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Chipper Jones to retire
Yesterday, Chipper Jones announced that the 2012 season would be his last. Jones has been somewhat of a polarizing figure in his career. Atlanta Braves fans love him, while fans of NL East teams, particularly the Mets, seem to hate him.
Well fans, you'll have one more chance to boo or cheer Chipper Jones this season. Jones will have a farewell tour in the fact that fans will know that this is the last time that they will ever see him play. If the Braves don't make the playoffs, (which they may not since the NL East is much improved) your last chance to see Chipper Jones will be at PNC Park on October 3rd.
Personally, I like it better when a player of Jones' caliber lets the baseball world know that this will be it. This way, fans can watch them play one more time. Jones was special in the fact that he played his entire career for one team – a feat that is becoming more rare as the years pass.
Is Jones a first ballot Hall of Famer? Let's look at his numbers.
He hit 454 home runs, 2615 hits, .304 batting average, .533 slugging, .935 OPS, won an MVP award, 7 All Star appearances. I'd say he is. He's had a great career.
How'd you feel about Chipper Jones? Like him? Hate him? Indifferent?
I used to hate him because I hated his wry smile and his sunflower seed stuffed cheek. However, after watching him play and watching him hit in batting practice I grew to appreciate him.
I think I'll be posting more today – maybe another mini contest for a shirt. Check back soon.
2012 NL East Predictions and Preview
I've been posting 2012 MLB Previews for each division throughout the past two weeks. In case you missed it, you can read my AL East Preview, AL Central Preview, and AL West preview by clicking on the links provided.
It's time to move onto the National League. First up, is the NL East.
I've also included 2012 Predicted statistics from the 2012 Major League Baseball Yearbook and Fantasy Guide.
1ST Place: Philadelphia Phillies (My prediction: 95-67)
This Philadelphia Phillies were the top team in 2011, winning 102 games, before losing in the first round of the playoffs. Over the past five years, the Phillies have only improved during the regular season, winning 89 games in 2007, then 92, 93, 97, and 102. However, I am predicting that they regress a little bit in 2012, thanks to a strengthened National League Eastern Division.
The Phillies have one of the best rotations in the game, despite losing Roy Oswalt.
Anchored by Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, and Cole Hamels – the Phillies shouldn't experience and losing streaks longer than three games.
The Phillies also added Jonathan Papelbon in the offseason to close games out. Papelbon is one of the top relievers in the game, despite his 2011 finale against the Orioles, where he blew the game and the season for the Red Sox.
The Phillies have a decent offense. Ryan Howard is coming off of an injury, and had a bit of an offseason in 2011, hitting just .253 with 33 home runs.
Chase Utley has been in decline the past three years, each year worst than the last. To be fair, he has been riddled with injuries over the past two seasons. He hit just .259 with 11 homers last season.
I'm not thrilled with Placido Polonco as the Phillies third baseman. Third base is a power position, and Polonco is a contact hitter. He hit .277 with 5 HR and 50 RBI last year, along with a .335 on base percentage.
However, the Phillies brought in Ty Wigginton to be a super utility type player, and he could unseat Polonco as the regular starter at third.
Phillies fans have to be upbeat about their outfield. They have John Mayberry in left field, or possibly Laynce Nix… Shane Victorino in centerfield and Hunter Pence in right field.
For me, I'm most intrigued with Jim Thome signing with the Phillies. Thome hasn't played the field much in recent years, but I'm hoping that he gets some time at first base, and isn't just a pinch-hit only type guy like Matt Stairs was the final few years of his career.
Here's their 2012 statistical projections.
C Carlos Ruiz .289-6-43
1B Ryan Howard .259-29-98
1B Jim Thome .266-14-43
2B Chase Utley .279-20-74
3B Placido Polanco .284-6-52
3B Ty Wigginton .258-10-34
SS Jimmy Rollins .279-19-74
LF John Mayberry .261-24-77
CF Shane Victorino .272-18-67
RF Hunter Pence .302-23-91
SP Roy Halladay 19-8, 2.42 ERA, 234 IP, 212 K
SP Cliff Lee 19-8, 2.89 ERA, 221 IP, 210 K
SP Cole Hamels 14-10, 3.11 ERA, 191 K
SP Vance Worley 12-8, 3.90 ERA, 135 K
SP Joe Blanton 5-4, 4.66 ERA, 100 IP, 81 K
RP Jonathan Papelbon 3.34 ERA, 30 saves, 65 IP, 80 K
RP Antonio Bastadro 3.43 ERA, 3 saves, 60 IP, 74 K
2nd place: Atlanta Braves (My prediction 87-75)
The Atlanta Braves are going to battle it out with the Marlins and Nationals all season long for a wild card spot. For me, the Braves starting rotation gives them a slight edge.
Tim Hudson is 36 years old, but figures to be the ace of the staff, after posting a 16-10 record with a 3.22 ERA in 2011.
The Braves also welcome back Jair Jurrjens in 2011, despite trying to trade him and Martin Prado for most of the offseason. Jurrjens had a 2.96 ERA last season.
Tommy Hanson began spring training a bit banged up after being in an accident, but his concussion like symptoms should be cleared up by opening day. Hanson struggled at times in 2011, posting a 3.60 ERA.
Brandon Beachy led the Braves last year with 169 strikeouts, and continues the trend of top to bottom rotational depth on the Braves.
For their fifth starter, the Braves will choose either Julio Teheran or Mike Minor. With a rotation like they have lined up, its hard not to choose them as second in the division, no matter how much I don't like them.
Offensively, the Braves have some stars with Brian McCann behind the plate (24 HR in '11)
and Dan Uggla (36 HR) at second. Uggla couldn't hit his weight for much of the season before going on an impressive 33 game hitting streak to salvage his season.
The Braves also have some questions marks. Will Chipper Jones be able to play regularly at a high level? He's 40 years old now, and hasn't been able to stay in the lineup regularly for two years now.
Will Jason Heyward's reconstructed swing hasten him back to the days of 2010 when he was a star rookie? Or will he struggle again like he did in 2011? (.227/14/14)
Will Matt Diaz defy all odds and actually hit a home run?
How will Tyler Pastornicky do? He could be the team's opening day shortstop.
2012 Statistical Projections:
C Brian McCann .263-22-70
1B Freddie Freeman .296-22-83
2B Dan Uggla .253-36-90
3B Chipper Jones .268-18-67
SS Tyler Pastornicky .256-4-29
LF Martin Prado .271-15-67
CF Michael Bourne .290-2-51
RF Jason Heyward .255-19-66
SP Tim Hudson 17-10, 3.05 ERA, 224 IP, 155 K
SP Jair Jurrjens 15-10, 3.57 ERA, 209 IP, 137 K
SP Tommy Hanson 15-8, 3.82 ERA, 177 IP, 171 K
SP Brandon Beachy 11-8, 3.78 ERA, 179 IP, 187 K
SP Julio Teheran 9-6, 4.01 ERA, 126 IP, 70 K
RP Craig Kimbrel 1.81 ERA, 35 saves, 70 IP, 118 K
RP Jonny Venters 2.35 ERA, 3 saves, 84 IP, 88 K
3rd place: Miami Marlins (My prediction 85-77)
The Marlins went on a spending spree this winter as they move into a new stadium this year. Despite losing out on the Albert Pujols sweepstakes, they did manage to sign impact free agents Jose Reyes, Mark Buehrle, and Heath Bell. It's full steam ahead for the Marlins in 2012.
The Marlins offense looks to be quite good. They've got John Buck, who has power, but struggles to hit for average behind the plate. He only hit .227 last year.
Gaby Sanchez is a solid first baseman offensively – he hit 19 homers last year. He's no Albert Pujols, but he's respectable. At least he throws a mean clothesline. Ask Nyjer Morgan.
Omar Infante and Emilio Bonifacio could share time at second base in 2012. Bonifacio could also spend time in the outfield, displacing Chris Coghlan.
Hanley Ramirez will garner some attention as he moves from shortstop to third base. Ramirez appeared to be upset with the move at first, which was necessitated when the Marlins traded for Reyes. However, he seems to be warming up to the idea of playing third, and hopefully his bat warms too, because he was bad last year. The former All Star only hit .243 with 10 homers.
Jose Reyes was the batting champ last year, and probably the third best free agent behind Pujols and Prince Fielder in 2012. He brings speed and excitement to the Marlins.
The outfield looks solid at the corners with Mike Stanton on track to have another monster year. He launched 34 home runs in 2011, and figures to hit even more as he continues to age and progress as a player. He's only 22 years old after all.
