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These so called straight boys are going to get enough of calling peoples children faggots. One thing is for certain, these boys just me be faggots but they ain't no punks. Take a look the beat down that took place in the Waffle House when one straight patron decided to drop the F bomb.
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The gay agenda is the modern day Civil Right Movement and folks if you don't know by now the word "faggot" being hurled at a gay person by a straight person is to be equated with a white person calling a black person "nigger".
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we're not in Southern California anymoreWe've been up in SF for a couple days now. Joe Brook let us raid the Thrasher and Slap warehouse. We all took advantage of that. Thanks again! Now we're just going to random spots with Joe shooting some photos here and there. The schedule is skate from 11 am to 1 am straight.
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30 October 2008
Louie Carl Dunigan
Louie Carl Dunigan, 60, of Brandywine and formlery of Upper Marlboro, MD, died Oct. 22, 2008, at the University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, VA.
Born Oct. 28, 1947, in Ieager, he was a son of the late Riley Jason and Pricie Vance Dunigan.
Mr. Dunigan retired as a locksmith from the Department of Treasury, Bureau of Engineering and printing. He was a Baptist by faith. He graduated from Baileysville High School in 1967.
Surviving are two sisters, Delana Vanover of Justice and Virginia Scott of Palm Coast, FL; five brothers, Ronnie Dunigan of Iaeger, Lonnie Dunigan of Millville, NJ, Clayton Dunigan of simon, Roy Dunigan of North Spring and Ernest Ray Dunigan of Coal City; and several nieces and nephews.
funeral services were held Sunday at the chapel of Mounts funeral Home, Gilbert.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Basagic Funeral Home, Franklin.
Beatrice E. Dove, 70
Beatrice Ellen Keller Dove, 70, of Timberville, VA, died Oct. 25, 2008, at her residence.
She was born Jan. 1, 1938, in Cave and was a daughter of the late Dick Ward and Grace Vandevander Newcomb.
She retired after 30 years working for Kennemetal as a tool and dye maker. She also worked part time for Food Lion. She was a member of the American Bowling League and Virginia State USBC-WBA. She was an Avon representative. She was a member of the Church of Latter-day Saints.
On Sept. 7, 1957, she married George Richard Keller, who preceded her in death on May 31, 1966.
She is survived by three daughters and son-in-law, Dixie E. and Kevin Showalter of Timberville, VA, Felnora Grace Keller of Virginia Beach, VA, and Monica K. Keller of Newport News; two sons and daughters-in-law, William W. and Jody Keller of Broadway, VA, Charles D. and Susan Keller of Abingdon, MD; two brothers, Dorian "Dode" Newcomb of Alliance, OH, and Albert Thomas Newcomb of Cherry Grove; two sisters, Helen Arebaugh of Cherry Grove, Lois Long of Aberdeen, MD; half sister, Dorothy "Dolly" Hillery of Rockville, MD; seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by her longtime companion, Howard "Shorty" Fultz Jr., a son, Timothy Brian Dove, a brother, Eugene Newcomb, and a sister, Roxie Barry.
The Rev. Jim Cook conducted a funeral service Tuesday at the Grandle Funeral Home Chapel in Broadway, VA. Burial followed at Olivet Cemetery in Moorefield.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 1920-H Medical Ave., Harrisonburg, VA 22801 or the SPCA, 2238 Old Furnace Road, Harrisonburg, VA 22802.
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Raymond Elwood Embeck
Raymond Elwood Embeck, 94, of Seneca Rocks died Oct. 24, 2008, at Grant County Nursing Home, Petersburg.
Born April 19, 1914, at Ellamore, he was the son of George and Hattie K. Conrad Embeck.
He was a veteran of the US Army, serving in World War II. He retired as a power routing operator from First Energy Power Company. He attended Randolph County Schools. He was a Catholic by faith.
His first wife, Beulah Phillips, preceded him in death on Oct. 4, 1947. His second wife, Phyllis Baker, preceded him in death on Jan. 4, 1966.
Surviving are one sister, Mrs. Otto Koontz of Ravenna, OH.
He was also preceded in death by one brother.
Funeral services were held Monday at the High Rock United Methodist Church with Pastor Barbara Rexroad officiating. Burial was in the Hedrick Family Cemetery with military graveside services by Pendleton county Veterans Honor Guard.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Basagic Funeral Home, Franklin.
George H. Pope, 94
George Henry Pope, 94, son of Henry C. and Mary Jane Pope, formerly of Franklin, passed away at his Williamsburg, VA home on Oct. 24, 2008.
His wife of 67 years, Anne Barnett Pope, survives.
Also surviving are a son Randall of Miami, FL; and two daughters, Patti and her husband, Gary Grow, and Mary Laboy, all of Williamsburg, VA, area.
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Dr. Walter J. Fischel, whose life work was to trace the history of ancient Jewish communities of the Middle East, Central Asia and India, died Saturday of a heart attack at the age of 70. He was professor emeritus of Semitic languages and literature at the University of California where he had been chairman of the department of Near Eastern language for 10 years. He had been teaching Jewish history at the university's Santa. Cruz campus for the last three years.
Dr. Fischel, who was born in Frankfurt, Germany, was a member of the School of Oriental Studies of Hebrew University in Jerusalem from 1926 until coming to California in 1945. Fluent in 12 languages, in 1930 and 1936 he travelled widely in the Middle East and particularly in the Kurdish regions of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, where he found surviving groups of Jews unknown to the rest of Jewry for centuries.
Dr. Fischel was the author of numerous books on the history, role and contributions of Oriental Jews to the socioeconomic activities of their countries a contributor to professional journals and contributor to the Encyclopedia Hebraica and Universal Jewish Encyclopedia. He was the recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship for research on the history of Jews in Asia, 1959-60, and a Ful-bright award for research on the history of Jews in Asia, 1963-64. He was a member of numerous academic organizations and a fellow of the American Academy for Jewish Research and the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain.


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NORFORK, Ark. (AP) - Authorities in Baxter County are investigating the shooting death of a Salesville man.
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How do you know what to order?
I think many of us would agree the main dining room food has skated downhill a little since the recession started.
So - if you have to dine in the dining room, what should you order and what should you avoid to get the best meals?
For example; I would check first before ordering fish, because it may not be as fresh as you expect.
Steaks can be good or bad. There are some steaks I might recommend and some I would order if I saw them. For example a flank steak, filet or New York cut.
