was a drop in production from 2008, here is some perspective:
Christian Guzman - .284/.306/.390 for $8 million
Edgar Renteria - .250/.307/.328 for $8 million
Yuniesky Betancourt - .245/.274/.351 for $2.3 million
Orlando Cabrera - .284/.316/.389 for $4 million
Rafael Furcal - .269/.335/.375 for $7.5 million
J.J. Hardy - .229/.302/.357 for $4.65 million
Alex Gonzalez - .238/.279/.355 for $5.3 million
Cesar Izturis - .256/.294/.328 for $2.4 million
Jack Wilson - .255/.292/.362 for $7.25 million
There is a lot of complete shit out there that gets paid a lot to do very little at this position.
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Most, if not all, of those guys play better D than Theriot, and many have had pretty good offensive seasons, which is why they got those contracts.
Theriot has two or three guys behind him who given 150 starts would likely replace his total production for 1/6th of the price. There's no one else on the Cubs you can say that about, with the exception of Silva.
It's all moot, though. We're going to pay him $3 million and he's going to start 150 games, unless Castro or Barney do something to force their way onto the roster.
Hopefully Theriot will play well enough this year to contribute and keep his value up. Surely someone would be willing to kick a couple of prospects over to get him next offseason.
Then we can let Blanco,Barney and Castro battle it out for the SS/8th place hitter spot.
That is how MLB teams are supposed to use their farm systems.
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"Mike Adams, SD / asked $1,200,000 / offered $875,000"
SD is going to have one of the best 8th/9th inning crews in baseball. injury magnet, but his stuff is just unreal.
he USED to throw 100mph...he still can.
he tried throwing mid-90s for a while in his mid/late 20s, but it still didn't help his control much.
a few years ago coming back from injury he realized if he keeps his stuff low-90s he not only keeps his movement, but his control is so much better.
the fact he can do that AND dial it up to high-90s if needed is a havok wreaking thing to have as a talent.
Theriot v. Marshall
I know this is all based on comparable players rather than actual worth, but I don't think Theriot is actually worth more than Marshall. (I'm a Marshall fan, but not a Theriot naysayer.)
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some other Mulder... shit...
what is this world coming to? Isringhausen and Muldur not on the 60 day DL Money for nuthin' and Edmonds plays for free.
Re: Mulder
Levine just posted that the Cubs haven't actually looked at Mulder or even contacted him yet. They're just monitoring his progress from Cubs central.
More on SHEETS as well in that column he just posted.
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I suspect the Cubs will end up giving Marmol $1.75M with incentives (based on "Games Finished") that could bring his salary up to the $2.5M he requested, as long as he is the Cubs closer in 2010. ("Games Finished" is the performance incentive used to reward closers). If somebody else is the closer, Marmol still gets his base $1.75M (an appropriate salary for a non-closer).
Stephen Drew just got $3.4M from the D'backs today, and that's the 1st time arbitration eligible guy to whom Theriot will probably be compared. So if the Cubs and Theriot cannot agree on a mid-point ($3M), and if it goes all the way to an arbitration hearing, I suspect Theriot will lose and end up with a $2.6M non-guaranteed contract. So Hendry really should consider making an exception this one time and go all the way to a hearing with The Riot. The Cubs would have a very good chance to win, and it would keep Theriot's salary lower in 2011, too (presuming he is still with the Cubs).
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That would require testicles that Jim Hendry has never shown. Too bad for us though.
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sheets would probably offset the need for the vet pen arm out of necessity. they got a surplus of youth and projects already.
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They could also offer a lower salary ($5 million) with a nicer option year for 2011 ($13 million) including a high club buyout ($3).
Though if he looks to be healthy, like crunch believes, he'll probably make $16 to $18 million on a long term deal after 2010.
I'm not sure that I see it as a "need", certainly much less so than the Mets, but I'd probably prefer signing Sheets and two scrubs than blowing money on a mediocre setup man and Dye.
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they rerun "Hot Stove" at 10:30 eastern (2 hours from now).
it was a decent piece on sheets.
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Which brings to mind a great nickname for Ben if we sign him and he doesn't pan out. "Piece of Sheets".
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Because the starting pitching market is non-existant combined with previous success.
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I agree. I think Dye's veteran presence is not worth the price. I would rather spend the dollars in pitching, especially starting pitching. The Cubs can move some prospects for a bench player and/or a bullpen arm. Frankly for the money I would rather have thrown $7-8 million at Valverde over Dye, and on a multi-year deal. On the other hand, Guerrero just signed for $5 million, so Dye may be using this as a base comparison. I think that Dye should get $4-5 million on a one year. If Hendry values him as little as I do, he may be able to get him for $3 million, which may allow for Hendry to fit both Sheets and Dye into the plan.
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I'm serious when I say I support giving Marshall what he requested and allowing the other two to walk.
Andres Blanco would be a great defense-oriented SS. Other, very good teams have had shortstops in the Andres Blanco mold. Theriot is a lightweight.
Marmol? Let him walk and hope an AL team picks him up just in case he finds the strike zone again. Even if you have to hit against him someday, at least you have a strategy: don't swing.
