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Well, yes and no.1
Prolog is nearly perfectly situated, semantically, for building rule engines. In fact, the Prolog interpreter is a rule engine, so making one's own rule engine amounts simply to adding rules (as rules are native-language constructs in Prolog) to the interpreter (which are then compiled into the Prolog system). What could be simpler? Well, nearly nothing, and that's why Prolog is the language of choice for these kinds of systems (and for knowledge bases, and for work-flow analysis, and for resource scheduling systems, and for ... etc).
The problem, however, is the Prolog offers a little too little and a little too much -- a little too little in typing and a little too much side-effects (à la
retract, and the
! (pron: "red cut")) -- and this abundance (of side effects) and dearth (of typing) both seriously hamper confidence in the correctness, or provability, of the rule system.
Let's take a moment to consider how a rule-based system works. The system is fed data; it then forms a supposition from those data, and the rules contribute, to a greater or lesser extent, to proving or disproving that supposition. Rule-based systems often, but not always, have a dynamic element to them -- rules may be added or removed (or activated or passivated) while the system is running to deal with emergent situations. Furthermore, rule-based systems often have a collaborative element to them: it is often desirable that rule-findings (or their antithesis) affect other rules in the same or similar category. Contribution, dynamism, and collaboration: these are the ingredients for successful rule-based systems. For these ingredients to work with any success, however, the supposition must have a well-understood structure as it is tested from rule to rule. Furthermore, findings that contribute to the strength of the supposition must be adjoined in well-defined ways.
Caveat: if you're looking for objectivity, read Ayn Rand. However, even though the next section is anything but even-tempered, it is indeed tempered by years of experience on real systems really in production. YMMV
The Prolog programmer writing the rule-based system may render the structure of the supposition either implicitly (by testing the dynamic structure of the supposition in the goals of each rule) or explicitly (by pattern matching in the head of each rule with tagged terms of the supposition). Either approach requires uniformity, which is just a euphemism for typing. In short, the Prolog programmer must type the supposition, but the Prolog system has no built-in check guaranteeing correctness of that type from rule to rule. This places the burden of typing on the Prolog programmer, and this often results in the programmer accidentally building an ad hoc type system extension, and often poorly enforcing that discipline from rule to rule. The result: an ill-typed supposition is allowed to pass through the rule engine generating false positives or failing to recognize real positives from the base data set.
So much for the need-for-typing screed.
Now, as for the side-effecting (a.k.a. "extra-logical") constructs in Prolog (
retract, and
!), the literature is resplendent with caveats, so I will leave that discussion for your discovery (which would simply be to read the latter part of chapter 1 of any introductory Prolog text). I will add one bit of personal professional experience: a rule-based system built on the foundation of these extra-logical constructs (each rule issued more than a few
asserts which then their duals later
retracted [fingers crossed]). What happened when an unusual finding surfaced? Well, what didn't happen was a felicity in the debugger, even with a complete trace it was well nigh impossible to sort out which lemmas were
asserted and at what points. Were there detritus lemmas from the previous transaction that were never
retracted due to a
! or an unexpected failure resulting in backtracking? These questions were hard enough to answer in that system, but the difficulty was often compounded by the inconsistency between different findings on the exact same input data. In short, if you are a Prolog programmer who uses the extra-logical features of the language to build your rule-based system, you may have something that works from time to time, but you've also sacrificed consistency and confidence in the results. Please, for my sake,2 find a way to code the system relying on the logical features of the language as the mainstay.3
We now return to our regularly-scheduled programming...
Haskell, being a typed and pure functional programming language, has its own strengths and weaknesses.4 The type system requires the program to be well-typed and consistent ("proofs-as-types"), otherwise the program is rejected by the Haskell system. Conversely, foundational operations of logical programming are not to be found as part of Haskell's base syntax nor semantics. Unification? Backtracking? Neither are available in "plain" Haskell. In Prolog, what are the operators for unification and backtracking? There are none, as these concepts are fundamental parts of Prolog's semantics -- they are as invisible and as necessary as the air, permeating the entire system down to every goal in each rule clause.
If not addressed, these deficiencies of plain Haskell would stop the show. However, previous articles have demonstrated typed, concise, and natural representations of choice (backtracking). So, the rest of this article will develop a rule-based system using those tools, and along the way demonstrate how "good-enough" unification may be achieved with monads in Haskell.
Before diving in to building a rule-based system in Haskell, let's pause again to consider how rule findings should be captured. Some systems are implemented where rules return a score, and the summation of all the rule findings determine if the supposition holds. Many such systems exist using this approach. The problem with this approach is that it makes defining the special cases (which always crop up in these kinds of systems) difficult. For example, a special rule finding would be: "whenever these preconditions are met, then the supposition is true, no matter what other findings occur." How does one encode this in a points-based system? "Obviously, that rule finding is alloted enough points to tip the scales in support of the supposition," you answer. However, this answer, although it works today, will no longer work as, inevitably, new rules are added (and old rules removed). When this change occurs, new thresholds are set, and the value assigned to this "ultimate" rule finding no longer triggers the expected result. Of course, one can use indirection, where the rule finding's point value is a reference to the threshold's value, but then this introduces additional housekeeping that the "simplification" of "rule findings are points" was supposed to avoid. These factors -- the paradigm broken (a rule finding is not a point result but a reference to one) and the additional housekeeping -- are an open invitation to introduce logic errors into the system during the maintenance phase of the system's life cycle.
And, what about the rule findings that monitor the users of the rule-based system? An integral part of every rule-based system (or expert assistance system) is the monitoring of the experts using the system. And, in every one of these kinds of systems, there are one or more experts who consistently subvert the system and there are certain experts who consistently and markedly outperform the system. For example, in the banking industry, the system may make recommendations that the current customer move funds over $10,000.00 out of the savings account into longer term investments, but it may also observe that the current teller is consistently successful in upselling certain profitable instruments successfully (and therefore recommend awards, promotions, or raises for that teller or may recommend pulling that teller in for interviews to enhance the system with their experience and know-how). On the other side, there may be tellers who consistently report totals that are different than what the daily transaction report shows, and so the system may recommend to managers to bring additional supervision, training, or legal action against that teller.
This subversion or excellence may be unconscious, but whatever the motive, it is imperative that this expert not be notified that their activities are being monitored. Such a rule finding ("expert in dereliction" or "expert outperforming") would, in a point-based system, result in adding 0 points, as it doesn't affect the supposition, but it does have importance elsewhere.
In short, a point-based system may work for the "normal" rules, but is unsatisfactory for any real-world system that must include special cases, such as ultimatums and rules that deal with issues not concerning proof of the supposition.
Well, if points are not the way to go, what about having the rule findings immediately trigger the appropriate action? I don't know what to call that kind of application, but it certainly isn't a rule-based system. A system such as this immediately disintegrates into incoherency. Let's examine an example to demonstrate, e.g.: a rule-based system for surveying banking customers has a rule that runs as follows: "A male, usually wearing a red shirt, and waving a pistol is a robber; call the police." So, under a ruling precipitates action system, the next person (male or female) who walks in wearing a red shirt (one of the triggers) would have the SWAT team come barrelling in, weapons free. This may impact customer satisfaction and disrupt business operations.
