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|MLB Career Stats
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|September 22, 2016
|Kansas City Royals released RHP Chien-Ming Wang.
|September 17, 2016
|Kansas City Royals designated RHP Chien-Ming Wang for assignment.
|September 17, 2016
|Kansas City Royals activated RHP Chien-Ming Wang from the 15-day disabled list.
|August 31, 2016
|Kansas City Royals placed RHP Chien-Ming Wang on the 15-day disabled list. Right biceps tendinitis.
|April 3, 2016
|Kansas City Royals selected the contract of RHP Chien-Ming Wang from Omaha Storm Chasers.
|January 7, 2016
|Kansas City Royals signed free agent RHP Chien-Ming Wang to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
|January 7, 2016
|RHP Chien-Ming Wang assigned to Omaha Storm Chasers.
|November 6, 2015
|RHP Chien-Ming Wang elected free agency.
|August 4, 2015
|Tacoma Rainiers activated RHP Chien-Ming Wang from the temporarily inactive list.
|July 31, 2015
|Tacoma Rainiers placed RHP Chien-Ming Wang on the temporarily inactive list.
|July 11, 2015
|Seattle Mariners signed free agent RHP Chien-Ming Wang to a minor league contract.
|July 11, 2015
|RHP Chien-Ming Wang assigned to Tacoma Rainiers.
|June 19, 2015
|Gwinnett Braves released RHP Chien-Ming Wang.
|June 17, 2015
|Gwinnett Braves activated RHP Chien-Ming Wang from the 7-day disabled list.
|June 11, 2015
|Gwinnett Braves placed RHP Chien-Ming Wang on the 7-day disabled list.
|May 21, 2015
|Gwinnett Braves activated RHP Chien-Ming Wang from the 7-day disabled list.
|May 15, 2015
|Gwinnett Braves placed RHP Chien-Ming Wang on the 7-day disabled list retroactive to May 13, 2015.
|April 6, 2015
|RHP Chien-Ming Wang assigned to Gwinnett Braves.
|November 10, 2014
|Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Chien-Ming Wang to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
|July 17, 2014
|RHP Chien-Ming Wang assigned to Charlotte Knights.
|July 16, 2014
|Chicago White Sox signed free agent RHP Chien-Ming Wang to a minor league contract.
|July 13, 2014
|Louisville Bats released RHP Chien-Ming Wang.
|March 28, 2014
|RHP Chien-Ming Wang assigned to Louisville Bats.
|December 18, 2013
|Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP Chien-Ming Wang to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
|October 1, 2013
|RHP Chien-Ming Wang elected free agency.
|August 27, 2013
|Toronto Blue Jays sent RHP Chien-Ming Wang outright to Buffalo Bisons.
|August 26, 2013
|Toronto Blue Jays designated Chien-Ming Wang for assignment.
|August 24, 2013
|Toronto Blue Jays selected the contract of RHP Chien-Ming Wang from Buffalo Bisons.
|July 5, 2013
|Toronto Blue Jays sent Chien-Ming Wang outright to Buffalo Bisons.
|July 3, 2013
|Toronto Blue Jays designated Chien-Ming Wang for assignment.
|June 11, 2013
|Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Chien-Ming Wang.
|June 7, 2013
|Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders released RHP Chien-Ming Wang.
|April 19, 2013
|Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders activated RHP Chien-Ming Wang from the 7-day disabled list.
|April 4, 2013
|RHP Chien-Ming Wang assigned to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.
|March 23, 2013
|New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Chien-Ming Wang to a minor league contract.
|November 3, 2012
|RHP Chien-Ming Wang elected free agency.
|October 15, 2012
|Washington Nationals activated RHP Chien-Ming Wang.
|September 4, 2012
|Washington Nationals activated RHP Chien-Ming Wang from the 15-day disabled list.
|August 16, 2012
|sent RHP Chien-Ming Wang on a rehab assignment to Harrisburg Senators.
|July 23, 2012
|Potomac Nationals sent RHP Chien-Ming Wang on a rehab assignment to Harrisburg Senators.
|July 18, 2012
|Chien-Ming Wang assigned to Potomac Nationals.
|July 13, 2012
|sent RHP Chien-Ming Wang on a rehab assignment to Harrisburg Senators.
|July 3, 2012
|Washington Nationals placed RHP Chien-Ming Wang on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to July 1, 2012. Right hip strain.
|May 22, 2012
|Washington Nationals activated RHP Chien-Ming Wang from the 15-day disabled list.
|May 9, 2012
|sent RHP Chien-Ming Wang on a rehab assignment to Syracuse Chiefs.
|May 4, 2012
|sent RHP Chien-Ming Wang on a rehab assignment to Hagerstown Suns.
|May 3, 2012
|Potomac Nationals sent RHP Chien-Ming Wang on a rehab assignment to Harrisburg Senators.
|April 28, 2012
|Chien-Ming Wang assigned to Potomac Nationals.
|April 3, 2012
|Washington Nationals placed RHP Chien-Ming Wang on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to March 26, 2012. strained left hamstring
|November 4, 2011
|Washington Nationals signed free agent RHP Chien-Ming Wang.
|October 30, 2011
|RHP Chien-Ming Wang elected free agency.
|July 29, 2011
|Washington Nationals activated RHP Chien-Ming Wang from the 60-day disabled list.
|July 19, 2011
|sent RHP Chien-Ming Wang on a rehab assignment to Syracuse Chiefs.
|July 14, 2011
|Potomac Nationals sent RHP Chien-Ming Wang on a rehab assignment to Harrisburg Senators.
|July 13, 2011
|sent RHP Chien-Ming Wang on a rehab assignment to Potomac Nationals.
|July 7, 2011
|sent RHP Chien-Ming Wang on a rehab assignment to Harrisburg Senators.
|July 2, 2011
|Hagerstown Suns sent RHP Chien-Ming Wang on a rehab assignment to Potomac Nationals.
