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Looking to take the series
Another big one today in Cincy…if we can take each series, I'm feeling good about our chances. Looks like a day off for Manny, though I'm not in Cincinnati so we'll have to wait for official word from Joe T.
Furcal, SS
Pierre, LF
Ethier, RF
Kemp, CF
Blake, 3B
Loney, 1B
Martin, C
Hudson, 2B
Kershaw, P
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Enjoy the game everyone……
Interesting……Manny finally hits a homerun and he needs a day off!
I am not even a Manny fan, and I understand why he should be in the lineup. Yes, I understand JP had a good day yesterday, but he can't hit a homerun, plain and simple. Everytime Dre, Matt and Manny are up to bat, we can at least predict that will happen. With JP, there is no prediction other than which way his ball will bounce in (or sometimes through) the infield. Basehits are great, but we want to see the bombs.
This is exactly why Joe is an idiot Tru. A guy appears to be getting his stroke back (and it applies to just about everyone else at one time or another these last two seasons) and JoJo takes him out so he can't build on it and keep it going. Its insane.
Sorry jpd – I must be in the morning time warp. I was responding off you comment.
red pen – not "you" …………."your"
tru – that was criminal what they put Zito through last night. You pitch 8 and 1/3's inning and you get pulled because of a solo homerun by Hawpe when you are up 5-1. If the next batter hits one, then worry and perhaps pull him. Other than that, let the guy finish the frickin' game. At least he would've been the one to screw it up and not given it up to the bullpen.
You are right, JPD. Joe is and Idiot……actually I think most managers are…..Bochy almost blew the game for the Giants last night by overthinking every situation. Until the last out of that game, Zito must have been plenty ticked off!
Oh, crap, here go Rick and Charlie with the Lovefest for JP! According to them, he is being rewarded for hi great game yesterday. But, it was Manny who hit the bomb to put us in front! It was Matty, who hit another bomb with men on base and it was Andre (pinch hitting) who led off with a double.
*his great game.
Nells – its not even that JP is playing over Manny. Its the fact that, here's a guy who has struggled lately and finally gets a couple good swings and the very next day, he's riding the pine. How can you string some good ABs together when you're not playing? JoJo's done that with Dre. He's done it with Martin. He's done it with Kemp. He's done it with just about everyone and it makes no sense whatsoever. Then he'll keep playing a guy who's totally struggling and not got any clue at all of what he's doing. I swear Joe's senile.
Its hard to get and keep something going when Joe interrupts their momentum.
Seems idiot is the word of the day. For more on JP check out Plaschke's article in today's L.A. Times:
I don't think no one read my comment early this morning but did Jeff Kent really get cheer in SF? I guess it was the uniform that did it lol.
Another guy with his 1st career homerun
oldbrooklynfan, that's when things usually get interesting.
Here we go again. 11 runs yesterday, zero so far today. Could it be all Arroyo? Is he that good? I just don't understand.
tbw ~ it's almost like we are in a hurry to get home!
Hi Everybody,
I might not be around for the entire game as I have to leave around 3:00PM ET.
If we're nearing the end I might hang around, for a spell.
Just hoping we can get these two runs back as soon as possible.
lmao @ Phillips taking 2nd on Kemp.
Arroyo has a no hitter going. Time for that to end.
Give him a lifetime career to remind a dodgers is who entire career same goes with Ethier and Kershaw.
Not sure with the time warp problem on this blog but I think the time did come.
CRUSHED!!!!!!!! Matty WTG!!!
You're a min to late with that comment
KERSH another wolf.
oldbrooklynfan ~ You brought us good luck on those two runs. I thought Janish should have had Kershaw's ground ball. We got a break with that bad hope.
10 k's by Kershaw to bad he made that one mistake.
Kershaw got squeeze on that one.
35th Double for Andre!!!!
I want more k's from Kershaw.
Damn 5 straight balls unbelieveable.
This might be it for Kershaw.
Great picked off Kershaw now let's get James MacDonald cousin out now.
I want more runs from the Dodgers.
Urgh 3-2 what kind of pitch was that?
Dang no k's that inning oh well.
They'll probably pinch hit for Kershaw here. Another good outting for him. Hopefully they'll get some runs and he'll get the win.
Loretta is 13/26 against Arroyo sigh he should've PH.
I'll be leaving now.
I hope it don't change the luck.
This might be the inning.
See ya tomorrow night.
Go DODGERS
Orlando Hudson 33 7 1 0 0 3 2 6 .212 .250 .242 .492
Juan Pierre 30 11 1 1 0 0 1 2 .367 .387 .467 .854
Mark Loretta 26 13 2 0 0 4 1 2 .500 .519 .577 1.095
Rafael Furcal 25 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 .280 .280 .280 .560
Brad Ausmus 23 6 2 1 0 1 1 8 .261 .292 .435 .726
Russell Martin 17 4 0 0 0 2 1 5 .235 .278 .235 .513
Andre Ethier 16 6 2 0 1 3 2 3 .375 .444 .688 1.132
James Loney 14 8 2 1 1 5 1 2 .571 .600 1.071 1.671
Doug Mientkiewicz 11 7 1 0 1 3 1 1 .636 .667 1.000 1.667
Casey Blake 8 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 .250 .333 .375 .708
Matt Kemp 8 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 .500 .556 .500 1.056
Blake DeWitt 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 .333 .333 .500 .833
Chin-lung Hu 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333
Totals 219 77 13 3 3 23 13 36 .352 .386 .479 .866
Ouch which we had Mientkiewicz to PH.
Come on Manny due some damage!
Gosh who was that announce that said Manny Furcal and Pierre coming up? Does this person know Pierre came out of the game?
Damn I want that double down the line.
Wow Halladay getting get kill again.
Damn let Kuo pitch to Votto.
Run Matty Run!!!
Should had proofread that Halladay comment.
Unbelievable! They can't push across a run. They don't deserve to win.
Damn I want the grand slam
I guess the Reds didn't know how good Castro was with us since he was a member of them last year.
Nice throw Martin!
Let's go Broxton no drama please.
Urgh damn 3-0.
Wow I'm watching the llws and california power hitter getting the Bonds treatment
Come on Matty! At least a SF!!!
At least we finally got a run!
A grand slam would have been better.
Crap, come on Brox!
Damn, Russell!
Why does he have to do this?
We need a dp now.
I wish we had that GS by Kemp
Broxton has an ERA over 6+ on the road he can't pitch on the road no more.
geez Brox, just throw strikes.
Come on Brox, one more out!
There you go now let's get the players that was drafted behind Kershaw in that 2006 draft.
Thanks stubbs that could be 3-1.
Not pretty, but a win is a win!
lol player of the game gotta to love that Castro but I think it should be Kemp for that sac fly.
WHEW!!!!! Jonathan – you scare us sometimes, but thank you for getting it done. Have a great flight home boys. Get your rest. The Dbacks are on a roll too. So, it's not like they are going to be a walk in the park either.
Man that first baseman for Chulo Vista is huge.