Logan Morrison, known more for his antics off the field with his zany twitter alter-ego LoMo, hopes to make a name for himself on it as well this year. He did well in 2011, hitting 23 home runs, but saw his average dip to .247.
In center field, Emilio Bonifacion will play, or possibly Chris Coghlan. Coghlan was injured much of 2011, hitting only .230. Some would say it's karma after this incident involving fellow ballhawker the Happy Youngster. Coghlan went on to win the rookie of the year, while the Happy Youngster got a bad rep and faded away from the ballhawking scene. Maybe the Youngster makes a comeback in '12?
As far as their rotation is concerned, the Marlins look like they'll be decent, but not great.
Josh Johnson is returning from an injury, but has the talent to be a front line starter. He had a 1.64 ERA in 9 starts before being injured last season.
Mark Buehrle is a proven veteran that is a solid #2 starter.
Behind those two, the Marlins have Ricky Nolasco, and Anibal Sanchez. Nothing spectacular, but acceptable as starters.
Interestingly, the Marlins traded for Carlos Zambrano. After a rocky career in Chicago, things have been quiet so far on the Zambrano front.
At the back of the bullpen, they've got Heath Bell to close things out. Bell had 43 saves for a poor Padres team in 2011, so he could do even better in 2012.
2012 Statistical Projections:
C John Buck .241-17-66
1B Gaby Sanchez .262-18-76
2B Omar Infante .290-10-59
3B Hanley Ramirez .291-22-91
SS Jose Reyes .318-10-52
LF Logan Morrison .250-24-80
CF Emilio Bonifacio .292-4-31
RF Mike Stanton .265-38-97
SP Josh Johnson 14-6, 2.54 ERA, 226 IP, 216 K
SP Mark Buehrle 13-10, 3.89 ERA, 204 IP, 103 K
SP Ricky Nolasco 13-12, 4.60 ERA, 205 IP, 168 K
SP Anibal Sanchez 9-10, 3.64 ERA, 180 IP, 169 K
SP Carlos Zambrano 11-10, 4.52 ERA, 163 IP, 120 K
RP Heath Bell 2.64 ERA, 41 saves, 65 IP, 65 K
RP Juan Oviedo 4.00 ERA, 4 saves, 63 IP, 59 K
4th place: Washington Nationals (My prediction: 84-78)
The Nationals are an improved team over last year, they added Edwin Jackson and are getting Stephen Strasburg back from an injury that cost him most of 2011.
The Nationals were unlucky and lost out on the Prince Fielder sweepstakes to Detroit and are stuck with Adam LaRoche as their first baseman. LaRoche should not get Nationals fans excited. Based on his track record, he will be abysmal until the All Star break and then recover to finish with a slightly above average line. I've seen it in Pittsburgh. Us Pirates fans were expecting 40 HR and 100 RBI with the short right field fence, but it never came close to happening with LaRoche. If LaRoche really bombs in his rebound year from injury, the Nats could put Mike Morse at first base and open up a spot in the outfield for Bryce Harper.
Wilson Ramos, acquired from the Nationals for ex-Pirates reliever Matt Capps survived a harrowing ordeal during the offseason when he was kidnapped at gunpoint and held captive. Thankfully, he was rescued without injury and looks to follow up a 15 HR, .445 slugging season with another decent offensive showing.
The Nationals have a power source at second base in Danny Espinosa. He slugged 21 homers last year despite hitting just .236.
Ryan Zimmerman just signed a $100 million dollar contract to keep him in a Nationals uniform til 2020. That's a serious commitment to what many in the Nationals brass consider the face of the franchise. Zimmerman was injured for part of 2011, and hit only 12 homers – but if healthy, he's capable of putting up 25-30 HR on the board while playing excellent defense. He'll want to prove to everyone that he's worth the $100 million. Although one baseball writer tweeted, "$100 million is an awful lot for a one time all-star."
In the outfield, the Nationals are set with Michael Morse, Roger Bernadina and Jayson Werth. Werth was terrible in 2011. He may have hit 20 homers, but Nationals fans expected more power, and certainly better than a .232 batting average and .389 slugging percentage. Werth was one of the best players in the league before signing with the Nationals. His statistics took a nosedive once he joined the team. He is one of several reasons why the Nationals could be the surprise team in 2012. Can he return to the Werth that roamed the outfield for the Phillies?
Michael Morse is probably my favorite Nationals player. If you get the chance to go to a Nationals game, simply stand in left center field and get ready to be bombarded with home run balls. The guy is a monster. He reminds me a lot of Mike Stanton in terms of body structure and pure power. After hitting .303/31/95 in 2011, he could be a candidate to hit 40 homers.
A major question in the Nationals outfield leading into 2012 is if Bryce Harper will be the starting right fielder in 2012. Manager Davey Johnson said the 19 year old has a chance. If he makes the team, expect the same level of hype to follow Harper around that Stephen Strasburg had back in 2010.
In terms of the rotation, its much improved after the signing of Edwin Jackson to an 11 million dollar one year contract. Personally, I don't think much of Jackson after he spurned the Pirates 3 year $30 million offer to accept less money with the Nationals. He's an excellent #2 pitcher though.
The ace of the Nationals is Stephen Strasburg and he may be babied again in 2012 as the Nats seem terrified of him getting injured again. If Strasburg weren't on strict pitch counts, his strike out numbers could be ridiculous. However, he still has amazing stuff and should baffle hitters all season long. He's a special player. I'll never forget attending his major league debut against the Pirates in Washington DC in June of 2010.
The Nationals' third starter is Gio Gonzalez, the ex-ace of the Oakland Athletics. He posted a 16-12 record with a 3.12 ERA in the American League last year. Reason states that his ERA should drop a little since he doesn't have to face the DH in the National League anymore.
The Nationals rest of the rotation is average. At the back end they've got Drew Storen to close out games, or possibly new addition Brad Lidge.
2012 Statistical Projections:
C Wilson Ramos .269-16-55
1B Adam LaRoche .243-14-56
2B Danny Espinosa .258-23-72
3B Ryan Zimmerman .296-24-81
SS Ian Desmond .261-8-51
LF Michael Morse .300-30-90
CF Roger Bernadina .238-7-30
RF Jayson Werth .245-20-64
SP Stephen Strasburg 13-6, 2.40 ERA, 139 IP, 151 K
SP Gio Gonzalez 16-11, 3.25 ERA, 211 IP, 208 K
SP Jordan Zimmerman 10-19, 4.33 ERA, 141 IP, 102 K
SP Edwin Jackson 13-9, 3.95 ERA, 203 IP, 156 K
SP John Lannan 12-11, 4.01 ERA, 191 IP, 117 K
SP Chien Ming Wang 9-7, 3.83 ERA, 125 IP, 47
RP Drew Storen 3.01 ERA, 38 saves, 81 IP, 81 K
RP Tyler Clippard 2.34 ERA, 0 saves, 85 IP, 100 K
5th place: New York Mets (My prediction 62-100)
The Mets are going to be bad in 2012. They are slashing payroll left and right, and might deal David Wright at the trade deadline this year.
Am I wrong Mets fans? I think they'll lose 100 games. The division is tough, and they are worse than last year.
David Wright is the long bright spot, but there's really no one to protect him in the order.
Ike Davis has some pop, but will be be consistent throughout the season?
Then there's Jason Bay, one of the biggest free agent busts since Barry Zito. After signing a $66 million contract, Bay has done next to nothing. Maybe moving the fences in at Citi Field will help him some.
Andres Torres, a 4th or 5th outfielder on just about every other team, will be the starting center fielder.
Ruben Tejada is no Jose Reyes at shortstop. He has no power, but can hit for an acceptable average near .300.
The rotation pales in comparison to the other four teams in the division. Johan Santana will finally be back after missing an eternity due to injury. If he's half the pitcher he used to be, he'll still be the best pitcher on the Mets.
It's going to be a long year. At least watching RA Dickeys facial expressions and knuckleball should be fun.