|June 27, 2011
|Chien-Ming Wang assigned to Hagerstown Suns.
|March 28, 2011
|Washington Nationals placed RHP Chien-Ming Wang on the 60-day disabled list. Recovering from July 2009 right shoulder surgery.
|December 16, 2010
|Washington Nationals signed free agent RHP Chien-Ming Wang.
|December 3, 2010
|RHP Chien-Ming Wang elected free agency.
|November 10, 2010
|Washington Nationals activated RHP Chien-Ming Wang from the 60-day disabled list.
|April 4, 2010
|Washington Nationals placed RHP Chien-Ming Wang on the 60-day disabled list. Recovering from July 2009 right shoulder surgery.
|February 19, 2010
|Washington Nationals signed free agent RHP Chien-Ming Wang.
|December 12, 2009
|RHP Chien-Ming Wang elected free agency.
|November 12, 2009
|New York Yankees activated RHP Chien-Ming Wang from the 60-day disabled list.
|July 31, 2009
|New York Yankees transferred RHP Chien-Ming Wang from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day disabled list.
|July 5, 2009
|New York Yankees placed RHP Chien-Ming Wang on the 15-day disabled list.
|May 22, 2009
|New York Yankees activated RHP Chien-Ming Wang from the 15-day disabled list.
|May 12, 2009
|New York Yankees sent RHP Chien-Ming Wang on a rehab assignment to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees.
|April 24, 2009
|New York Yankees placed RHP Chien-Ming Wang on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to April 19, 2009. Weakness in the adductor muscles of both hips.
Attended Taipei Physical Education College in Taiwan...attended the same middle school as former Dodgers reliever Hong-Chih Kuo (Chien-Hsin Middle School)...in 2007 was named by Time Magazine one of the "100 Most Influential People" in the world for helping break cultural barriers...in 2006 his uniform #41 was retired by the New York-Penn League.2013
Split the season between the Yankees and Blue Jays organizations...during spring training was signed by NYY to a minor league contract...was released on 6/7 and 4 days later was signed by Tor to a 1-year contract...following the season became a free agent and on 12/18 was signed by the Reds to a minor league contract with an invitation to 2014 Major League spring training camp.2012
Spent most of the season on the Nationals' disabled list...made 5 starts and 5 relief apps for Wsh...also made 15 rehabilitation starts for Class AAA Syracuse, Class AA Harrisburg and Class A Hagerstown and Potomac.2011 Returned to big leagues after 2-plus year absence and went 4-3 with a 4.04 ERA in 11 starts for Washington ... gained strength and confidence with each start ... in final 9 starting assignments, finished 4-1 with a 3.71 ERA ... debuted with the Nationals on July 29 vs. ATL, more than 17 months after signing with Washington ... did not issue a free pass in final four starts or a franchise-record 23.2 innings ... with 6.0 scoreless innings of one-hit ball, earned the win in the Nationals' 3-1 victory on Aug. 9 at Wrigley Field (win was first at MLB level since pitching for NYY on June 28, 2009 at NYM) ... earned fourth win in a 4-1 victory over ATL, Sept. 24 in DC, to damage the Braves' post-season aspirations. 2010 Did not pitch in 2010 while working with the Nationals' training staff on a rehab program designed to regain full health from July 2009 right shoulder surgery...did return to health in time to pitch in Instructional League in Sept. and Oct... in 2 FIL appearances, spun 3.0 no-hit scoreless innings, walking one and fanning one. 2009 In injury-ravaged season, went 1-6 with a 9.64 ERA in 12 games/9 starts for NYY...took loss in first 3 starts...endured pair of DL stints due to hip abductor muscle weakness and a torn shoulder capsule, which was repaired by Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, AL on July 29...threw first pitch at New Yankee Stadium in ballpark's first exhibition on April 3 vs. CHI...made 100th career start, June 10 at BOS...lone win: June 28 at NYM...last pitched, July 4 vs. TOR. 2008 Was 8-2 with a 4.07 ERA in 15 starts for the Yankees before being placed on the disabled list on 6/17 with a mid-foot sprain of the Lisfranc ligament and a partial tear of the peroneal longus tendon in his right foot, missing the remainder of the season... the Yankees were 12-3 in games he started...Opponents batted .249 (90-for-361, 4HR); LH .261 (46-for-176, 4HR), RH .238 (44-for-185, 0HR)... held righthanded batters hitless over a stretch of 22 consecutive plate appearances from Aaron Hill's seventh-inning double on 4/1 vs. Toronto to Manny Ramirez' double in the first inning on 4/16 vs. Boston...Despite missing most of the 2008 season, his 46 wins since 2006 are tied for the third-most in the American League and eighth-most in the Majors... his .754 combined winning percentage over the last three seasons (2006-08) is the second-highest in the Majors behind only Boston's Jon Lester (.771, 27-8)...Has thrown 6.0 or more innings in 77 of his 95 career starts (81.1%), going 52-12 in those outings (Yankees are 60-17)... has lasted at least 7.0 innings in 47 career starts (49.5%), going 34-5 in those games... the Yankees are 38-9 in those starts...Has allowed an average of 0.49HR/9.0IP in his career (34HR, 628.2IP)... is the lowest such mark since Bruce Berenyi, who allowed just 0.37HR/9.0IP over his sevenyear career from 1980-86 with the Cincinnati Reds and New York Mets (min. 90GS)... Wang's average is the fourth-lowest among all Major League pitchers since the advent of the designated hitter in 1973 (min. 90GS)...Enters the year having not allowed a homer to a right-handed batter in his last 19 starts, dating back to 9/4/07 vs. Seattle (Adrian Beltre)... in fact, Beltre's homer is the only one Wang has allowed to a right-hander over his last 33 starts since San Francisco's Pedro Feliz on 6/23/07 at AT&T Park and the only such homer Wang has allowed over his last 32 home starts, dating back to 6/23/06 (Florida's Miguel Olivo)... has allowed two home runs in a game just three times in his career and only once (4/29/06 