Whew!! We win!!! I'm going to start calling Broxton, THRILL RIDE! I feel worn out after that inning. Well, we did get fantastic pitching this game, even though Broxton put us through the ringer.
I wish Broxton would stop turning into Wilson all of a sudden lol.
He's just has to trust his stuff more and throw strikes.
By Ken Gurnick / MLB.com
LOS ANGELES — Partly because of injuries, but mainly because they are adept at manipulating a roster, the Dodgers have moved 44 players onto and off of the 25-man active list this season.
When the roster expands to a maximum of 40 on Tuesday, the Dodgers will begin a series of promotions from the Minor Leagues. But unlike many clubs that bring up unknowns, the Dodgers will be plucking from a large group of players they've already used in the Major Leagues.
Among the players the big club could add in the next week are pitchers Scott Elbert, Eric Stults, Cory Wade and Brent Leach; catcher A.J. Ellis; infielders Tony Abreu, Blake DeWitt, Chin-lung Hu; and outfielder Jamie Hoffmann. All but Hu played with the Dodgers this year, and he played with them last year.
There also are injured players the Dodgers hope can help. Utility man Doug Mientkiewicz, left-handed reliever Will Ohman and outfielder Xavier Paul also can be activated Tuesday. Mientkiewicz's left-handed bat off the bench, in particular, could fill a huge need. Ohman lost his spot to the acquisition of George Sherrill. Paul isn't yet ready.
Each of the three, however, is on the 60-day disabled list and do not count against the 40-man roster. So when they are activated, a corresponding player must be moved off the 40-man roster at the risk of losing that player to another club, making each decision difficult.
And then there is the chance that general manager Ned Colletti adds a bat off the bench, as he's been trying to do, which could preempt one of the callups as well as cost somebody a 40-man roster spot.
Of all the callups, Ellis is the most likely because manager Joe Torre has said he wants a third catcher to provide more flexibility. There are some in the organization who believe that Ellis could make a run at starter Russell Martin's job next spring.
Another interesting callup will be DeWitt, in part because this would be the sixth time he's made the team this year.
However, most recently, management has reached for Abreu when it needs an infielder and not DeWitt, because Abreu is now healthy and his bat has been much more potent this season than DeWitt's. One player who has pretty much fallen off the radar is outfielder Jason Repko, who has three years of Major League service but no big league time this year.
Torre said he'd prefer fewer callups than more.
"You need some players," he said. "Some teams that aren't in the race, you could probably bring up more players to take a look at. I think in our case or any team in a pennant race, you don't want to call up too many so that they sort of get in the way, unless you are going to use them. You don't want to get that clubhouse cluttered up where you really get lost in what you're trying to accomplish."
I wanted Mitch Jones up.
The Dodgers just acquired Ronnie Belliard from the Nats.
The Dodgers acquired INF Ronnie Belliard from the Nationals in exchange for Minor League RHP Luis Garcia and a player to be named.
You scooped me just under the wire truebluewill.
I am guessing that acquisistion is a good thing, yes? I am assuming they will bring up Mitch Jones as well when the roster expands.
Nelly ~ I just heard Charlie say it as he was signing off on the broadcast.
Urgh no way what is the purpose of that trade? Called up Hector Luna geez. I think the Dodgers hitters should take notes on the Angels game. They scored all their runs with 2 outs.
Someone pulled up Luis Garcia numbers in the minor. I really want to see if he a stud down there.
Nats Trade Belliard To Dodgers
The Nationals traded second baseman Ronnie Belliard to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday afternoon for minor league pitcher Luis Garcia and a player to be named later. Garcia, at the time of the deal, was pitching for Class A Great Lakes of the Midwest League. I'll have more information on this within the hour. Just heading down to the clubhouse now, after the Nats' 2-1 loss to St. Louis.
I can't wait to see who that ptbnl is.
Nats press release:
The Washington Nationals today traded infielder Ronnie Belliard to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for right-handed pitcher Luis Garcia and a player to be named. Nationals Senior Vice President and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement.
Garcia, 22, is currently 5-3 with five saves and a 2.92 ERA (23 ER/71.0 IP) in 34 appearances with Great Lakes of the Single-A Midwest League. He shows plus command, as he has walked just 15 in 71.0 innings (1.9 per 9.0 innings) en route to a 3.7/1 strikeout-to-walk and 1.8/1 ground out-to-air out ratios. In 16 appearances since the All-Star break, Garcia has registered a .220 batting average against (26-for-118).
In five-plus professional seasons, the 6-foot-2 Garcia is 14-7 with 14 saves and a 3.38 ERA (73 ER/194.2 IP) in 97 games. His career batting average against is .230 (168-for-732).
The 34 year-old Belliard hit .246 (46-for-187) with five home runs and 22 RBI in 86 games for the Nationals in 2009.
Ouch even though he's a minor league pitcher but have great number but I'd rather have Gonzo back. Is Nomar still in the league again?
GS Renteria
The Dback was averaging over 10+ runs in the last 3 to 4 game and they now have the change to sweep the Astros we better be ready for them tomorrow night.
tru – that was criminal what they put Zito through last night. You pitch 8 and 1/3's inning and you get pulled because of a solo homerun by Hawpe when you are up 5-1. If the next batter hits one, then worry and perhaps pull him. Other than that, let the guy finish the frickin' game. At least he would've been the one to screw it up and not given it up to the bullpen.
Where in the hell did that come from. I posted that this morning, and it now shows up again 7 hours later. We really need this fixed.
10:02 to be exact 🙂
Wow 7 hours later ouch
There probably isn't anybody around right now but, I have to ask, "Why the heck do we need another infielder?" That is the one thing we have in abundance. A power bat off the bench, I could see. Another outfielder, to give JP a rest, I can see………..an infielder, I don't get it!!!
The Ned works in mysterious ways…
He sure does!
Damn, I forgot about that, NellyJune! LMAO!!!
JP doesn't need days off. He is the mvp, remember 🙂
The Ronnie Belliard trade tells as much about Mark Loretta as anything. The Dodgers are obviously looking for ANYTHING from the right hand side of the plate, pinch-hitting wise.
Wow I wish we had a guy like Grienke retired 22 in a row and pitch a 1 hit cg/shutout. I think the Pirates are a little bit happy since we wear the Reds bullpen down and they have to play a double headed tomorrow. I wouldn't mind to see our bullpen rest tomorrow and they need it bad.
Another thing Grienke face 2 over the max.
"Of all the call-ups, Ellis is the most likely because manager Joe Torre has said he wants a third catcher to provide more flexibility. There are some in the organization who believe that Ellis could make a run at starter Russell Martin's job next spring."
Well so much for Mitch Jones getting the called up. Congratalation Wallace and the Triple A Isotopes.
Look like the new 51's farm system suck lol.
Keep on forgetting that farm system belong to the Blue Jays now. 51s Franchise Reaches 300,000 Plateau In Home Attendance For 27th Straight Season! 51s Franchise Reaches 300,000 Plateau In Home Attendance For 27th Straight Season (1983-2009)
I don't think it's a good idea to called Ellis and the rest of the game up just yet.