2012 Statistical Projections:
C Josh Thole .273-4-46
1B Ike Davis .260-20-73
2B Daniel Murphy .318-8-66
3B David Wright .269-20-87
SS Ruben Tejada .288-0-60
LF Jason Bay .252-16-76
CF Andres Torres .237-6-27
RF Lucas Duda .301-13-61
SP Johan Santana 12-7, 2.84 ERA, 162 IP, 142 K
SP Mike Pelfrey 11-11, 4.39 ERA, 193 IP, 106 K
SP Jonathon Niese 10-11, 4.43 ERA, 167 IP, 146 K
SP Dillon Gee 12-10, 4.79 ERA, 179 IP, 134 K
SP RA Dickey 9-12, 3.13 ERA, 201 IP, 125 K
RP Frank Francisco 3.33 ERA, 28 saves, 51 IP, 55 K
RP Jon Rauch 4.05 ERA, 5 saves, 53 IP, 39 K
So, to review, I have:
1) Phillies
2) Braves
3) Marlins
4) Nationals
5) Mets
I think the Braves, Marlins, and Nationals could be pretty much interchangeable though, as they are all similar in talent level.
What are your thoughts?
Leave a comment!
There's only 37 days until opening day, and 4 days until the first broadcasted game on MLB TV (Yankees vs Phillies). Also, the first listed Spring Training game on the MLB schedule is tomorrow when the Phillies take on the Seminoles. Also, just five more days to win this LA Dodgers shirt.
4-3-11 Nationals Park
We were back at Nationals Park for another game today.
Hopefully today would be a bit better day for me.
The weather was expected to be a bit warmer with no chance of rain.
Amy was back in charge of the camera, and did a fantastic job taking lots of pictures.
We were again first in line, so to pass the time, Nick and I played catch.
This time, we played catch on the street, so as not to get yelled at by security.
When the gates opened, we ran in to look for baseballs,
but there were none. I made my way over to center field and spotted a ball below, but there were security guards everywhere down there.
I thought about asking them to toss it up, but they were engaged in a conversation. I went and checked the gaps behind the walls, which were empty. When I came back that ball was gone.
Much like yesterday, my day got off to another really slow start. There was a lot of inactivity and waiting.
All I could do is look at Amy with a "this is going to well" look.
I noticed a few balls were landing in the seats in right field, so I hustled over to try and get in on some of the action.
Amy was right behind me to capture the action.
Once there I set up in the third row.
I didn't have to wait too long as Laynce Nix launched a home run in my direction. I could tell that the ball was going to be a bit short, so I had to scale the row of seats in front of me to catch the ball just above the man in red's black glove.
Here I am with my first ball of the day.
I headed over to left field with Nick, but it was too crowded, and I got shut out there despite several home runs landing here and there.
I headed back to right field to stay for a majority of the Braves batting practice.
After changing quickly on the concourse, I made my way to right field.
I began cutting through the second row when I ball appeared out of nowhere. Mike Minor randomly flipped a ball up from the warning track. I reacted and caught the ball for my second of the day. There wasn't anyone else within a few feet of me, so I figured it really wasn't intended for anyone in particular. Here I am with Mike Minor below:
Despite several Braves batting, I noticed a ball land in the gap in left center field. I decided to go over and glove trick it immediately.
Here I am setting up the glove trick:
I leaned on the glass railing for a moment and pretended to watch BP so as not to bring attention to myself from the security guards. I then lowered my glove over the ball:
And reeled it in.
That was my third ball of the day.
Upon returning to right field, I noticed another ball in the gap between the stands and scoreboard.
I glove tricked that ball too.
I'm was working with a new rubber band and it was working really well. I snagged both glove trick balls in one try.
The rest of batting practice was just a lot of standing around. You can tell by Nick's body language how slow things were.
Near the end of batting practice, I went over to left field above the bullpen to scope out the balls in the bullpen.
While there, an unidentified Braves player tossed my ball #5.
Batting practice ended, and there were three balls that were gettable in the bullpen. I knew how security was, so I spoke with the usher in the section, "There's a ball in the bullpen that I can get with my glove," I said. "Is it ok if I get it?"
"Alright," She replied, "Imma let you get it."
I went to work and got the ball to stick in the glove on the first try. Weirdly, the same lady that just gave me permission, came and started yelling at me. "You can't do that!"
"You just told me that I could get a ball from the bullpen."
"No! You have to stop."
"OK, the ball's stuck in my glove, should I throw it back onto the field or can I keep it?"
She ignored me. So I stuck it in my pocket and let. It was the sixth one of the day.
That would be it for batting practice.
We left the stadium after BP to head back to Pittsburgh.
We headed back to pictures and Amy was still snapping away.
We left sunny 65 degree weather for dreariness.
Here are the baseballs I snagged today:
And the sweet spots:
Season: 9 balls (4 hit, 2 thrown, 3 device, 0 found)
Games: 2 games
Average: 4.50 balls per game
Career: 1,131 balls
Attendance: 22,210
4-2-11 Nationals Park
The 2011 baseball season kicked off for me this weekend in Washington DC. Fellow ballhawk Nick Pelescak, my girlfriend Amy, and I headed down for the weekend.
On the way there, winter gave us hopefully, a goodbye, as we traveled through heavy snow in the mountains of Pennsylvania. The roads were untreated, and we had to keep it at 40 mph. It was rather treacherous.
We grabbed some breakfast at McDonalds in Breezewood:
And continued on I-70 east. Once the dawn arrived, the pictures of the snow turned out better, but trust me – the roads were much worse than this:
We got to Washington a little after 9AM, and shelled out $15 to park near the stadium.
The walk was through a construction zone.
I had my phone handy as I was keeping an eye on the weather. It had rained and snowed for most of the trip to Washington DC, and there was a large percent chance of rain today, but according to the weather sites, it looked like it wouldn't start until around noon or 1PM.
When we reached the intersection across from the stadium, there was thick cloud cover, but it looked like batting practice would be a go.
We paused in front of Nationals Park for a few obligatory photos:
Amy was the photographer for this trip. We were in Washington for two games and she took over 900 photos. She captured mostly everything.
Check out this awesome photo of the Washington Nationals logo she took with cherry blossoms:
She's the best.
The walk to the center field gate from home plate was extremely cold and windy. When we got to the left field gate, we peered in to see if the cages were up. It was inconclusive.
Walking along the exterior of Nationals Park, I was looking for any new decorations or improvements.
It is probably the blandest most boring stadium I've ever seen from the outside.
When I rounded the corner to head towards the center field gate and the ticket offices, I noticed one change. Do you see it?
There were large mirrored baseballs installed on the outside of the stadium/parking garage.
At the main box office, we purchased the cheapest ticket available: $10 each.
I purchased tickets for today's game and tomorrow's game as well.
Then we headed over to the center field gate to stake our claim to the front spot in the line.
After getting in line, I organized the string of my glove and tested out a new rubber band.
Then, with forty minutes still to kill before the gates opened, Nick and I threw for a bit.
We caught for maybe ten minutes before someone from the Nationals staff came out and enforced the no having fun unwritten rule that many staff members at MLB parks abide by.
10:30AM finally came and the gates opened. Here was my first view of a major league baseball field in 2011:
Nick and I were the first ones into the stadium, but I didn't find any Easter Eggs. Nick found 2.
Batting practice probably didn't begin for at least 10 minutes until after the gates opened. As the players were still warming up down the right field line.
Amy followed us back and forth between left field and right field for two full days taking lots of great shots. Here's one of the field from center field:
And here Nick and I are in right field at the very beginning of batting practice. I had checked the gaps behind the outfield walls for baseballs that I could glove trick, but there were none there.
Amy got lots of great action shots of the players too, because batting practice started out pretty bad for me.
I got shut out for at least the first two groups if not three.
The bounces weren't going my way, and the home runs that were hit were always over my head.
It was one of those days for me.
What would've been my first ball of the day was knocked away from me by the kid in blue who cut a row in front of me and knocked the ball to the right where some other fan grabbed it.
Finally, after a long drought, Rick Ankiel hit a towering blast toward right field.
The ball was hit directly between Nick and I who were both in the same row.
Since Nick had already snagged several, he laid back and allowed me to make the clean catch uncontested. Thanks Nick! It was my first ball of the year and first of the 2011 season. It broke a weird streak. In 2009 both Nick and I got our first ball of the year thrown by Ian Snell. In 2010, we both got our first ball of the year off the bat of Bobby Crosby. The streak ended in 2011 when Nick found his first ball and mine was from Rick Ankiel.
Anyway, back in left field, there was a lot of waiting around during the Nationals batting practice. I was expecting Jayson Werth to put on a show during batting practice. He disappointed, exclusively hitting ball after ball to right field, but did hit two home runs. One of which I caught on the fly, high above my head, fully extended.
Here I am bringing the ball over to Amy to put in my backpack.