No, part of the raison d'être of rule-based system is that first a case must be build for, or against, a supposition with findings that are either sufficient or overwhelming in number, then, only after a compelling case is built does the system render a decision or recommendation with associated actions. The product of such systems is not only a recommendation, but also a coherent model, a "why", in support of that recommendation.
Okay, rules-as-points are out, and the imperative model ("ready-fire-aim!") is out, so what is left? The coherent model; and a very simple model is just the set of rule findings, themselves. With those findings, the arbiter subsystem may use any method for reaching a recommendation (points or winner-take-all or dispatch or monte carlo, etc), or even change its methodology, but the rule finding process does not need to change with each change of the arbiter.
Sometimes, loose coupling is good.
What better way to represent rule findings than as terms of a type? We use this representation in our example rule-based system that follows (which is the poker hand classifier developed earlier). We already have the rules for straights, flushes, straight flushes and royal flushes:
type Query = [Card] → [(Rank,Int)] → Maybe Type
royalFlush :: Query
royalFlush hand x = straightFlush hand x >>= highAce
where highAce hand = RoyalFlush |-
hand ≡ StraightFlush (High (Face Ace))
straightFlush :: Query
straightFlush hand _ = (run `conjoin` sameSuit) hand >>=
return . StraightFlush
flush :: Query
flush hand x = let (HighCard hc r1 r2 r3 r4) = fromJust $ highCard hand x
in sameSuit hand >> return (Flush hc r1 r2 r3 r4)
straight :: Query
straight hand _ = run hand >>= return . Straight
The second argument of the Query type, which is a bag representation of the hand -- the rank of the cards and the count for each rank, was not used in the above rules, but becomes indispensable for the other rule findings, starting with the full house (3 of a kind and 2 of a kind in one hand):
fullHouse _ bag = let (a,3) = head bag
(b,2) = head (tail bag)
in return (FullHouse (Threes a) (Twos b))
No, that's not right. The let-expression is not an assignment, it's an unification! For, after all, if the hand is not a full house, then the "assignment" fails in its "pattern match", so, not only are we attempting to fix the values of
a and
b but we are also propagating a success or truth value through that process. Hm, the "success of an assignment", what type would that be? Ah! Monadic, of course, and list compression compactly captures the concept of essayed assignment which we then
distill (my much less cumbersome name for the standard library's
listToMaybe function):
fullHouse :: Query
fullHouse _ bag = distill [FullHouse (Threes a) (Twos b)
| (a,3) ← bag, (b,2) ← bag]
It is almost criminally embarrassing on how easy this rule is to translate from the specification: "A full house is the distillation of a hand into three
a's and two
b's."5 From this understanding, the other hands fall out naturally:
fourofakind :: Query
fourofakind _ bag = distill [FourofaKind (Fours a) (High b)
| (a,4) ← bag, (b,1) ← bag]
threeofakind :: Query
threeofakind _ bag = distill [ThreeofaKind (Threes a) (High b) c
| (a,3) ← bag, (b,1) ← bag,
(c,1) ← bag, b > c]
twopairs :: Query
twopairs _ bag = distill [TwoPair (Twos a) (Twos b) (High c)
| (a,2) ← bag, (b,2) ← bag,
a > b, (c,1) ← bag]
onepair :: Query
onepair _ bag = distill [OnePair (Twos a) (High b) c d
| (a,2) ← bag, (b,1) ← bag,
(c,1) ← bag, b > c,
(d,1) ← bag, c > d]
... and finally there's the catch-all for the "I'd better be good at bluffing" hand:
highCard :: Query
highCard hand _ = let [hc,r1,r2,r3,r4] = map settleRank hand
in return (HighCard (High hc) r1 r2 r3 r4)
settleRank :: Card → Rank
settleRank (Card rank _) = rank
Now that we have the rules, we need simply write the marshalling code, the rule-finding loop, and the arbiter to complete our rule engine.
The marshalling code pre-processes the hand into a bag in order to facilitate n-of-a-kind rule findings:
let groups = group $ map settleRank cards
cards = reverse (sort hand)
counts = map length groups
bag = zipWith (curry (first head)) groups counts
The rule-finding loop applies the rules to the (processed) hand in order:
rules = [royalFlush, straightFlush, fourofakind,
fullHouse, flush, straight,
threeofakind, twopairs, onepair,
findings = map (λf . f cards bag) rules6
And, finally, the arbiter in this case is very simple: it takes the first (highest ordered) rule-finding as the result.
in fromJust (msum findings)
With that, we have built the kernel of a complete rule-based system.
In this article, we demonstrated that Haskell, with standard extensions, can follow a process that constructs rules. This process not only matches the ease and simplicity of rule-building in Prolog, but it also has the benefit that these rules in Haskell have the type-correctness that provides a stronger degree of confidence in the rule-finding results.
|End notes
|I must be getting older. Not too long ago, my refutation would have been more emphatic ... to the tune of: "Wrong!"
|I say "for my sake" because I'm the guy you're going to be complaining about: "All I wanted him to do is just add this one rule set to the system, and he goes off and rewrites the entire system to do it!"
|While you're at it, put all your debug statements into aspects (because
nl should not even appear in core production code much less be the most frequently called "goal" in the system) and then have a complete(ly automated) unit test suite so that additions or deletions are entirely covered by this safety net, but those are whole ('nother) discussions onto themselves.
|But why choose a functional programming language like Haskell? If Prolog nearly fits the bill, wouldn't a well-typed logic programming language, say, Mercury, or others, fair better than Haskell? The problems with most of these languages is that they fall into the research/academic ghetto. The user base is comprised of the language developers and maybe one or two others, and so the languages stagnate in their insularity. Haskell, and some other languages, including Prolog itself, have garnered enough outside attention and use to grow organically beyond their inventors' control, boundaries and strictures -- these languages retain their academic foundations but also gain a set of practical, useful, tools and extensions.
|... cannot resist ... "or not two
b's" *sigh*
|The Applicative style (see this paper) would have the list of functions applied to the list of arguments thusly ...
... but I suppose that, in itself, opens up a new topic of discussion, which I will currently shunt to another day.


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CARSON, Calif. – On Thursday, the Los Angeles Galaxy dealt longtime forward Alan Gordon to rivals Chivas USA, a seemingly odd move given the Galaxy's potential dearth of forwards.
Galaxy coach Bruce Arena said the move was made in order to clear space on the roster for a potential player move.
WATCH: Gordon's diving header of Donovan's FK
"We want to be prepared if we're going to make any additional moves this year to be able to do it," Arena said Friday.
The Galaxy have been linked to several big-name players, but Arena refused to mention any player specifically by name.
"We've never addressed any rumors that at the time were rumors and not fact," Arena said. "We've always been straightforward and honest. There are probably stories written every week on Landon [Donovan's] transfer and we've been consistent saying he's playing with the LA Galaxy and no one wants to listen to that. We've said that [David] Beckham is going to be playing here in LA and finish his career here and he will."