I think you hit the nail on the head Kahli. In fact, if they bring Monkeywhiskers back in Sept. and he shows any stick at all, I wouldn't be surprised if Loretta came down with one of Ned and Stan's "mystery" ailments if they need the roster spot for the playoffs. (yes, I'm now saying they'll make the playoffs.)
They may not need it though as I presume they'll only carry 11 pitchers. So who then are the two extra extras? Belliard's one. DeWitt? Ellis? Monkey?
And speaking of Ellis, what did you guys think of the article that said some people in the organization think he can compete with Martin for starting catcher next year? Don't know if you've looked that far ahead, but there's an absolute dirge of FA catchers after this season. We're either going to have to use Martin again, try Ellis or trade for one.
Well JustPlainDisgusted….I think that anyone that comes up (like Ellis) from the minors they will compete for the starter position. Who knows if they will give it to him right of away. But I'm sure he is going to have to proof himself in the Majors. Hopefully this will be a big eye opener for Martin….and he will have to step it up (like the previous years). Martin got to comfortable. But may the best man win!
Maybe we should send Martin down 🙂
I hope Tim Wallach is a future Dodgers' manager rather than that A-hole Mattingly who only knows how to suck up Torre's ***.
Someone would have to take Ellis places on the Isotopes roster since they're in the playoff and Andoin and some guy name Arp is on the 7 days DL. Isn't J.D. Closser a catcher?
JPD ~ my, my, if they let Loretta go to the DL, who will Joe put in at first when he thinks James is struggling? Maybe, it would be a good thing so Joe can put all of the regulars out there everyday. Aren't we supposed to be pushing for the stretch…..trying to win the whole damn thing?! So, please, Joe, no days off the the usual guys!
n/m Closser is one but he can't thrown out baserunners.
I agree bear, no more Yankees when JoJo's gone (if he ever goes.) I wouldn't mind seeing Yeager manager, Wallach be his righthand man, and Hough be the pitching coach.
Then again, what do I know. The local Hooters was having a bikini carwash and I drove right on by.
Any chance tonight's game will be postponed due to the wildfires/air quality?
Blake goes to 1st Dewitt hopefully played 3rd bases.
IMO Abreu deserves a full opportunity to fill in at either 2nd or 3rd base, and I question why Belliard was necessary. Not to dismiss DeWitt, but he's had a reasonable chance to show what he can do at the big league level, and he's really not seized the opportunity. The time that Abreu spent in the majors, I believe he batted in the .260's with some power potential as well. He seems to have come back from his medical problems that extended over two seasons, partly because our medical staff didn't recognize the problem, and his operation for a hernia type condition had to be done a second time. He was going to be one of our prime prospects, and he's now done it very well at the minor league level this season. Torre just doesn't know him; therefore, he's being dismissed in favor of anybody else.
Have I mentioned that Torre is an A** besides being and Idiot?
Belliard is a former All-Star, won a World Series with the Cards in 2006 Cards, and is hitting over .300 since the All-Star break. Don't think Abreu, DeWitt or Loretta can measure up to those numbers…at least not today. I still have a ton of confidence in DeWitt, less in Abreu, and none in Loretta. Belliard, for what he is, is a good pick-up. As for J. Martin vs. Ellis, don't really have much of a measure on Ellis, but ANYONE pushing the "anointed one" is a good thing. Wallace over Mattingly any day as future (or present) manager.
I hope you're right about Belliard, kahli, and if he is here to replace Loretta that would have to be all to the good.
"In the 10th and 12th innings, Rafael Furcal went to the plate with Ramirez on first. He didn't try to bunt Ramirez to second base either time. The reason? Torre said he thinks most leadoff hitters have trouble bunting for anything other than a hit. Torre believes that most leadoff hitters are more used to bunting with their feet on the move instead of in place and said he didn't want Furcal to do anything that felt unnatural."
Such an idiot…………
So have him bunt with his feet on the move. There. Done. Next question. Besides, getting a base hit seems pretty "unnatural" for Furcal these days, anyway.
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Is it me or is a bunt a bunt no matter how you get it down?
Hey, what are the odds that Ned gets canned after this season? Unfortunately right now I'd have to say 65/35 in his favor.
I read where Ned is a free agent and will be in BIG demand, with McCourt fighting to keep him. The world is a mysterious place. The article alluded to McCourt forging a "small market"-type team. Translation: cheap.
That is the dumbest thing I've heard in a long time…..to me a leadoff hitter is supposed to be able to lay down a bunt. He is also supposed to take more than one pitch per at bat.
Kahli ~ When will Frank finally realize that Dodger fans are smart and won't put up with all of this crap?! I guess MC CHEAP REALLY FITS!
LMAO!!! What kind of lame excuse is that? A bunt is a bunt is a bunt is a bunt…………………oh for crying out loud!!
I'm thinking that the only way we get rid of Ned is in the unlikely event that somebody else wants him bad enough to offer him a bunch of big money. McCheap is probably holding the line against spending money whether it be players or a GM. Overall I think that Ned has done Schidt and probably worse than that, but if he wants to stay, I'd say that it's 90% sure that he will.
JT has to learn to play small ball and get the RISP, especially for the play offs, if not starting tonight. Funny Furcal did bunt in saturdays game with Dre on 2nd, so JTs conjecture is out the window, perhaps it is Manny's running legs was the real concern, which relates to his ability to track ball in the outfield too. Manny might have been thrown out at 2nd on a bunt. Furcal really isnt the issue
I wasn't happy about Ned being GM at first, and with schmidt and Jones to follow, even less fond of him, but yes seeing that he took the Dodgers past their first playoff series in 20 years, he is probably regarded as a coveted GM.
When I listen to the Giants radio/tv simulcast in the mornings, they DO want Ned! They LOVE Ned! And, they want Sabean GONE!!!!
Brad Penny is now a Gnat. I'm looking forward to the Boys in Blue pummeling him, hopefully twice.
What a perfect scenario. Ned goes back to San Francisco and the Dodgers promote Logan White. Ned can then trade for Juan Pierre, and maybe even revisit Andruw for the Gnats. The poor Dodgers will be left with a new GM that knows the organizational skill level of his players–especially the minor leagues–inside and out.
You know what will happen don't you? The Gints will get Ned and we'll end up with Sabean.
Correct me if I'm wrong regarding Manny, but didn't he play a full year last year and all down the stretch for us? His legs didn't need a rest then. The guy's had 50 friggin games off and has played the equivalent of 2 STs since his vacation – shouldn't his legs be the freshest?
Hearing Joe's doublespeak is like listening to a politician. What he's saying about both Furcal and Manny belie the facts. McCheap needs to McFire Joe's McAss and hire someone cheap like Yeager who actually understands and can manage baseball in the NL.
I remember when the Dodgers played the Cards that LaRussa demanded EVERYONE be able to bunt…and they did, successfully. Joe, on the other hand, "excuses" his players, not wanting to take then out of their "comfort zone." Can you say "coddle?" Wonder if Bowa ever slugs Joe in the face every now and then?
"Hearing Joe's doublespeak is like listening to a politician."
By justplaindisgusted on August 31, 2009 2:01 PM
Perfect. Exactly. That's what he does.