That would be all that I would get during the Nationals BP.
The Braves came out to hit, so I changed into my Braves garb.
I decided to stay mostly in right field for the Braves batting practice, as they were very heavily left handed oriented.
I had to stay in the third row because those handrails that you see in the picture severely limit my range. Being boxed in by people is bad, but being boxed in by people and handrails is agitating.
Anyhow, soon Nate McLouth hit a dying line drive right at me. I ran down to the front row and made the catch just above the outfield wall for my third ball of the day.
Here I am inspecting the ball.
The Braves batters put a good number of balls into the seats, but I couldn't get to any of them. Someone was either in front of me: (they are obstructed in the picture)
Or over my head:
Or literally three feet over my head
Or I would get completely robbed.
Amy took so many pictures! But there were so many near misses.
Every time I came close, I had to navigate around railings or people standing in aisles.
And as a result, I'd be too late.
Near the end of batting practice I spotted three balls in the bullpen. They were perfect for the glove trick.
I rigged up my glove and headed over to double my days total in a matter of one or two minutes.
When I got to the bullpen area, the Braves finished their BP and were walking off the field.
The crowd started to thin out. I needed to work fast.
Just as I began to lower my glove, two ushers swooped in and told me I had to stop.
I ended the day with three baseballs.
Amy and I decided that we didn't want to stay for the game and we'd rather go back to the hotel room for a little bit and then go explore Washington DC. Nick would stay at the game.
Before heading out, we posed for a picture at Nationals Park:
Our hotel was the Renaissance. It is a $409 a night hotel, but we got it for $116 thanks to Priceline.com
Here I am outside of the hotel:
There was an interesting Chinese themed courtyard too:
After all, we were two blocks from Chinatown.
Here's a snapshot of the room we received:
After some quality time in the hotel room, we decided to explore the lobby and the surrounding area. Amy was super pumped for free lemon water:
We headed out into the city.
We walked around Chinatown.
You really couldn't miss it with the giant arched entry way.
The picture with the Chinese man wasn't planned by the way…
Amy made the Chinatown entrance look better.
There was some cool stuff, such as museums on just about every corner,
Amy was pretty pumped about Auntie Anne's, but we didn't stop to share our customary Cinnamon Pretzel.
We came across some really creepy areas,
but overall the area was decent. The cherry blossoms added a nice touch to the city streets.
After walking around for awhile, we decided to head over to the Georgetown area to go find DC Cupcakes, a store that Amy had seen on TLC, which has its own series on that network.
On the way there, we passed a Ben & Jerry's store, which was spewing bubbles all over the road.
Eventually we came to the store that Amy wanted to visit. It was called Georgetown Cupcake. I guess DC cupcakes sounds better as a show title.
We figured that we would park up the street somewhere and then run in and grab a cupcake just to say that we'd been there.
However, upon rounding the corner, we noticed a line.
That extended as far as the eye could see.
So, that was pretty much out of the question. We headed back through Washington DC to go pick Nick up at Nationals Park. It was almost 5PM.
At least the trees in Washington DC were blossoming.
Its still cold and dreary in Pittsburgh. And everything is still dead.
Here's some shots that Amy took on the drive back. The Cherry Blossoms were out in full bloom!
Washington Monument:
We arrived back at the hotel after picking Nick up and unpacked all of our things. We would then go out for dinner at Ruby Tuesday's and get the worst waiter ever.
Chinatown at night:
We would then get up tomorrow and do it all over again.
9-8-10 PNC Park
It was the last game of the homestand, and with only one nine game homestand remaining, I needed to have a decent day to have any chance of approaching the mygameballs.com single season record of 543 baseballs snagged in one season.
The day got off to a good start, as Sean Gallagher whistled at me to get my attention and threw me a ball.
However, the ball sailed high and over my head, and another ballhawk, known as Baseball Joe grabbed it in the next section over.
Game: 9 balls ( 3 hit, 2 thrown, 4 found )
Season: 517 balls (250 hit, 119 thrown, 72 device, 76 found)
Games: 80 games
Average: 6.46 balls per game
2010 Game Balls: 5
Career: 1,095 balls
Streak: 176 consecutive games attended with at least 1 ball snagged.
Attendance: 13,113
Balls needed to break single season record: 27
9-7-10 PNC Park
I was back at PNC Park after a weekend trip to Washington State, and I was out of the swing of things, as I got zero balls during the Pirates portion of batting practice.
Luckily, as bullpen catcher Heberto Andrade walked off the field,
he hit a fly ball into the bleachers, which I roamed to my right and caught to put me on the board.
At 5:30, I went to center field to look for easter eggs, but there were none. Upon entering the section however, an unidentified Braves player hit a home run into the seats. I had seen the ball land from about eighty feet away as I was on my way into the center field sections, but couldn't find the ball. Luckily, one of the ushers directed me to the spot, and I found the ball laying in the front row in a little puddle of water.
I decided to stay in center field because the group that was hitting included Jason Heyward (behind cage in picture below) and Rick Ankiel.
Game: 5 balls ( 4 hit, 1 thrown )
Season: 508 balls (247 hit, 117 thrown, 72 device, 72 found)
Games: 79 games
Average: 6.43 balls per game
2010 Game Balls: 5
Career: 1,086 balls
Streak: 175 consecutive games attended with at least 1 ball snagged.
Attendance: 11,070
Balls needed to break single season record: 36
7-28-10 Nationals Park
I didn't feel like going through another toilsome batting practice in Cleveland, and storms were in the forecast there, so I drove down to Washington DC.
Two other ballhawks were in attendance at this game – Ian Weir from Pittsburgh, and Alex from New York City.
When the gates opened, the Nationals were just beginning to hit, so there weren't any easter eggs.
I caught ball #1 on the fly off the bat of Wil Nieves. It was a home run that was caught in this area:
During the second group, I won a scrum for a Ryan Zimmerman home run ball that landed two rows in front of me in this area:
That would be all I would get during the Nationals batting practice. Argh. Did I make the wrong choice by coming to DC?
The Braves first group included Jason Heyward
You're not allowed to go get those balls, as one kid began climbing over the rail, before a security guard angrily yelled at him. I motioned with my glove and string as if to say, "Is it ok if I throw this out there." The security guard made the non-verbal signal, "Oh yeah, go ahead."
I flipped the kid a decoy ball and then threw my glove out and nudged ball #8 close enough to the glass so that I could simply reach other and grab it. It took one fling of the glove.
I was about ready to leave the red seats to go check the left field bullpen when yet another home run landed in the gap in front of the red seats.
I glove tricked that ball for ball #9.
Batting practice ended soon after, and I was stuck on 9 balls – just short of double digits.
I really wanted to hit the road, but there were three balls laying in
the bullpen.
After standing and talking with Alex for about 20 minutes, Eddie Perez finally came out to the bullpen. He collected the three balls, and I asked him for a ball in Spanish. He ignored me. I continued in Spanish to say, "There's also one in the flowers over there near the wall."
Eddie went over and got it and tossed it up to me. Ball #10.
It still had dirt on it. Although, for some reason my camera didn't focus that well.
After yesterday's tough day, I was pretty happy I chose to come to DC.
I then hit the road for home.
Here are today's baseballs:
Sweet spots:
Game: 10 balls (4 hit, 1 thrown, 5 device)
Season: 347 balls (177 hit, 76 thrown, 41 device, 44 found)
Games: 54 games
Average: 6.43 balls per game
2010 Game Balls: 5
Career: 925 balls
Streak: 150 consecutive games attended with at least 1 ball snagged.
Attendance: 24,263
5-23-2010 PNC Park
It was a dreaded Sunday game. The game last night ended around midnight. Surely there wouldn't be batting practice.
Each Sunday, I head down to the stadium and peer through the gates around 11:15 or so. If the cages are up, I will stay, if not, I just turn around and go home. No big deal.
I hate Sunday games because there's always kids everywhere, and there's always some special event bringing throngs of people.
I was floored when I saw this through the gate Sunday morning:
Game: 5 balls (4 hit, 1 thrown)
Season: 135 balls (83 hit, 29 thrown, 9 device, 14 found)
Games: 20 games
Average: 6.75 balls per game
2010 Game Balls: 3
Career: 713 balls
Streak: 116 consecutive games attended with at least 1 ball snagged.
Attendance: 23,045
5-22-2010 PNC Park
I was debating about whether to attend this game, or head to Cleveland with fellow ballhawk Nick. I chose to go to this game because I had ten extra tickets to get Garrett Jones figurines that I could sell for some extra traveling funds.