Recently, Major League Soccer has seen an influx of high-profile players amidst a flurry of deals. Players such as Thierry Henry and Rafael Márquez (both New York), Nery Castillo (Chicago) and Álvaro Fernández (Seattle) have joined MLS while Freddie Ljungberg was traded from Seattle to Chicago.
While all those moves and others have involved Designated Players, Arena said he felt no pressure to jump on the DP bandwagon.
"We have two DPs. We're not complaining," Arena said. "If there is a possibility of doing a third that makes sense for our team, we certainly are going to entertain that."
As far as potentially creating a hole at forward should a player not arrive soon or at all, Arena said he was not too concerned about such a scenario.
"We have a healthy team now with the return of [Mike] Magee … all of our other players have returned from injuries," Arena said. "We're as healthy as we've been all year and we can afford to play with one less senior roster player right now."
With regards to Gordon, the move down the hall to Chivas was beneficial for the 28-year-old forward. Gordon was the longest-tenured player with the Galaxy, having been drafted in 2004 when Sigi Schmid was Galaxy coach. Gordon outlasted Schmid and three other head coaches but was deemed expendable in favor of a potential move.
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"But we certainly didn't do the move solely for Alan. It helps create a senior roster spot for our team. It helps create salary space and allows us to be prepared to make any kinds of moves we could possibly make either next week or up until Sept. 15."


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All Answers Are Alliterative
Let's say hello to our next two contestants, Katy Kosey and Becky Goldstein.
EISENBERG: Katy, your - let me get this right. Your lifestyle alter ego is Ponder Woman?
KATY KOSEY: Yes, yes she is.
EISENBERG: OK. I like that. What is Ponder Women's origin story?
Sure. So I was interning, living in New York City and I was applying for another internship where they required us to make a minute and a half video about us. So I thought what better to showcase my time in New York City than to run around fighting crime - like every New Yorker, right? So, thus, Ponder Woman was born, solving crimes, having the situation ponder control.
Oh nice.
EISENBERG: You're going to do just fine on this show.
EISENBERG: Becky, you are a superhero of the theater, working at a stage manager. That is the real superhero of a theater.
BECKY GOLDSTEIN: Thank you.
EISENBERG: I can imagine you saving the day at a number of times?
GOLDSTEIN: Once or twice.
EISENBERG: Yeah? Do you have one that sticks out?
GOLDSTEIN: I was office managing and I had been on site for about 28 hours and we get this phone call that the transport for 45 attendees to our event had broken down in New Brunswick, New Jersey. We ended up calling enough car services that would pick them up on the side of the road without a contact number or a payment option and picked them up and they brought them to us, and we ended up being an exorbitant amount of money, all while on zero sleep.
EISENBERG: Nice.
JONATHAN COULTON: Wow.
EISENBERG: On the corporate dime.
GOLDSTEIN: Now that I know about Ponder Woman I'm going to put her on my Rolodex.
EISENBERG: That's what you're going to do next time.
GOLDSTEIN: Yes.
EISENBERG: Yeah. Very smart. This is perfect, actually because this game is called All Answers Are Alliterative. Mm-hmm. Just a jovial josh at this juncture. Right, Jonathan?
COULTON: Yes. And you might have guessed in this game, the answers will be three or four word phrases that all begin with the same letter. So all you have to do is give us that phrase. For example, if I say in this game you try to align a trio of Xs or Os, the answer is, of course, tic-tac-toe. Now if you need a hint, we will give you the letter that starts each word in the answer. Here we go. This is the sign that you wished had been taped to the busted vending machine before you lost your money in it.
COULTON: Becky.
GOLDSTEIN: Out of order.
COULTON: That's right.
EISENBERG: I will tell you that I once lost my money and I called the number on the vending machine. And...
COULTON: Did they just laugh at you?
EISENBERG: Yeah, they just laughed and hung up. No there was a machine, after wishing, and it could leave your address, and I did. And said hey, and I got an envelope in the mail with two one dollar bills cash.
EISENBERG: They sent me two one dollar bills...
COULTON: That's insane.
EISENBERG: ...with a little handwritten note that said, sorry.
COULTON: All right. Blunderbore and Thunderdill(ph) are names sometimes given to a character from folklore who roars what line of dialogue before chasing Jack down the beanstalk?
COULTON: Katy.
KOSEY: Fee-fi-fo-fum?
COULTON: That's right.
COULTON: If you help or encourage someone committing a crime, you might be accused of what alliterative offense?
COULTON: Katy.
KOSEY: Aiding and abetting.
COULTON: You got it.
EISENBERG: Yeah.
COULTON: Wowzer. It's a phrase that klutzy robotic detective from a 1980 kid show my youth activate his telescopic legs, the helicopter rotor is coming out of his hat or other built-in mechanical contraption.
COULTON: Katy.
KOSEY: Go-Go-Gadget?
COULTON: That's right.
EISENBERG: Yeah.
EISENBERG: Precursor to Siri.
COULTON: Very early Siri.
EISENBERG: Very early.
COULTON: This comedy about romantically challenged scholars, adapted into a 2000 movie musical by Kenneth Branagh isn't the only Shakespearean play with and alliterative title.
KOSEY: "Love's Labours Lost"?
COULTON: That's right.
EISENBERG: Nice.
COULTON: OK. This is your last question. "Bottomless Potamus" is one of four classic creatures getting whacked over and over again as players try to swallow as many marbles as possible in what came from Hasbro?
COULTON: Katy.
KOSEY: "Happy Happy Hippos."
AUDIENCE: Oh.
KOSEY: Oh no. Oh no.
COULTON: No. I'm sorry. Katy.
KOSEY: Oh.
COULTON: That is not quite right. Becky, you know what it is?
GOLDSTEIN: "Hungry Hungry Hippos."
COULTON: That's right.
COULTON: Wow. That's a tough beat right there.
EISENBERG: I love "Happy Happy Hippos."
COULTON: "Happy Happy Hippos."
EISENBERG: That's a way better game.
COULTON: There's plenty of marble to go around. Don't worry.
EISENBERG: It's going to be just fine.
KOSEY: This game is driving me marbles.
COULTON: Just open them up and dump them in. Everybody gets filled with marbles.
EISENBERG: Like, you know what...
EISENBERG: I didn't know they had names. That's new, that they have names.
COULTON: "Bottomless Potamus."
EISENBERG: Yeah. And this one, there "Sweetie Potamus" and there's "Veggie Potamus." Yes.
COULTON: It seems unnecessary.
EISENBERG: Yes.
EISENBERG: Those marbles are meatless, my friend.
COULTON: I liked them better when they were just nameless hippos. Just starving.
EISENBERG: Just starving. And mad.
COULTON: Desperate and angry. John Chaneski, what happened in this game?
JOHN CHANESKI: We have...
COULTON: I don't remember.
CHANESKI: We have a totally terrific tie.
AUDIENCE: Ooh.