Another scenario from yesterday. Kemp led off the 11th with a walk. I figured he'd at least attempt to steal second to get into scoring position with no outs. No. Blake swung at the first pitch. And the second. I understand that having Blake sacrifice is unnatural. I get that now. But what is unnatural about having your best basestealer steal? Criminy, I was actually hearing Lyons halfway criticize Torre yesterday. Not by name of course, but he was wondering why you don't use the speed of the only guy in the every day lineup.
I think it was the first time this season I agreed with that guy.
Torre is an idiot.
I know I'm sounding like your fan club jpd, but I agree with you on the subject of Ramirez' legs. I also like kahli's dream scenario, but I don't have much faith in it actually happening. We're stuck with Torre for next year and we better get used to the idea of Mattingly replacing him. All we can do is hope that he isn't a carbon copy.
Oh, and I also wonder if anyone has given Ramirez an eye exam lately. Seriously. I went from having perfect vision to needing glasses in one day. And I was just about the same age as Ramirez is now.
my thoughts and prayers to the two firefighters who lost their lives yesterday.
From the L.A. Times:
"Two firefighters were killed when they drove off the side of a treacherous road in the Mt. Gleason area, south of Acton, around 2:30 p.m. Sunday, said Los Angeles County Deputy Fire Chief Mike Bryant. They were later identified as Arnaldo Quinones, 35, of Palmdale and Tedmund Hall, 47, of San Bernardino County.
"This accident is tragic," Bryant said, choking up as he spoke Sunday evening. "This is a very difficult time for L.A. County Fire Department and the men and women that serve day in, day out.""
to all the men and women that serve the fire department and to the ones that have come to help A BIG Thank you!! God Bless you!
Me, too! I admire and thank all of the firemen for the work they do on a daily basis.
As do most of us here in SoCal, I have several friends in the city and county fire departments and I echo Emma's thoughts and prayers.
I started wearing glasses since forever! sometimes I fall asleep with them on. My brother Bill says is because I want to be able to see my dreams.
Randy Wolf goes for career win #100! Good luck Randy!
Is Military week at the stadium this week!
Dodgereric ~ I still don't need glasses yet. I keep checking though 🙂
I was going to post something sooner but I couldn't find my glasses.
Seriously, I usually don't comment much on Joe but I also found his remarks about why he did not have Furcal bunt with Manny on first a little odd. He must have a bad batch of Bigalow Green tea that day. My daughter says that my grandson's first words will either be "Go Dodgers" or "Bigalow Green Tea".
I'm here in Tujunga (not Big Tujunga Canyon), and just about 5 blocks over there are evacuations, so it's obviously very smoky and ashy around here. I haven't opened a window in 4 days now! It's nuts!
Thanks sparkle! In one direction I am about 6 or 7 blocks from the mountains (where homes end), in another direction I'm about 4 blocks away, so chances are I won't have to evacuate. Let's hope not! 🙂
Hang in there Peru. I grew up in the San Gabriel Valley (not up in the foothills though) and I remember many a fire up at Mt. Wilson, LaCanada, Tujunga… try not to breathe too much of that crap in.
I grew up in the San Fernando Valley and remember many fire-filled summers. One year the inversion layer was so bad that the sky was actually red and it looked like twilight in the middle of the day.
Piano Man, praying you won't have to evacuate and that all will be well for you and yours. Also praying protection for all the firefighters and that they'll get the handle on these things very soon.
All the so-called veterans we have swing at the first pitch Eric. Hudson did it too. 2 on, one out. pitcher starting to struggle. So Hudson swings at the first pitch and grounds into a DP.
My thoughts are with you too, Piano Man. Please be careful.
Thanks jpd and tru!!! So far so good! It's pretty much jog from the house to the car, and repeat when I get home. Mainly we have stayed home. This Friday we are thinking of going to the beach, hopefully to get at least a few hours away from the stuff. My brother is a police officer working 12 hour shifts to control who comes in and out, evacuate people, etc. I don't envy him!!
JPD, the first pitch swing interests me a lot. If a player swings on the first pitch and gets a hit, drives in a run or hits a home run, no one thinks much about which pitch he hit. But hit that first pitch for an out (or outs, especially if that at bat ends the inning with runners on base) and end the inning) the second guessing is fast and furious. I agree there are times to take a pitch such as when a pitcher has had problems throwing strikes to the previous hitter. But there may be other times when a hitter thinks the best pitch he has seen is that first pitch of that particular at bat. Other than causing a pitcher to throw some extra pitches, is there much difference between a 10 pitch at bat that ends in an out (or outs) or a one pitch at bat that ends the same way?
Anyone find it amusing that Giant fans were giving the Dodgers a bad time for picking up Padilla, then they go out and get Penny? Talk about a loser.
Agree jpd! Look at the video of Penny on http://www.tmz.com, should be on the first or second page of the site.
Guess it depends on the situation birk. In Hudson's case it was late in the game (9th or 10th I think) and the reliever was starting to struggle. Hudson hadn't seen him yet to even know what he had and he's up there first pitch hacking. I'd expect that out of a rookie or JP, but I expect more out of Hudson. Besides that, Manny was behind him, and I suspect he'd see more than one good pitch to hit. He should've too.
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text: It may just look like the rear section of a run-of-the-mill European hatchback to you, but to Kia it's yet another facet of its new C'eed three-door, the company's most important model in the grab-a-piece-of Europe sweepstakes. Earlier this month we saw the front, of ex-Audi designer Peter Schreyer's continental design. The rear reminds us of Opels and Volkswagens and other such asymmetrically portal'd runabouts. That's exactly what Kia doesn't want, though we're not sure a few carve-outs placed strategically are enough to make the C'eed a standout in a hatch-crowded market. We'll see in Frankfurt.


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Our client is a global pharmaceutical company. They have asked us to assist them in their search for a Medical Science Liaison.
Major tasks and responsibilities will include:
- Acts as the primary clinical/scientific resource to Health Care Providers in the territory for information pertaining to disease state and the Company's product(s) to ensure awareness and understanding.
- Serves as a conduit for accurate and updated clinical, scientific and medical information between thought leaders and the company's Medical Affairs group.
- Establishes, fosters, cultivates and maintains relationships with thought leaders in the therapeutic areas in which the Company has current and future interests.
- Shares knowledge and participates in scientific exchanges and interactions with identified thought leaders.
- Presents clinical, scientific and economic data on the Company's products and relevant therapeutic areas to formulary decision-makers, as requested.
- Identifies and communicates key clinical and research issues from industry leaders to appropriate internal partners to shape company research, development, and commercial strategies.
- Develops and implements business plans to support Medical Affairs strategic direction for assigned region.
We seek candidates with the following qualifications:
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If interested, please email your resume as a Word attachment to us, reference 3791. No calls or faxes, please. Include your daytime phone number an we will contact you confidentially or reply to your email.
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Tijuana, Mexico, July 16, 2009 – China prevailed in a five-setter against Czech Republic in the second match of Pool B in the FIVB Women's Junior World Championship. The score was 21-25, 25-22, 25-14, 22-25, 15-12.