When I arrived at the park at about 4:20, the tarp wasn't on the field and the cages weren't up either. However, by 4:30, the tarp was on. Light rain would arrive just after 4:30 with intense rain beginning around game time.
I was at the end of a pretty long line, so when I finally got into the stadium I made a dash for the foul territory in left field where Brian Burres and Ross Ohlendorf were playing catch.
I was the only one behind them, so it was pretty much guaranteed I would get the ball, I just had to be patient
While waiting, something caught my eye. It was a ball. It was in a puddle of water on the tarp. And it was absolutely soaked.
Game: 3 balls (2 thrown, 1 found)
Season: 130 balls (79 hit, 28 thrown, 9 device, 14 found)
Games: 19 games
Average: 6.84 balls per game
2010 Game Balls: 3
Career: 708 balls
Streak: 115 consecutive games attended with at least 1 ball snagged.
Attendance: 26,519
5-21-2010 PNC Park
Today was a tough day for all ballhawks in attendance at PNC Park. There weren't too many home runs, and of the home runs that were hit, most were to right field and either bounced back on the field, or were gobbled up by fans in the front row.
I was flat out robbed twice by fans in the front row. One by a 50 year old who was in the front row and jumped to make the catch, inches in front of my waiting glove, and another by a college kid who was a row ahead of me and caught a home run barehanded about two inches in front of my glove. In both cases, there was nothing that I could've done differently, as I was behind them.
On to the balls that I did snag.
My first ball of the day was a home run off the bat of Steve Pearce. I misjudged the ball a bit. I moved down a row, and barely made a snow cone catch, as I should've just stayed put.
My second ball of the day was off the bat of another Pirate. I'm not sure of the hitter, but they lofted a high fly ball towards left center. I could tell it would be short, so rather than getting into a scrum in the front row, I ran back a few rows to about the fifth row back. The ball landed on the warning track and took a 20 foot high bounce and directly into my glove.
The Pirates wrapped things up at 5:20, a little earlier than recently.
I changed into my Braves gear and managed to get Brian McCann to toss me a ball by the foul pole before he went in to hit.
Game: 5 balls (4 hit, 1 thrown)
Season: 127 balls (79 hit, 26 thrown, 9 device, 13 found)
Games: 18 games
Average: 7.06 balls per game
2010 Game Balls: 3
Career: 705 balls
Streak: 114 consecutive games attended with at least 1 ball snagged.
Attendance: 22,470


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Parents anxious about their children's safety are boosting sales of armored backpacks in the wake of the Sandy Hook school massacre, manufacturers are reporting.
"I can't go into exact sales numbers, but basically we tripled our sales volume of backpacks that we typically do in a month — in one week," Derek Williams, president of Salt Lake City-based Amendment II, told Mother Jones on Tuesday.
Wednesday, Williams told ABC News sales were now up "over 500%" since Friday, when 20-year-old Adam Lanza murdered 20 students, six teachers and his mother before killing himself in the Newtown, Conn., elementary school.
Elmar Uy, BulletBlocker's chief operating officer, also told ABC that sales were up "tenfold." The Associated Press quotes him as saying sales had tripled since last week.
"When word gets out there is an option, not a complete solution, to protect their kids, parents go and seek it," he said.
Both companies make lightweight body armor for police, the military and security services. But the armor is designed to stop bullets from various handguns, not high-powered assault rifles like the Bushmaster AR-15 semiautomatic that Lanza and the Aurora, Colo., theater gunman used.
The federal National Institute of Justice sets minimum standards and testing methods for personal body armor. "Unfortunately, there is no such thing as bulletproof armor," the agency states.
Amendment II says its products "contain the world's first commercially available carbon nanotube armor." Six months ago, the manufacturer expanded its product line to children.
Here's how Amendment II describes its $300 "ballistic" backpacks for children and teens -- available in Swiss Gear, Avengers and Disney Princesses styles -- and the ammunition they claim to stop:
Our ballistic backpack provides built-in ballistic protection in a backpack that weighs just ounces more than a non-armored backpack. RynoHide carbon nanotube armor is lined in the back panel of the backpack. Sewn into the rear of the pack, you can always be confident that the armor hasn't been accidentally left at home and that you or your child are protected in case of the unthinkable. The backpack can be quickly brought to the front as a shield or can serve as center of mass protection while fleeing the scene of the shooting.
Available in boys, girls, or teen/adult models and Level II (.357 Magnum, .45, .40, 9 mm) or Level IIIA (.44 Magnum, .357 SIG and below) protection (+ $100).
Amendment II also offers a $499 tactical vest for children.
New Hampshire-based Black Dragon Tactical offers a "Bullet resistant" backpack and a "Wheeled Level IIIA Tactical Concealable Armor Backpack." It claims both easily defeat "multiple handgun rounds up to 44 magnum caliber rounds fired at this newly developed polymer material produced for emergency self defense."
The company also makes backpack inserts, as does LaRue Tactical in Austin, which offers a "Backpack Shield BP3A Level IIIA Ballistic Plate."
BulletBlocker, based in Nutting Lake, Mass., offers a variety of packs and inserts made from laminated layers of polyethylene fibers. Besides its "child safety" pack (on sale for $200), the company's school safety section advertises bulletproof inserts for bags, briefcases, clipboards and three-ring binders priced from $30 to $619.
The company's website describes how to use its products:
Hold bag between yourself and the shooter using the straps as handles. Use as a shield to provide cover for upper torso and head whenever possible. While taking shelter use bag to protect yourself in the direction of the threat. While running away, hold bag high on your back or in the direction of the threat to protect your head and upper torso (vital organs).
But the company offers this crucial caution: "Doubling up two (2) Level IIIAs WILL NOT stop a rifle projectile!"
BulletBlocker says its products "were created by a real-life father who is a trained firearms instructor with over a decade of law enforcement experience." In August 2007, "My Child's Pack" was created.
The escalation of school violence made it a rapidly growing cause for concern. It became clear that we all need to do our part to help make our kids safe. We decided to put our experience with firearms, street violence, protective materials and tactics to good use. This resulted in being able to bring a product to the market that provides good kids an advantage over the increasingly violent and heavily armed society we live in. BulletBlocker is proud to offer a discrete, defensive product at an affordable price.
The owner of Backpack Shield began making youth backpacks after the 2007 killings at Virginia Tech University, which remains the nation's worst mass shooting.
"I don't do it for the money, but to save the lives of kids," President Kerry Clark told AP. "We've got to do something more than just hide in the corner of the classroom."
Amendment II, reacting to some criticism that it might be exploiting the Sandy Hook tragedy, posted a statement on its site explaining its technology and promising to donate to victims' families:
We are currently being assailed for "capitalizing" on the tragic events at Sandy Hook Elementary School by selling our bulletproof backpacks and backpack inserts. These products have been available for months, and were not created in response to the shootings, but were created because many parents who knew of our technology made requests for armored backpacks.
Nanotechnology does not create itself. We would love to be able to provide every child in the world with our technology. However, we are a young company with new technology that we have put years and millions of dollars into creating. We simply don't have the budget to do that. We are examining ways to provide more armor at little to no cost, but it will require a partnership with likeminded organizations who have deeper pockets than we do. In the meantime, we can and will donate a portion of all our sales to the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook tragedy.
Ken Larson, of Denver, told the Associated Press that he persuaded his wife to buy an armored backpack for their 1-year-old son after Friday's massacre.
"It's a no-brainer. My son's life is invaluable," said the 41-year-old Larson, who already owned an armored pack. "If I can get him a backpack for $200 that makes him safer, I don't even have to think about that."
"Kids already carry backpacks. When there is a shooting, you run for your life," he said. "Having it right there and on when he runs for his life gives him more safety."

