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Luther College has a higher calling—to help students connect faith with learning, freedom with responsibility, and life's work with service.
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- The names and contact persons for organizations and opportunities can be obtained from the Student Activities Office, or the Student Life Office.
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The best beauty tips in the industryWe got top beauty editors, makeup artists, bloggers, and more to spill their favorite tips and tricks. Get ready to put your best face forward!
1. Layer your liner: "If you're not a professional makeup artist, it can be difficult to line those eyes, but then again liquid liner tends to stay on longer and smudge-free. So what I do is, I line my eyes first with a pencil liner because it's easier to make that straight line with it. Then I go back on the line with the liquid liner. It's kind of like coloring! The result? Your eye liner will stay on, smudge-free, and well-lined."
2. Blot with these: "If your skin is on the shiny side, stop by your local Starbucks, grab a handful of those brown napkins, and shove them in your purse. They work better than any blotting papers I've used and they're free. And, don't feel guilty about pilfering from the coffee conglomerate. If they're charging four bucks for some java and steamed milk, they owe you a shine-free face."
-Daneen Baird, founder and editor-in-chief of SpoiledPretty.com
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3. Invest in a good hair mask: "I have extremely thick tresses that get dry and frizzy during extreme seasonal shifts. I apply a conditioning hair masque and leave it on overnight, rinsing in the morning. Hair becomes angelical soft and immediately rescued."
-Amy E. Goodman, author of Wear This, Toss That!
4. Get soft and sexy eye makeup: "For an eye look that's defined but not too heavy, line your upper lash line with black eyeliner and the bottom lash line with brown eyeliner. This is one of my biggest makeup artist tricks for beautiful, soft eyes!"
-Mally Roncal, celebrity makeup artist
5. Warm your lash curler: "Run your eyelash curler under warm water (or blast it with your blow drier for a second) before using it for a considerably curlier result that lasts!"
-Alexis Wolfer, editor-in-chief of TheBeautyBean.com
6. Open up your eyes: "Take a white eye pencil and line the inside rim of your lower eyelid. This really makes eyes pop! Fun fact: Look at the old black/white photos of the gorgeous women of the '30s and '40s like Marlene Dietrich and you'll see this was done to them. Additionally, if your eyes are a close set, use the white pencil to lightly line the section where the upper and lower lids come together, closest to the nose. This will make them appear wider apart. The key here is to make sure it's sublte."
-Candice Sabatini, editorial director of BeautyNewsNYC.com
7. Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate: "The best thing you can do for your appearance is to drink lots of water. Hydration helps your skin stay moisturized and glowing, boosts your metabolism, and keeps your energy levels up. Spritz water on your face too, especially in the summer, to keep it feeling and looking refreshed."
-Debbie Strong, senior health editor at Everyday Health
8. Sanitize for a clean chin: "If you break out on your chin and jawline often, try using and keeping a hand sanitizer next to your computer. We often unconsciously touch and lean chins into hands while zoned out in front of the screen, causing the dirt and bacteria on our hands to spread and trigger breakout-prone areas of the face."
-Grace Gold, freelance beauty reporter
9. Maintain your sexy blow-out: "To preserve a blow out, I sleep with my hair in a top knot secured with hair pins to keep the texture and shape. When I wake up, I just let it fall and spruce it up a bit with dry shampoo on my roots and if I need to, I'll refresh it with a blow dryer."
-Jeannine Morris, editor-in-chief at BeautySweetSpot.com
10. Face-washing strategy: "To keep my skin from drying out, I use two different face washes-a heavy duty gel-based one in the evening and a lighter milk-based cleanser in the morning. A lighter cleanser in the morning helps the skin retain protective oils."
-Alina Dizik, freelance beauty writer
11. Make mascara count: "Make a $5 tube of mascara look as good as the results from a $25 tube by holding a business card up along the inside edge of your lashes and sweeping the brush against it with your other hand. This way your lashes can't bend out of the way of the brush and you end up coating every lash all the way to the tip. The results will leave you wide-eyed in more ways than one."