vs. Boston) in his last 86 games (85 starts) dating back through 7/3/05 at Detroit...Averaged 14.84 pitches per inning in 2008... since 2005, when he debuted, has averaged 14.20 pitches per inning, the second-lowest average in the Majors over the span behind only Greg Maddux (13.51)...Was 5-0 with a 2.12 ERA in seven starts away from Yankee Stadium... did not throw a wild pitch and has gone 21 consecutive starts without a WP, marking the longest such streak of his career (credit: Elias)...According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Wang is 23-8 in his career in starts that immediately follow a Yankees loss (with the Yankees as a team going 28-10 in such starts)...Made hi s f i r s t career Opening Day start on 4/1 vs. Toronto, earning the win in a 3-2 Yankees victory in the final Opening Day game at original Yankee Stadium... became the third different Yankee to make an Opening Day start in the last three years (Randy Johnson-2006 and Carl Pavano-2007)... became the youngest Opening Day starter for the Yankees since Andy Pettitte (25 yrs, 290 days) on 4/1/98 at Anaheim... owned the fewest Major League wins (46) for a Yankees Opening Day starter since Orlando Hernandez (29-13) in 2000 at Anaheim... became the third Asian-born pitcher to make an Opening Day start in the Majors, joining Hideo Nomo (three times) and Chan Ho Park (two times)... due to the Opener being postponed one day (rain), Wang missed becoming just the second Yankee to make an Opening Day start on his birthday (3/31)... Catfish Hunter opened the 1976 season vs. Milwaukee on his 30th birthday (4/8/76)...Became just the third Yankees pitcher to go 5-0 in the month of April, joining Andy Pettitte (1997) and Mike Mussina (2003)... Mel Stottlemyre is the only other Yankee to record five wins in the month of April, going 5-1 in both 1969 and 1974... allowed 3ER in 22.0IP over his first three starts of the season, compiling a 1.23 ERA...Threw 6.0 scoreless innings in his second start of the season on 4/6 vs. the Tampa Bay Rays, earning the win in a 2-0 shutout... retired the first 15 batters he faced... the shutout was the Yankees' first in the month of April since a 2-0 win on 4/10/03 vs. Minnesota...Recorded his fourth career complete game in his third start of the year on 4/11 at Boston, earning the win in a 4-1 Yankees victory... limited the Red Sox to only 1ER and 2H in the 9.0-inning effort, facing two batters over the minimum (0BB, 3K, 93 pitches) for the Yankees' only complete game of the season... was the Yankees' first complete game since Wang accomplished the feat in a 4-0 shutout on 6/6/07 at Chicago (AL)-the Yankees' only CG of 2007... was the first complete game thrown by a Yankee at Fenway Park since Mike Mussina on 8/28/02 in a 7-0 Yankees victory (three-hitter)... became the first pitcher to allow two or fewer hits in a complete game against the Red Sox since Seattle's Felix Hernandez surrendered one hit in a 3-0 win at Fenway Park one year earlier to the day, 4/11/07 (credit: Elias)... was the earliest into a season a Yankees pitcher hurled a complete-game win since 2003, when David Wells tossed a three-hit, 2-0 shutout vs. Minnesota in the team's ninth game of the season...Tied a career high, allowing 8R and 8ER on 4/16 vs. Boston at Yankee Stadium in 4.0IP, recording a no-decision in a 15-9 Yankees victory... was the first time he failed to complete 5.0IP in a start at Yankee Stadium and just the fifth time in 84 career starts that he failed to reach the mark... entered the fifth staked to a 7-3 lead, but exited after allowing five consecutive hits to start the inning...Earned his 50th career win on 4/22 at Chicago (AL) in his 85th career start... became the first pitcher to accumulate 50 wins in 85 or fewer starts since Dwight Gooden won his 50th game in his 82nd start on 6/29/86 w/ the Mets at Chicago (NL) and the first Yankee since Ron Guidry reached the total in his 82nd start on 8/13/79 vs. Texas... according to the Elias Sports Bureau, Wang earned his 50th career win with a total of just 245 strikeouts... became the first pitcher to reach the 50-win plateau with fewer than 250K since Boston's Bob Stanley won No. 50 on 4/15/81 vs. Baltimore with 213K... the only other pitcher in the expansion era to do so was Milwaukee's Lary Sorensen, who also had 245K when he won his 50th game on 9/3/1980 at Kansas City...Tossed 7.0 scoreless innings and struck out a season-high nine batters on 4/27 at Cleveland, recording the win in a 1-0 Yankees victory (4H, 2BB, 1HP)... became the first Yankees pitcher to record the win in two April shutouts since Jimmy Key in 1993...Improved to 6-0 on the season, recording the win in a 5-1 Yankees victory on 5/2 vs. Seattle... also improved to 7-0 with a 2.39 ERA in seven career starts vs. Seattle, holding them to a .195 batting average over the stretch... according to the Elias Sports Bureau, only Pedro Martinez began his career with a longer winning streak vs. the Mariners, winning his first 12 starts...Became the first Yankees starter to begin the season 6-0 (from the start of the season) since Mike Mussina won each of his first seven starts in 2003... over a 30-start span from 6/1/07-5/2/08, went 22-3 with a 3.44 ERA (196.1IP, 75ER)... led the Majors in wins and winning percentage (.880) during the stretch... the Yankees were 25-5 in Wang's starts over the span... the last Yankee to win as many games over a 30-start stretch was Ron Guidry, who went 22-3 over 30 starts from 5/21/85-4/24/86...Went a career-high six straight starts without a win from 5/7-6/5... had never gone more than three straight starts without a victory... suffered his first loss of the season on 5/7 vs. Cleveland at Yankee Stadium in a 3-0 Indians victory, opposing eventual 22-game winner Cliff Lee...Suffered his second straight losing decision on 5/18 vs. the Mets in an 11-2 Mets victory... retired the first nine batters in order before allowing four runs in a 35-pitch fourth inning... had the start pushed back one day