I would probably stay away from Tenderloin or a "Swiss Steak".
Chicken can be good, but a chicken breast might come dried out.
Lamb chops - usually good, but I personally would not order a shank of mutton or veal.
Pasta is usually good.
But I would like to hear freom people with more gourmet experience than I have....
Gee, we better brown bag it then!!:cool:
Well I have some food intolerances which makes meal time interesting :)
Pasta and certain Indian/Chinese dishes are very successful with me.
I am allergic to salad vegetables (yippee) so I substitute spinach etc. I am also allergic to all shellfish and nuts.
When I worked in India. I really liked their vegetarian food - so I do order vegetarian occasionally.
Chicken breast is more miss than hit and coming from the home of Aberdeen Angus, I avoid all beef unless I know the farm.
So you might think what is left - well if I alternate salmon,sole,pasta,curry and vegetarian - I survive.
However I do live on rice and pasta dishes - I never starve.
I do not eat steak ,lamb or fish .
I can usually find a nice vegetarian dish.
We all know the time to try something new, is on a ship, but for many of us, there are sometimes when, nothing makes you happy. Ordering off the left side all the time can get boring. I could survive on the soup, apps,and sald if I had to. For the most part, I have dined happily.
Interesting. I've always thought that I had at least a decent palate, though I'm far from being a "foodie". That said, I have to comment that I have NOT noticed a deterioration in the MDR meals served on HAL. My last cruise was my first on Princess, and I was disappointed in both the lack of variety and in the preparation of several dishes, but put it down to that particular ship; perhaps I was actually seeing the result of a downward trend there.
When we were given a tour of the storerooms on the Eurodam, we were told that ALL fish comes on board frozen. I happen to like fish, and would not have otherwise known. I often order veal or lamb when it's offered, because my husband does not care for them and so we don't have them at home.
On other lines I've seen references to meatloaf, and in this one to "swiss steak" --- I have never seen either of those on a menu.
I am pretty sure Carnival has "Meatloaf." As for Swiss Steak I am just refering to cuts of meat where they try to disguise the flavor and texture with lots of vegetables and spices, but when you chew it is it like rubber.
I had some kind of a local fish in Alaska - (I had never heard of it) on HAL, and it was awful - very salty.
Some fish comes packed in salt to preserve it. One night on a riverboat on the Seine the fish meal came out and it turned out an assistant chef had thought the salt was ice, so he didn't clean it all off before he cooked it. The result was terrible. That was one really embarassed cruise line - but they owned up to the mistake and told the truth.
My wife likes to eat alot of fish when on a cruise since we don't prepare it at home all that much as I'm not a big fish eater. But as with steaks, some fish is definitely better than others.
As for steaks, personally I feel that we use to get a good choice steak in the main dining room, but now it seems like they're only serving select steak, which is not as good in quality. The specialty restaurants usually serve prime steaks, so we usually love to order a good steak there.
Since we're seniors (both of us are 62), we really like good food, so we really appreciate the food on Celebrity. We just got back from a cruise on the Paul Gauguin in Tahiti and I'm here to tell you that all of the food was the best we've ever had on any cruise, period! The surf & turf with filet mignon and lobster was to die for!!
But I'm thinking if food is one of the most important parts of your cruise, then you really need to research and decide which cruise line will satisfy your appetite. Because, as we all know, food is VERY subjective and what one person loves, another will hate.
Just stepped off the NCL Dawn yesterday. The steak in the main dining room was excellent. Had it three nights (slight differences in the dish each night). I have yet to encounter a bad steak on a cruise ship.
Now, it couldn't compare to the meat served in Maderno, but it was still excellent.
Favourite dish of the trip in the main dining room was the Louisiana-style Red Snapper. Nice big fillet served in a spicy gumbo.
You probably already know that the USPH claims jurisdiction over all cruise ships that call at US Ports, all cruise ships whose sister ships call at US Ports, and all cruise ships whose companies sell cruises from the USA. When you think about it, that covers just about every cruise ship on earth.
USPH requires at ALL fish and shellfish served to passengers on the cruise ships they claim jurisdiction over, to be frozen before being cooked and/or served to pax. Strangely, this requirement does not cover fish served to crew.
Granted, some ships sailing outside US waters do cheat on occasion - and get away with it. Considering that the Japanese have been eating plenty fresh fish for the past few millenia - and doing quite well for it - it is probably not so risky to have the occasional fresh fish fillet on a cruise.
But sadly, expecting fresh fish on a cruise ship today is generally an exercise in futility.
[QUOTE=Paul Motter;1444589]Lamb chops - usually good, but I personally would not order a shank of mutton or veal.
The lamb dishes on Celebrity cruises have allways been excellent. I have had them quite a few times.
We had excellent braised lamb shank on the Enchantment Of The Seas in June. In this case our headwaiter came over while we were looking at the menu and suggested it: "It is the best meat dish we serve from all the menus." How could I ignore that? It was delicious.
I always give waiter recommendations some thought.
Even when we were in Alaska we were told that the USDA requires restaurants to use only fish that has been frozen first, so I am not surprised.
Now Marc generally travels on the more upscale ships - where chefs are known to go out shop in local markets.
But I like the way this thread is going - nice recommendations for good food on various ships.
I usually find that if a line offers filet mignon that is an excellent choice. Azamara had one of the most excellent chef's dinners I have ever experienced.
I have also tried chef's dinners on Holland America and Norwegian Epic and both were very good.
I find the food in the alternative restaurants on NCL to be surprisingly good - especialy Moderno the Brazilian Churasscuria.
We tried the Lawn Grill on Celebrity and that was also really outstanding. It always really is a treat when you can get something fresh off a grill on a cruise ship.
In Alaska on HAL last month the grilled salmon at the outdoor lunchtime buffet was the best I had all week.
But did you actually see a salt water tank?
When I last worked on Crown Princess we had to keep live lobsters in the refrigerator - not in water.
USPH has an entire program devoted to the multitude of regulations on live seafood from salt water tanks.
NCL installed a few lobster tanks on their ships several years ago. The regulations were so complex that they had to give it up - at least officially.
They kept the tanks and the lobsters, but claimed that they were aquariums and not for eating. Then they sneaked the lobsters out when someone ordered them.
My ship is currently in Alaska. Every week we bring on fresh mussels and halibut. Most of this seafood is eaten by the officers - but the occasional VIP finds a surprise in front of him at dinner.