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there's 29 other teams who'd love to have marmol if the cubs felt the need to shed him.
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You'd be better off giving them the money and then trading them than letting them walk--you could get some prospects back at least. (Even Fontenot could probably be traded without cash considerations at a $1 million salary.) I'm not on your just get rid of them bandwagon, just saying--letting them "walk" makes zero sense even if you do want to be rid of them.
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I'm just saying you're talking multi-million dollars next year for players who didn't perform very well. Who do they think they are? Bankers?
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The arbitration protocal takes into account more than just performance last year. So if Marmol were arb eligible in '09, would you be saying the same thing? The guy was unhittable in '08. He has the stuff to be a closer and he will find the strike zone again. Even if the Cubs settle at $2.5 million, it is peanuts compared to what other closers are earning in the league. Again, Fontenot is making a couple of pubs above league minimum and looking at what he has done, not just in 2009, but in his major league career, he is roughly around what he is earning give or take. Is it worth taking a player to arbitration over $100-$200k? Maybe in South Florida, but not in Chicago.
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Other, very good teams have had shortstops in the Andres Blanco mold.
True, but then Babe Ruth came along and ruined all of that.
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Yes, because Babe Ruth was an awesome shortstop.
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Yeah, Blanco's OPS last year was almost equal to Joe Tinker's lifetime OPS and hell, Tinker's a Hall of Famer.
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Submitted by JoePepitone on Wed, 01/20/2010 - 3:07am.
Yeah, Blanco's OPS last year was almost equal to Joe Tinker's lifetime OPS and hell, Tinker's a Hall of Famer
Joe Pep: Andres Blanco had a really nice season in the Venezuelan Winter League, hitting 291/353/430, after hitting 304/353/474 at Iowa and 252/303/341 with the Cubs. He was also tied for 4th in the VWL in stolen bases with 14 (only two CS) in just 37 games. Why that is significant is that Blanco was a Baseball America Top 10 Prospect with the Royals 2003-04 (he was compared to Omar Vizquel defensively, but there were big questions about his bat) and was even KC's "World Team" rep in the Futures Game one year, but he suffered a couple of leg injuries in 2005-06 that led to post-2006 knee surgery, and then he spent much of 2007-08 rehabbing.
Blanco actually showed a lot of improvement at the plate in 2009 (he hit as many home runs--seven--in 2009 as he had hit in his entire pro career through the 2008 season), so if he can also improve his baserunning and steal some bases, too, he could get more playing time in 2010. And he's only 25, so he might just be reaching physical maturity, and could possibly yet reach the potential scouts saw in him when he was a teenager in the Royals organization.
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AZ Phil --
I also noticed Blanco's improvement in his minor league hitting stats and his batting successes in Venezuela this winter and I'm actively hoping it will translate into better effectiveness for the Cubs this season. Thanks for the primer on his history as a Major League prospect -- I recall you writing about this before but it's nice to get a good thumbnail reminder of all of this again.
I wasn't meaning to dis Blanco or his potential by my comment. I really like the guy and I always pay extra attention to him, hoping that his potential will pan out to where he hits well enough so we can witness his fielding brilliance on a regular basis. I just thought Neal's comment was creatively funny and thought I would riff on the theme a little (kind of like laughing about a Jon Stewart commentary about a right-wing Republican even when you're a hard line conservative politically).
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well, i'll diss him...he's a singles hitting little shit who's contact skills are abysmal (unlike riot's singles hitting little shit skills).
meh...he swings at everything...EVERYTHING. if you're going to do that at least have the ability to drive the ball more than 200ft. or have some method behind what you're offering at.
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Who? Jon Stewart?
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yes...jon stewart.
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Why wouldn't Randy Winn be a better choice at a backup outfielder than Jermaine Dye, Xavier Nandy or Rocco Baldelli? He is a switch hitter and a more accomplished outfielder than Dye or Nandy and less of a health risk than Baldelli. He could be the right-handed part of the platoon with Fukudome and be an occasional left-handed hitting substitute for Soriano and Byrd. Winn's on-base percentage was unusually low last year, but he still hit 33 doubles and had 16 stolen bases in 18 attempts.
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Randy Winn made 9.6MM last year.
HE is not on the Cubs radar.
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Randy Winn is not a horrible option, but I guess it would depend on what kind of money he would command and how effectively the remaining dollars are spent. If the Cubs signed Randy Winn for a fair market deal, then decided to use gold plated urinal cakes for the bathrooms with the remaining dollars, the Randy Winn signing does not really do much for me. On the other hand, if the Cubs sign Sheets and add Winn as the 4th OF, it does not seem so bad. A couple of knocks on Winn are 1, he has the equivalent power stroke of Sam Fuld and 2, he is about 35 years older than Sam Fuld. Its all relative, but in the end, the Cubs can find better ways to spend money on a 4th OF.
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First, I am frustrated that the Cubs have already signed a 4th outfielder named Marlon Byrd and plan on using him as the starting centerfielder.
I am grossed out by the idea of signing Jermaine Dye as another 4th outfielder and platoon partner for Fukudome. Despite hitting 27 homeruns in 2009 and 34 in 2008, I believe Dye is still on the market because of diminished defensive skills as a right fielder.