due to a mild strain in his right calf... lost consecutive decisions for just the second time in his career (also his first two starts of the 2007 season, 4/24 at Tampa Bay and 4/29 vs. Boston)... the Yankees lost three consecutive games in which Wang started from 5/7-18... was just the second t ime-al so 4/21-5/1/06 (Wang went 0-1 with two nodecisions)... snapped his six start winless streak on 6/10 at Oakland in a 3-1 Yankees victory, allowing only 1ER in 7.1IP...Recorded the win on 6/15 at Houston, throwing 5.0 scoreless innings (6H, 3K) in his final star t of the season... exited the game in the middle of the sixth after injuring his foot while scoring on a Derek Jeter single... was examined the next day at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in New York by Dr. Stuart Hershon and Foot and Ankle Specialist, Dr. Jason Greisberg... was diagnosed with a mid-foot sprain of the Lisfranc ligament and a partial tear of the peroneal longus tendon in his right foot... was placed on the 15-day disabled list on 6/17 (retroactive to 6/16)... wore a protective boot over his foot and was limited to crutches...Was transferred to the 60-day D.L. on 6/27 when RHP Sidney Ponson was added to the 25-man roster... missed the final 92 team games of the season. 2007 Tied a career-high for the second consecutive season with 19 wins in 2007, going 19-7 with a 3.70 ERA in 30 starts...also established a career-high with 104 strikeouts...the Yankees were 21-9 in games he started...Opponents batted .265 (199-for-751, 9HR); LH .286 (112-for-391, 7HR), RH .242 (87-for-360, 2HR)...Tied for second in the Major Leagues with 19 wins (with Cleveland's Fausto Carmona, the Angels' John Lackey, San Diego's Jake Peavy and Cleveland's C.C. Sabathia), trailing only Boston's Josh Beckett (20)...tied for third in the American League with 10 home wins and a .731 win percentage and was sixth with a 2.75 home ERA (111.1 IP, 34ER)...Induced 32 double-play groundouts this season, tying Cleveland's Fausto Carmona for most opponents GIDP in the Majors in 2007...Leads the Major Leagues with 38 wins (in 63 GS) since the beginning of the 2006 season...also leads the Major Leagues with a .745 winning percentage during that span, recording only 13 losses with a 3.67 ERA (417.1IP, 170ER)...according to the Elias Sports Bureau, became only the second pitcher to lead the Yankees in wins in consecutive seasons during the Joe Torre era (also Andy Pettitte in 1996 and 1997). 4 Became the first Yankees pitcher to record at least 19 wins in consecutive seasons since LHP Tommy John in 1979 (21) and 1980 (22)...was just the fourth Yankee pitcher in the post-war era (since 1946) to accomplish the feat, joining John, RHPs Vic Raschi (1948-51) and Mel Stottlemyre (1968-69). 4 Became the first Yankees pitcher to record consecutive seasons with a .730 or higher winning percentage since Jimmy Key in 1993-94...Went 10-3 after the All-Star break in 2007, tied for second-most wins in the Majors, trailing only teammate Andy Pettitte (11), also San Diego's Jake Peavy and Arizona's Brandon Webb...Was 10-5 with a 3.20 ERA (107.0IP, 38ER) against teams that finished the season with a winning record...Was 9-2 with a 2.59 ERA (76.1IP, 22ER) in 12 starts that followed a Yankees loss in 2007...won his last seven such starts...Tossed at least 6.0 innings in 27 of 30 starts in 2007...has thrown 6.0 or more innings in 66 of his career 80 career starts, going 45-10 in those starts and the Yankees are 52-14 in such starts...Tossed at least 7.0 innings in 14 starts in 2007, going 11-2 in those starts...in his career, is 30-3 in his 40 starts in which he has thrown 7.0 or more innings and the Yankees are 34-6 in those starts...Has recorded 21 wins at Yankee Stadium (33GS) over the last two seasons, the most home victories by any Major League pitcher since the start of 2006...according to the Elias Sports Bureau, he became the first pitcher to win at least 10 games in consecutive seasons at Yankee Stadium since Tommy John (12-5 in 1979 and 11-4 in 1980) and the first right-hander to do so since Mel Stottlemyre (11-6 in 1968 and 12-5 in 1969)...Allowed just 3HR over his final 17 starts of the season (108.1IP), including a career-best 55.2-inning homerless stretch from 7/3-8/13...surrendered just two HRs to right-handed batters this season (Pedro Feliz on 6/23 at San Francisco and Seattle's Adrian Beltre on 9/4 at Yankee Stadium)...the Beltre HR was his first HR allowed to a right-hander at home since 6/23/06 (Florida's Miguel Olivo), a span of 22 home starts...Wang's career average of 0.51 HR/9.0IP (30HR, 533.2IP) is the lowest since Bruce Berenyi allowed just 0.37HR/9.0IP over his seven-year career from 1980-86 with Cincinnati and the Mets (min. 75GS)...Was 12-3 with a 2.27 ERA in 2007 against teams with a winning record at the time he faced them (111.0IP, 28ER)...Started and recorded the win in three of the Yankees' five shutout victories this season...Averaged an American League-low 14.35 pitches per inning, trailing only San Diego's Greg Maddux (13.65) and Atlanta's Tim Hudson (14.11) among all Major League pitchers...Had 34 assists, tying Chicago's Mark Buehrle for third-most among all American League pitchers (0E)...The Yankees have won 55 of his 80 career starts (68.8%)...Opened the season on the 15-day disabled list from 3/31-4/23 (missed 18 team games) with a strained right hamstring...suffered the injury on 3/23 while doing conditioning exercises at Legends Field during Spring Training...Made one rehab start with Single-A Tampa on 4/19 vs. Ft. Myers (5.0IP, 5H, 3ER, 1BB, 4K)...was returned and reinstated from the 15-day D.L. on 4/24...Surrendered a season-high two home runs in a 7-4 loss on 4/29 vs. Boston, equaling his career high (now done three times)...hadn't allowed two homers in the same game since 6/28/05 at Baltimore-a span of 41 consecutive starts...Fell five outs shy of a perfect game on 5/5 vs. Seattle, retiring the first 22 batters he faced...surrendered a solo-HR to