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NORMAN -- The morning of June 7, the Oklahoma softball team was riding its school-record 31-game winning streak and was one victory away from claiming its third NCAA championship this millennium under coach Patty Gasso.
Fully utilizing a wicked combination of offense, defense and pitching, the Sooners had steamrolled their way through the postseason with a 9-0 record and had trailed only once – 1-0 for the top half of the first inning – before scoring three runs in their first at-bat against Louisiana-Lafayette in the Super Regional.
OU went 3-0 in its first-round Regional at Marita Hynes Field, outscoring Wichita State and Ole Miss by a combined 19-3 in 19 innings. The Sooners then swept ULL in the best-of-3 Super Regional in Norman to make the program's 10th Women's College World Series appearance and their fifth in the last six years.
Victories over Alabama, Michigan and LSU in the first three games of the WCWS at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City were simply a continuation of OU's wrath. The No. 3-seeded Sooners hadn't lost in more than two months. From April 29 to May 26, they had never even trailed in a game.
Through games played June 6, OU sophomore pitcher Paige Parker had overwhelmed opponents, running her overall season record to 37-3 and her postseason mark to 9-0. Parker also had been backed by the nation's No. 1 team in both batting average (.354) and fielding percentage (.985).
With the Sooners just 21 outs away from the crown, Parker understandably was running on fumes, having thrown 958 postseason pitches to that point. That June 7 morning, fresh off OU's 3-2 opening victory over Auburn in the best-of-3 championship series the night before, Gasso had a chat with her First Team All-American left-hander.
"I talked to Paige about what was left in her gas tank. 'What do you have left?' " Gasso explained. "The night before, she said she had 50 percent in her tank, which was barely enough to win because they (the Tigers) were starting to get on her late in the game. The next morning she said, 'I have 30 percent left in my tank,' which was not enough against Auburn. We all knew that. I said, 'You know what we need to do.' Paige said, 'Yes, and I agree with what you're saying.' "
Choosing to rest Parker in Game 2 of the best-of-3 championship series was not determined solely by the pitcher and head coach. Gasso made it a team decision by promptly discussing the matter with her staff and players.
"Paige said, 'If I can get to 90 percent, I can beat anybody,'"
— Patty Gasso
"I went in and talked to the team. The pitchers were not part of the group at this point," Gasso said. "I told them what we were going to do, and our team was puuuumped. They were fired up and smiling and excited for our other pitchers to get a chance to make a difference in the next game.
"Then I went in and talked to the pitchers, and they were just gleaming from ear-to-ear that they were going to get this opportunity. Everybody was on-board and everybody wanted in. Our players came out and scored so fast (taking a 7-0 lead in the second inning). That was their plan. They were saying it out loud, 'We're going to come out and we're going to get on them quick. We're going to get out early and try to get our pitchers settled early,' and they did."
Auburn responded with five runs in the bottom of the second and two more in the fourth to tie the game at 7. Gasso admitted there was still a scenario where Parker might have pitched. With the score still tied at 7, Parker headed to the bullpen and started warming up in the sixth inning.
"If we could have scored a couple runs after the 7-7 tie, we were ready (to send in Parker)," Gasso said. "We wanted her to be prepared if we scored, but if we were tied and went into extra innings, it would have completely blown the (initial) plan. It was very specific. We were very calculated in what we wanted to do. If we had to surrender this game, at least we'll have a shot the next night. But we won't have a shot at all if we keep throwing her out there with nothing left in her tank."
The Tigers went on to win 11-7 on Emily Carosone's walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the eighth. OU freshman right-hander Jayden Chestnut replaced senior Kelsey Stevens in the second inning and wound up taking her only loss of the season (9-1). For Stevens and Chesnut, it was their first pitching appearance since May 14 against Oklahoma State.
"Jayden and Kelsey, they did their jobs," freshman first baseman Shay Knighten said. "They did all they could do. We couldn't have asked anything better from them. We were behind them 100 percent as a team and Paige was there behind them, too. It was about allowing them to play and not worrying about 'What if Paige were here (pitching).'"
The following day, a replenished Parker said her tank was at 90 percent for the title tilt. "And Paige said, 'If I can get to 90 percent, I can beat anybody,' " Gasso said.
And Parker did, posting a 2-1 victory over Auburn in the championship game on June 8.
When it comes to her health, Parker said she's forthright with Gasso.
"I was pretty honest with them (coaches) at that point," Parker said of her game-day update. "Coach and I had a conversation in the morning. I was just willing to do whatever was right for the team. It was a team decision. Kelsey and Jayden left their heart out on that field."
This much is certain, Parker never tries to pace herself through fatigue.
"Every pitch is all-out," she said. "Pacing yourself, I don't think you would be able to have much success doing that because of the level of the hitters that you're facing every day at the World Series. It was just all-out every pitch and, as much as I could, not letting fatigue cross my mind during the game."
Parker's exhaustion could not prevent the Sooners from getting fitted for their third championship ring. Nor could back-to-back losses that began their season, nor could an 8-4 overall start, nor could having a roster overwhelmed with eight freshmen.
"I wasn't too worried after that (slow start) because obviously we had some new faces on the team," Parker said. "We just needed to settle down and find out who we are as a team. I think we started to do that toward the middle of the season. Even at the beginning of the season I knew this team was something special just because of our team dynamic, our team chemistry, just because of how we got along. We kind of needed to get our feet wet at the beginning of the year. Once we did that, it was go time and we really hit our stride. All cylinders started to click."
Mother Nature was another obstacle that potentially could have stalled OU's momentum entering the WCWS. After playing the first 1½ innings, a rain delay postponed the Sooners' opening-round game against Alabama for roughly 24 hours, but OU responded with a 3-0 victory thanks to Knighten's walk-off 3-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning that shoved the Sooners into the winner's bracket.
Knighten said staying focused was the key to her enduring what could have been a stressful delay.
"I wasn't going to look at my surroundings until it was over," she explained of her final at-bat. "It was to try and help me settle in, not to think too big. Try to think of it as any other game like I normally would. Because we were able to get that first inning and a half in (the day before), it probably helped us relax more. We weren't pressing as much once we knew the rains were coming. Just figured it out from there."
Asked for the best way to pass the time during a rain delay, Knighten said, "For us, it's just listening to music, laughing, playing jokes. We don't really try to do too much. Just spend time with each other in the last few moments of the season we have together."