-Wendy Toth, senior lifestyle editor for Digital Works @NBCU
12. No powder, no oil: "After age 35, never ever wear powder (except maybe a dab on your nose). It settles into wrinkles around the eyes and mouth to instantly age skin. Instead, go for a tinted moisturizer and/or a stellar concealer like YSL Touche Eclat that deflects light to minimize lines. Use facial blotting tissues like those by The Body Shop with tea tree oil to blot excess oil."
-Ingrid Schmidt, freelance style and beauty editor
13. Take the power back: "I once splurged on a very expensive haircut at a super swanky NYC salon. What did I learn from this $400 trim, besides it looked no different than a $40 cut? I learned to take my power back. When it came time to style my hair, the master stylist asked me how I would like him to do it. 'I don't know, you're the expert,' I said. He begged to differ and lectured me on how I should never give my power away in the chair. Wagging a pricey comb at me, he cautioned me to stay alert and aware every step of the way and never be afraid to speak up or ask the stylist to show you want they are doing. 'Never forget, when it comes to your hair, you're the expert,' he said. Then he offered me champagne."
-Janene Mascarella, beauty writer for Bella magazine
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14. Learn to DIY: "Save money by creating your own tinted moisturizer. I just put a small drop of my liquid foundation and a dime-sized amount of my daily moisturizer in the palm of my hand. I mix the two and voila! I have my own tinted moisturizer! No new products required."
-Margaret McGriff, Yahoo! Shine community beauty blogger
15. Always wear sunscreen: "Always-no matter what season or climate you live in-wear sunscreen on your face, hands, any part of your skin that is exposed."
-Betsy Aaron, editorial consultant and staff writer at BeautyNewsNYC.com
16. Fatten up baby fine hair: If you have flat, baby fine strands like I do, an aerosol can of dry shampoo is essential for pumping up the volume. Women who are blessed with hair to spare use it to sop up oil between blowouts, but I like to spritz it straight onto clean roots daily. (Klorane is my absolute favorite brand, but there are some great drugstore options out there, too). The fine blast of powder adds texture and what I like to call "grip" to give my style staying power-and more importantly gives me lift that lasts all day!
-Ellen Miller, former SHAPE beauty director and current beauty director at Better Homes and Gardens
17. Always wash your face: "I always wash my face with the gentlest product: Cetaphil. And I always moisturize at bedtime, especially around the eyes so that it sinks into the skin."
-Melissa Chapman, blogger at MarriedMySugarDaddy.com
18. Go crazy for chapstick: "Always carry Chapstick on you and never let your lips get dried up and cracked. No matter what brand or color lipstick you wear, chapped, dry lips will show and never look good."
-Anne Chertoff, freelance beauty writer and wedding style expert
19. Prime skin with shimmer: "I love YSL's Top Secrets skin primer for when I need to look bright-eyed and bushy-tailed even with no sleep. It has flecks of shimmer in it and was developed for models who had early call times-but worked for us normal girls as well!"
-Charlie James, videographer and commercial model
20. Fill in your brows: "For people with thin brows, use a pencil first that is a bit lighter than your natural color to define the shape, then follow with a brow powder that is close to your natural hair color with a thin, strong angle brush. After, use a brow gel or sealer which will set the powder. My fave is the Model in a Bottle - Long Lasting Eyebrow Sealer. It is by far the best sealer out there and I have tried many."
-Lauren Fanuzzi, beauty guru and art director
21. For yellow nails, use toothpaste: "If you get yellow nails after months of wearing dark polish, try scrubbing your toenails with a nail brush and whitening toothpaste. It gets rid of the yellow color. Try it-it works pretty well, and you end up with minty fresh toes!"
-Roxanna Sarmiento, beauty and style writer, and blogger at everydaytreats.com
22. Use the good oil: "Flawless skin is everyone's best beauty asset. Apply a drop of omega- and antioxidant-rich sea buckthorn seed oil on blemishes to speed up healing and see more perfect skin by morning. It's amazing!"