Zhan Yichan led four Chinese in double figures with 16 points and Yuan Caixia added 14 tallies. Liu Xiaotong recorded 13 and Sun Mingjian contributed 12. Czech Tereza Vanzurova had a match-high 29 points and Michala Svobodnikova added 15 in the losinf cause.
Czech Republic took the close first set 25-21 with a late offense led by Tereza Vanzurova who had six kills in the frame. The Czechs led 8-7 at the first technical time-out but the score reverted at the second pause when China was in front 16-15. The Czech Republic outscored China 4-1 in the service aces category and 4-2 in the blocking department.
China improved its reception in the second set and led 8-7 and 16-14 at the technical stops with Liu Xiaotong leading the offensive part. The Chinese widened the margin to 20-17 thanks to spikes of Yuan Caixia and Liu, but lost the focus and made two consecutive mistakes shortening the distance to 20-19. Liu struck back for some breath and two soft touches by Sun Mingjian gave China a 25-22 win.
The third set was lopsided in favor of China. The Asians led 8-6 and 16-8 at the technical time-outs. The Czechs gave away many points with their defensive mistakes while Chinese Zhang Yichan had her cannon-arm red-hot. The frame ended with China scoring a 25-14 victory.
The Czech took an 8-6 lead in the third set on the shoulders of Vanzoureva and Svobodnikova but China tied up at 10-all thanks to a pair of attacks from Yuan Caixia. The Czech led 16-14 at the second technical time-out with Vanzoureva and Kvapilova providing the margin. The rest of the way the Europeans dominated with Vanzoureva striking thunderous kills and Melicharkova nailing the final shot for a 25-22 win.
China jumped out of the boxes with a 4-1 lead in the tie-breaker thanks to a pair of spikes and one service ace by Yuan. The Chinese improved to 8-5 with two spikes of Zhang and another bomb from Yuan. The gap widened to 11-7 via one kill by Liu and China led the rest of the way to the final victory 15-12.


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NEWS | November 15, 2013
Mission Manager a Modern Mr. Fix-it
By Anna Heiney
NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center
Charles "Chuck" Tatro has always been a tinkerer -- an engineer at heart, even as a child. Now he's about to see nearly seven years' worth of engineering effort take off for Mars.
Tatro is the MAVEN mission manager for NASA's Launch Services Program (LSP). MAVEN, which stands for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, will study Mars' upper atmosphere for clues that may explain the planet's apparent change in climate. When MAVEN rockets away from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V, Tatro will be one of many launch controllers and managers ensuring a smooth start to the mission.
"What a mission manager does in the Launch Services Program is equivalent to a project manager on a major project," Tatro said. "That means making sure the ride -- the rocket -- is procured, verified, and managed correctly. It means making sure we meet the schedule and launch successfully."
Tatro's involvement with MAVEN dates back to the end of 2007. At that time, the mission was merely a proposal, one of several the agency was considering for a future flight. The Launch Services Program reviews all proposals to assess what the launch vehicle needs would be for each. NASA selected MAVEN in September 2008. Since then, Tatro has worked in tandem with the MAVEN project management team from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.; the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder, which leads the mission; and Lockheed Martin Space Systems, which built the spacecraft.
"The best part of this mission has been working with a very small project team," Tatro said. "In the past, typically, Mars missions were managed with a cast of hundreds. MAVEN was handled differently, with a small group of technical people and heavy reliance on the Lockheed Martin team.
"We've had good esprit de corps. You know people on the spacecraft side, and they know you. We're a team working together for the same goal."
There are several mission managers within LSP, each assigned to specific projects. A day in the life of an LSP mission manager changes as the years go by and the project progresses from paper to hardware. Early on, it's all about balancing the requirements of the spacecraft with what the launch vehicle providers propose, and ranking and evaluating these from a technical standpoint.
Finally, the flight hardware arrives at the launch site. An Air Force C-17 cargo aircraft delivered MAVEN to Kennedy Space Center on Aug. 2. Its ride to Mars, the Atlas V booster and Centaur upper stage, arrived at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station a few weeks later. At this point -- as preflight milestones are checked off one by one -- the job of the mission manager becomes increasingly demanding.
"You're working the detailed interfaces where spacecraft and launch vehicle connect -- spacecraft to launch vehicle, and launch vehicle to spacecraft. You're managing the technical problems, cost issues, schedule risk, and the team involved," he added.
Despite the technical nature of the mission manager role, people-management skills also are critically important, according to Tatro.
"You don't do this alone," he said. "Our team members believe in what they're doing, and if you never ask them to do anything you wouldn't do, you'll always have their support."
But technical know-how has always been a part of Tatro's life, even as far back as his childhood in Los Alamos, N.M. His father could fix anything; whether the problem was mechanical, electrical or both, his father would figure out what had gone wrong and repair it. Now a resident of Titusville, Fla., Tatro shares these same qualities. Even some of his favorite hobbies, such as bicycling and windsurfing, include elements of engineering: These are technical sports, involving equipment that can break or be made more efficient.
"Growing up, I always liked to figure things out," Tatro recalled. "I'd take things apart and put them back together -- and I'd try to improve them. I'd think, 'How can I make this better? How can I get more out of it?'"
He earned a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the University of California, San Diego. He followed up with a master's degree in nuclear engineering from the University of Arizona, this time with emphasis on power systems. Upon graduation, he wrote to NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, and was hired to work on the design and procurement of space station solar arrays.
Tatro came to Kennedy Space Center in 1989 to work on the tiles, reinforced carbon-carbon panels, and specialized blankets that made up the space shuttle orbiters' thermal protection system. A few years later, he switched gears by moving into Kennedy's Environmental Projects Office, which monitors the center's air and water and manages environmental resources.
"You follow where you think the excitement is, and you follow good people," Tatro said of the change.
Tatro joined LSP in 1995. Prior to MAVEN, he managed the Pluto-New Horizons launch in 2006 and the 2009 liftoff of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter/Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite. But don't be fooled by the years between these missions.
"Even if it's not your mission, the mission manager is always helping out with Public Affairs, VIPs, and any other outreach," Tatro said. "We're good spokespersons for addressing questions about the launch campaign and can take some of that pressure off the actual mission manager, who at that time is very busy."
With the MAVEN launch currently scheduled for Nov. 18, Tatro is busy, indeed. Once the mission is underway and the pressure is off, two of the things on his to-do list include spending some extra time with his three high-school-aged sons and playing a lot more tennis.
But until then, he remains focused on the mission at hand: ensuring a successful launch for MAVEN.
"Launch is very exciting," he said, "but there's nothing like the sense of accomplishment and relief when you get confirmation of spacecraft separation -- that it's alive and healthy, on the right trajectory, and on its way to Mars."


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Brazil's Neymar has been included on a six-man shortlist for the FIFA Confederations Cup Golden Ball award.
He will vie with Andrea Pirlo (Italy), Andres Iniesta (Spain), Luis Suarez (Uruguay), Paulinho (Brazil) and Sergio Ramos (Spain) for the tournament's most valuable player award, reports Xinhua.