Seattle's Ben Broussard with one out in the eighth...according to the Elias Sports Bureau, the last time a perfect game ended in the seventh inning or later by a home run was on 4/20/90, when Oakland's Ken Phelps hit a pinch-hit home run off Seattle's Brian Holman with two outs in the ninth...the performance marked the first time a Yankees starter pitched into the eighth inning in 2007 (28 games)...was the second time in five days that a Yankees pitcher took a no-hitter into the seventh (Phil Hughes went 6.1 innings on 5/1 at Texas before being removed due to injury)...Had an 0-for-27 stretch vs. opposing hitters snapped by the Broussard HR...according to the Elias Sports Bureau, it was the longest such streak by a Yankees pitcher this season...Recorded his third career complete game on 6/6 at the Chicago (AL) in a 5-1 Yankees victory...was the Yankees' only complete game of the season and first since Randy Johnson's 4-2 loss on 8/24/06 at Seattle (a span of 92 team games without a complete game)...Allowed a solo HR to Chad Tracy in the fourth inning of the Yankees' win on 6/12 vs. Arizona, snapping a 46.1IP stretch without allowing a home run (spanning eight starts)...did not induce a double-play grounder for the first time this season, snapping a streak of nine consecutive starts from the beginning of the season with at least one GIDP...according to the Elias Sports Bureau, it was the longest streak by a Yankees pitcher to start a season since Tommy John had at least one GIDP in each of his first 17 starts in 1979...Struck out a career-high 10 batters in 8.2IP in 6/17 win vs. the Mets, surpassing his previous single-game career high of eight strikeouts on 4/16/06 at Minnesota...was the first 10-strikeout game by a Yankees pitcher since Randy Johnson recorded 11 strikeouts on 7/19/06 vs. Seattle...also was the only double-digit strikeout game by a Yankee this season...Pitched 7.0 scoreless innings in 7/3 win vs. Minnesota, his first scoreless outing since 8/30/06 vs. Detroit (7.2IP)...walked the first three hitters of the fourth inning, marking the first and only time in his career he opened an inning by walking the first three batters...Won a career-high seven consecutive decisions over nine starts from 6/1-7/14, with a 2.89 ERA over the stretch (62.1IP, 20ER)...was the longest win streak by a Yankees starter in 2007...Allowed career highs with 8R and 8ER in 2.2IP in an 8/8 loss at Toronto...was the shortest start of his Major League career...Had his streak of 47 consecutive starts without allowing an unearned run snapped on 8/25 at Detroit, when Brandon Inge advanced to third on a passed ball and subsequently scored on a wild pitch during the fifth inning...was the longest streak without allowing an unearned run in Yankees history...Recorded the win on 9/9 at Kansas City, improving to 4-0 with a 4.66 ERA in six career starts vs. the Royals and 15-1 with a 3.17 ERA in 21 career starts against the entire AL Central...Won his final start of the season on 9/26 at Tampa Bay for his 19th victory of the season, clinching a postseason appearance for the Yankees...allowed a two-run home run to Carlos Pena in the fifth inning, snapping a stretch of 110.0 homerless innings for Yankees starters. 2006 Developed into one of the game's elite starters in only his second season in the Majors, finishing second behind only Minnesota's Johan Santana in American League CY Young Award Voting by the BBWAA...went 19-6 with a 3.63 ERA in 34 appearances (33 games started)...the Yankees were 22-11 in games he started...opponents batted .277 (233-for-841, 12HR); LH .275 (103-for-375, 5HR), RH .279 (130-for-466, 7HR)...Tied for first in the American League with 19 wins, ranked second with 14.0 pitches per inning, tied for third with a .760 winning percentage, tied for fourth with a 3.03 home ERA, fifth with 218.0 IP and tied for sixth with 33 games started...his 42 assists were most among all American League pitchers...had the lowest HR rate in the Majors (one every 18.17IP) and hasn't allowed two home runs in a game since 6/28/05 at Baltimore (a span of 40 starts)...With 19 victories, surpassed Chan Ho Park (18-10 in 2000) for the most wins in a single season by an Asian-born pitcher...pitched at least 6.0 innings in 24 of his 33 starts...was 9-2 with a 3.01ERA (89.2IP, 30ER) in 13 starts in 2006 that followed a Yankee loss...won nine straight decisions at Yankee Stadium from 4/21-8/2...in the last five seasons, only Wang, Roger Clemens (nine straight in 2002) and Randy Johnson (nine straight in 2005) have won as many as nine straight games in a single season at Yankee Stadium...Didn't strike out more than three batters in 23 consecutive starts from 4/21-8/18, the longest streak of its kind in the Majors since Kirk Rueter had had no more than three strikeouts in 26 straight starts (2003-'04)...according to the Elias Sports Bureau, his streak was the longest by a Yankees' pitcher since Urban Shocker made 23 straight starts with three-or-fewer strikeouts (1926-'27)...Made the start in the Yankees' 2006 home opener on 4/11 vs. Kansas City, recording no decision in a 9-7 Yankees' win...on 5/17 vs. Texas, recorded his third straight victory in a 4-3 Yankees' win...had not allowed an earned run in 15 straight innings until Texas scored two in the eighth...equaled his single-game career high with seven runs allowed in 5/22 loss at Boston (also allowed seven runs on 6/10/05 at St. Louis)...recorded his shortest outing of the season as a starter (4.0IP) on 6/1 at Detroit, recording no decision in a 7-6 Tigers' win...made first relief appearance of the season and recorded his first career save in 6-5, 10-inning win at Baltimore on 6/3 (0.2IP, 2H)...According to the Elias Sports Bureau, he became the first Yankee to earn a save between his normal turns in the rotation since John Candelaria in 1988...prior to Wang, only three pitchers in the Majors had done it since: Bob Walk (1990), Terry Mulholland (1999) and Daniel Cabrera (2004)...Combined with three