-Jolene Hart, beauty and health coach
23. Take advantage of concealer: Brighten your look instantly by dabbing some corrective concealer on the darkest portion of under-eye circles. Pat a flesh-toned shade over it and set with powder. Make sure to apply any eye creams and moisturizers well before application to avoid creasing."
-Kaylin Johnson, eco-friendly makeup artist and blogger
24. Keep things clean: "Extend the life of your makeup by using disposable applicators to avoid the double dip. Makeup's biggest enemy is bacteria, which are generally introduced to liquid products such as mascara by re-using an applicator. If you've ever had your makeup professionally done, you might notice that we makeup artists always use a new, clean mascara wand every time we have to dip into the product. We do this for the safety of our clients so that bacteria from one client isn't transferred to another, but limiting exposure to bacteria also helps the products last much longer. The easiest way to avoid the double dip is to use disposable applicators which you can generally get at any beauty supply shop."
-Ann Merin, makeup artist who appears on TLC's Wedding Day Makeover
25. Pick the best bra: "A well-fitting bra is the best beauty trick there is-boost the girls in and up to look younger, thinner, and more proportioned!"
-Jene Luciani, style and beauty expert, and author of The Bra Book
26. Mix with lotion: "Mix your favorite body lotion with body oil (even a tiny bit of olive oil will work!) for an all over soft sheen. Mix a body bronzer with your favorite body lotion; it's an easy, goof-proof way for a quick boost of color, especially when you are pressed for time!"
-Michelle McKean, Beauty Mama blogger at ParentSociety.com
27. Sample eye creams: "Keep those mini samples of eye cream you get with department store 'gift with purchase' in your desk and refresh your eyes during the day by lightly tapping the eye cream on your under eye area-even over your makeup is okay. It's refreshing and keeping your eye area moisturized makes it more youthful looking."
-Kari Solyntjes, founder of Fab Over Forty
28. Pillow pretty: "Always sleep on satin or silk pillowcases so that your hair doesn't snag and break when you're tossing and turning. If your hair is prone to dryness, focus shampoo on your scalp. Clean your scalp and when you rinse, the shampoo will clean the length or your hair just enough to gently cleanse it."
-Kai Chic, creator of Mane and Chic
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29. Use a retinoid cream: "As I get older, I've noticed that I tend to get more clogged pores and blackheads, so every night I use a retinoid cream (the one I like is non-RX) on my chin, nose, and forehead. If I do this regularly, my skin seems to look smoother, and I'm hoping I avoid breakouts.
-Maria Ricapito, freelance beauty writer for YouBeauty.com, VanityFair.com and DailyGlow.com (just to name a few)
30. Try a bun: "In the summer, I don't have time or desire to blow dry my hair in the nasty heat, so I wear it up in a high bun. It looks polished, takes 30 seconds, and saves my hair extra heat damage."
-Valerie Denny, senior web editor at Redbook
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Remember when Patrick Lalime was the scorching hot starter for the Ottawa Senators and was averaging more than 30 wins for four consecutive seasons? That sure seems like ancient times to all you fantasy hockey freaks, but for him it's a vivid memory, as if it were only yesterday. The same feeling is shared with Chicago Blackhawks head coach Dennis Savard, who continues to roll with his philosophy of playing the hot goaltender and has put his trust in Lalime for the time being. Fortunately, it's paying off when the organization needs it most.
It all started on Jan. 13, when Savard rested Nikolai Khabibulin for a game (boy, did he need it) in Nashville after he had lost seven games during the Hawks' eight-game winless streak. Lalime responded by leading Chicago to a 3-2 shootout victory over the Predators, which single-handedly pulled his team out of quicksand, because the more the Hawks tried to stop sinking, the deeper they went.
That game was more than just a big win for Lalime; it was an eye-opening experience. He realized that his confidence was rising with each and every save he made, a situation that all goaltenders live for. Channeling the energy that comes with making big saves when your team needs them most into inspired play by the forwards and defenseman in front of you is something a head coach always wants to see from a goaltender but never really expects to happen, especially after just one game. But it happened to Lalime, and out of nowhere, he's become the man again.