The players were named Saturday by FIFA's technical study group who will announce the winner after Sunday's final between hosts Brazil and Spain at Rio's Maracana Stadium.
Brazil have dominated the award in the past with four of the six previous winners. Neymar and Paulinho have the chance to join countrymen Kaka (2009), Adriano (2005), Ronaldinho (1999) and Denilson (1997).


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1. Introduction to Solaris 10 Resource Management
2. Projects and Tasks (Overview)
3. Administering Projects and Tasks
4. Extended Accounting (Overview)
5. Administering Extended Accounting (Tasks)
6. Resource Controls (Overview)
7. Administering Resource Controls (Tasks)
8. Fair Share Scheduler (Overview)
9. Administering the Fair Share Scheduler (Tasks)
10. Physical Memory Control Using the Resource Capping Daemon (Overview)
11. Administering the Resource Capping Daemon (Tasks)
13. Creating and Administering Resource Pools (Tasks)
14. Resource Management Configuration Example
15. Resource Control Functionality in the Solaris Management Console
16. Introduction to Solaris Zones
17. Non-Global Zone Configuration (Overview)
18. Planning and Configuring Non-Global Zones (Tasks)
19. About Installing, Halting, Cloning, and Uninstalling Non-Global Zones (Overview)
20. Installing, Booting, Halting, Uninstalling, and Cloning Non-Global Zones (Tasks)
21. Non-Global Zone Login (Overview)
22. Logging In to Non-Global Zones (Tasks)
23. Moving and Migrating Non-Global Zones (Tasks)
24. Solaris 10 9/10: Migrating a Physical Solaris System Into a Zone (Tasks)
Assessing the System To Be Migrated
How to Collect System Information
Creating the Image Used to Directly Migrate A Solaris System Into a Zone
How to Use flarcreate to Create the Image
25. About Packages and Patches on a Solaris System With Zones Installed (Overview)
26. Adding and Removing Packages and Patches on a Solaris System With Zones Installed (Tasks)
27. Solaris Zones Administration (Overview)
28. Solaris Zones Administration (Tasks)
29. Upgrading a Solaris 10 System That Has Installed Non-Global Zones
30. Troubleshooting Miscellaneous Solaris Zones Problems
31. About Branded Zones and the Linux Branded Zone
32. Planning the lx Branded Zone Configuration (Overview)
33. Configuring the lx Branded Zone (Tasks)
34. About Installing, Booting, Halting, Cloning, and Uninstalling lx Branded Zones (Overview)
35. Installing, Booting, Halting, Uninstalling and Cloning lx Branded Zones (Tasks)
36. Logging In to lx Branded Zones (Tasks)
37. Moving and Migrating lx Branded Zones (Tasks)
38. Administering and Running Applications in lx Branded Zones (Tasks)
You can use the Flash Archiving tools to create an image of an installed system that can be migrated into a zone.
The system can be fully configured with all of the software that will be run in the zone before the image is created. This image is then used by the installation program when the zone is installed.
Caution - If you create a Solaris Flash archive, or flar, of a Solaris 10 system that has a ZFS root, then by default, the flar will actually be a ZFS send stream, which can be used to recreate the root pool. This image cannot be used to install a zone. You must create the flar with an explicit cpio or pax archive when the system has a ZFS root.
Use the flarcreate command with the -L archiver option, specifying cpio or pax as the method to archive the files. See Step 4 in the next procedure.
Use the flarcreate command described in the flarcreate(1M) man page to create the system image. This example procedure uses NFS to place the flash archive on the target Solaris system, but you could use any method to move the file.
You must be the global administrator in the global zone to perform this procedure.
# cd /
source-system # flarcreate -S -n s10-system -L cpio /net/target/export/s10-system.flar Determining which filesystems will be included in the archive... Creating the archive... cpio: File size of "etc/mnttab" has increased by 435 2068650 blocks 1 error(s) Archive creation complete.
The target machine will require root write access to the /export file system. Depending on the size of the file system on the host system, the archive might be several gigabytes in size, so enough space should be available in the target filesystem.
Tip - In some cases, flarcreate can display errors from the cpio command. Most commonly, these are messages such as File size of etc/mnttab has increased by 435. When these messages pertain to log files or files that reflect system state, they can be ignored. Be sure to review all error messages thoroughly.
You can use alternate methods for creating the archive. The installer can accept the following archive formats:
cpio archives
gzip compressed cpio archives
bzip2 compressed cpio archives
pax archives created with the -x xustar (XUSTAR) format
ufsdump level zero (full) backups
Note that the installer can only accept a directory of files created by using an archiving utility that saves and restores file permissions, ownership, and links.
For more information, see the cpio(1), pax(1), bzip2(1), gzip(1), and ufsdump(1M) man pages.
Note - If you use a method other than flash archive for creating an archive for P2V, you must unmount the processor-dependent libc.so.1 lofs-mounted hardware capabilities (hwcap) library on the source system before you create the archive. Otherwise, the zone installed with the archive might not boot on the target system. After you have created the archive, you can remount the proper hardware capabilities library on top of /lib/libc.so.1 by using lofs and the mount -O option.
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Rihanna Poses for Topless Photo While Holding Baby Niece [NSFW PHOTOS]by Mandi Salerno | PopCrush
Rihanna is loving being a new aunt, so much so that she can't stop posting photos of her baby niece! (Not that we're complaining. Majesty is too precious.)
Yesterday evening (July 2), RiRi posted a photo of her cradling baby Majesty in her arms. The singer is, perhaps unsurprisingly, topless in the photo, looking as stunning as ever.
Aunty and Me #girltime #twinzies pic.twitter.com/pGMcP98CwG
— Rihanna (@rihanna) July 2, 2014
It's no secret that Rihanna isn't afraid to bare a little — or a lot of — skin. Remember her appearance at the 2014 CDFA Fashion Awards wearing a very revealing sheer gown? Rock what your mama gave you, right?
She shared a few more photos of Majesty cozied up to her, though the new aunt is sporting a midriff-revealing top, cutoff shorts and plaid flannel in the rest. Clothed or clothesless, the 'Monster' star looks amazing either way. Some people are just born lucky!
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SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.99 no.11 Cape Town nov. 2009
Thomas Willis 1621 -1675: his life and work
By JT Hughes. Pp. +143. Illustrated. £20.00. Rimes House. Oxford. 2009. ISBN 978-1-874317-03-6.
This work was first published in 1991 by the Royal Society of Medicine in its series Eponymists in Medicine and this new impression appearing 18 years later is a fitting tribute to this outstanding biography of a remarkable, but forgotten, man. Dr Trevor Hughes considers each period of Willis' eventful life to present the reader with a comprehensive picture of an astute clinician who lived in a time of great change and discovery to which he contributed significantly. He also belonged to a circle of very gifted men whose legacy to medicine and science has endured for more than three centuries.
Thomas Willis was born in Oxford in 1621, at the commencement of the struggle between King and Parliament. He experienced the Civil War as it manifested in Oxford, lived through the Commonwealth and Protectorate from 1649 to 1660 and saw the restoration of Charles the Second. The latter event was a turning point in Willis's fortune as a Royalist.