Dye is actually about 4 months older than Randy Winn. Winn was paid $9.6 million last year and Dye was paid $11.5 million. Both will be age 36 this year and show signs of diminishing skills.
Winn is a switch hitter and more of a doubles hitter. He has only hit a total of 12 homeruns in the past two years. Over the past two years, Winn has 41 stolen bases in 45 attempts. He can still play right field and maybe even substitute occasionally in center field.
As a 4th outfielder, Winn would have more versatility. He still has defensive skills. He can bat from both sides of the plate and could steal a base occasionally. Dye should be a DH for an American League team.
Personally, I don't think the Cubs should sign either Dye or Winn. I just think signing Dye is even more illogical.
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The local paper in Monroe, La. says Sheets topped out at 92 MPH not 90 and threw 60 pitches in sets of 25, 25 and 10.
He threw free and easy. The Cubs are coming back for a second look next week.
The Mariners were so impressed, not only with his health but with his curve ball, that their scout is giving management a strong recommendation to go after him.
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One of the radio guys here said Sheets "was gassed" in third session
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I don't see any way the Cubs can afford him. He apparently wants at least $8-10m plus incentives. Unless Hendry creatively structures the contract over a few years (which Ricketts won't allow), or finds a creative way to get paid to dump Silva on someone, there's not that much money to be had.
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Where are you getting the $8-10M+incentives from?
Last I heard was he was asking for $7M several months ago, and that the price has gone down.
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I was hearing 2 years at 8-10 each.
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I remember hearing $10m or so around Christmas but no one believed it cuz they hadn't seen him throw. I did hear the $7m as well. Then there's these:
Sources close to the Cubs (the first major player in the Ben Sheets sweepstakes) put his asking price in the $10-$12 million per season range.
I know that's Bleacher Report, so take it for what it's worth.
I'm not so sure the price has gone down. If he's hitting low 90s with great movement and is at 50-60 pitches now, he's going to have people very interested. Maybe not $10 million, but closer to his original asking price of $7-8.
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Looks like those pesky Wrigley Field squirrels have been vacationing in LA this winter...
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that's a real fancy way to sell kentucky bluegrass seed at 2-3x the price to replicate people who lay sod of the stuff rather than seed.
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based on what SF has been doing every other year lately, getting access to the postseason playoffs seems to be what's important. bring on dat short series!
that said, skipping the sudden death 1-game WC would be nice from here on out.
I know what you are saying, but I feel compelled to point out that there's no such thing as luck, curses, etc. The Cubs this year have as good as a chance as the Pirates to move on to the next round. If the Cubs proceed to the next round or not tomorrow, it will not be because of luck, but because one team outlasted the other. When/if the Cubs are lucky enough to make it to the league series, that's where they may find their biggest challenge. The Dodgers have a good, deep pitching staff.
debuting the new format 1 game "sudden death" WC matchup at yankee stadium does a perfect job of showing the intense emotion and drama this game can be.
that said, i'm ready to not see yankee stadium or hear fans at yankee stadium for another 5 and 1/2 months. at least i don't have to sit through the braves with their "tommy hawk chawp" this postseason.
i'd like to know why the mlb.tv internet radio feed of the game (which is always delayed by a few seconds at best) is almost a minute faster than the ESPN cable TV coverage. wtf?
i dont know what order they'll be in, but i pretty much expect fowler/schwarb/rizzo/bryant/montero/castro/lastella/arrieta. any change at all (aside from the first 4 guys) wouldn't shock me, though. coghlan is still a wildcard in the lineup equation...plus joe could always march d.ross out there with very slow arrieta pitching.
Yup. Have to agree. Baseball, like golf, certainly has that psych component for the player. There is no real reason why a fielding position should affect a batting average. The Cubs are 106 years over due for a little luck. Don't you guys think so? Maybe the rookies can bring some dumb luck on.
probably stacking capable lefties vs cole while keeping the "hot" castro in the game. fwiw, he's 1-6 lifetime with 0 bb/k vs cole (double).
i chalk bryant's issues at the plate while playing OF up to coincidence so far.
I will call your dead horse, "Trigger".
In one game, when anything is possble, I am glad that Joe Maddon is our Manager.
He knows the stats better than all of us. It would seem, IF La Stella gets the start at 3B, it will be only up to the point that they were to get the lead (crosses fingers). From everything I have read, the game will be managed like a hoops game: offense/defense. So expect La Stella to be out of the game by the 5th. This team is incredibly deep which is so surprising. We never woulda thunk it.
i don't know what their roster plans are, but j.herrera is out there practicing with the team.
i can't imagine him making any roster, though. dude had 4 PA the entire month of sept. him being a good dude to be around while keeping the clubhouse loose seems to be his main role at this point.
I know it's my own personal dead horse to beat --but Bryant has been a lousy hitter when playing the OF this year. Given that it's his first playoff game, I really hope they keep him in his natural position and don't mess with his routine.