EISENBERG: Ooh.
CHANESKI: So we're going for a tiebreaker. Here we go. According to a well-known tongue twister, this is how a certain woman makes a living using the exoskeletons of mollusks at the beach.
CHANESKI: Sally sells sea shells by the seashore.
I'll take it. Yes. Very good.
KOSEY: Oh.
EISENBERG: Congratulations. We'll be seeing you at the end of show, Katy.
COULTON: (Singing) The roof is rockin'. The neighbors are knockin'. But we all bums when the wagon comes, I mean, this joint is jumpin'. Eddie Lou.
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The aggressive recruiting push on behalf of the wirehouses and other national firms is continuing in mid-May, as restrictions tied to retention packages wind down and advisors become more comfortable about switching firms, experts say.
Morgan Stanley (MS) said Monday that it recruited one UBS (UBS) team and two Merrill Lynch (BAC) teams with combined assets of about $1.2 billion and yearly production of more than $8.2 million. Also on Monday, Wells Fargo (WFC) announced six new hires from Merrill and Edward Jones with about $1.1 billion in potential assets under management and $3.7-plus million in yearly fees and commissions.
On Tuesday, Raymond James (RJF) said it had recruited a four-member Morgan Stanley team with some $220 million in assets and $1.7 million in trailing-12-month production. Barclays shared early Tuesday that it had hired three advisors from Deutsche Bank and one from Morgan Stanley with combined assets of $1.7 billion and total fees and commissions of $8 million.
MSSB Hires
The Seminara Group—Frank Seminara, Peter Seminara, Robert Knorr and Andrew Goldberg—recently joined Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management from UBS.
The advisors will be based in MSSB's office in Florham Park, N.J., and report to Rich Less, the complex manager. Their combined production is nearly $6.7 million, and their prior assets are $660 million.
Phil Huffman and Craig Cox joined MSSB's Pasadena, Calif., office from Merrill Lynch and now report to branch manager Al Faber. The two have combined production of more than $1.5 million and prior assets of roughly $300 million.
The other Merrill team coming on board MSSB includes a group of three female advisors in Durham, N.C.: Susan Rosenthal, Sandra Puff and Monica Tew. They now report to branch manager Robin S. Hogan and have combined assets of $250 million.
New FiNet Advisors
Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, the independent brokerage arm of Wells Fargo Advisors, said it had recruited two advisors recently.
One is Andrew Arkfield of Arkfield Wealth Strategies in Omaha. He joins from Edward Jones with a trailing-12-month fees and commissions of about $1 million and assets of $108 million.
Thomas McDonald of Sarasota, Fla., is joining the FiNet practice of Capstan Financial Consulting Group. He was previously with Fifth Third Securities and has assets of roughly $99 million.
Joining the wealth-brokerage-services arm of Wells Fargo Advisors in several of its bank branches are:
- Victor Rodriguez in Beverly Hills, Calif., who moved over from City National Securities with yearly production of about $916,000 and assets of $350 million; he reports to regional brokerage manager David Zimmerman.
- The team of Richard Edwards and Scott Bell in Fresno, Calif., who join from Merrill Lynch with combined production of $1.8 million and total AUM of $400 million; they report to regional brokerage manager Mark Webster; and
- Bryce Bordwell in Newport Beach, Calif., formerly of Citigroup; the advisor has some $100 million in assets and reports to regional brokerage manager Michael Villanueva.
Barclays Recruits
Barclays said Tuesday that it hired four investment representatives with a total of $8 million in yearly fees and commissions and about $1.7 billion in assets under management. They will be based in New York at it wealth and investment management division, where they will report to Mark Stevenson, managing director and regional manager for New York.
The three advisors joining Barclays from Deutsche Bank are Mark Leyton, Zach Shillingford and Gannon McCaffery. Also coming on board Barclays in New York is Darin Laub, who joins after 13 years at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney.
"We are confident that these first-class investment representatives will deliver Barclays capabilities, in a customized way, to our ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families," said Mitch Cox, managing director and head of Wealth Management Americas for Barclays, in a press release.
"The addition of these experienced Investment Representatives further underscores our ability to continue to attract top performing advisors to Barclays world-class platform," added Steve Houston, managing director and head of Sales Management Americas, in a statement.
Raymond James Recruits
On Tuesday, Raymond James said that advisors John Nice, Brian Trujillo, Steven Ringquist and Bradley Trujillo recently formed the Denver-based Nice Group of Raymond James & Associates, the firm's employee-advisor division.
"We are thrilled to welcome such an accomplished team to Raymond James," said Pat Allison, Southwestern division director of Raymond James & Associates, in a press release. "They all are extremely talented, with a proven track record and bring extensive experience to our firm."
Nice, Ringquist and the Trujillo brothers came to Raymond James from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, where they managed more than $220 million in assets and had annual fees and commissions of $1.7 million.
"We put a great deal of time and effort into researching firms to find the best possible partner," said Brian Trujillo in a statement. "As we conducted our due diligence, one name kept rising to the top: Raymond James. The firm was founded on the principle that the client must always come first, a principle to which The Nice Group adheres completely.
"Most of our team has spent our entire career at one firm, so this is not a move that we made without extensive research and deliberation," Trujillo concluded.


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By the first week of October, almost everybody is playing conference rivals weekly. Which leaves this weekend, the last in September, as the last time we see so many matchups against non-Division III teams like Bacone (mmm, Bacone) and Southwestern Assemblies of God (or as I like to refer to them, SWAG). This week is also one of the last for halfway-across-the-country non-conference games like Pacific at Chicago, or Pacific Lutheran at Trinity (Texas).
Of course, some Tommies and Johnnies will spend Saturday acting like anything but saints when they face their most disliked rival. And whether you're celebrating your stadium's 100th birthday or just hoping a few hundred fans are in the stands, Triple Take cares. Pat, Ryan and I look at all 244 teams and highlight the Week 4 games (besides yours, of course) worth paying attention to.
— Keith McMillan
Game of the week
Keith's take: No. 17 Ithaca at Alfred. Assuming Pat plays the faithful Minnesooooootan, and takes Johnnies at Tommies, I find myself in New York for an Empire 8 clash. I bombed my Bombers pick last week, and at 2-0 with one dicey win and one dominant one, Ithaca hits the road for 3-0 Alfred. The Saxons have scored 34, 34 and 29, but last week, the Bombers barely allowed an inch for Hartwick's offense to maneuver. In a conference where St. John Fisher, Salisbury, Brockport State and others plan to contend, wins are at a premium.
Ryan's take: No. 14 Johns Hopkins at Muhlenberg. The Mules have flown a bit under the radar while building toward their 3-0 record, but they've been anything but quiet in doing so. While I understand Muhlenberg's opponents aren't the year's most notable bunch, Muhlenberg has been appropriately convincing in its victories, with the narrowest margin being 34 points in a shutout of Wilkes. This will likely be the Blue Jays' stiffest test untilNov. 22.