Even though Khabibulin had done a fairly formidable job carrying the team for most of the season, Savard could care less which goalie was winning, so long as they could win enough games to push the Hawks into the playoffs. Even Khabibulin's $6.75 million dollar salary compared to Lalime's $950,000 is just that – a salary – so it had no impact on Savard about who would be getting the brunt of the starts.
This sudden revival of Lalime's exhausting career as a "star turned sour" made a turn for the better the day he signed with Chicago, as now he's now being coined as the Hawks' veteran leader on a team of young guns. His four straight wins, including three by shootout over Nashville, Colorado and then Phoenix, were all considered goalie duels that he won. But more importantly he overshadowed great performances by two very hot goalies in Jose Theodore and Ilya Bryzgalov. This instills loads of confidence in not only Lalime but in young defensemen like Brent Seabrook, Duncan Keith and James Wisniewski. Now they had a reason to battle even harder in front of the net, for they are certainly aware of Lalime's history. They know they're fighting for more than just the puck or a win or more playing time.
But where is the source of Lalime's inspired play coming from? Look no further than Savard, who made it perfectly clear following the Nashville win that the starting job was now his to lose. Wise words from a wise leader, as Lalime responded by inspiring his team to a 6-1 rout of the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday and then followed it up with a pair of 2-1 nail-biters over the weekend against Colorado and then Phoenix. If there were any concerns that the Blackhawks couldn't compete with the big boys other than Detroit, they were certainly being answered with Lalime's great play.
For fantasy hockey managers however, the question is not how Lalime has turned his game around after being nearly non-existent for over three years, but how he was able to do it so quickly and will he be able to keep his play at this level over the course of the next few months.
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the windy city. Lalime's play on home ice will go a long way to determining what kind of momentum they can gain on the road. Road play for a young team is weighed heavily by the amount of confidence they have, and since the Hawks have five more games on the road than at home for the remainder of the season, each of those five games is a must-win if they plan to make the playoffs. In a situation like that, what head coach wouldn't roll with the hot goalie?
Honestly, Lalime is playing way beyond a hot streak. Playing three games in four nights is no simple task, not even for Evgeni Nabokov and Martin Brodeur. Lalime has a giant bag of past experiences to draw on and he's more than capable of handling a heavy and important workload. Every game is huge for the Hawks and that's a situation where Lalime can certainly thrive. Overall, it looks like there's another hidden gem in the free agency list, as Lalime is back in the limelight.
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Eric Hanushek is the Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow and a member of the Koret Task Force on K–12 Education at the Hoover Institution. A leader in the development of the economic analysis of educational issues, his research spans the impact on achievement of teacher quality, high-stakes accountability, and class-size reduction. He pioneered measuring teacher quality on the basis of student achievement, the foundation for current research into the value-added evaluations of teachers and schools. His work on school efficiency is central to debates about school finance adequacy and equity; his analyses of the economic impact of school outcomes motivate both national and international educational policy design.
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His most recent book, with Paul Peterson and Ludger Woessmann, Endangering Prosperity: A Global View of the American School, documents the huge economic costs of continuing to have mediocre schools. Earlier books include Schoolhouses, Courthouses, and Statehouses, Courting Failure, Handbook on the Economics of Education, The Economics of Schooling and School Quality, Improving America's Schools, Making Schools Work, Educational Performance of the Poor, and Education and Race, along with numerous widely cited articles in professional journals.
Hanushek previously held academic appointments at the University of Rochester, Yale University, and the US Air Force Academy and served in government as deputy director of Congressional Budget Office. He is a member of the National Academy of Education and the International Academy of Education along with being a fellow of the Society of Labor Economists and the American Education Research Association. He was awarded the Fordham Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in 2004.
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Cute bakery that makes insanely intricate decorated cakes. They also make a wide array of pastries, like cupcakes and cookies.
Come for the macarons and cutely shaped sugar cookies, stay for the Metropolis coffee. I love the low-key staffers.