Yankees' relievers on a five-hit, 1-0 shutout win on 6/13 vs. Cleveland, marking his third straight victory and sixth in his last seven decisions...recorded the loss in his first career compete-game on 6/18 at Washington...allowed two-run "walk-off" home run by 3b Ryan Zimmerman in the ninth inning, the 12th "walk-off" home run vs. the Yankees since 1996 and the first since Toronto's Vernon Wells on 7/28/2004 in a 3-2, 10-inning loss at Rogers Centre (off Proctor)...was also the first "walk-off" home run vs. a Yankee starter since 7/28/95 (Minnesota's Dan Masteller off Jack McDowell) in a 5-3 loss at the Metrodome...allowed a first-inning run for the first time in his last 14 starts on 7/17 vs. Seattle...Recorded the longest outing of his career and his first complete-game shutout on 7/28 vs. Tampa Bay, limiting the Devil Rays to two hits in a 6-0 Yankees' win (9.0IP, 2H, 2BB, 1K)...won a career-high five straight starts from 7/8-8/2...during the five-game stretch, allowed just 7ER in 38.1IP (1.64 ERA)...On 8/8 at the Chicago White Sox-in the first appearance of his career vs. Chicago-recorded no decision in a 6-5, 11-inning White Sox win...did not allow a run in 19.0 consecutive innings pitched (over four starts) before allowing three runs in the second inning...according to the Elias Sports Bureau, it was the longest scoreless streak by a Yankee starter since LHP Andy Pettitte had a streak of 22.1 scoreless innings in August of 2003...Allowed a single-game career-high 13 hits on 8/13 vs. the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, suffering the loss in a 5-3 Angels' win...had allowed only one first-inning run in his previous 18 starts before allowing three runs in the first inning of the loss...was 11-2 with a 2.96 ERA in his final 15 starts of the season (from 7/8-9/27), allowing 33ER in 100.1IP (106H, 23BB, 36K)...made the start in Game One of the Division Series vs. the Detroit Tigers at Yankee Stadium, allowing 8H and 3ER in 6.1IP (1BB, 4K, 1HR) to earn his first career postseason win...became the first Taiwan-born pitcher to win a postseason game in the Major Leagues. 2005 Despite beginning the season at Triple-A Columbus, emerged as one of the Yankees' most dependable starting pitchers in his first Major-League season...was 8-5 with a 4.02 ERA in 18 appearances (17 games started)...the Yankees were 11-6 in games he started...opponents batted .256 (113-for-441, 9HR); LH .258 (55-for-213, 6HR), RH .254 (58-for-228, 3HR)...pitched at least 6.0 innings in 15 of his 17 starts...made three appearances (two starts) with the Yankees in spring training, posting a 3-0 record with a 1.00 ERA (9.0IP, 6H, 1ER, 3BB, 6K)...Made six starts with Triple-A Columbus (four to begin the season and two on a rehab assignment), going 2-1 with a 4.24 ERA (34.0IP, 40H, 16ER, 6BB, 21K)...was the Clippers' Opening-Night starter at Charlotte on 4/7 and earned the win, allowing 6H and 4ER in 6.0IP...made three additional starts with Columbus before being recalled by the Yankees on 4/27...Made his Major-League debut on 4/30 vs. Toronto and recorded no decision in a 4-3 Yankees' win...was the first Yankee to make his Major-League debut as a starting pitcher since LHP Brad Halsey on 6/19/04 vs. Los Angeles at Dodger Stadium and the first to do it at Yankee Stadium since RHP Bret Jodie on 7/20/01 vs. Toronto...recorded his first Major-League victory on 5/10 vs. Seattle, allowing 4H and 3ER in 7.1IP...on 5/17 at Seattle-his second straight start vs. the Mariners-recorded his second straight victory in a 6-3 Yankees' win...in his two starts vs. Seattle, LH batters were 4-for-25 (were 11-for-28 in first two starts)...Won a season-high three straight games from 5/10-25...made his first career relief appearance on 5/29 vs. Boston in a 7-2 Red Sox win (4.2IP, 6H, 2ER, 1BB, 2K)...on 6/4 at Minnesota, recorded no decision in a 4-3, 10-inning Yankees' win...allowed three-run fourth-inning home run to Jacque Jones, his first home run allowed in 2006 (40.2IP)...according to the Elias Sports Bureau, it was the longest such streak by Yankee pitcher beginning his Major-League career since Bobby Munoz in 1993 (41.2IP) and the third longest in the last 50 years (Bob Wiesler started his Yankee career with 77.0 homerless innings over three seasons, 1953-1955)...Tossed a season high 8.0 innings on 6/18 vs. the Chicago Cubs, recording the victory in an 8-1 Yankees' win...on 7/3 at Detroit, combined-with Gordon and Rivera-on a 1-0 victory (7.0IP, 5H, 0R, 1BB, 2K)...it was the Yankees' first 1-0 victory since 7/22/04 vs. Toronto and their first on the road since 6/22/02 at San Diego...was placed on the 15-day disabled list from 7/13-9/6 with inflammation of the right shoulder (missed 52 games)...made two rehab-assignment starts for Triple-A Columbus and was 0-1 with a 4.50 ERA (8.0IP, 13H, 4ER, 1BB, 5K, 2HR)...On 9/8 vs. Tampa Bay-in his first Major League appearance since 7/8-recorded the loss in a 7-4 Devil Rays win...on 9/19 vs. Baltimore, recorded no decision in a 3-2 Yankees' win (8.0IP, 7H, 2ER, 1BB, 4K)...tied a season-high with 8.0 IP (also on 6/18 vs. the Chicago White Sox)...recorded nine assists, two shy of the franchise- and Major-League record for pitchers (11, held by five pitchers, including the Highlanders' Al Orth, 1906; and George McConnell, 1912)...walked a single-game career high six batters in his final start of the season-on 9/30 at Boston-and received the loss in a 5-3 Red Sox victory (6.2IP, 4H, 3ER, 4K)...Made first career postseason appearance in Game Two of the Division Series versus the Angels...allowed 4R (1ER) in 5.2IP to suffer the loss...at 25 years, 188 days, became the youngest pitcher to start a post-season game for the Yankees since Andy Pettitte started Game Five of the 1997 ALDS versus Cleveland at 25 years, 113 days. 2004 Was the recipient of the Kevin Lawn "Pitcher of the Year" Award, honoring the Yankees' top Minor League Pitcher...combined to go 11-6 with a 3.50 ERA in 24 games (23 