Pat's take: St. John's at No. 10 St. Thomas. Make fun all you want but this game will have more people in attendance than the other two combined. Last year, St. Thomas was coming off a Stagg Bowl appearance and two wins by a combined 77-14 score before the rivalry reminded us that anything can happen. St. John's took a 14-11 lead at halftime and intercepted Matt O'Connell twice in the second half, then dodged a bullet when the Tommies' kicker missed a short field goal at the final gun. So after that … we're back in anything-can-happen mode.
Surprisingly close game
Keith's take: Baldwin Wallace at No. 8 John Carroll. This is a bit of a stab in the dark, since the Blue Streaks could not be coming off a more dominant performance against Heidelberg. After games like those, it's human nature to start feeling yourself — you get really confident until you have reason not to be. John Carroll has to guard against overconfidence, and Baldwin Wallace has to get theirs back after allowing the game-winning touchdown with nine seconds left in a 37-35 loss to Ohio Northern. Both teams are among the nation's top eight in time of possession (36 minutes plus), so something has to give there. John Carroll is the national leader in getting off the field on third downs, and I think after a few quarters of even play, they turn it on for the home crowd under the lights and pull away.
Ryan's take: Averett at LaGrange. The Cougars have been all over the place in how well they do against the pass – they gave up big against Randolph-Macon but held Maryville to small numbers (the ground game from the quarterback was a whole 'nother story). LaGrange likes to throw the ball; with Graham Craig under center, who wouldn't want to play that out? Yet the Panthers' 2-1 record is deceitful since every game has been achingly close. If Averett can contain an offense that appears to be one-dimensional (much like the team did against run-heavy Washington and Lee), then this will be a close one.
Pat's take: Chapman at Whitworth. A SCIAC contender and an unbeaten team, just like you would have pictured it in, say, 2010. Whitworth has done it against three lower-level west coast teams and now Bryan Peterson, who threw for nearly 600 yards last week after only getting the start because of injuries, has to try to do it against a team which held Linfield to 21 and is one of the SCIAC favorites.
Most likely Top 25 team to be upset
Keith's take: No. 16 Pacific Lutheran. It's the Lutes' second game and Trinity's fourth. That's really my only reason. Well, that and the other choices stunk. The Tigers (1-2) haven't played all that well, but they've played, and early in the season, that seems like a big deal. The game is in Texas, and PLU's nice fourth quarter helped it to a 35-28 home win over Cal Lutheran in Week 2.
Ryan's take: No. 19 Ithaca. No. 19 Ithaca. There are a lot of teams in the top-notch Empire 8 that could dethrone one of the undefeateds, but pitting two with perfect records is cause to pay attention. Alfred has been giving up a lot of points this season, and the team is going to do the most damage if it can find a way to clamp down on defense. Ithaca, in turn, will succeed if it keeps doing what it's been doing on the field.
Pat's take: No. 23 Heidelberg. Ohio Northern might be able to break through in this game. If not, they might be able to keep it close. If not, well, it won't be the first time I've picked Ohio Northern erroneously in the past decade. I like ONU in this matchup because of the opposite directions of the teams' momentum.
Which winless team gets its first victory?
Keith's take: Cortland State. Nobody in D-III has been harder-luck losers in their first two games, when the Red Dragons, trying to run out the clock in Week 1, ran backwards and put Buffalo State in range for the tying field goal with 1 second left. In Week 2, down three and on the 1-yard line vs. Brockport, the game ended with a false-start penalty and 10-second runoff. With a week off to forget about that, the Red Dragons head to Morrisville State, which scored two TDs in last week's opening 16 minutes against St. Lawrence, then was blanked the rest of the way.
Ryan's take: Kalamazoo. I picked Benedictine in Kickoff to perform better this season than it is, and because the squad has stumbled each week, we're now staring down a game between two winless teams. K-zoo has faced decent opposition as a whole, and the Hornets have shown that they are more able to hang with the team on the other sidelines. The Eagles competition have been good (their opponents are a combined 8-1), but nothing says trial by fire like K-zoo's game against Wheaton. I think the Hornets will be better prepared for this one.
Pat's take: Alfred State. And for Alfred State, this would be its first win against a Division III school, as the Pioneers host Castleton State on their homecoming weekend. Alfred State won one game that counts last year, vs. Apprentice School.
Who it won't be: Concordia-Chicago. The Cougars were scheduled to play Maranatha Baptist this week, but the Sabercats were unable to keep the contract because of injuries. And by NCAA rules, this is a no-contest, not a forfeit, so CUC remains winless.
Which team plays like animals this weekend?
Keith's take: The Bantams of Trinity (Conn). You might have to be smart enough to get into a NESCAC school to know that bantams are a small variety of chicken. Williams's Eph mascot is a purple and yellow cow, so an animal wins either way. In this year's installment of a game that used to be the non-rivalry highlight of the NESCAC schedule, Trinity's rushing attack — 289 yards in the opener, including a 25-134-3 line from Chudi Iregbulem — scores the first points on Williams this season, and then some.
Ryan's take: The Panthers of Middlebury. No way Middlebury isn't going to slough off the turnovers of its debut last weekend, get its claws out and start down the path toward a 7-1 season. Colby's offensive line better be ready to protect against a big rush.
Pat's take: The Muskies of Muskingum. Problem is, fish aren't particularly well-suited to play football, and I think the Crusaders of Capital are in best position to take this game.
State your case for a state school, or one with a state in its name
Keith's take: Illinois College. St. Norbert may well win this MWC clash, but since Norbachusetts isn't a state, and I already burned up "Cortland State," allow me to use the Blueboys to highlight this matchup. Simply, IC scored 42 points after halftime of its last game. SNC allowed 45 unanswered last time out, including 42 in the middle quarters. Neither team won, or played last week. So they've had plenty of time to get their defenses right. The Blueboys bring in the nation's No. 1 offense, led by quarterback Michael Bates, at 682 yards a game, but stats are easily skewed this time of year. St. Norbert DL Austin Prusha has seven tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks already, but almost all of that came against Carthage, not North Central.
Ryan's take: Brockport State. The first half wasn't pretty last week for the Golden Eagles, but adjustments after the break proved somewhat successful against St. John Fisher. It's something to build one after being stacked against a Top 10 team. This week, Utica is riding an undefeated streak and will be stiff competition. But I don't see Brockport giving as much ground to the Pioneers and should come away with the win.
Pat's take: Delaware Valley. As our former USA Today colleague, Devin Clancy, would say, "Alfred isn't a state!" So I can't use that team here. That being said, I like Del Val's chances in this game that I basically see as a toss-up. Definitely not your average unbeaten vs. winless matchup. Del Val has enough diversity on offense to get it done, but the question will be whether it can stop Leb Val.
They'll be on your radar
Keith's take: Chicago. The best defense in Chicago isn't the Bears. Relatively speaking, anyway. The Maroons are 3-0 and allowing 160 yards per game, best in D-III. Pacific, 0-2 by a total of seven points, was pretty solid itself defensively last week at Dubuque, allowing just 321 yards and 16 points. Before we start crowning these descendants of Stagg worthy of making the playoffs, let's see how they fare in this midseason stretch. After Pacific and before their three UAA rivals, they face Rhodes, Trinity (Texas) and Bethel. With a good performance in that stretch, and a Pool B playoff spot awaits.