Citysearch Editorial Review – The staff behind the counter at this Wicker Park bakery must not flinch when passersby do a double-take, then backtrack to stare at the eye-popping window display of elaborate, rolled-fondant wedding and special occasion cakes. Many neighborhood denizens know the friendly--if occasionally frazzled--staff by name, due to ritual morning coffee stops and often pause for a quick conversation before dashing off to the races. Two large glass display cases contain all manner of carb-o-licious goodies, from savory spinach and feta-stuffed croissants to lemon-tinged black-and-white cookies and every artistic, tuile-topped, ganache-stuffed creation imaginable.
Always bad service - pastries O.K. – I've tried Alliance Bakery a few times, hoping to see an improvement. But the staff is consistently rude and spacey, they seem to be annoyed to serve you, and have trouble hearing what you order. Try the other place instead - Letizia's Natural bakery, 1 block west further on Division. Or Sweet Thang around the corner on North Av. Far better than all of them is Bittersweet (on Belmont.)
I love this place – I look forward to Saturdays when I don't have to hurry to work, and can instead head to Alliance Bakery for fresh made bagels, crossiants, and coffee. While I have never tried the sweeter things, all the breakfast items have been outstanding. There also are tables outside where you can enjoy your fare and get in some morning people watching. As for the previous reviewer who didn't like the samples on the counter, I don't think I would like them either as they are dog treats.
THE WORST BAKERY IN THE CITY – The food, coffee and rude staff here could not possibly be any worse. Every time I manage to forget how awful my last experience was, I go in just to be majorly disappointed all over again. My sister in law to this day loves to tell the joke of when she bought a box of cookies here for a party. They were inedible. Actually, last time I was in Alliance Bakery I tried one of their free samples and rapidly saught a napkin to get that awful pastry away from my tastebuds. It's weird to me how poor this place is.
THIS IS THE BEST BAKERY EVER YOU MUST EAT THERE. MUST BUY CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES. theY ARE DA BOMBDIZZLE.
Dissapointed – The croissants were the only thing I can recommend. I would opt for carryout- the place is lame.
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Fudan University, Shanghai, China
This program is designed to teach the general principles of translation, understood not as a theory, but as a practical way of coping with the choices a translator will make. The workshop is open to students and professionals working in any scholarly discipline with an advanced reading knowledge of Chinese and English. The goal is to teach participants to render scholarly texts in their fields from Chinese into English or English into Chinese. Participants will translate texts of their own choosing relevant to their research interests.
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The workshop will take place on the campus of Fudan Univeristy. Two language tracks will be offered: Chinese to English translation, and English to Chinese translation. For 2012 the Chinese to English course will be led by Professor Ted Huters. The English to Chinese track will be led by Professor Deng Zhenglai (邓正来), Director of the National Institute for Advanced Study on Social Sciences at Fudan University (IAS-Fudan). Admission to the Chinese to English track will be overseen by UCLA. Students interested in the English to Chinese track should view Fudan University's web site .
Participants will enroll in the track that allows them to translate texts into their native language (i.e., native English speakers will enroll in the Chinese to English taught by UCLA). During the workshop, participants may audit the other language track, as well as attend specially arranged talks by professionals and scholars and participate in off-campus excursions.
Each week, program participants will attend two three-hour workshop sessions where they will present their translations for discussion with their classmates. Participants in the Chinese to English track will be enrolled in the UCLA graduate-level class Comparative Literature 286 and receive four units of academic credit*.
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Filmed by Chrtstine Martens. Made with the support of the Asian Cultural Council Fashioning Felt presents an extraordinary range of felt. From two-dimensional carpets to three-dimensional environments, each work reveals the virtuosity of both the material and the designers. The exhibition and book focus on felt that has been produced by traditional hand- or machine-felting processes; they exclude non-woven felt and techniques, in order to underscore the essential elements of feltmaking — wool fiber, agitation, moisture, and pressure.