In these troubled times in Oxford, Willis attended medical school but was not a student of Harvey, who in 1628 had published his work on the movement of the heart and the circulation of the blood, probably the most significant medical publication of all time. Harvey's influence and books were alive in Oxford and Willis must have absorbed some of this in his student days, brief as they were. This is mentioned because Willis has been called 'the Harvey of the nervous system'.
Willis was particularly interested in the anatomy of the nervous system, the field in which he made his most significant contributions, and it would be difficult to overrate his contributions to the understanding of the structure and function of the nervous system. His Cerebri Anatome not only demonstrated neuroanatomical structures but also provided a nomenclature which included the concept of neurology.
A fascinating chapter in this biography deals with people with whom Willis had had close contact: friends, teachers, colleagues and pupils. Of the friends Robert Boyle, Richard Lower, John Locke may be singled out but Christopher Wren, who drew some of the pictures for the Cerebri Anatome, deserves special mention.
This thoroughly researched and most readable book about a remarkable doctor and scientist who has almost been forgotten, should be read by anyone with an interest in medical history, and the history of science, particularly of 16th century England.
J C de Villiers
Emeritus Professor of Neurosurgery
University of Cape Town
Mosquito Net. A story of the pioneers of tropical medicine
By Cyril Fox. Pp. 253. £11.95. i2i Publishing, Manchester. 2008. ISBN 978-0-9560369-0-2.
Cyril Fox has done us a favour by writing this gem of a book. The main actor is the mosquito that is the vector of several diseases of man, the most important of which are malaria and yellow fever. From antiquity these scourges have had major impacts on human lives and economies. Dr Fox introduces the great names in tropical medicine who made major discoveries that would benefit mankind enormously. He shares their triumphs and the difficult circumstances in which they worked, but does not spare their weaknesses and jealousies.
In 1880 Alphonse Laveran, a French army surgeon, observed the malaria Plasmodium in the first stage of sexual reproduction; in 1894 Patrick Manson shared thoughts with Ronald Ross that the mosquito is malaria host and vector; in 1897 Ronald Ross demonstrated the mosquito's role in malaria transmission and the life cycle of Plasmodium; and in 1898 Giovanni Grassi discovered that the female Anopheles is the carrier of malaria and demonstrated human transmission via mosquito bite. Ross received the Nobel Prize in 1902 but had unseemly conflicts with his earlier mentors, Manson and Grassi.
Heroes in unravelling the mysteries of the cause of yellow fever include Dr Carlos Finlay (1833 - 1915) - a Cuban doctor of French and Scottish descent who was the first, in 1881, to theorise that a mosquito was a carrier of the organism causing yellow fever. Dr Walter Reed (1851 - 1902) was a US army physician who in 1900 led the team that confirmed the theory that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes. This gave impetus to the new fields of epidemiology and biomedicine and allowed the resumption and completion of work on the Panama Canal (1904 - 1914) by the USA. Three colleagues in Cuba allowed themselves to be bitten by mosquitoes: one died, another survived but remained sickly and died early, and the third survived. Their proof was nevertheless not considered final and experiments continued with volunteers - considered to be the first informed consent studies.
William C Gorgas was a US physician and later surgeon general of the army from 1914 to 1918. In 1898, after the end of the Spanish American War, Gorgas was appointed chief sanitary officer in Havana, working to eradicate yellow fever and malaria. Gorgas capitalised on the momentous work of Major Walter Reed. He implemented far-reaching sanitary programmes including the draining of ponds and swamps, fumigation, mosquito netting, and public water systems that permitted the construction of the Panama Canal. Gorgas received an honorary knighthood from King George V. He died on 3 July 1920 and was given a special funeral in St Paul's Cathedral.
Impressed about what Gorgas had achieved in the Panama Canal he was invited to advise on the high death rates from disease on the South African gold mines. He visited South Africa in 1913 and issued a damning report. The gold mines and South Africa benefited by his suggestion of appointing Dr Alexander Orenstein, who had worked with him in the Suez Canal.
Note: Orenstein subsequently, like Gorgas, achieved high military rank as surgeon general of the South African medical services in World War II and had a major impact on occupational health, nursing education and many other aspects of health services in South Africa.
The book is a good read and a useful reference for the people and events involved in these discoveries.
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NY RANGERS at WASHINGTON CAPITALS
Friday, Nov. 25, 4:00 p.m.
Verizon Center – Washington, D.C.
Rangers: 10-5-3 (23 pts)
Capitals: 12-7-1 (25 pts)
* All information through NHL games on Nov. 24
The Rangers will begin a back-to-back set when they face-off against the Washington Capitals tomorrow at Verizon Center (4:00 p.m.), to close out their four-game road trip. The Blueshirts currently rank third in the Atlantic Division standings, and eighth in the Eastern Conference, with a record of 10-5-3 (23 pts). The Rangers enter tomorrow's contest having been defeated by the Florida Panthers, 2-1, on Wednesday at BankAtlantic Center. The Capitals enter the contest with a 12-7-1 (25 pts) record to rank sixth in the Eastern Conference, and have won their last two games. Following tomorrow's contest, the Rangers will face-off against the Philadelphia Flyers tomorrow, Nov. 26, at Madison Square Garden (2:00 p.m.), in their third game in four days.
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4:00 p.m. – Rangers at Capitals
Broadcasters: Sam Rosen (Play-By-Play), Joe Micheletti (Analyst), John Giannone (In-Game Reporter)
* Radio: 1050 ESPN Radio and NewYorkRangers.com
3:30 p.m. – Rangers Pre-Game Show
4:00 p.m. – Rangers at Capitals
Broadcasters: Don LaGreca (Play-By-Play), Dave Maloney (Analyst)
RANGERS vs. CAPITALS:
* All-Time: 83-84-18-5 overall (46-37-9-2 at home; 37-47-9-3 on the road)
* 2011-12: Tonight is the first of four meetings this season, and the first of two at Verizon Center.
* Last Season: New York was 3-1-0 overall, with a 2-0-0 mark on the road. The Rangers out-scored the Capitals, 17-6, in the season series. New York tallied four goals in 13 power play attempts (30.8%), and successfully defended 14 of 15 shorthanded situations (93.3%) in the four games. Brian Boyle led the team in scoring with three goals, four assists and seven points in four games. Henrik Lundqvist posted a record of 2-1-0 with a 1.34 GAA, .955 Sv% and two shutouts in three appearances, while Martin Biron won his only meeting against the Capitals in the shootout, stopping 22 of 23 shots through game action and two of four shootout attempts.