Lousy as in 8-for-45 with one XBH and no HR. Small sample and all that -- but why take the chance?
hard to tell what's up given they'll probably want to stack as many good lefties into the lineup as possible.
castro being a bit hot doesn't help things. if he was still cool they'd probably stick la stella at 2nd and call it a day.
Madden won't announce lineups but Stella is practicing at 3rd and Bryant in LF today. I'd rather see Bryant at 3rd but I guess Stella has been hotter than Coghlan.
/edit. Though I guess they could be practicing this with the idea Stella would come in as a PH then double switch him to 3rd base and Bryant to LF. Hope that's the plan instead
I really like the sound of that idea about expanding the AFL to ten teams. Each org. gets to field more players.
They should do that anyway, regardless of Adv. Instructs.


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WASHINGTON -- I think I've figured it out. Republicans must be staging some kind of fiendishly clever plot to lure Democrats into a false sense of security.
That's the only possible explanation for some of the weirdness we're seeing and hearing from the GOP. The party must be waiting to come out with its real candidates and policy positions at a moment when unsuspecting Democrats are in the vulnerable position of being doubled over with laughter.
Why else, except for the entertainment value, would the party nominate former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford -- he of Appalachian Trail fame, or infamy -- in next month's special election to fill a vacant seat in Congress?
Sanford, you will recall, made news in 2009 when he went missing for a week, which is rarely a good idea for a sitting governor. Upon reappearing, he acknowledged he hadn't been hiking in the mountains but rather visiting his mistress in Argentina, which is never a good idea for a sitting governor, especially one who is married and preaches sanctimoniously about family values.
Sanford's wife Jenny refused to play the role of dutiful spouse, basically telling interviewers that her husband was, in fact, a heel; they divorced the following year. After his term ended in 2011, he went slinking into the wilderness. But a toppling of political dominoes -- former Sen. Jim DeMint resigned, then-Rep. Tim Scott was appointed to replace him, Scott's seat in the House thus had to be filled in a special election -- gave Sanford the opening for a comeback.
Last month, Sanford finished first in the GOP primary against a weak field. This week, he won a runoff. Since South Carolina's 1st Congressional District is solidly Republican, Sanford's victory on May 7 should be a foregone conclusion. Even the fact that Democrats are running an unusually viable candidate -- Elizabeth Colbert Busch, the sister of late-night satirist Stephen Colbert -- ought to make little difference. But the GOP establishment is worried.
So far, it appears that Sanford is less interested in victory than personal redemption. He had the nerve to ask Jenny Sanford to manage his campaign; she of course declined. As he gave his victory speech after Tuesday's runoff, his fiancee -- Maria Belen Chapur, the former mistress who lives in Buenos Aires -- stood behind him. If Sanford ends up making this contest a referendum on his personal life, some loyal Republicans may hold their noses as they vote for him. Others will just stay home.
Republicans are also trying their best to lose a governorship -- in Virginia -- that could be theirs for the taking.
The Democratic candidate, longtime party fundraiser and operative Terry McAuliffe, has always shown more talent as a kingmaker than as a candidate. But he's fortunate to have as his opponent Ken Cuccinelli, the commonwealth's loony-bin attorney general. Describing Cuccinelli's views as "far right" is like calling Usain Bolt "reasonably fast."
At the moment, Cuccinelli is challenging an appeals court decision that struck down Virginia's sodomy law, which sought to restrict sex acts between any two people, including married couples. The Supreme Court ruled such laws unconstitutional 10 years ago, so the appeals court really had no choice. But Cuccinelli is appealing anyway.
When he was campaigning for attorney general, Cuccinelli refused to endorse his Republican predecessor's policy of nondiscrimination against gays and lesbians. "My view is that homosexual acts, not homosexuality, but homosexual acts are wrong," he said at the time. "They're intrinsically wrong. ... They don't comport with natural law."
Cuccinelli has also tried his best to halt all abortions, launched what looked like a witch hunt against climate-change scientists, and generally pursued an ultra-conservative agenda with chilling gusto. Virginia has voted twice for President Obama; I'll admit I was surprised when Cuccinelli won statewide office in 2009, even though the attorney general's authority is limited. I'll be really surprised if Virginians put him in the governor's mansion, giving him the whole state as a sandbox.
You'd think the national GOP would try to avoid potential giveaways like these. But leading Republicans are too busy tying themselves in knots over issues that much of the country considers settled and done with -- gay marriage, immigration reform, background checks for gun purchases, a balanced approach to debt reduction.
A party can be out of step on any of these issues and still win elections. But on all of them? I'm telling you, this has got to be some kind of trick.
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kevin 2 years, 6 months ago
Since you have nothing better to write about, considering all the stupid leadership in Washington, you ought to look at yourself in the mirror. All you are doing is trashing folks' character because you may be too scared of something they might actually do good for the country. All I can say to you Mr. Robinson, he who hasn't sinned can cast the first stone. Why are you running away form me?
SuxBeanU 2 years, 6 months ago
Is this the best ole' gino can come up with?Gino, Rather than write drivel like this why not do something more productive , like reorganize your sock drawer?
news2me 2 years, 6 months ago
Comments by Eugene Robinson reflect the newly updated Associated Press Style Book for wannabe be Journalists (D) that worship ad naseum at the feet of his almighty Obama.