starts) with Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Columbus...began the season at Trenton, going 6-5 with a 4.05 ERA in 18 starts before being promoted on 7/26...struck out a season-high 10 batters on 4/25 vs. Reading, pitching 7.0 shutout innings (3H) to earn the win...was named Eastern League "Pitcher of the Week" from 4/19-25, going 1-0 with a 0.69ERA in two starts (13.0IP, 9H, 1ER, 3BB, 16K)...was promoted to Columbus on 7/26 and suffered the loss that day in his Triple-A debut at Richmond (6.0IP, 5ER)...won each of his other five games (four starts) with the Clippers, going 5-0 with a 1.05 ERA (34.1IP, 4ER)...pitched for Taiwan at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece in August...on 8/15 vs. Australia, pitched 7.0 scoreless innings (3H) to earn the victory...received a no-decision on 8/21 vs. Japan, allowing 3ER and 8H in 6.2IP...pitched a complete-game shutout in his final regular season start with the Clippers, allowing 7H and striking out eight on 9/3 vs. Toledo...was ranked as the #10 prospect in the Yankee organization by Baseball America. 2003 Spent the majority of the season with Double-A Trenton, going 7-6 with a 4.65 ERA in 21 starts...threw complete-game four-hit shutout on 5/2 at New Britain...was named to the World All-Star Team for the fifth annual Futures Game on 7/13 at Chicago...was placed on the disabled list twice (6/14-24 and 7/1-20) with a blister on his right middle figer...made one rehab start with the Gulf Coast Yankees on 7/9, throwing three shutout innings...struck out a season-high 10 batters in 6.0 IP and earned the win on 7/25 at New Haven...was placed on the D.L. for a third time from 8/22 through the end of the season with a right shoulder strain. 2002 Was 6-1 with a 1.72 ERA in 13 games started for Staten Island of the New York-Penn League...ranked second in the league in ERA and led Staten Island with 78.1IP...was selected to the post-season All-Star Team...did not allow more than three earned runs in any of his 13 starts...in his only loss of the season on 8/6 at Hudson Valley, allowed two unearned runs in 7.0IP...was 2-0 with a 1.17 ERA in two postseason starts, and was the winning pitcher in Staten Island's championship-clinching game vs. Oneonta...was ranked as the #5 prospect in the Yankee organization by Baseball America. 2001 Missed the entire season rehabilitating from arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder performed on 4/3/01. 2000 In his first professional season was 4-4 with a 2.48 ERA in 14GS for Staten Island of the New York-Penn League...lead the league with two complete games and one shutout...ranked fourth with 87.0IP and eighth with his 2.48 ERA...allowed only two home runs the entire season, both on 7/21 vs. Lowell...struck out a career high 11 batters in his complete-game shutout on 9/2 at Oneonta...made two postseason starts, going 1-0 with a 2.86 ERA (12.2IP, 4ER) as Staten Island won the NY-Penn League championship.

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The pope is leaving with a veiled warning to the men who will choose his successor: Work together.
In his final audience with the cardinals — the so-called "princes" of the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI urged them to set aside their differences as they elect the next pope. He says the College of Cardinals should be unified so it works "like an orchestra" where "agreement and harmony" can be reached despite diversity.
The Vatican in recent years has been famed more for its disharmony, with the pope's own butler leaking papal papers that showed feuds and intrigue at the top of the Vatican bureaucracy.
Benedict says he'll pray for the cardinals in coming days as they vote on his successor.
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Over the course of one hot summer, a group of children in the decaying rural South must confront a tangle of difficult choices. An ambitiously constructed, elegantly photographed meditation on adolescence, the first full-length film by director David Gordon Green features remarkable performances from an award-winning ensemble cast. George Washington is a startling and distinct work of contemporary American independent cinema.
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Opening the Query Builder
It is assumed that you have downloaded Oracle 10g Express Edition and that you have unlocked the HR database so that you can log on to this database as a user. Now from the shortcut on your desktop you can log in by clicking on the Go to the Database Homepage… shortcut, which can be accessed from All Programs–>Oracle 10g Express Edition. This opens up the following window.
Log in to the database using the credentials Username: hr and Password: hr as shown in the above picture. This should open up the following window. There are five main objects (nodes). The Object Browser shows all the objects in the database. Now click on the SQL icon.
This will open up a window which gives you access to all the SQL functions in Oracle XE, SQL Commands, SQL Scripts, and Query Builder as shown. Please review the SQL Command icon related tutorial as it will help you in understanding the present tutorial.
Clicking on the Query Builder opens up the Query Builder specific window as shown in the next screen. It is in this window that you will bring in your table/view, or tables. You can set up the conditions that you may want to establish for the sets that will be returned by the query, by interacting with the bottom pane. This will be explained in this tutorial. The annotations in the different areas are by the author of this tutorial and are not part of Oracle's documentation. In this window you can also search for other objects by entering even a single letter and clicking on the search area shown in the Search for database objects. There are already objects in the hr database shown in the indicated area "Database Objects." Clicking a table, for example, in this area will transfer a copy of the table to the design area on the right.