Parker said the rain delay, "didn't really matter much to us. We stayed loose during the break. Once they ended up calling the game, we were like, 'OK, we'll come back out tomorrow, come out strong and not worry too much about that inning and a half. We hung out in the workroom underneath. We played some games. We had fun with each other."
After stumbling out of the gate to begin the season, the Sooners closed with remarkable consistency. Gasso said one constant was key.
"I truly felt our defense won us this championship. We were so solid. Never rattled. Never pushed. Never pressed."
— Patty Gasso
"The defense was something spectacular," she explained. "You hear football coaches all the time say defense wins championships. Well in our sport, pitching wins championships. I truly felt our defense won us this championship. We were so solid. Never rattled. Never pushed. Never pressed. The defense was so solid and the offense just executed everything I asked. They always found a way."
Four rookies wound up being key everyday contributors in Knighten, second baseman Caleigh Clifton, third baseman Sydney Romero and designated player Fale Aviu.
"That's what's great about young players. They're unpredictable and they stayed in that mindset of just getting better," said first-year assistant coach JT Gasso, Patty's son who previously served as an OU graduate assistant from 2012-13.
Parker gave props to the senior class for serving as a welcoming committee for the newcomers.
"They're all incredible athletes," Parker said of the freshmen. "They really came into their own even before this season started. The seniors did such a great job of welcoming them on to the team. I think they felt free to play like they knew how to play. They did such a fantastic job of coming into their own and not being too freaked out or anything like that. I'm just so proud of our freshmen and how they came in this year. They didn't play as freshmen."
Knighten, who beat Alabama in both meetings this season with walk-off home runs, led the Sooners in hitting (.397), slugging percentage (.670), home runs (13), RBI (62) and was selected as a Second Team All-American at-large player. A product of Sunny Hills High School in Buena Park, Calif., Knighten said she felt comfortable from the start.
"I remember that vividly," Knighten said of the seniors' unselfishness. "They said, 'We know there's eight of you guys and we're not going to treat you any differently. You're on our team for a reason. You belong here just like we all belong here.'
"They didn't want us to feel the pressure of freshmen needing to step up. They knew it would take some time for us to get adjusted. If you're not sure of something, ask. It was a feeling of 'don't let what's going on around you keep you from playing the game you all love and have played your whole life.' To us, age doesn't matter. It's about playing a sport we're passionate about. A lot of us went over to their house just to hang out. Anything they could do to make us feel more comfortable, they did."
Last season ended prematurely for the powerful Sooners with back-to-back losses at the Alabama Super Regional. Then came the departure of the most prolific home-run duo in Division I history in Lauren Chamberlain (an NCAA record 95 career home runs) and Shelby Pendley (84). Attempting to replace all that power and might with a slew of first-year teenagers didn't exactly spawn national title aspirations for 2016.
"We weren't like, 'Hey, national championship. Here we come,'" JT Gasso said of the team's preseason attitude. "It was more like, 'Hey, every game we play, we're going to fight. We're going to battle. We're going to compete. We're going to find ways to win.' It just so happened we did that 31 straight times into the championship series. The idea of getting better every day, the girls totally gravitated toward it."
"The idea of getting better every day, the girls totally gravitated toward it."
— JT Gasso
The previous generation of OU teams hammered opponents into submission with the long ball. Not this year's team, which ranked 29th nationally in home runs per game.
"I knew I had to come in with something different," Patty Gasso said of her team's new offensive approach. "I kind of presented it to the team. The coaching staff knew pretty much what it wanted to do. Not only was the team new, but so was the coaching staff (with the additions of JT Gasso, volunteer assistant Andrea Gasso and graduate assistant Jackie Bishop).
"It was creating a different culture to really buy in and kind of start over. We know the tradition in this program, but this was a new beginning in many ways. Our offense was going to have to change in the direction of more contact and an attacking style of hitting. I was calling two-strike, two-out, bases-loaded squeeze plays with everyone asking, 'What are you doing?' When you go into a tournament like that, my attitude was, 'You know what, let's just go for it.' "
The players quickly embraced this kamikaze plan of attack. Some Sooners even joked they didn't know exactly what to expect from their Mad Scientist head coach.
"It's fun," said the immensely talented Knighten. "Going back to the basics of softball – sacrifice bunting, sacrifice flies, hit-by-pitches, taking those walks, ground ball to the right side to move the runner – I think the basics of softball are so much fun to watch and for us it's fun to be a part of. We're always going to try to do something. And if it doesn't work out, we know we have the whole lineup to try to figure it out. Coach makes it a game within a game for us. We're all so competitive, we want to win each challenge that's given to us."
OU played four different teams the first four days of the WCWS and then closed out with two more championship series games against Auburn. In the end, four different scouting reports had evolved into one.
"For me, a variety is fun," Knighten said of playing a different team every outing. "It's a challenge each and every day. You face pitchers who have different things. That's the fun of the game, if you face more than one pitcher. If you get a different look, I think it betters you as a hitter because you're not sure what's coming. You've really got to think what's coming next rather than knowing what's coming."
This year's Sooners became champions, despite a dozen players being either freshmen or sophomores. Needless to say, there will be championship pressure for an encore next season, and the next, and the next.
"I don't know if we understand what mess we just got ourselves into because all eyes are going to be on the Sooners next year, I'm assuming," Gasso said with a laugh. "We've got to approach it the right way. But no one has even mentioned next year since we won because they're still on Cloud Nine. The freshmen working our camps right now are all laughing and having a good time – although they're tired. They're still tired."
But just like Parker, they're not too tired to win.
Oklahoma Softball Earns No. 3 National Seed
NORMAN -- Winner of five straight Big 12 championships, the Oklahoma softball team (47-7, 17-1 Big 12) has earned the No. 3 overall seed in the 2016 NCAA Division I Softball Championship and will host an NCAA Regional in Norman beginning Friday.
The No. 3 seed is the highest for OU since being No. 1 and winning the national championship in 2013. Oklahoma has been a national seed for each of the past 10 seasons.
The four-team, three-day event features Tulsa (35-19, 9-9 American) facing Ole Miss (39-20, 11-13 SEC) at 5:30 p.m. Friday on ESPN3, before Oklahoma takes on Wichita State (35-19, 18-6 Missouri Valley) at 8 p.m. Friday night on ESPN.
Friday's winners will square off in the first of three games Saturday, while Friday's losing teams will face off in an elimination game for game two of Saturday's tripleheader. The loser of Saturday's first game will take on the winner of the day's second game in an elimination game later Saturday night. The winner of Saturday's final game will take on the winner of the day's first game on Sunday with an if necessary rematch scheduled for later on Sunday.