Ryan's take: Centre. I thought last year was going to be the Colonels' season to make the playoffs. Though they finished a respectable 7-3, it wasn't playoff-worthy. They lost some skill players and a good chunk of their defense, but they are off to a 3-0 start nonetheless. Like last year, Washington U. is Game 4 and threatening to derail the perfection they've had so far. Getting over this hump will go a long ways toward potentially rolling in to November undefeated and making a case for a Pool B spot.
Pat's take: Carroll. Sticking with the C's here for a very much under-the-radar 3-0 team in the Midwest Conference that defeated Lake Forest last week, facing 2-0 Monmouth. The secret? The return of is-he-playing-or-isn't-he Lamont Williams, who has alternately been in and out of the Pioneers' preseason roster over the past couple of years. He scored three second-half touchdowns in last week's victory.


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'Big Butterfly Flow' is a 100x100cm silk paper cut. Butterflies glide and flutter on breezes of air and cloud. Are they causing the breezes or are they simply taking advantage of them?
The Butterfly effect is the idea that a butterfly's wings create a small change in the air around them. This causes a chain of events to unfold that eventually leads to a large weather event such as a storm or a typhoon. Had the butterfly not flapped its wings, everything might have been vastly different. (Adapted from Wikipedia)
There are many times in our life when we may feel as small as a butterfly, and when we think that the things we do have as little effect as the fluttering of a butterfly's wings. We think that in our own little space alloted to us, in the small roles given us to play, we make almost no difference in the lives of those around us.
Little however do we know that what we do may truly result in a big difference later on, creating waves of change that would not have happened had we not taken the initiative to do our part. (Anon)


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Its time
We made it! I can't believe the World Series is actually starting tomorrow. I was starting to think it was just working out and taking batting practice.
We haven't played a game for a week, which is pretty weird for us. Unless it's the All-Star break, we get no more than one day off at a time. But don't worry, we'll be ready. We've worked too hard to stop playing now. Everybody in this locker room wants the same thing, and we're not going to slow down now.
This whole experience has been great, but we're not finished. Of course, we wish we were starting the Series at home so we can get energy from you guys. We're expecting it to be pretty loud. Being from Hawaii, I haven't heard too many cowbells, so it shouldn't bother me too much.
Finally, it's here. The lights. The game. We'll be ready to play.
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Shane –
I'm counting the hours until the start of game 1. I'm SO excited for you guys! I know you're going to have a great series, and it certainly would be awesome to win it in 5, in front of the home crowd. I was at the Vet in 1980 when we won, and it was like a gigantic mushroom cloud of pure joy, which exploded over the stadium and rushed out over the city. It will certainly be an experience you and guys will never, ever forget!
Kick some butt. Have fun. Relax. We will be cheering so loud in Philly, you will hear us in Tampa Bay (And I'll be cheering all the way from LA until Friday – and you'll still here me. Headed to Philly on Friday).
We love you & know you can do it!!
It's officially game day! Don't forget that Clearwater isn't all that far away, I'm sure you'll have plenty of Phillies fans down there with you making plenty of noise. We're rooting for you from here.
Saw you on Jon & Kate Plus 8! What an awesome time they must have had.
Shane im so excited for the world series! good luck to you guys, i know all the media is picking you to lose but they dont know anything, prove them wrong shane! good luckkk!!
Hi Vic & the Phillies,
CONT: SORRY about that, Just sending you guys a lot of LOVE from OKLAHOMA. Like I said before YOU GUYS are going to win it this year. I don't know why, but I just know it! I have not been wrong yet, so hopefully I will continue to be RIGHT! I even predicted the series against the brewers & dodgers. I'm so excited about the game tonight……… you don't need luck so just have fun & win the game for all of us. I just ordered my VICTORINO jersey so hopefully it'll get here before the series is over. GO PHILS……………………. 🙂 WITH LOTS OF LOVE- RAQUEL fr Edmond OKLAHOMA
Aloha Shane,
Saw your Dad today holding up his sign on Hana Highway and
thought: "You should be on your way to watch your son play in the World Series". I'm sure that he's flying as I write this. I wanted to stop and shake his hand, but I was on the wrong lane.
More importantly, I just wanted to wish you and the Phillies the
very best as you begin your adventure of a lifetime. One game at
a time, lots of teamwork, and fun, fun, fun! I can feel the
excitement in the air…game time is just a few hours away!
So you guys each got a special rubber ducky in your locker from Charlie…that was one of the coolest things I read today. It sure would be fun to line all those ducks up for a photo and try to guess who they each belong to — based on personalities, right? A totally fun idea from one swell guy. You are all so blessed to be together as a TEAM for such a time as this…the stuff that dreams are made of. What financial crisis? What election? Let's PLAY BALL!!! Have a great time out there tomorrow!
dont worry shane i am sure the cow-bells wont bother you.#$%*&()*^&%$#@#$%^- geez i tried to say that with a straight face . i guess the last blogger doesnt watch much tv most everyone is picking you guys they think you guys are potent with the very best bullpen – well LETS GET IN ON!!!! GOOD LUCK LETS HAVE A GREAT SERIES-
Shane, you may not be starting the series at home, but you will be finishing it there!!
Go Phils!
Helen McK
Remember you and the team are only human. I am sure each of you are nervous as heck and that is to be expected. That nervousness will disappear after the first pitch and hit by J Ro.
Have fun. Relax. Just another game, sort of 🙂 Quack. Quack.
Go get em.
Enjoy the moment.
Hi Shane,
Good luck,all of us in philly believe in u guys and you guys have the heart and soul and the watching over of your grandma and charlie's mom all on the teams side.
Just one step and one game at a time
Good luck tonite
i am counting down and will be front and center at the tv with my family.
Best Wishes
Shane and Phils,
Good Duck!!! Ha, I mean Good Luck! LOL!
Have Fun!
OMG – I am so excited!!! less than 12 hours to go. Thank you SHane for making baseball so much fun to watch! Philly is all decked out in RED~
Finally time to kick some more ***!!!! GAME DAY!!!!!! Best of luck to you all. The city is hype, But South Jersey is also just as hype! People are crazy here, crazy for their Phils!!! Can't wait to see take the field & kill the ball! But I really cant wait to be at game 5!!!!!!!! I thought being at your grand slam game was amazing, so I cant imagine how this will be. Go get em' Phils!!!!!!
Love from Jennifer
Game day is finally here! I'm not sure if you've seen today's Daily News but it features one player from all the World Series teams and there you are on the front page representing 2008. What a compliment! Thanks for being such a huge part of getting us here and writing these blogs to keep us there with you. LETS GO PHILS!!!!!! 4 more wins!