* The Rangers have won three of their last four games at Verizon Center, having out-scored the Capitals, 12-6, over the span
* New York ranks 14th with a 5-4-2 (12 pts) record on the road; Washington ranks first with a 8-1-1 (17 pts) mark at home
* The Rangers have posted a 3-1-0 record vs. Southeast Division opponents; the Capitals are 3-1-1 vs. the Atlantic Division
* Henrik Lundqvist has posted a 11-6-2 record with a 2.74 GAA and three shutouts in 19 career regular season games vs. Washington; Martin Biron is 11-8-1-2 with a 2.50 GAA and one shutout in 22 career regular season games vs. the Capitals
* Brad Richards leads the Rangers with 25 assists and 32 points in 46 career regular season games vs. Washington; Ruslan Fedotenko has tallied a team-high, 10 goals in 48 career regular season contests vs. the Capitals
* New York lists one former Capital on their roster: Steve Eminger (2002-03 – 2007-08)
* Washington lists two former Rangers on their roster: Mike Knuble (1998-99 – 1999-2000); Tom Poti (2001-02 – 2005-06)
* Power Play: The Rangers did not tally a goal in four power play opportunities (7:50) on Wednesday at Florida. New York ranks 29th overall (9-74, 12.2%) and 29th on the road (3-40, 7.5%). The Rangers are 1-7 (5:25) in five-on-three situations (last – 11/23 at FLA), and 0-4 (3:46) when four-on-three (last – 11/3 vs. ANA). Shorthanded goals allowed (0).
* Penalty Killing: The Blueshirts surrendered one goal to the Panthers in four shorthanded situations (9:45) on Wednesday at Florida. New York ranks ninth overall (64-75, 85.3%) and is tied for 13th on the road (45-54, 83.3%). The Rangers are 2-3 (1:16) in three-on-five situations (last – 11/05 vs. MTL), and 0-1 (1:17) when three-on-four (last – 10/7 at LAK). Shorthanded goals for (1): 10/20 at CGY (Prust).
* Four-on-Four: New York did not skate in a four-on-four situation on Wednesday at Florida. The Rangers are plus-three in 25 four-on-four situations (43:42), and even in one three-on-three situation (0:01). Four-on-four goals for (3): 10/18 at VAN (Gaborik); 10/20 at CGY (McDonagh); 10/27 vs. TOR (Girardi). Four-on-four goals allowed (0).
The Rangers will begin their third of 14 back-to-back sets this season when they face-off against the Washington Capitals at Verizon Center. New York has posted a record of 1-0-1 (1-0-0 at home, 0-0-1 on the road) in the first game of the set, and are 1-0-1 (1-0-0 at home, 0-0-1 on the road) in the second game. Since 2009-10, New York is 22-8-3 in the back-end of back-to-back sets, including a 10-3-1 mark at MSG and 12-5-2 on the road over the span. The Rangers will close out their back-to-back set tomorrow in an Atlantic Division matinee match-up against the Philadelphia Flyers at Madison Square Garden.
The Blueshirts lead the league in fewest total goals against, allowing 38 goals through 18 games, and rank third with a 2.11 goals against average. Henrik Lundqvist has posted a record of 7-4-3 with a 2.12 GAA, .935 Sv% and one shutout, while Martin Biron is 3-1-0 with a 1.68 GAA, .937 Sv% and one shutout. Rangers goaltenders have combined to stop 93.3% of all shots faced, which ranks second in the NHL. Lundqvist's .935 save percentage is tied for fifth among league goaltenders.
The Rangers were credited with a season-high, 50 hits, on Wednesday at Florida. Brandon Dubinsky led all skaters and tied his career-high with 10 hits, while Ryan Callahan tied his season high with six hits. New York had 16 of 18 skaters register at least one hit, with eight recording three or more hits – Dan Girardi (five), Brian Boyle (four), Michael Sauer (four), Derek Stepan (three), Michael Del Zotto (three), and Ryan McDonagh (three), along with Dubinsky and Callahan. Sauer's four hits marked a personal season-high. The Rangers now rank second in the NHL in road hits (300), and rank second in the league in average hits per contest (26).
The Blueshirts are tied for fourth in the NHL with a plus-11 rating while skating at even strength. 20 of the 25 players who have skated for the Rangers this season have posted a plus or even rating. Ryan McDonagh leads the team and is tied for 17th in the NHL with a plus-10 rating. In the league standings, New York is tied for seventh with a plus-eight goal differential.
The Rangers have tallied the game's first goal in 10 of their 18 contests this season, posting a record of 9-1-0 in those games. Their .900 winning percentage when scoring first ranks second in the NHL, while their nine wins are tied for second.
New York defensemen have accounted for 21.3% of the team's scoring, tied for fifth-best in the league, tallying a combined 10 goals through 18 games to begin the season, tying for 10th in the NHL. Dan Girardi and Ryan McDonagh are tied for first among Rangers defensemen and 15th among NHL blueliners with three goals.
New York has seen seven new faces in their lineup during the 2011-12 season. The Rangers had three players make their Rangers debut in the team's season opener on Oct. 7 against the Kings – Tim Erixon (NHL debut), Brad Richards (one assist) and Mike Rupp. In addition, defenseman Jeff Woywitka made his Rangers debut on Oct. 15 at Long Island, while defenseman Brendan Bell made his Blueshirts debut on Oct. 22 at Edmonton. Forward Andre Deveaux made his Rangers debut on Oct. 31 vs. San Jose, following his recall the day before. Defenseman Anton Stralman made his first appearance as a Blueshirt on Wednesday at Florida after signing with the team on Nov. 5. Forwards Carl Hagelin and John Mitchell, who were recalled from Connecticut yesterday, are both looking to make their Rangers debut.
The Rangers are currently six wins shy of 2,500 wins, having won 2,494 games all-time in franchise history.
* The Rangers are currently tied with San Jose and Minnesota for the fewest regulation losses (five) in the NHL
* New York is 4-1-0 when leading after the first period, and 5-0-1 when leading after the second
* The Blueshirts are the only team in the NHL who are undefeated when out-shooting opponents, posting a 4-0-0 mark in those contests
* Henrik Lundqvist is 5-1-0 with a 1.81 GAA and a .942 Sv% in his last six games
* Marian Gaborik has tallied 12 points (five goals, seven assists) in the last 11 games
* Derek Stepan has recorded 10 points (four goals, six assists) and a plus-seven rating in the last 10 games
* Ryan Callahan has tallied nine points (six goals, three assists) in the last 10 games, with four points (two goals, two assists) in the last four
* Ryan McDonagh has posted a plus-nine rating in the last seven games
* Brandon Dubinsky has tallied four points (one goal, three assists) in the last four games
* Erik Christensen: 7 assists from 100th NHL career
* Steve Eminger: 8 points from 100th NHL career
* Marian Gaborik: 5 assists from 300th NHL career; 8 goals from 300th NHL career
* Dan Girardi: 8 assists from 100th NHL career
* Wojtek Wolski: 1 game from 400th NHL career; 9 goals from 100th NHL career
* Derek Stepan: 100th NHL game (11/23 at FLA)
* Marc Staal (concussion, IR on 10/5) – 18
* Mike Rupp (knee, 10/24) – 11
* Wojtek Wolski (groin, 11/3) – 7
Total Man-Games Lost: 45
* Nov. 24 – Recalled forward Carl Hagelin from Connecticut (AHL)
* Nov. 24 – Recalled forward John Mitchell from Connecticut (AHL)


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