Yawn ...
NewsReader 2 years, 6 months ago
"... leading Republicans are too busy tying themselves in knots over issues that much of the country considers settled and done with -- gay marriage, immigration reform, background checks for gun purchases, a balanced approach to debt reduction..."
Gay Marriage is awaiting a ruling from the SCOTUS. Aside from that, the entire premise for Gay Marriage surrounds equal rights for gay couples. And while I concur that these couples should be afforded the same rights as every other citizen, I'll be damned if I will ever recognize the sanctity of "marriage" between same sex couples as legitimate. I'll support and fight for your equal rights, but will not support or recognize marriage. Spare me the lecture on being the same thing - they're not!
Immigration? Secure the Borders First, then we can have a discussion about the rest. Other than that, go see my comments pHEREp
Background Checks on Guns? We already have sufficient background checks.
Debt Reduction? Everything your dear leader has suggested falls ridiculously short of conservative expectations. In other words, we don't have a revenue problem in this country. We have a spending problem.
Uh, NO Eugene, these things are not "settled and "done". You're nothing short of a fictional writer spewing non-stop rhetoric from that cat box liner of a publication known as the Washington Post.
I will, however, give you credit for your position on the GOP. They need to get their head out of their HAT (Please don't ask me to explain that). This fool, Mark Sanford, along with all the other congressional Republicans suffering from "foot in mouth" disease need to just shut up and go away. In fact, I would just prefer they not run for re-election.


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Posted in Training : Dec 27, 2012, 2:13PM
Not going to lie and say I stayed away from the sweets. My core is always an indicator of if I cheat or not, agh. Can't wait for the holidays to be over so I'm not as tempted though.
Been doing leg press supersets and now I can sustain speed 9. YIKES! LOL. I wonder what the top speed is, I'll get there.
Other than that it's been a funny week to say the least.
I'm with you on the holiday sweets. it is so hard, but now that most of the holidays are behind us it is time to get back into action!
Dec 27, 2012, 2:39PM
I threw a whole box of stuff away the other day. Feels like I took a few steps backwards...
Dec 27, 2012, 9:40PM
what are you talking about your core is an indicator of your cheating or not?? you are beautiful so shut it!!!! and what only speed 9?? that's it?? WEAK!!!!!!!!!!.................. ok please dont kick my ass, i was only joking
Dec 27, 2012, 11:53PM
I at a lot of stuff this holiday too. I doubled my weight gain goal for December. These kinds of things fall off fast though. Any surge of eating is usually followed by an effortless weight loss. Any weight or fat gain that happens over a period of a few weeks can easily be lost in an equal amount of time.
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I'm in my apartment in trendy Tribeca. I've been down here for 37 years, from before it was a fashionable neighbourhood. It's a wonderful place, it looks over the Hudson River. I can see 30 miles into New Jersey. My landlord would like me to die because the rent is very low. I'm trying to outlive him. He can get a lot more if I disappear.
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Have you seen the photo of Bryan and Aaron, where Bryan is wearing a Tio outfit?
The funny thing is, Bryan is a very smart, lovely guy. He even did something that actors never do: he gave me a piece of direction the first day we worked together, which I thought was quite brilliant. When I was out in the shed, catatonic with him in the desert, and they were trying to poison Tuco's burrito, I started dinging the bell SOS to Tuco to tell him that I observed that they were screwing with him. I was dinging away very quickly and Brian said, 'Do it slower. It'll be much more dramatic.' Because his character would pick up on what I was doing if I did it slower. I thought that was really smart.
That was actually the only piece of direction Brian De Palma gave me. Maybe I do things too fast! In Scarface there's a scene where we're in Bolivia and I get a phone call telling me that F. Murray Abraham's character is an informant for the police. And I lift up the phone at the window to tell Paul Shenar to come get the phone. I lifted it up in a normal movement and Brian De Palma had me slow it way down so it would be more ominous.
When I saw the movie Argo, I was looking at the movie for a half hour, wondering, 'Who is this guy who looks like a slightly better version of Chris Cooper?' Then I realised it was Cranston. Even though I may have known beforehand that Cranston was in the movie, I forgot about it.
Was the bell a big thing on set? Did everyone want to have a go on it?
Was Tio a real challenge to play?
There's a certain thing that happens in the States - when someone says something stupid and you put your hands on your hips and give them a look like, 'Are you that dumb?' but you don't say it. It's no different from communicating without words. I didn't find it that big a challenge, to work without words. Because they say acting is not about words - a lot of times you just see it in somebody's eyes. It wasn't that big a deal for me, although everyone thinks it's some kind of a major thing that you would have to really labour at.
There are moments where you look so frustrated and angry...
I only did about eight episodes. It would have been better for my bank account if I had done more. But I enjoyed doing that show more than anything I've done on television. Vince is a wonderful person to work with.