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Graffiti – The Urban Artists of PompeiiThursday, September 30th, 2010
That's right, Pompeii. The catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 buried the city but preserved a unique look at daily life in the ancient world, including its residents' casual scribblings. Since the city's walls and buildings were brightly painted, folks carved their words into them, exposing the white plaster beneath.
According to a recent article in Smithsonian magazine, messages were carved inside and outside homes, public buildings, and the city's walls. This graffiti included friendly greetings, declarations of love, political commentary, poetry, jokes, and good wishes, carved by both the city's elite and it's regular folks.
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Blake DeWitt (C)
.270/.352/.371 .723 1hr 1.1 WAR
I know a lot of people focused on the fact that DeWitt hit just one homer as a Dodger, and I won't act as though that's acceptable. But note that his OPS was .723, and then realize that James Loney and Casey Blake, playing the more traditional power positions of 1B and 3B, ended up at .723 and .727, respectively. If DeWitt wasn't the answer, nor was he high on the list of problems.
After winning the second base job with a strong camp, DeWitt had just two extra-base hits (both doubles) in April, though he made up for it with an excellent .382 OBP. Despite ridiculous rumors that he'd be sent down in May, he managed to increase his OPS each month of the season he was with LA, from .681 in April to .745 in July.
In June, I noted that I was impressed with his gradual progression:
Just as I was about to write a post saying that while I'm pleased with Blake DeWitt's play this year, sooner or later he's going to have to show some power, he crushes a three-run shot deep into the night, setting in motion a much-needed offensive showing by the Dodgers in a 12-4 win. DeWitt's got an .801 OPS since May 1, along with an improving glove, but he hadn't been able to leave the yard until last night.
Though the various fielding metrics ranked him from average to slightly below, it was clear that all the hard work he'd put into the position switch was paying off, because the DeWitt we saw in July was far ahead of the DeWitt we saw in April.
Now, let's be clear. He's likely never going to be an All-Star, and I think his ceiling is as a solid everyday player with a good OBP and a bit of pop. Still, there's value in that, especially considering he was just 24, and so you can imagine why I was so disappointed when he was dealt to Chicago in the Ted Lilly deal for the useless Ryan Theriot, who you'll be reading more about in a second:
I can't express my disappointment in this enough, and I don't even like DeWitt all that much. I think he's done a decent job, but with absolutely zero power and defense that's average at best, he's not really proving himself to be a piece you build around. I just want to repeat that; the Dodgers are giving up someone I'm not an enormous fan of, and this is still a big mistake.
I suppose that's a topic we'll get into more in the Ned Colletti review, though. As for DeWitt, between his miraculous initial success as the emergency Opening Day 3B in 2008, resurrection as the playoff second baseman later that year, driver of the LA-to-ABQ express in 2009, and fulltime second baseman in 2010, DeWitt built quite the career into his relatively short time in LA. He will be missed.
Ryan Theriot (F)
.242/.323/.283 .606 1hr -0.1 WAR
In what you'll soon see is a recurring theme in these reviews, I'm trying not to blame the player for the misguided decisions of others. It's not Ryan Theriot's fault that he was part of the regrettable Blake DeWitt/Ted Lilly deal, and it's not his fault that Joe Torre insisted on hitting him 2nd all the time. And I'll even admit that (probably in large part due to low expectations) I was pleasantly surprised with his defense at second base.
But it is Theriot's fault that he made a lousy impression by getting on base just three times in his first eighteen plate appearances as a Dodger, and it's definitely his fault that he started September on a 2-29 skid on his way to hitting .159/.260/.159 for the month. It is fault that his Dodger OPS was about 120 points less than even DeWitt's modest mark, and it certainly doesn't help that his last extra base hit of the season was a double on August 26th.