Oklahoma, which claimed its 13th Big 12 title this season and is on a nation's best 22-game win streak, owns a 45-7 all-time record against Wichita State. The Sooners have won 32 straight against the Shockers, OU's longest active winning streak against another opponent. The teams met earlier this year on April 6 with Oklahoma winning 10-1 in five innings.
The Sooners also faced Tulsa earlier this season, earning a 4-1 victory on May 4. Oklahoma is 39-10 all-time against the Golden Hurricane, including five straight wins where OU has outscored Tulsa 20-3. Oklahoma is 3-0 all-time against Ole Miss, though the teams have not met since the 2000 season.
The winner of this weekend's regional will advance to the NCAA Super Regional round against the winner of the Lafayette Regional, hosted by Louisiana Lafayette, the following weekend with an ultimate goal of reaching the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma has made the NCAA tournament in every year of head coach Patty Gasso's 22 seasons at the helm of the program and in 23 straight seasons overall. Last season, Oklahoma reached the Super Regionals for a sixth consecutive year.
General admission all-session tickets for the 2016 NCAA Softball Norman Regional are on sale online at SoonerSports.com and over the phone beginning at 10 a.m. Monday morning at (405) 325-2424 or (800) 456-GoOU.
Prices are $25 for general admission adult all-session tickets and $20 for general admission youth (2-18 year old, OU student & senior citizen 55 years and older) all-session tickets. Each day of the regional is considered one session and a session ticket is good for all games in one day. Children under one year of age are admitted free. OU students will have to purchase an OU student ticket for this event as it is an NCAA sponsored tournament.
Single-session tickets, if availability remains, will not go on sale until the first day of the tournament at the Oklahoma Softball Complex box office. Single session tickets are $15 for reserved tickets, $10 for general admission adult tickets and $8 for general admission youth/OU student/senior citizen tickets.
Orders will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis and are subject to availability.
By Karl Anderson
Assistant Director of Communications
NORMAN – In helping the No. 12/9 Oklahoma softball team to a 4-0 record last week, sophomore pitcher Paige Parker has been named the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Week, the ESPNW National Player of the Week and the Big 12 Pitcher of the Week.
Parker earned all four wins last week for No. 12/9 Oklahoma, including a three-game sweep at then-No. 19/18 Baylor to put the Sooners in first place in the Big 12. It was the first time Baylor had been swept in a three-game series at home since the sport was reintroduced in 1996 at the school.
For the week, she threw three complete games in four starts with a 0.81 earned run average as she gave up just three earned runs in 26.0 innings. Parker struck out 19 and walked six while opponents hit just .234 off her.
This is the second time in her career that Parker has been named the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Week, also earning the honor for the week of April 6 last year. She joins former Sooner Keilani Ricketts as the only players in program history to win the award more than once.
Parker now has three Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honors this season, previously winning on March 15 and Feb. 23. It was also the 10th such honor of her career, putting her alone in fifth place all-time in league annals behind Texas' Cat Osterman (25), Oklahoma's Keilani Ricketts (16), Texas' Blaire Luna (13) and Missouri's Chelsea Thomas (12).
A native of Independence, Mo., Parker began the week with 4.0 shutout innings against Wichita State as she struck out four and walked one.
Baylor had been shut out just once entering the weekend, but Parker did it in consecutive games. In the series opener, she struck out five and walked three in tossing her seventh shutout of the year. The Bears had scoring opportunities in the second and third innings, stranding a runner on third in the former and runners on the corners in the latter. Parker ended both frames with a strikeout. Baylor's Kyla Walker and Shelby Friudenberg combined to go 4-7 (.571), but the rest of the team was just 1-17 (.059) against Parker.
Parker was flat-out dominant for OU Saturday, throwing a career-high 8.0 innings to record her eighth shutout of the season. She now has 17 in her career, tying her for ninth in OU history despite being only a sophomore. She struck out six and gave up just four hits with no walks. Baylor was shut out in back-to-back games for the first time since the second and third games of the 2013 season. The Lady Bears didn't get a runner past first base, and after a leadoff single by Caitlin Charlton in the fifth, Parker retired the final 12 batters she faced.
Entering Sunday's game with a 28.0 inning scoreless streak, Parker tacked on 2.1 more frames before Baylor ended the streak at a career-high 30.1 innings dating back to Friday night against Kansas. It was her seventh career streak of at least 20.0 scoreless innings. Parker is now 17-3 on the season as she gave up four runs (three earned) with two walks and 11 hits allowed. She also struck out four to earn a win in her ninth consecutive start as the Sooners won 7-4.
On the season, Parker is 17-3 with a 1.66 ERA in 122.0 innings. She's struck out 136 batters against just 33 walks, has thrown eight shutouts and has held opponents to a batting average of .187.
By Karl Anderson
Assistant Director of Communications
NORMAN – Oklahoma senior outfielder Erin Miller and sophomore pitcher Paige Parker were each named to the Top 50 Watch List for the 2016 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Award, the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America and USA Softball announced Wednesday.
Miller is coming off the best season of her career as she set career highs in nearly every offensive category, including batting average (.409), runs (56), hits (63), doubles (9), triples (6), home runs (8), RBI (52), slugging (.701) and on-base percentage (.508). She led the Big 12 in triples and triples per game (0.11) and ranked third with 1.02 runs per game. Her six triples were tied for the sixth most in a season in OU history and eighth most in Big 12 annals.
For her efforts, Miller was named a first-team all-region honoree and earned a spot on the All-Big 12 First Team. She is the team's returning leader in several categories, including average, slugging, OBP, runs hits and RBI.
Parker burst onto the scene as a true freshman, throwing four perfect games to tie an NCAA Division I record and winning NFCA Freshman of the Year honors. She was also an NFCA Second Team All-American and a first-team All-Region honoree. A seven-time Big 12 Pitcher of the Week, Parker became the fourth player in league history to be named both the Big 12 Pitcher of the Year and Big 12 Freshman of the Year in the same season.
The Independence, Mo., native led the Big 12 in earned run average (1.65), shutouts (9), wins (28) and hits allowed per seven innings (4.16) and was second in saves (3) and walks per seven innings (1.84). She also finished 13th nationally in hits allowed per seven innings, 14th in shutouts and wins and 19th in ERA.