To show you how brilliant he is, in that last episode where Walt hides in the bathroom when one of Giancarlo's henchmen comes in to check the room I'm in. When Walt was going to set up the bomb in my wheelchair. At one point, before the guy comes in, Walt sneaks out the back window. And as they were setting up the camera, Vince Gilligan came into the room and spent a good 20 minutes adjusting the curtain at the window, part in and part out of the room. He went on and on and on adjusting it. I said, 'Vince, if this show is dependent on how that curtain hangs, we're going to be deep shit.' He said, 'No, Mark, it's all in the details.' And I shut my mouth. That's why the show is so good.
Vince is the most un-Hollywood-like person in the world. He's like the pleasant manager of a hardware store. 'Hi, how you doin'? Good to see you! What can I help you with?' But he's got a brilliant mind.
Did you get a gift when you left?
A friend bought a T-shirt with my face on it that someone's selling. There was a big art show in LA where 20 artists did things on Breaking Bad. One of them did a beautiful silk screen of the bell that I ring, with decoration around it. The producers of Breaking Bad sent me one of the pieces in a cylinder. There was a pair of sneakers with my face on it! It's a big deal really. Yesterday I was stopped five times to take pictures. I always say, 'Would you like me to drool for you?'
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
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For the last three years the Class AAAAA boys track and field championship has resided in Gwinnett County.
Brookwood, Mill Creek and Peachtree Ridge hope they can keep the title here.
The boys track and field state championship begins today in Jefferson and those three schools are the county's best shots to bring home another title.
"Gwinnett County always fields good track teams. I'm proud to be part of it," Peachtree Ridge coach Ron Clanton said.
It took nearly 60 years before Parkview snapped the county's winless streak in the state's highest classification. Brookwood followed with a title in 2010 and Peachtree Ridge won it last season.
"We've got some quality pieces that will get us on the podium," Clanton said. "We won state with basically three guys last year and two of them are back."
Junior Josh Brickell is the defending champion in the 1,600-meter and 3,200 runs. He also has the classification's top times this season. Senior Matt Morris is also back to defend his pole vault title and has the top mark in Class AAAAA at 15 feet, 2 inches. Kevin Mills has also come on strong in the 1,600 and 3,200.
"Honestly, our goal is to get on the podium. I think we can," Clanton said. "If our guys equal their best from this season, we'll get on the podium."
The Lions will have to fight off Mill Creek, which beat Peachtree Ridge for the Region 7-AAAAA title, and Region 8-AAAAA champion Brookwood. Mill Creek finished runner-up at last year's state meet.
Several Gwinnett athletes will be in the mix for individual state championships. North Gwinnett's Malcolm Jackson (triple jump), Dacula's Alex Armah (discus), Brookwood's Bilal Abdullah (high jump) and Mill Creek's Trevor Joyce (shot put) are title contenders in their events.
Wesleyan has captured a trophy once in school history. The Wolves placed fourth in 2008, but have a good shot at bringing home another trophy this weekend in the Class A meet.
"We have a lot of great potential to score high and we look forward to getting out there and seeing what happens," Wesleyan coach Chad McDaniel said.
The Wolves will have to battle defending state champion Athens Christian and Darlington at the podium. Zander Yost (300 hurdles), Cole Warren (400), Bradley Gossett (1,600 and 3,200) and Doug Mohme (800) should score a bulk of the team's points.
"We have a great group of boys going this year. Coming out of our region, which is very difficult, it's a testament to them," McDaniel said.
More like this story
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- Peachtree Ridge girls, Mill Creek boys repeat as region track champs ( April 21, 2012 )
- Broncos' Anyan defends title ( May 14, 2010 )
- Gwinnett aims to continue run at state track ( May 4, 2011 )
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Patriots beat Falcons 6-0
PLANTATION — American Heritage jumped out to a quick lead and coasted to a 6-0 win against Jensen Beach in the Region 4-3A girls soccer semifinals Saturday in Plantation.
"We were down 5-0 at halftime, but the girls didn't give up," Falcons' coach Patty Morris said. "They played hard the second half and we only gave up one more goal.
"(American Heritage) plays on an artificial turf field and that really takes getting used to," Morris said. "The ball bounces completely different."
The Falcons finished the season at 13-9-2.
"It really was a great season for us," the coach said. "The girls really exceeded my expectations."
Jensen Beach advanced to the semifinals after winning its first regional match in school history, 5-3 against Archbishop McCarthy on Wednesday.
American Heritage (23-2) advances to face either Rockledge or Merritt Island in the regional semifinals
The Patriots have advanced to the regional finals for 15 consecutive years.
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The Carbon High Boys Basketball team played one of the their best games of the season in an 80-70 win over Delta last Wednesday.
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In their win over Delta, the Carbon High offense played one of their best games to date scoring a season-high in points.
However against Payson, the offense shot 11-of-42 (26 percent) from the field and 10-of-21 (48 percent) from the free throw line. They also committed 17 turnovers in the loss.
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The following misdemeanor cases are found in Hardin District Court Division I in Elizabethtown. KAPS stands for Kentucky Alternative Programs. Totals include court costs and/or public advocacy fees. Birth year is in parenthesis.
Stanley C. Estepp (1988). Receiving stolen property. Sixty days in jail probated for two years on conditions in the order. Total $310.