Much Love,
(getting ready to paint South Philly red)
I just got goosebumps reading the blog! I beleive! And it's good to hear the team believes too. And, I really like the first comment comparing the 80 World Series win to the feeling of a gigantic mushroom cloud of pure joy-exactly, I was there too and I wish for you and this team to experience that electric feeling as well. Good luck and never get down. Phillies are #1
Shane, I'm wearing my Phillies charm that I purchased way back in '93. It's gonna bring us good luck. I BELIEVE. You guys have what it takes. The '93 team had that "magic" and I see it in you guys too. GO PHILLLIES!!! You are a great team player. Our cheers will be heard all the way down south….. We are proud of you and are looking forward to a World Series Win. It will happen. BELIEVE!!!
Best of Luck Guys!! Your fans in Louisville, Kentucky will be watching every pitch!
Finally the day is here! I can not wait for that first pitch. Good Luck to you and all the guys. I KNOW we are gonna go all the way and have the parade that we all have been waiting for!!
Really wish I could be in Florida to cheer for you! Instead, I will be screaming at the TV :o) Best of luck to you and everyone!
You will still have the spirit of the Phillies fan as we sit by our tvs rooting and screaming at the top of our lungs… it was great meeting you on Sunday, my son has taken your advice to heart, My baby, lol… as you were quite amused at my "couple of babies" comments… he will be sticking with baseball, staying in school, and staying away from the girls…
Much has been said and written about how good the starting pitching is for Tampa Bay but I thought the Dodgers had really good pitching too and you guys handled them pretty well. If you guys are patient and play your normal game, with your experience coming into play you should have no problem winning this series. Good luck from a family of Phillies fans in Omaha, Nebraska, the Cornhusker state!
Shane, I have never waited 5 hours in line for an autograph before Sunday, but IT WAS WORTH IT!! I was the guy in the 1971 Larry Bowa jersey who's Dad died at the moment the Phils won in 1980. His name was Walter Earle Allen Jr. and he is up there in Phillies Heaven showing Charlie's Mom and your Grandmother around! I have that jersey on right now while at work, and I will be praying for you to do well, but just remember, have fun, it's only a game! We love ya, Tracy and Dee Allen, Ocean City, NJ
Shane, It certainly has been a long week, but the time is now. There will be a lot of fans down there cheering you guys on & can drowned out those stupid cowbells!! We are all rooting for you here in Harleysville & I have no doubt in my mind that you guys will bring that World Series Trophy back to Philadelphia where it belongs! Play the way you guys have been playing, one game at a time. Have fun & kick some Tampa Rays!!!!!! God Bless! P.S. Saw you on John & Kate plus 8 the other night. GO PHILLIES!!!!!!!!!!
You and your teamates have taken us Philly Phans to the gates of Heaven! We believe in you and we have faith. Win or lose, this is one hell of a team and we will love you always. This city is ready to party, go out there now and GET IT DONE! GO PHILLIES!
Go get what's yours……I'm sure you'll hear us all cheering all the way up here in Philly. This city is wired!! So grab two quick wins in Tampa, and get ready for a RIDICULOUS crowd on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday!!!
Congratulations Shane and thank you for an exciting journey so far. Keep up that winning spirit. I love to watch you play baseball. You always bring determination and that "we can do it" attitude. I know you can! Go Phillies! I'll see you at game 3 in Philly.
Shane, GOOD LUCK to you & all the Phillies tonight. We all love you back home and wish you the best of luck. The city and suburbs are definitely painted RED today!!!! BEAT TAMPA BAY!! You're the best!!!!
Hi Shane,
Good luck and just relax and stay cool and calm. You guys can do it because I believe that all of you have the heart and the energy to go all the way. We'll be rooting you today….the angels are with all of you. Go Phillies!!!!!
Hey Shane, I know you guys will do great.. The Phillies have been that way all season long.. You guys have done very well.. As Mike Schmidt said more less take everything one step at a time… I know I will be rooting for the Phillies and you shane from Central PA.
Good Luck PHILLIES! We are behind you all the way. Enjoy and take it all it but relax. ONE GAME AT A TIME! Play as a team as you have so far and you should be fine. Ear plugs if needed. Best of luck always 🙂
Good luck tonight! Here is to you continuing to have an awesome post season. You have become the Phillies Mr. October! Bring us home the championship!
Shane, good luck today!! We are all soooo excited. There's an electricity in the air around here. And don't worry about having to play those games on the road, you're down in the nice warm weather while we're chilling our butts off up here..lol. I believe in you all, and am just so excited to watch my HOME team in the World Series. Stay cool and focused and you guys will do just fine. I have a feeling Ryan's bat will get going in this series and the home runs will start flying. Prayers and best of luck to you all. Thanks for taking us on this incredible ride! Love you guys!!
Indeed it is time! I'm really excited and I know you guys won't lets us down. Give 'em hell Shane! We know you'll get World Series MVP!!!
I know! It's hard to believe…but it's so amazing. It's been torture having to a wait a whole week without watching you guys, so I can't imagine all of you having to go a week without playing! I keep reading articles about how it might be "bad" and that you'll "rust" from all that time off, but I don't think so. You said it yourself, that you're confident and ready to play. Having days off won't hurt you…especially since you'be been practicing so much. :3 We all have faith in you! Tonight is the night! Well, the first night of several. It's a shame it couldn't be a home first, but when you come here, it'll be real LOUD. Stay calm, and remember the rubber duckies~ Hehe. Good luck!
It's time…..time to end all the speculation, forget the past stats, and silence all the haters and naysayers out there!! Strap on your game-faces, pick up the bats and gloves and give 'em hell! 😀 We love you guys, and we know you can do it!! And I will be ready to go scream at the World Champ Fightin' PHILLIES parade when you bring it home!! GO PHILLIES!!!
~Ashley 🙂
Hi Shane,
Today's song is based on the Motown Classic from Martha Reeves and the Vandellas (your Grandma might have known it) from the early 1960's – "Heat Wave"
* * *
We're in the post-season, and it's chillin' outside
But I'm burnin' 'cause I'm filled with Phillies pride.
As baseball pressure gets a hold of me,
I got a bright red hoodie and a cap with a "P"!!!
We gotta heat wave– burnin' up the town,
Can't keep from cheerin', we're World Series bound!
* * *
When I was a younger kid, saw the Phils go all the way!
Again, they can do it when they face those Devil Rays.
October Phever's gotta hold on me,
Should be soarin' with Eagles, but I just gotta see
The Phillies' heat wave– burnin' up our town.
Can't keep from cheerin', we're World Series bound!
* * *
Doo da doo doot doo—Heat Wave!!
Doo da doo doot doo –Heat Wave!!
* * *
So here I sit in disgrace, neglect shows all over the place.
Can't explain it, don't understand it,
Ain't never felt this way before.
As the Phillies head down to FLA,
Where they started the season, and will put it away,
They'll bring a heat wave, burnin' in their hearts,
Can't stop the Phillies from tearin' Rays apart.
* * *
Ooh ooh ooh ooh oooh! Heat wave!
Ooh ooh ooh ooh oooh! Heat wave!
They'll burn up Tampa Bay. GO PHILS, go all the way!!