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** We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this message ** C A L L F O R P A P E R S ============================= The P S M P 3 Workshop featuring KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION and ACQUISITION for Knowledge Presentation, Sharing, Mining and Protection in CYBER COMMUNITIES. http://jewel.morgan.edu/~jsmid/psmp3/ June 21 - 24, 2004 Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA The PSMP3 workshop is a continuation of the first PSMP workshop, Las Vegas, June 2003 and of the second PSMP2 workshop, Innsbruck, Austria, February 2004. The PSMP 3 workshop is organized within The 2004 International Multiconference in Computer Science and Computer Engineering. PSMP 3 WORKSHOP TOPICS The primary focus of the PSMP3 workshop is knowledge representation and knowledge acquisition. The following topics are suggested as particular examples of interest to the workshop. Submissions are not limited to these topics. o Ontologies, knowledge representations, e.g. semantic nets, property-based representation, semantic types. o Semantics theories o Knowledge acquisition via semantic mappings o Syntax and semantics applications o Wordnet, Semantic Web approaches o Applications: o Tutorial and dialog systems in cyber communities o Inference in dialog and language acquisition systems, current status of dialog systems and their limitations o Interaction in networks o Sub-natural language interface problems o Dialogs in peer-to-peer networks o Dialogs for robot communities o Dialogs for biological agents o Dialogs in agent communities o Machine versus human readable WWW o Abstract models of the above topics PROCEEDINGS The PSMP 3 workshop papers will be published in the proceedings of The 2004 International Multiconference in Computer Science and Computer Engineering. The conference proceedings will be published by CSREA Press (ISBN) in hardcopy. It will be a multivolume set. The proceedings will be available at the conference. Some accepted papers will also be considered for journal publication (soon after the conference). All conference proceedings published by CSREA Press are considered for inclusion in major database indexes that are designed to provide easy access to the current literature of the sciences (database examples: ISI Thomson Scientific, IEE INSPEC, DBLP, ...). SUBMISSION OF CONTRIBUTIONS Please send proposals to J.Smid at email@example.com. Prospective authors are invited to submit via email draft papers (about 5 pages - single space, font size of 10 to 12) by the due date. The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited to 7 (IEEE style) pages. Papers must not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The first page of the draft paper should include: Title of the paper, Name, Affiliation, postal address, E-mail address, telephone number, and fax number for each author. The first page should also include the name of the author who will be presenting the paper and a maximum of 5 keywords. IMPORTANT DATES: February 16, 2004: Draft papers due March 22, 2004: Notification of acceptance April 21, 2004: Camera-Ready papers & Prereg. due June 21-24, 2004: The PSMP3 Workshop, The 2004 MultiConference ORGANIZER Jan Smid Department of Computer Science Morgan State University Baltimore, MD 21251-0002, USA Phone: 443-885-1395 Fax: 410-319-3628 firstname.lastname@example.com PAPER REVIEW COMMITTEE I. Bruha, McMaster University D. Fischer, SEI Carnegie Mellon University I. Kopecek, MUNI, Brno L. Kurz, Neuralgen Inc. M. Obitko, Czech Technical University in Prague V. Snasel, Technical University Ostrava W. Truskowski, NASA/GSFC Please refer to http://jewel.morgan.edu/~jsmid/psmp3/ for further details.Received on Saturday, 7 February 2004 11:11:36 UTC
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As many of you know, last year I made the trip to New York City for the Digital Health Conference. You can see my Digital Health Conference Twitter round up from 2011 to get a feel for the conference. It's a great event put together by the New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC).
I'm really excited to be able to attend the conference again in 2012. The 2012 Digital Health Conference is happening October 15-16, 2012 in New York, NY.
They've announced 2 keynote speakers: David J. Brailer, MD, Ph.D., Chairman, Health Evolution Partners and Stephen J. Dubner, Bestselling Author, Freakonomics and Superfreakonomics. As most of you know, I love hearing from former government health IT leaders, like David Brailer, once they're out of that position. They can provide insights that they couldn't say when working for the government. Plus, Freakonomics is just awesome. I'm excited to see Stephen Dubner speak in person.
I've also been asked to be part of a Healthcare Social Media panel at the conference that will include Brian Ahier, Ed Bennett, and Amy Dixon. I know Brian Ahier quite well (he moderated my HIMSS panel), but I only know of Ed Bennett and Amy Dixon. I think that often leads to the best panels since you get a number of varied viewpoints. Plus, you all know I love to talk about social media.
I'm also really excited to hear more about NYeC's work with HIE, RECs and even a healthcare IT accelerator. It will be really interesting to get a perspective from an organization that is working in so many areas I love. I think their accelerator is fascinating and could produce some amazing results.
The organizers of the Digital Health Conference have provided a discount code for Healthcare Scene readers that provides you a 20% registration discount. All you need to do is enter the code HCS when you register.
The hash tag for the event is #DHC12 for those of you not able to attend, but want to follow the conference remotely.
While I love the healthcare IT super conferences, I also love going to a high quality conference like the Digital Health Conferences where you get a chance to dig in deep with a lot of the attendees. I love the depth and variety that I got at last year's conference and I expect to get the same this year. Plus, I've already heard of a number of amazing people that are planning to attend.
If you plan to go, I'd love to know so we can meet. Maybe we'll have to put together another Tweetup!
UPDATE: @healthcarewen took the initiative and put together a tweetup.


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Lonestar Application Security Conference 2010
Please see the Sessions tab for the Powerpoints and Videos from LASCON 2010.
SAVE THE DATE: LASCON 2011 is happening on October 28th, 2011 in Austin, TX
Registration Link | Speaker List Posted! | Follow LASCONATX on Twitter | Norris Conference Center
Registration Is Now Open!
OWASP Membership ($50 annual membership fee) gets you a discount on registration.
|Non-Members (Includes a 1 year OWASP membership)
|$150 Until 10/26/2010
|$200 After 10/26/2010
|OWASP Members
|$100 Until 10/26/2010
|$200 After 10/26/2010
|Students with valid Student ID (must be shown at the door)
|$80 Until 10/26/2010
|$2000 After 10/26/2010
Who Should Attend LASCON 2010:
- Application Developers
- Application Testers and Quality Assurance
- Application Project Management and Staff
- Chief Information Officers, Chief Information Security Officers, Chief Technology Officers, Deputies, Associates and Staff
- Chief Financial Officers, Auditors, and Staff Responsible for IT Security Oversight and Compliance
- Security Managers and Staff
- Executives, Managers, and Staff Responsible for IT Security Governance
- IT Professionals Interesting in Improving IT Security
For student discount, you must present proof of current enrollment when picking up your badge. No exceptions.
Matt Tesauro
Video: Link
Technical Track
James Flom
Why ha.ckers.org Doesn't Get Hacked
Ha.ckers.org has suffered nearly every attack a website can. These attacks include robots, sophisticated web-based attacks, brute force, denial of service, and network based attacks. This speech will explain the other side of protecting high risk websites - the configurations, operating system, and network.
Charles Henderson and Garrett Held
Anatomy of a Logic Flaw
Traditional vulnerabilities like SQL Injection, buffer overflows, etc, have well established techniques for discovery and prevention. On the other hand, logic flaws are incredibly diverse and often unique to the specific application or business organization. Because of this, logic flaws have taken on a near mythical status. In the myth, logic flaws are nearly impossible to find until the elite of the elite hackers launch an attack to completely own the application. The reality is far different; logic flaws are not the complex nightmare that many have made them out to be. This presentation will use real-world examples to show how logic flaws are typically introduced into an application, how they can be consistently detected during testing, and how they can be prevented during development. Instead of hoping for magic, repeatable processes will be outlined for each of those items. This will prove beneficial to anyone responsible for application security: programmers, architects, managers, and pen testers.
Chris Eng
Deconstructing ColdFusion
ColdFusion is a somewhat forgotten but still very prevalent web application development platform. This presentation is a technical survey of ColdFusion security that will be of interest mostly to code auditors, penetration testers, and developers. In the talk, we'll cover the history of the ColdFusion platform and its relevance to today's security landscape. We'll describe basics of ColdFusion markup, control flow, functions, and components and demonstrate how to identify common web application vulnerabilities in the source code. We'll also delve into ColdFusion J2EE internals, showing what CFML pages and components look like when compiled down to Java, and describing some of the unusual behavior we've observed at that level. We'll discuss open-source tools to aid reverse engineers in working with ColdFusion's proprietary classfile format.
Robert Hansen and Josh Sokol
HTTPS Can Byte Me
Video: Link
HTTPS was created to protect confidentiality and prove integrity of content passed over the web. It has essentially become the de-facto standard for internet commerce transport security. Over the years a number of exploits have attacked the principle, underlying PKI infrastructure and overall design of HTTPS. This presentation will drive another nail in the HTTPS coffin through a number of new exploitation techniques leveraging man-in-the-middle attacks; the goal of which is to break confidentiality and integrity of HTTPS traffic. The impact of these flaws suggests a need for changes in the ways we protect the transmission of data online.