Michael Anthony Dailey (1969). Theft by deception (five counts). One hundred-eighty days in jail probated for two years on conditions in the order. Court costs waived.
The following cases of Driving Under the Influence and the resolution of those cases are found in Hardin District Court Division I in Elizabethtown. ADE is an abbreviation for Alcohol Driver Education, BAC is the Blood Alcohol Concentration reading, KAPS stands for Kentucky Alternative Programs, EIP stands for Early Intervention Program and VIP stands for Victims Impact Panel. A service fee is added to all DUIs and court costs are added to all charges. Birth year is in parenthesis.
The following marriage licenses have been issued in Hardin County.
Desaree Leigh Jones, 26, and Kendrick John Michael Ruic, 27, both of Elizabethtown.
Jennifer B. Poplawski, 39, Elizabethtown, and Victor Arroyo, 41, Rineyville.
Angela Renee Lucas, 27, and Troy Nathan Vaughn, 33, both of Elizabethtown.
Jessica Renee Hardin, 22, and Jesse Paul Fox, 23, both of Radcliff.
Natilea Celeste Logsdon, 30, Caneyville, and Mark Allen Boyd, 37, Hodgenville.
The following building permit information has been obtained from Hardin County Planning and Development Commission and the City of Elizabethtown Planning and Development offices. The name of the applicant, applicant's address and use of permit are listed.
Universal Interiors, 56 Boggs Court, county. Use: single-family dwelling.
Doug Cox, 484 Clymene Road, county. Use: single-family dwelling.
Joseph Wise, 428 Earl Wise Lane, Rineyville. Use: swimming pool.
The following property transfers are listed as given on deeds at the Hardin County Clerk's Office in Elizabethtown.
Sandy Springs LLC to Walter T. Jaggers, 421 Sandy Circle, Elizabethtown, $40,000.
Kim Vinson to Wendell Vinson, 2854 Colonial Drive, Radcliff, $62,500.
Mark Anthony Pereschuk to Donald E. Atteberry, 106 Jefferson St., Radcliff, $53,000.
Melvin Lee and Debra Elizabeth Atcher to Bruce Larry and Andrea Kaye Atcher to Julia Catherine Atcher, 169 S. Wilson Road, Radcliff, love and affection. FMV: $132,900.
The following marriage dissolutions have been granted in Hardin Circuit Court in Elizabethtown.
Michel Shane Childress, 30, and Stephanie Brooke Hagan, 25, both of Elizabethtown. Married four years.
William D. Cleveland, 68, and Dorothy J. Brown, 62, both of Vine Grove. Married two years.
Bradley James Palmer, 25, and Caitlin N. Bisson, 25, both of Elizabethtown. Married two years.
Timothy Donald Horner, 46, Radcliff, and Brandy Renee Shults, 37, Vine Grove. Married nine years.
Priscilla Ross, 29, and Andrew Saint Patrick Howell, 34, both of Radcliff.
Michele Christine Gigerich, 37, and Kelly Lynn Luther, 37, both of Elizabethtown.
Ashton Taylor McNew, 18, and Keegan Trent Sanganetti, 19, both of Elizabethtown.
Jodi Michelle Lasley Duvall, 30, and Christopher John Garcia, 30, both of Elizabethtown.
Crystal Marie Weber, 27, and Matthew Wayne Brandenburg, 28, both of Elizabethtown.
Joseph K. Williams (1966). Disorderly conduct. Ninety days in jail, serve one day balance probated for two years on conditions in the order. Total $210.
Scott E. Mclain (1984). Possession of marijuana. Serve 15 days in jail. Court costs waived.
Goodin Group Properties LLC, 2689 Bardstown Road, Elizabethtown. Use: building footer.
Alan Roy Seymour, 304 Exler-Filburn Road, Vine Grove. Use: storage shed.
Garyand Regina McDowell, 2784 Lincoln Farm Road, county. Use: commercial.
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Hoping our children can have a racism-free future
You know that the Anishinaabe population was once a victim of attempted-assimilation here in Canada, right? I won't blame you if you didn't know that. I didn't know it for a very long time myself.
The history of Anishinaabe peoples of Canada was generally left out of the lessons I learned in school when I was a young student. I had a vague and negative idea of what residential schools were thanks to the movie Where the Spirit Lives, but I was never taught or even told about the truly dark times that Anishinaabe people had lived through. The dark times were swept under the rug and repressed.
During my short time as a student of Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School (a private, all-native high school in Thunder Bay, ON), I was introduced to a different kind of education; I was educated on myself as an Ojicree woman.
I was educated on who I was, where I came from, what my family and their friends went through, what was lost, what was stolen, who was stolen, and why I grew up an empty shell of a person because I really had no cultural identity other than "hi, my name is Stephanie and Nirvana rocks!"
For all I knew, I was my Chuck Taylor sneakers.
But I was so much more than that, as all Anishinaabe people are.
We have a rich culture, we are very spiritual, we have a few languages still alive today (and they are written down now so they cannot be wiped out like so many other Anishinaabe languages have been). Woodland art is often used as a symbol of what Canada encompasses to the outside world (even if sometimes only for public relations purposes), and we Anishinaabe people are big in Russia – thanks Buffy Sainte-Marie.