Really, I already went into detail about how awful Theriot is when I noted him in our arbitration decisions series, so let's revisit that quickly:
Where should I start? Oh, I don't know. How about with the fact that there's 157 players who have accumulated at least 475 plate appearances in 2010, and Ryan Theriot is the 3rd-worst in baseball in OPS+? Beating out Alcides Escobar and Cesar Izturis is hardly an achievement:
Rk Player OPS+ PA Year Tm R H 2B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 1 Miguel Cabrera 180 648 2010 DET 111 180 45 38 126 89 95 .328 .420 .622 1.042 153 Jason Kendall 70 490 2010 KCR 39 111 18 0 37 37 45 .256 .318 .297 .615 154 Jose Lopez 69 618 2010 SEA 48 141 28 10 58 22 65 .239 .269 .337 .606 155 Ryan Theriot 69 618 2010 TOT 68 153 15 2 29 38 73 .270 .319 .314 .633 156 Alcides Escobar 66 530 2010 MIL 56 115 14 4 40 33 66 .236 .287 .326 .612 157 Cesar Izturis 53 500 2010 BAL 42 109 13 1 28 24 53 .236 .282 .275 .557Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
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"But," you say, "OPS doesn't measure defense, or position, or baserunning. That's an unfair comparison." Okay, then. Let's go with WAR, and compare against only fellow second basemen. How does that turn out for Mr. TOOTBLAN? Well, he's only the worst second baseman in baseball in 2010 (min. 300 PA):
Rk Player WAR/pos PA Tm R H 2B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 1 Robinson Cano 5.5 672 NYY 100 193 39 28 105 55 76 .318 .378 .530 .908 25 Skip Schumaker 0.2 513 STL 64 122 18 5 41 43 63 .265 .331 .341 .671 Rk Player WAR/pos PA Tm R H 2B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 26 Cristian Guzman 0.0 396 TOT 48 97 12 2 26 20 63 .266 .311 .337 .648 27 Gordon Beckham -0.3 498 CHW 58 112 25 9 49 37 92 .252 .317 .378 .695 28 Ryan Theriot -0.9 618 TOT 68 153 15 2 29 38 73 .270 .319 .314 .633Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
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Man. I'm starting to wonder if the F grade was a bit generous. Now as I said, his defense was surprisingly nice, as should probably be expected from a former shortstop. But he's going to be make something like $3.5m in arbitration this winter, perhaps more. He's an offensive black hole. You can't find good defense and comparable offense for about $3m less than that? Of course you can.
But make no mistake, he'll be back. Of that, I have no doubt. And he'll be hitting 2nd, because that's what gritty 2nd basemen do.
Ronnie Belliard (Putting the F in DFA)
.216/.295/.327 .622 2hr -0.4 WAR
I suppose it was overshadowed by Garret Anderson's assault on the record books in all the wrong ways and the overall ineptitude of the offense, but I always thought that Belliard's horrendous year flew under the radar a bit more than it should have. Sure, I suppose he earned some small benefit of the doubt with his performance in 2009 after coming over from Washington, but when he's not hitting, he's not valuable, since he's a lousy fielder.
To be honest, I wasn't really sure why he was re-signed in the first place, and yes, I'm regretting bagging on Jamey Carroll's shortstop skills right now:
Except… isn't this exactly what Jamey Carroll was for? You know, a mediocre veteran who can play some 2nd and 3rd as needed? Because Belliard can't play shortstop any more than Carroll can, and it was that "lack of a shortstop" issue that led to Nick Green getting a spring training invite.
So if this isn't to fill that backup shortstop hole (since Belliard can't do it) and it isn't to be the 2B/3B backup bat off the bench (since that's ostensibly what Carroll's here for), what the hell is Belliard's role? Please don't tell me he's the Opening Day 2B, not until Blake DeWitt is given a chance to fail, and not with guys like Felipe Lopez and Orlando Cabrera still out there with rapidly falling contract demands.
Throughout the spring, the main intrigue with Belliard was whether he'd manage to make it under the magic number of 209 pounds, which he was contractually obligated to in order to see his contract become guaranteed:
Part of me wonders: do we even want him to? Blake DeWitt seems all but certain to win the second base job. Belliard's presence (combined with Jamey Carroll) was mostly to have two options in case DeWitt flopped – but if he doesn't, Belliard could be a little redundant.