Oklahoma is one of 12 schools, and the only Big 12 representative, to have at least two student-athletes on the list. Georgia, LSU and Michigan led all schools with three selections. Miller and Parker are looking to become the second player in OU history to win the award as former Sooner Keilani Ricketts was a two-time winner in 2012 and 2013.
Now in its 15th year, the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award, given by the national governing body for softball in the United States, is designed to recognize outstanding athletic achievement by female collegiate softball players across the country.
The Top 25 Finalists for the 2016 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award will be announced April 13. An athlete does not have to be on the "Watch List" to be considered for the Top 25, but the eventual USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year will come from the Top 25 Finalists.
The Top 10 Finalists will be announced May 11 and the Top 3 announced May 25. The 2015 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year will be revealed May 31.
By Karl Anderson
Assistant Director of Communications
NORMAN – Oklahoma freshman infielder Sydney Romero has been selected for the USA Softball Women's Elite Team, the Amateur Softball Association of America and USA Softball announced Friday. She was one of 18 chosen for the roster after the four-day Women's National Team Selection Camp in Irvine, Calif., which began Saturday.
The Elite Team will participate in a series of exhibition games against the Women's National Team, in addition to the World Cup of Softball XI. It will also participate in exhibition games at the USA Softball JO Cup in Marietta, Ga. Dates for exhibition games have not yet been released.
Romero, who spent last summer playing for the USA Junior Women's National Team, is one of eight freshmen on the OU roster this season. In the first five games of the fall exhibition schedule she went 14-16 at the plate for a batting average of .875. Of her 14 hits, two were home runs and three were doubles to help give her a 1.438 slugging percentage and .882 on-base percentage.
In addition, she scored seven runs, stole two bases and did not commit an error in 11 chances in the field.
"Sydney is a very complete player and has all the tools necessary to become a collegiate superstar," Oklahoma head coach Patty Gasso said of Romero on National Signing Day in 2014. "She has great speed, good actions on the infield and is a pure hitter with a great eye for the ball. She comes from another very athletic family and I'm confident Sydney will become a legendary Sooner during her four years at OU."
Oklahoma opens the 2016 softball season on Feb. 12 at the Sportco Kick Off Classic in Las Vegas, Nev. The Sooners face Minnesota and Washington on opening day, two teams that reached the postseason a year ago.
By Karl Anderson
Assistant Director of Communications


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Davalos dismissed at Texas State
Updated 12:12 pm, Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Doug Davalos is out as men's basketball coach at Texas State.
School athletic director Larry Teis said in a statement Monday that Davalos' contract was not being renewed after seven seasons with the Bobcats.
"I am very appreciative of what Coach Davalos has done for the men's basketball program," Teis said. "(He) inherited a tough situation when he came to Texas State. Recruiting three years in three different leagues is not easy. The decision to not renew his contract was mutual."
Davalos could not be reached for comment.
A San Antonio native and MacArthur graduate, Davalos, 43, compiled a 92-107 record at the San Marcos school. The 92 wins are third-most in Texas State history.
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His best season came in 2011-12 when the Bobcats were 16-16 and finished as Southland Conference West Division co-champions before moving to the Western Athletic Conference.
This season, Texas State finished 12-22 and 5-13 in the WAC. But the Bobcats won two games in the conference's postseason tournament, including a 72-68 upset of second-seeded Denver.
Davalos is the son of Rudy Davalos, a former Spurs assistant coach and athletic director at UTSA who led the Bobcats to the 1960 NAIA title.


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aibu to think if youre blw then clean up after yourself!(107 Posts)
so fed up of eating out watching people doing blw & leaving a huge mess all over the floor without any attempt to clean it up!
I don't mind people stacking plates but sometimes they do it in a really illogical way. Think knife and fork precariously balanced on top of a bowl which is stacked on top of a plate. I then have to remove cutlery and bowl, so I can stack more plates on top of the first plate. What's really annoying is when I go over to a table and start stacking the plates, I am removing the little sauce pots that go out with the meal because you can't stack the plates with them still on and then people on the table start trying to help and put more sauce pots on the plates or you pick the stack up and then they plop some cutlery on top of bowl that will fall off as soon as you start walking.
I don't expect people to pick up every bit of food their DC has dropped but I think they should pick the big things up with a napkin and put them on one of the dirty plates (a whole corn on the cob, a whole chicken leg, a piece of garlic bread, a bread roll, a burger etc)
So which cafes hate the most? Blw-ers who mostly clean up their (moderate) mess but pay for a full meal for each adult and leave a good tip? Or people who nurse one coffee for two hours whilst taking advantage of the free Wi-Fi?
I always have, especially as it could cause an accident if someone slipped on the food.
Baby led weaning is where baby is in control of everything that goes in it's mouth from day one of weaning. They feed themselves everything.
As in 'Baby Leads the weaning process' -not the parent. the parent never puts anything in the baby's mouth. Ever.
Isn't baby led weaning just finger foods? Bit of a wanky term for it but yes, people should at least make a bit of an effort its just good manners.
I dont know if i follow correct etiquette for BLW ( which i was thinking so whats blew at for a while back there thinking oooh im behind the times)i just put the big bits on a plate and wipe around with a wipe.The floor is always crumby but i kinda dont have a mini dustpan so dont think theres much i can do....
Fair enough
Then you arent my problem. The average mother and baby isnt my problem. The ones who do 'BLW' and just dont seem to care are the problem.
My restaurant wasnt particularly jammed in, but it was very busy. They actively encouraged children and have a very good reputation. But sadly some people give parents a bad name!
Yes, you might be paying, yes babies do baby stuff, but that doesnt entitle you to leave the place looking like a herd of wildebeest have been through and think that a tip makes it all ok.
Well those parents do sound like shits but I take my 3 children out for meals to get them used to behaving in public and spend all my time and attention on making sure they are quietly entertained so as not to ruin anyone else's experience that I may not notice if they baby drops something but will always check afterwards, a quick bend down not a full on obstructive lie down, the restaurant you work in sounds like it doesn't have much space?
I agree, we're doing blw but make sure we clean up as much as possible (sometimes there are a few crumbs I can't get with wipes).
I have been know to ask for a dustpan and brush, I was met with an odd fave though.
Someone came round for lunch at my house and her BLW baby left at least an adult plate's worth of half-masticated food on the floor.
That is just disgusting!