But why are we still treated like second-class citizens in our home land?
Why after years of anti-racism speeches and workshops in grade school on up to university, years of recently re-educating students on who Anishinaabe people are and what has happened regarding things like residential school and segregation, are bigotries still alive and well?
Has no one learned anything? Or is all that time spent in sensitivity-training lost the moment a person sees someone of a different race drunk in public? It seems attitudes about Anishinaabe people don't ever change; the racist undertones still exist.
I recall a time that a woman wrote a very short letter to the editor of her local newspaper in which she spoke of how three male First Nations youth were on her doorstep Halloween night. They told her they were dressed as convenience store robbers. She referred to it as
"very disturbing." That was the end of the letter.
So when a First Nations Elder wrote a response to the letter (where she said that the letter was inflammatory), the writer of the letter claimed she was simply spreading awareness of crime and it wasn't intended to be racist. It was like she was backtracking and made it seem as if the Elder was playing the "racism card."
This is something people will do to defend their prejudicial actions instead of just owning up to them; instead of admitting they have problems with a specific entity, they will accuse the members of the entity of "playing a card" when they are questioned about their obvious discriminatory and insensitive actions.
I question where the "racism card" will be ten years from now when my own child is growing up. Will he have to endure the same prejudices that my grandmother, my mother, and myself had to?
Will we Anishinaabe people have to keep holding onto that tiresome old card because prejudice won't ever stop? Believe me; I am sick to death of that card.
After reading depressing, derogatory comments through social-media online each day regarding Anishinaabe people, I am starting to believe that we will have to keep fighting these stereotypes.
I think that if Canada did succeed in assimilating Anishinaabe people all those years ago, that we would still be treated as second- class citizens today. No matter how many of us are working, going to school, obeying the law, living in town, and paying various taxes – we are still lumped into the same silly stereotypes.
I believe that we would all be white-washed and hollow inside had the cultural-genocide gone through.
But thank the good creator above, the assimilation failed.
Today we are not white-washed; we are a lovely tan colour (a colour that some people pay a lot of money to achieve through tanning beds).
We are not hollow inside; we have our hearts, children, souls and cultural-identity to keep us full.
And we are still here. Our population is booming. No matter how many insensitive letters are written, or how many nasty comments are spewed from the mouths of ignorant people, we should continue to push forward. We will shatter those stereotypes and keep on proving them wrong.
Our Anishinaabe ancestors suffered through so much for us, and we owe it to them and to our children to flourish regardless of what anyone says, thinks, or writes.
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"Twilight" star Robert Pattinson sucked up the spotlight — and some popcorn-shaped trophies — at Sunday's shenanigan-packed ceremony. Among the goofy actor's moments: winning three different awards, unexpectedly kissing co-star Taylor Lautner, and slipping the F-word past censors when presenting Reese Witherspoon with the special MTV Generation Award.
"It's not always a bad thing to have sexual chemistry with your mother," joked Pattinson, who played the son of Witherspoon's character in "Vanity Fair" and her love interest in "Water for Elephants."
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Nine young adults who were raised in families involved in the Christian Patriarchy and Quiverfull movements have come together here to answer questions about their upbringing, their questioning, and their transition to lives in the normal world. Ranging in age from their early twenties to their early thirties, all have questioned and left the Christian Patriarchy and Quiverfull movements and all but one blog against what they see as the destructive results of those movements.
These nine young adults come from an array of backgrounds (no two families in the Christian Patriarchy and Quiverfull movements are identical) and have today arrived at a variety of perspectives (while all have in some form questioned, rethought, and rejected the ideas behind the Christian Patriarchy and Quiverfull movements, their current positions on religion and family are not identical). One is male, four are students, five are parents, and two (Melissa and Sarah) are siblings.
The questions are divided into nine categories, each containing three to five related questions. I will be posting each question separately, and posting one category of questions each week for the next nine weeks. The first post will be up tomorrow. All of these questions will then be available under my Raised Quiverfull tab.
Question Categories:
Introductory Qs — Living the Life — A Gendered Childhood
Homeschooling — Purity — Questioning
Relating to Family — Coping — Helping Others
Joe of Incongruous Circumspection
Latebloomer of Past Tense, Present Progressive
Libby Anne of Love Joy Feminism
Lisa of Broken Daughters
Mattie of The Nest Egg
Melissa of Permission to Live
Sarah of Enigma
Sierra of The Phoenix and the Olive Branch
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Libby Anne grew up in a large evangelical homeschool family highly involved in the religious right. College turned her world upside down, and she is today an atheist, a feminist, and a progressive. She blogs about leaving fundamentalist and evangelical religion, her experience with the Christian Patriarchy and Quiverfull movements, the problems with the "purity culture," the intricacies of conservative and religious right politics, and the importance of feminism. Her blog is Love, Joy, Feminism
NLQ Recommended Reading …
'Breaking Their Will: Shedding Light on Religious Child Maltreatment' by Janet Heimlich
'Quivering Daughters' by Hillary McFarland
'Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement' by Kathryn Joyce