To his credit, Belliard got off to a nice start, with an .849 OPS at the end of April. But it was all downhill from there, hitting just .194/.279/.274 until he was cut in August. When he was finally let go, I wondered why we'd never focused on it as much as we should have, and then tried to slip in a bit of a conspiracy theory:
Belliard's incompetence is something I touched upon a few times this year, but probably never as much as it really deserved. I mean, since the beginning of July he was hitting just .175/.232/.222, with three extra base hits, and offering a lot of negative value on defense. His spot could have been put to better use months ago, and it wasn't.
The timing of it makes me wonder. Just how much of Belliard's continued employment was an attempt to make Manny Ramirez happy, since it's well known that the two were good buddies? Manny's been gone for barely a week, and now Belliard is out the door, despite no desperate roster need to do so, and no new on-field evidence to demand it (by that I mean, he doesn't suck any more now than he already has all season).
I always figured that Belliard's friendship with Manny was just a nice additional perk from a mostly useless backup infielder. Perhaps it was his only use to the club at all.
Ah, well. So long, Ronnie. We'll always have the awkward way in which Orlando Hudson was minimized though, won't we? Good times.
Nick Green (inc.)
.125/.222/.125 .347 0hr 0.0 WAR
I wanted to make a joke saying "Nick Green was a member of the 2010 Los Angeles Dodgers" and nothing more, because he got just nine unimportant plate appearances and I'd sort of forgotten he ever existed. But, this is probably a good time to look at how badly the team wanted to both acquire and keep him for some reason which I never did understand.
Remember, this is how I spoke of him when we first heard rumors:
If you don't know much about Green, that's because you shouldn't. This is a guy who is 31 and has played for five teams in parts of five seasons, almost entirely as a backup. In 2009, he was pressed into service as Boston's starting shortstop for nearly half the season thanks to a multitude of injuries, and responded with a pretty bad .236/.303/.366 line. That's not even a case of a guy being exposed due to too much playing time; that mirrors exactly his career line of .239/.307/.352. Even in over 3000 PA appearances in the minors, his OBP is just .324. "Getting on base" is clearly not Nick Green's strength, no matter where he plays.
"But hey," you might say. "He's a shortstop, so if he really can't hit, he must be a whiz with the glove, right?" You'd say that, and you'd be wrong. For his entire career, he's a whopping 0.6 fielding runs above average. That's not horrible, but nor is it an asset.
So please, enlighten me. When you're trying to come up with backup infielders, paying Nick Green more than you'd have to pay Chin-lung Hu to be 5 years older, a far inferior fielder, and a likely inferior batter (Hu at least has a .342 OBP in the minors, and at his age still has time to improve) makes sense in what way exactly?
Of course, when he signed the next month, I had this to add:
But you know what makes it even better? That's three paragraphs about how Nick Green is a lousy ballplayer and a bad idea, and that was before I heard that he had back surgery this offseason. Back surgery, which he is behind schedule in recovering from.
Green didn't make the roster, but he did report to ABQ until being called up when Rafael Furcal was injured, which I was thrilled about:
So what's changed since then? The correct answer is "well, it's only a month into the season, so unless Green's already put up 20 homers while Hu broke his leg, that's not nearly enough time to be more important than the last several years of established history". But we all know it doesn't work like that, because if it did we wouldn't have seen any Ortizii on this squad.
In spring training – and yes, I know that these stats don't mean much, but don't pretend they don't often decide jobs – Hu had a line of .281/.324/.281. Obviously there's no power there, so it's not stellar… but it's also streets ahead of Green's .139/.324/.167. After camp broke, neither one has been hitting very well in the first month at ABQ - Hu at .227/.261/.242, and Green at .219/.242/.438.
Of course Green got just one hit, and was eventually DFA'd when Scott Elbert came up. Let's be honest; he was totally irrelevant, and I probably spent more time digging up those quotes than he did on the active roster. Don't you love these infuriatingly bad veteran signings?
Next! Rafael Furcal just can't stay healthy! Jamey Carroll was actually pretty rad! Chin-lung Hu makes his yearly cameo! And wait, that's Juan Castro? It's shortstop!


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