Samy Kamkar
How I Met Your Girlfriend
Video: Link
Management Track
Charlie Scott and Jay Paz
Conducting an Instiution-Wide, Multi-Department Application Security Assessment
From early 2009 until mid-2010, the Information Security Office at the University of Texas at Austin conducted a security assessment of over 250 web applications, spanning over 30 departments. The objectives of this assessment were to provide a thorough security review of existing applications, and act as an education and awareness exercise for the application developers. This presentation covers the political, technical, and scheduling challenges encountered on this assessment, how they were overcome, the results of the assessment and the changes they brought about, and lessons learned by the assessment team.
Joe Jarzombek
Mitigating Business Risks with Application Security
Video: Link
With today's global IT software supply chain, project management and software/systems engineering processes must explicitly address security risks posed by exploitable software. Traditionally, these disciplines have not clearly and directly focused on software security risks that can be passed from projects to the organization. Software security assurance processes and practices span development and acquisition and can be used to enhance project management and quality assurance activities. Mr. Jarzombek explains the critical need for adherence to the practices, guidelines, rules, and principles used to build security into every phase of software development.
Michael Howard
Everything useful I learned about software security, I learned at Microsoft!
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In this talk, Michael will discuss some of the things he has learned over the last 10 years working on software security at Microsoft. The Wins. The Losses, but most importantly, the Wisdom learned!
Erik Pace Birkholz
Security Religions and Risk Windows
There is a difference between what is possible and what is probable, something we often lose sight of in the world of information security. For example, a vulnerability represents a possible way for an attacker to exploit an asset, but remember not all vulnerabilities are created equal. Obviously, we must also keep in mind that a vulnerability's mere existence does not necessarily mean it will be exploited, or indicate by whom or to what extent. Some vulnerabilities are more difficult to exploit than others and therefore attract different attackers. Autonomous worms & viruses may attack one type of issue, while a sentient targeted attacker may prefer another path. Better understanding of these factors enables us to make informed business decisions about website risk management and what is probable.
Pete Perfetti
Technology and Business Risk Management: How Application Security Fits In
This presentation demonstrates how important application security is to the overall stability and security of the infrastructure and the ultimately, the business. Presented from the Information Security Officer/Risk Manager point of view, it shows how a strong information security program reduces levels of reputational, operational, legal, and strategic risk by limiting vulnerabilities, increasing stability, and maintaining customer confidence and trust. It focuses on the top concerns of risk managers and how application security fits into the overall risk management process. The audience will be given recommendations on how to improve cost effectiveness and efficiency to achieve business, security, audit, and compliance objectives relative to applications.
OWASP Etc Track
Dean Bushmiller
OWASP Top 10: What is it all about?
Everyone knows exactly what the OWASP top ten security threats are, right? Well sort of... I ask people if they have heard of the top ten they say yes. I ask them to name a few they pause, then they blurt out 2-3. Then I ask them to explain those 2-3 and they look at me like a deer-in-the-headlights. I want to make sure that everyone who walks out of the presentation can clearly define the top ten and be able to communicate to another what each of the top ten vulnerabilites are.
Brad Causey
Automating Web Testing Beyond OWASP Webscarab Using Python (Python Files)
This presentation will illustrate ways to improve web security assessments by using advanced features in OWASP Webscarab and extending your options with automation using Python.
Noa Bar-yosef
Tell Me Your IP and I Will Tell You Who You Are
IP addresses have been traditionally considered an unreliable method for attack detection. The unreliability is attributed to the use of web proxies, NAT and non-static IP addresses for end-stations. This session will demonstrate how information derived from IP addresses can in fact be used to dramatically improve attack detection capabilities. The presentation will discuss attributes such as Geo Location, Reverse DNS Lookup, Anonymous Proxy lists and more. We discuss how IP intelligence can be used to increase detection effectiveness (ratio of false positives to false negatives) by "ruling" on otherwise indecisive anomalies. We also discuss certain scenarios in which IP intelligence is crucial for even detecting anomalies. The presentation is supported by corroborative evidence derived from actual log data and demonstrates some of the tools that can be used for analysis.
Karen Lu and Asad Ali
Enhancing Web Application Security Using another Factor
As web applications have become a necessity of contemporary societies, there is an increasing need to secure access to these applications. This talk explains how web applications can add the "what-you-have" factor to strengthen user authentication and enhance the security, without compromising the ease of use generally associated with the traditional username/password method. In particular, we will describe smart card based authentication methods, including OTP, TLS mutual authentication, and X.509 certificate-based challenge/response. Although these methods have their strengths and weaknesses in terms ofsecurity and usability, they all significantly enhance the authentication for web applications.
Ernest Mueller
Why The Cloud Is More Secure Than Your Existing Systems
Security is frequently cited as the #1 hindrance to the adoption of cloud computing. Much of this concern is generated by the fact that security is frequently cited as the #1 hindrance to the adoption of cloud computing. Come cut through the FUD and hear about ways in that cloud systems are actually way more secure than what you already have running in your enterprise, and how you as a security professional can benefit from the cloud when creating secure systems.
Asad Ali is a senior researcher at Gemalto Technology & Innovation group and is currently working on next-generation smart card products. His research interests include smart card operating systems, application frameworks, security protocols, embedded file systems, smart card usability, and secure portable tokens. He is co-inventor of the xID architecture for plug-n-play smart cards, and the Network Card technology that won Card Technology 2005 "Breakthrough Award for Innovation." He holds several patents in the field of Smart Card connectivity and their ubiquitous use, and has published extensively on these topics. Mr. Ali has a Master's degree in Engineering from MIT.
Noa Bar-Yosef is a Senior Security Strategist at Imperva. Previously, she held the position of a senior security researcher with the Imperva Application Defense Center. She conducted research on database and Web application vulnerabilities. Prior to Imperva, she has held TA positions in courses on programming and network security at Tel Aviv University and Open University. She has also been a software engineer with educational software vendor Sunburst Technology. Bar-Yosef holds a MSc degree (specializing in information security) from Tel-Aviv University, School of Computer Science and a BSc degree from The Hebrew University, School of Computer Science. During her work in Imperva, Noa has discovered multiple vulnerabilities in various commercial applications and worked with software vendors on their resolutions.
Erik Pace Birkholz, CISSP is the author of the best-selling book SPECIAL OPS: Host and Network Security and a contributing author of five international best-selling books for Osborne/McGraw-Hill including SQL Server Security, Hacking Windows 2000 Exposed and Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets and Solutions. Erik is an award-winning speaker who has presented to audiences worldwide, including NATO, the Pentagon, the NSA, and five of the Black Hat Briefings. In late 2006, Birkholz became the Manager of Global Information Security Assurance for Dell. Since January 2010, Erik has worked as a Director for WhiteHat Security (www.whitehatsec.com). conferences around the world (including past Black Hat, SOURCE, IAFCI, OWASP AppSec USA, OWASP AppSec Europe, and Merchant Risk Council events) on various subject matters relating to application security.
Dean Bushmiller has taught for 12 years. He is the recipient of five Mission Coins from various military branches. He has led national certification organizations in development, policy, and educational materials for over 10 years. He has presented, consulted, and instructed government, education, military, and private organizations. Dean has worked for SANS, ISC2, and other security training organizations. He has bee the keynote speaker at information security conferences as well as state and local colleges. He is now Director of Training for Expanding Security.
Brad Causey is an active member of the security and forensics community worldwide. Brad tends to focus his time on Web Application security as it applies to global and enterprise arenas. He is currently employed at a major international financial institution as a security analyst. Brad is the President of the OWASP Alabama chapter, a member of the OWASP Global Projects Committee and a contributor to the OWASP Live CD. He is also the President of the International Information Systems Forensics Association chapter in Alabama. Brad is an avid author and writer with hundreds of publications and several books. Brad currently holds certifications in the following arenas: MCSA, MCDBA, MCSE, MCT, MCP, GBLC, GGSC100, C|EH, CIFI, CCNA,IT Project Management+, Security+, A+, Network+, CISSP, CGSP.
Chris Eng is Senior Director of Research at Veracode, where he helps define and implement the security analysis capabilities of Veracode's service offerings. He is a regular speaker at information security conferences including BlackHat, OWASP, and RSA, and has presented on a diverse set of application security topics ranging from attacking cryptography to building an SDLC. Chris' professional experience includes stints at Symantec, @stake, and the US Department of Defense, where he specialized in software security assessments, penetration testing, and vulnerability research. Along with experts from more than 30 US and international cyber security organizations, he recently helped develop the CWE/SANS Top 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors.