When my DC were babies/toddlers I always ensured that I gave them 'clean' food when we were out, so plain pasta with salad rather then spaghetti bolognaise, ham sandwiches rather than jam sandwiches, etc. and only small amounts at a time so it was easier to control the mess. And I ALWAYS cleaned up after them.
im not talking a bit of stuff dropped. Yes we all drop stuff and babies are babies. Im talking a whole meal on the floor, pasta sauce all over the table and chair, and handprints up the nearest wall. im sure your baby isnt a pig. But sadly some parents are. I've been a waitress for years and Ive seen it all.
There are parents out there who are entitled. They think their precious little darling can do no wrong. They think as they are paying they can do whatever they want. Their kids cause chaos while they sit and chat, completely ignoring them.
I dont think it is unreasonable to make sure your child doesn't make an awful mess in the first place, attempting to clean up after is nice but it doesnt help. If a staff member were to slip on said food, youd be the first to complain about a face full of hot soup. If you are on all fours clearing up and are in the way, then you are disrupting other diners meals.
People generally only feel the need to stack plates when their waiter or waitress is taking too long to clear the table.
I only ever do it when I've waited an acceptable amount of time after the last person has finished eating, so if I've ever annoyed anyone by doing it, it's only because the staff have annoyed me by taking so long.
I realise that's not always the fault of the waiting staff, but a paying customer has more right not to be annoyed than the people paid to be there have.
And plus if i've been out for a meal I always leave a ten percent tip because thats what I do nothing to do with being ashamed of my pig like baby
You said 'if you let your child chuck food everywhere' you and the other staff would tell you not to clean up but be judging you. Babies and toddlers drop things, and shock horror ive seen adults do it too
Actually, I said it was entitled to think you can go into a restaurant, make a pig awful mess and think you can say sorry and leave a couple of quid tip and thats all right!
But according to Saggy its entitled for your baby to make a mess in the first place and you shouldnt waste their time getting in the way trying to pick things up, bollocks it takes a minute tops
I clear up after my dcs. Swipe mess off table, pick up big bits, ask staff for a dustpan and brush to give floor a quick sweep.
Yes, they are grateful, it does save them a bit of time by giving them less to do - sometimes you get to hear what they think of the parents who don't clear up....
It just looks entitled if you make no effort. And it sets a crap example to slightly older children who can be encouraged to tidy up a bit. I don't think it has anything to do with BLW, just how you behave in a shared social space.
holy crap - no whicker around children - ds chews bits off his whicker laundry basket
Why would a restaurant have those? surely they a hot bed of germs in general?
Its a wicker one, great for trapping food in, I never let my DC sit on the ones at home to eat.
Digressing slightly (but now i'm thinking about unreasonable restaurant/cafe behaviour baby groups). What never ceases to amaze me is the amount of baby groups i have seen who will start rearranging all the tables and furniture then sit down and hardly buy anything. I have seen groups of 8 people buy 3 coffees, produce own cakes and snacks etc and take ages. WTF is that all about?!
And what's a lloyd loom chair?
Saggy, god no Lloyd Loom chairs must be a nightmare to clean. There is a big difference between having half a floor that needs cleaning and one table. The turnover on the one table shouldn't be affected that much but I can see how having a large number of tables out of action would be. That is really unfair of them.
I always pick up after the kids. very inconsiderate to expect someone else to do it. They're my kids and it's their mess!
when Ds was about 8mo and blw we were at the local sea life centre and had lunch there. I asked them for a brush to clean up as he'd made a real mess. The staff were utterly astounded that I had offered to clean up. I was utterly astounded that it wasn't the norm.
*As for tables not being filled constantly, that is what a restaurant does. Its a business, there to make money. Having to close half the floor because the local mother and toddler group left it looking like the Somme and it took half an hour to clean up, costs money and effects other diners. Apart from having to look at the BLW detritus, the staff who are cleaning are neglecting their other customers.
you may have enjoyed your meal, but should your behaviour affect other diners experience? Or is it ok if you leave a big tip?*
Yes it's a business, but part of that business is cleaning. Your profit should be able to absorb the time it takes to clean. You have earned money from the customer and part of that money should be able to cover that. If you need a constantly full restaurant then your business isn't working. The tip is for the waitstaff who may have had to do a bit more than the usual 10% worth - especially if they wont allow you to clean up yourself. If the restaurant doesn't want custom of this demographic then there are plenty of others who will. I am not talking about trashing the place and as i said i don't do BLW (ds gets a jar if we go out ). But sometimes ds will be messy with a bread roll and i don't think it is unreasonable to expect - if you pay extra for the cleaning - this to be okay and not to be 'judged'. As for other diners, it depends on the behaviour of the child in each case. But i have had my meal ruined by a lot of adult diners and that, sadly, is part of life. Some people are twats and sometimes those twats become parents.
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With plastic bags now being banned in Los Angeles County, will the law ever be passed for Orange County? And if it does, how would it affect Disneyland?
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Well if the law did come to OC it would be the same as any other company. DLR would have to charge 10 cents additional for every bag.
though with the added DLR markup it would be closer to $10.00 per bag.
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but does that mean they would still be plastic bags, or would they be paper? Or would they push for the reusable totes like many markets?The music celebration puts some motion into my ocean!
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It is hard to say, can't predict the future.
I would guess they would still be plastic just charge the extra but would have more of the reusable available as an option too. Though they may switch to paper so as not to have to charge people. I would think it would be difficult explaining to out of country tourists why the extra charges.
We have a few of the reusable ones, we always take one with us when we go to the parks, we also put a few empty plastic bags in it too, we rarely use new bags anymore.
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To be honest I can see the law becoming more into OC too. It has already started in quite a few cities across the country, not just LA.
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We've had the plastic bag ban in Long Beach for two years and it's no big deal. Everyone carries reusable bags in their trunk (many stores were giving them out free at the start of the program), buys an extra reusable bag, or pays a dime to get a paper bag.
I have Disneyland souvenirs from the 70s in paper bags and like the graphics on paper bags better than plastic bags so I wouldn't mind seeing paper return to Disneyland.
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crazy politics of greed by both sides. personally i think it stupid and dumb move. liability issues for that city. besides i can not afford that.
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They would probably go back to the folding paper bags that were popular before the plastic ones Paper bags with handles that are glued to the top.. usually of a twisted material to be like rope.
like this style..
But colored Disney..