We'll feel your Heat Wave!
* * *
i am real excited for you guys i think you definitely have what it takes to bring home the championship this series should be fun and i cant wait to see you guys get it started cole hamels has been sensational so far lets keep a good thing going tonight in tampa i am proud of you guys because you have all worked very hard and done your part this post season good luck in the series and lets bring it home for this city GO PHILLIES!!!
FINALLY game day-
You and the Team have been amazing to watch! You deserve to be here. I do BELIEVE you can take it ALL the way! Good Luck! We'll be cheering for you. Thanks for GREAT baseball!
Just got back from the rally at City Hall…this city is so hyped up! It's so cool to see everyone in Phillies red. Me, I've been wearing mine since the season started, with very few exceptions. I'm a die hard. Anyway……I'm glad you guys are starting this down in Florida, that means you can wrap it up here in Philly! My two oldest boys are flying to Florida right now so hopefully they are bringing good luck, but I don't think this team needs it! This is so our year!!
Best of luck, Good Duck ( I love that!) and can't wait to see you all at the parade!!!
Ann from Philly!
Good luck tonight! I am so excited. When you guys come home 2-0, please bring home some warm weather, its FREEZING up here. Take it from me, the cowbells are annoying. Have fun and kick the rays butts.
OMG IM SO READY FOR THIS SERIES =) i know you guys can do it =) i believe in you guys. i know you guy can finish what you started. i love you guys. today at school we had phillies day and i swere to you almost everyone had a phillies shirt on. it was amazing =) there was even people with there faces painted and there hair spaired thats how pumped and ready everyone is for the world series. my dad went out today and got me the new phillies shirts i was soexcited and he even got me the new flyin hawaiian shirt i was so excited when i saw it =) you are my favorite player and i love you and what you do =) you are amazing out in the field and with everything you do. i believe you are one of the best players in the mlb. keep up the good work. i believe that you guys can make it all the way =) good job with getting this far. good luckk tonightt i believe in you guys. i will be watchingg cheering you guys on with my rally towel =) good luck shane .
love ya
stephh =)
Proudly wearing my Red in the Shade of Citi Field (and what's left of Shea). I'll be Quacking in Queens tonight, baby!
The Phills made it to the World Series, and I never lost hope for you guys.
I knew you all would.
I'm so proud, that the city of Philadelphia is getting some kind of national recognition for sports, for once. Hahaha, but I know you guys can and have the will to win.
I'll be wearing my victorino shirt because all this season since the start you've been my favorite player (I mean replacing my other favorite; aaron rowand must of been a tough thing but man you nailed it!), and I'll bring drinking out of my Phillies cup, just for some extra spirit.
This is about the fifth time, I've commented your blogs and I'm happy that I still get too. 😀
Lets go out and beat those Rays! YEAHH, Go Phillies!
Shane, best of luck to you and the rest of the Phillies. Four more wins! I'm headed home to Philly on Friday and cannot wait to see the city all decked out in Red. Thank you and the team for bringing the city together in a way that I have not seen since high school ('93).
I'm sure you guys are sick of hearing about the '93 team; but, while you guys aren't as rough looking as they were, you have the same heart! I'll be watching the game, waving my rally towel and praying that God is with all of you.
Hey Shane,
Yes, it's finally here and this whole city is getting ready to party! This is the first time i have seen my philadelphia Phillies in the world series because i was almost two in 1993 and i can't wait!! i am the biggest phillies fan, my room is all phillies has been ever since i got into the Phillies and sports about 6 years ago!! i have been so excited ever since you guys got to the world series on Wednesday October 15th and it seems like i have been waiting like 5 years but it has only been 7 days! this is going to be a great series i'll be watching and i cant wait until you guys get back here after tomorrow's (thursday October 23rd) game!! It's going to be crazy! ok so be ready boys and as Chase Utley would say 'keep the rubber duck out of your ***'! you guys got this! so have fun, enjoy yourselves, play hard (as usual), have faith, do this for yourselves, and BELIEVE! You guys can win the World Series, no question!!! Love you guys, have fun out there! I know the Rays-booo- fans arn't like the Phillies fans but you'll be home soon enough and we'll be here waiting for you!! Tell the team i said have fun and Good luck and i'll see you back in Philly! GO PHILLIES!!!
Megan- Philadelphia, PA- East Falls
Today's the day, Just wanted to wish u guys all the luck in the world and i know u guys r gonna win. Yo beat those Rays! Turn Philly Red! Let's Go Phillies!
Go get 'em Shane! All the phans believe in you and the team, not matter what anyone else says. Stay loose (quack, quack) and beat those Rays! GO PHILLIES!
Anticipation….. I can imagine what you guys feel like today… I have butterflies and I'm only a fan….. GOOD LUCK ……….We canT wait for the parade……. GO GET em…. KAREN p {WYOMING pA.}
eh shane
i just drove past st. anthony and they get one sign on the fence wishing you luck in the world series. go get em tonite braddah! malama.
we are so Excited…Good Luck…Love to watch you play and the whole team too…the Flyin Hawaiian is my moms Fav Player and now mine too…lets get game 1 and game 2 and party in philly game 5. Phils in 5 !!! ain't no stooping us now…were on the Loose….
i'm skippin' out on my evening social events this week (i've been doing that a lot lately) – it's baseball time!!! totally stoked…
Shane- to you and your teammates with love from us here. Know that there are MANY Phillies fans in Tampa Bay. My son will be in the stands for the first game with his Phillies NLCS shirt. I brought it down to him last week. Look for the sea of red cheering on our guys.
I know you will give your all and make us prouder of you than we already are.
Good luck tonight, we're all pulling for you and the boys!!!! We know you all are going to give it your best and that's all we ask. Whatever happens, have fun and thanks for the ride!
The Ross Family
Pick it up where you left off with the Dodgers. Play the game you and the rest of team has been playing it this post season. Show 'em how the Phillies play ball! Bring it home for the City, the Phans, and the families!
10 minutes to go and I'm nervous! I can only guess what you and your teammates are feeling. I wish you nothing but the best and thank you for all that you and your teammates have done!! Please tell your teammates that we are very proud of everything that you have done! No matter what you and the Phillies will always be my favorite team!! GO PHILLIES!!
I have only one thing to say… good luck to a fellow a hawaiin, even though I hate your team. (Go Mets)
Hey Shane,
I just wanted to wish you and the rest of the guys good luck tonight. I'm actually about to watch the first pitch! I know y'all are going to play awesome tonight and I can't wait to watch y'all go all the way. My friends and I are cheering for you all the way from Alabama! Go Phillies!!
Love you SHANE!!! GOOD LUCK!!
Growing up as a Phillies Fan makes this season so special! I told my son on opening night that this was our year and according to him I am never wrong. My dad had season tickets from 1980 – 1993 and now I have them for me and my kids. The Phillies are a family tradition and I just wanted to thank you for a great year and for giving me the opportunity to take my son to the world series.
Good Luck, God Bless & Keep having fun out there
Angie – A Phillies fan for life :O)


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