James Flom has been working in the computer industry for the past sixteen years and has spent the last twelve heavily involved in computer and network security. As lead operations engineer of Pilot Network Services' security department he researched network and computer threats on a daily basis protecting some of the largest companies and organizations in the world. He designed and implemented what was believed to be at the time, the largest network intrusion detection system in the world, protecting over half a million computers. Mr. Flom later joined Digital Island (acquired by Cable & Wireless and merged with Exodus), where he created new product offerings for the Security Operations Center he was brought on to build. After the merger with Exodus James joined the Cyber Attack Tiger Team and assisted with the detection and recovery of several global network security compromises. Mr. Flom later became the director of consulting services for Kliosystems before co-founding SecTheory. He is a member of IACSP.
Robert "RSnake" Hansen, CISSP is the founder of SecTheory and has worked for Digital Island, Exodus Communications and Cable & Wireless in varying roles from Sr. Security Architect and eventually product managing many of the managed security services product lines. He also worked at eBay as a Sr. Global Product Manager of Trust and Safety, focusing on anti-phishing, anti-DHTML malware and anti-virus strategies. Later he worked as a director of product management for Realtor.com. Robert sits on the advisory board for the Intrepidus Group, Just Thrive, previously sat on the technical advisory board of ClickForensics and currently contributes to the security strategy of several startup companies.
Garrett Held is a Senior Security Consultant at Trustwave. He is a member of Trustwave's SpiderLabs - the advanced security team focused on penetration testing, incident response, and application security. He has been involved in the Information Technology industry for more than 14 years, with over 7 years specializing in Information Security. Prior to Trustwave he worked as a Security Consultant for Deloitte & Touche, where he worked with Fortune 500 corporations and state governments.
Charles Henderson is the Director of Application Security Services in Trustwave's SpiderLabs. He has been in the information security industry for over fifteen years. His team specializes in application security including application penetration testing, code review, and training in secure development techniques. The team's clients range from the largest of the Fortune lists to small and midsized companies interested in improving their application security posture. Charles routinely speaks at various conferences around the world (including past Black Hat, SOURCE, IAFCI, OWASP AppSec USA, OWASP AppSec Europe, and Merchant Risk Council events) on various subject matters relating to application security.
Michael Howard is a principal security program manager on the Trustworthy Computing (TwC) Group's Security Engineering team at Microsoft, where he is responsible for managing secure design, programming, and testing techniques across the company. He is an architect of the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL), a process for improving the security of Microsoft's software. He is also an editor of IEEE Security & Privacy, a frequent speaker at security-related conferences and he regularly publishes articles on secure coding and design, Howard is the co-author of six security books, including the award-winning Writing Secure Code, 19 Deadly Sins of Software Security, The Security Development Lifecycle and his most recent release, Writing Secure Code for Windows Vista.
Joe Jarzombek is the Director for Software Assurance in the National Cyber Security Division of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). He leads government interagency efforts with industry, academia, and standards organizations to shift the security paradigm away from patch management by addressing security needs in work force education and training, more comprehensive diagnostic capabilities, and security-enhanced development and acquisition practices. After retiring from the U.S. Air Force as a Lt. Col. in program management, Joe Jarzombek worked in the cyber security industry as vice president for product and process engineering. He served in two software-related positions within the Office of the Secretary of Defense prior to accepting his current DHS position. Throughout his career he has actively lead process improvement initiatives, including serving on the CMMI Product Development Team and later on the CMMI Steering Group. He has continued to co-lead efforts to integrate safety and security into integrated Capability Maturity Models (CMMs).
Samy Kamkar is best known for the Samy worm, the first XSS worm, infecting over one million users on MySpace in less than 24 hours. A co-founder of Fonality, Inc., an IP PBX company, Samy previously led the development of all top-level domain name server software and systems for Global Domains International (.ws). In the past 10 years, Samy has focused on evolutionary and genetic algorithmic software development, Voice over IP software development, automated security and vulnerability research in network security, reverse engineering, and network gaming.
Dr. Karen Lu is a principal research engineer at Gemalto, a digital security company. Her research interests include cloud security, Internet security, web application security, networking, communications, and smart card applications. She has published over 50 papers and holds 8 patents. Karen has a PhD in Computer and Electrical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. She is a Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP), a senior member of IEEE, and a member of OWASP.
Ernest Mueller got in trouble for security scanning his company's systems during his first college internship back in 1990. After graduating from Rice University, he did systems work for FedEx corporate IT back when Cops, Crack, and SATAN were the hot security tools. After working for a Web startup, he moved to Austin to manage the Web Systems team at National Instruments. Currently, Ernest is the Web systems architect on the LabVIEW team for NI's cloud-based SaaS products. He is active in the DevOps movement, the Austin chapter of OWASP, the Austin Cloud Computing Users Group, and writes for theagileadmin.com.
Jay Paz, SCJP, GSEC, GSSP-Java, a web application developer for over 10 years, joined the UT Austin Information Security Office as an Information Security Analyst in July of 2008. With his experience and knowledge of the UT development environment, he was able to make an immediate impact on the ISO Risk Management team. His main focus is application security, however the team is tasked with assessing risk for the entire enterprise. From printers to credit card terminals, from border devices to CAT I compliant servers, they take care of it all.
Pete Perfetti has been working in information security for fifteen years. He has been involved in IT Security for the financial services industry for ten years where he has worked as an Information Security Officer as well as having been responsible for vulnerability and threat management, and security engineering. Mr. Perfetti worked for Viacom and MTV as the Manager of Systems Administration and was the Director of IT Risk Management for the National Basketball Association. He has a broad range of experience in both operations and security. He was formerly the VP of the NY/NJ Metro Chapter of OWASP and is currently a board member of the local chapter. Mr. Perfetti's accomplishments have been discussed in two books on achieving high performing, stable, and secure infrastructure. Currently Mr. Perfetti operates IMPACT Security LLC, a private security contractor firm, that specializes in Incident & Audit Response, Prevention, and Recovery; as well as developing, enhancing, and implementing Security and Risk Management programs.
Charlie Scott, CISSP, GSEC, GCIH, GCPM, has worked in information security for over ten years. He joined the UT Austin Information Security Office as a Sr. Information Security Analyst in 2006, after working for the City of Austin and several Internet data centers. He has a strong background in network and system security, and finds application security fun and challenging-especially in a distributed campus environment. Charlie is currently pursuing his MS in Information Security Engineering.
Josh Sokol, CISSP graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BS in Computer Science in 2002. Since that time, he has worked for several large companies including AMD and BearingPoint, spent some time as a military contractor, and is currently employed as the Information Security Program Owner at National Instruments. In his current role, Josh manages all compliance, security architecture, risk management, and vulnerability management activies for NI.
Matt Tesauro is a security consultant for Praetorian, an independent security firm that built its reputation on its expertise, integrity, professionalism, and client satisfaction. He has worked in Information Technology for more than 10 years. His focus has been in application security including testing, code reviews, design reviews and training. Matt is currently on the board of the OWASP Foundation and is the project leader of the OWASP WTE (Web Testing Environment) which produces Live CDs and Virtual Machines. Matt has presented and provided training at industry events including DHS Software Assurance Workshop, AppSec EU, AppSec US, and AppSec Brazil.
Volunteers Needed!
Get involved!
We will take all the help we can get to pull off the best Web Application Security Conference of the year! Volunteers get free admission. This is your chance to rub elbows with the big players and mingle with potential networking contacts or even future employers!
Please contact james.wickett(at)owasp.org to volunteer for a specific area:
- Room Monitors
- Speakers and Trainers
- Vendors
- Registration
- Facilities
More opportunities and areas will be added as time goes on. Our File:Volunteer Sheet.doc can be downloaded which outlines some of the responsibilities and available positions. Note: this document references the the DC conference last year, this is just for a general guideline. Updated document coming soon.
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LASCON 2010 will be taking place at the Norris Conference Center in Austin, TX.
Traveling to the Austin Metro Area
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Embassy Suites Austin - Arboretum 9505 Stonelake Boulevard Austin, Texas 78759
The rooms are $139 for a double or queen, includes hot breakfast and shuttle to/from the event.
Book your room online with the LASCON discount.
Sponsorship Options
We are currently soliciting sponsors for the LASCON 2010 Conference. Please refer to our List of Sponsorship Opportunities
Please contact James Wickett for more information.
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Call for Papers
Sorry, the CFP has ended for LASCON 2010. Maybe next year?