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This kind of false pc law / overbearing government interference is the kind of law that would affect Sales. Would people make purchases and be happy with a paper bag, when Splash Mt or GRR is on the agenda, later that day? What of the occasional bags handed out for guests requesting a plastic bag to keep some of their items dry?
It's just bad customer service not to offer them. DL would probably just request an exception.Critter Country's a mess ev'r since the Country Bears were kicked out. Ya can't cover pooh with honey and 'spect people ta like it.An Adventurers It's Time to Put the Spotlight Back on Bring Back the REAL Disney GalleryLife for Me! ~ ~ ~ Melvin, Buff, and Max!!! ~~~~ Dump the Dream Suite!Meese-ka Moose-ka Mice-Chatter!
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Originally posted by Njdrummer View PostI'm sorry, but I am not familiar with the new law. Could someone please post a brief summary?
Does's this include (ex:Hefty) trash bags, grocery bags,etc...
1. No plastic bags are given at these locations at all.
2. If you want a paper bag, most of the time you pay a 10 cent fee per bag.
It's designed to get people to bring their own reusable bags to the store with them. It does not affect trash bags, Ziploc bags, etc.
In terms of Disney - some upscale retailers in Santa Monica/LA/etc. include their paper bags with the purchase; Disney might do the same. I think otherwise it would be confusing for people who aren't from CA/the USA. One isn't necessarily likely to bring a reusable bag to a theme park trip. I actually think the law is good, but I think places like theme parks should be exempt. It's a good point that taking a paper bag on Splash Mountain, etc. just doesn't work.Merida looks like this. Not a Barbie doll!
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This law has been enacted here for a while now and it just hasn't been any big deal. People quickly adapt and it's great to get these thing not just out of the land fills but off the sides of roads and everyplace else they blow around to.
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Giambi, Pettitte lift Yankees
On a night when Giambi slugged two home runs, including one of his trademark upper-deck variety, Andy Pettitte reassumed his position as the stalwart of the Yankees rotation. The left-hander pitched eight strong innings to lead New York past the Tigers on Friday, 6-1, keeping the Yankees a half-game behind Seattle in the American League Wild Card race and five games behind Boston in the AL East.
"It's like he's never missed a beat here," Giambi said. "When I played against him with the A's, he was that guy we knew was going to be tough, no matter how good or bad the Yankees were playing. Andy was always that guy, and he's stepped back in that role."
Pettitte (10-7) logged his sixth victory since the All-Star break and won his fourth consecutive start, keeping up his standing as one of the game's most reliable second-half pitchers.
Working economically, Pettitte limited the defending AL champions to five hits over eight innings of one-run ball and, with 104 pitches, likely could have pitched the ninth had rookie sensation Joba Chamberlain not needed the work more.
"I try to take extremely good care of myself," Pettitte said. "I try to train awfully hard in Spring Training before I get to the season starting and try to carry it throughout the year. I'd like to think that's the reason why."
"He's so solid," said Joe Torre, who with the win, his 2,041st as a manager, leaped Walter Alston into seventh place on the all-time list. "That's the only way to describe it. I watched this in 1996. The only thing I see different since he's been back is he doesn't mind being 'the guy' out there."
Detroit scored in unorthodox fashion off Pettitte in the third inning, using a bizarre Brandon Inge RBI double that featured a relay throw cut off by Andy Phillips and an unexecuted rundown play between second and third bases that ended with Inge sliding headfirst. With the slide, Inge avoided a tag from third baseman Alex Rodriguez and right fielder Bobby Abreu -- whose task it was to cover second base on such a play -- nowhere to be found.
That lapse aside, Pettitte otherwise stifled Detroit, striking out five while walking one to improve to 4-0 with a 2.25 ERA in the month of August. For his most recent resurgence, Pettitte credited small mechanical tweaks made before his previous start at Cleveland.
"It's something you can't even see on video," Pettitte said. "You've just got to feel it."
Giambi continued to celebrate his return from a left foot injury by posting his first multi-homer game of the season, clubbing a solo home run off Detroit starter Nate Robertson in the fourth inning and reaching reliever Aquilino Lopez for a right-field, upper-deck shot in the eighth, his 10th and 11th homers.
The first homer was part of a five-run attack against Robertson (7-10), who used 109 pitches to get through six innings and allowed 10 hits and two walks, though he struck out seven.
|"When I played against him with the A's, he was that guy we knew was going to be tough ... Andy was always that guy, and he's stepped back in that role."
|-- Jason Giambi, on Andy Pettitte's resurgence
Citing his freshness, Giambi seemed to be looking forward to further and similar contributions as the Yankees claw toward their possibility of postseason play.
"I'm excited about it," Giambi said. "Whatever Joe needs, I feel great. Hopefully it will bring a little fresh air, because I rested while I was hurt. This team's been grinding it out. I'll do whatever little things he needs."
Abreu and Rodriguez also had run-scoring hits for New York, while scuffling first baseman Phillips snapped out of a 3-for-16 skid by putting up a three-hit night, including a two-run double off Robertson in the sixth that opened a four-run comfort cushion.
Pumping his fist as he took off down the first-base line, Phillips watched his drive zip over a bad route taken by 20-year-old prospect Cameron Maybin, who was promoted from Double-A Erie earlier in the game and had an inauspicious debut in left field, going 0-for-4 with two strikeouts and a rare play on which he was called out for running into a ball hit in front of the plate.
Similar turns of bad luck aren't foreign territory for Phillips, but Friday's success may signal change.
"It's been interesting, the last week and a half," Phillips said. "I've hit some balls well and right at people, and people have made good plays. That's baseball, and it's no fun to have to swallow it. You keep plugging away."
With Chamberlain, the fresh 21-year-old bullpen weapon, having spent the last three games idle, Torre dismissed any possibility of having Pettitte finish off his gem.
Chamberlain did not disappoint in his sixth Major League inning, entering to chants of his name and handling the heart of the Detroit lineup, getting Gary Sheffield -- a power-on-power matchup -- to fly out before allowing a hit to Magglio Ordonez.
"It looks like it pumps him up," Torre said of the fan reaction. "But when you talk to him and look in his eyes, you don't see that excited feeling. It's something more than a 21-year-old."
Chamberlain retired Guillen and struck out Ivan Rodriguez to secure the game, snapping the Yankees' three-game skid and securing New York's first victory over the Tigers since last year's AL Division Series.
"It's great," Chamberlain said. "You can't describe the feeling. There were a lot of people here going crazy. It makes you feel good, and you kind of use that energy to do the best [you can]."
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.