While designing a query you will bring in the table/view from the left hand side, from the object listing, to the right hand, top pane — the design area. In combination with the bottom pane, you design the query, imposing the conditions which are typically the Where, Order by, Group by, clauses of an SQL query. This will be shown in the next section.
{mospagebreak title=Querying a single table}
In this example you will be querying a single table (in fact it is a "view" and not a table) from the object list. Click on the view EM_DE_L on the left. This will bring the view to the right pane. This view has seven columns. How do I know that this is a view? I know because I created this view.
If you click on the top-left of the table, on the icon which looks like '#', you will open up a small window with a tool tip labeled "Table Actions," where you can place a check mark and select all seven columns in the view to be included in the query; these will be transported to seven rows in the bottom pane. You can close the window, and other windows in Oracle GUI, by clicking the "x" at the top right of the window. You may also minimize or maximize a window clicking on the Min/Max button to the left of "x." The table also shows the data type of each column. You may also choose a single column, or a number of columns by placing a check mark in the check box next to the chosen column or columns.
This next window shows that the column FIRST_NAME has been chosen and a corresponding item has been added to the bottom pane.
Now take a look at the bottom pane. From left to right you have the following in the bottom page: the first row shows four tabs, Condition, SQL, Results, Saved SQL. When you add a table or view to the design pane, the Condition tab comes up as a default tab. In this tabbed page you will see a graphic user interface for defining how your set based result should look, and how your SQL statement should be defined. There are 10 items arranged horizontally. They are, from left to right:
- Column: name of column.
- Alias: descriptive, or short name, used especially to reduce ambiguity.
- Object: to which object the column belongs.
- Condition: filtering the Select, the Where clause.
- Sort Type: Ascending (Asc) or Descending (Desc).
- Sort Order: numerical Order, the Order by clause.
- Show: to include in a query, but show/hide it in display.
- Function: SQL functions like Count, Count Distinct, Sum, Avg, etc.
- Group By: This clause is for use when the condition requires.
- Delete: click to delete the column from the query.
In the settings shown in the next picture three columns are chosen. By clicking on the up/down arrows at the extreme left, you can set up which column has to appear first (on the left) and which has to appear next, and so on. Instead of FIRST_NAME showing on the left, first, the LAST_NAME has been brought up. The query will show only FIRST_NAME and LAST_NAME, because HIRE_DATE is set not to show ("Show" is not checked for this column). Whereas LAST_NAME is in descending order, the FIRST_NAME is in ascending order. Also the order by will be LAST_NAME first followed by FIRST_NAME.
{mospagebreak title=A simple SELECT query}
Let us follow a simple query. We'll be doing nothing fancy; three columns are chosen and nothing else. We show just the default view of the condition tab when the three columns are added.
Clicking on the SQL tab will show the following window. This screen cannot be edited here. If you want to replace "LAST_NAME" by a friendly Name "Last name" you have to return to the Condition tab and change the "alias."
Now click on the Results tab. You will see the following screen.
{mospagebreak title=Creating a SELECT query with a WHERE clause}
Employees hail from different cities. You could find all those from, say, "Seattle" by imposing a condition. The following qualified Select will show just that. You qualify your Select by typing in the condition '='Seattle' in the Condition part of the GUI as shown.
Now the window in the SQL tab will show the following content:
The Result tab will show the following window.
{mospagebreak title=Creating a SELECT query on two tables which are related}
Tables in relational databases have relationships established when tables are designed. For example, the following picture shows two tables being added to the design pane. You see a line connecting one table to the other. This is the line that shows what kind of relationship exists. When you add the table, this line does not exist, but you can manually "link" the tables to make the relationship visible as well as enter the link into the SQL statement as a "join" condition. Unlike in the first example, the EMPLOYEES and DEPARTMENT objects are tables. These have a primary key, the unique identifier of the table which can be found in the "Object Browser." For object browser details, please refer to the previous tutorial.
Making a Join is easy, click on the rectangle to the right of the column of one table and go to another table, pick a column and click on the extreme right, rectangle. This establishes the 'grey' line making a 'join'.
This shows the Primary key of one table joined to the Foreign key of the other table.
There are different kinds of joins to expose columns from the two tables. In the query editor, if you right click on the line joining the two tables, you will reveal a small pick-list from which you may specify the type of join you desire to make.
If you pick the set "Left outer join" the editor sets up the requested type of join. If you want to look at what kind of join you made, just hover over the line and you should see the type of join as shown.
This shows the design view with left outer join set. The association between the Design view and the SQL Query is through the small "+" symbol in the Query Editor view of the table and the "+" inside the parenthesis in the "Where" clause which establishes the "join" as shown in the next two pictures. The last picture also shows the result of this query.
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Justin Sellers was arrested in West Sacramento on Saturday for allegedly evading police. He was pulled over doing "wheelies" on his motorcycle and subsequently led police on a short chase, according to a KCRA 3 TV report.
Sellers, who is still somehow on the 40-man roster, missed most of last season after injuring his back and, as a result, needing season-ending surgery.
According to a CBS 13 TV report, Sellers has done this before and was wanted by West Sacramento police.
This incident should expedite his removal from the roster, which will probably means an outright release from the team. At least, that's what it should mean. We'll see what the Dodgers' brass decides to do.
There really isn't a logical reason to keep Sellers on the 40-man roster. With the offseason additions, there is zero room for a guy who just isn't that good and is coming off a serious injury.
This isn't the worst crime ever (far from it), but Sellers was seemingly on proverbial thin ice already, so this is just a convenient excuse to cut ties with him altogether.
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Monday, September 19, 2011
The Wine Importer, Joe Dressner
Joe Dressner has left us. I choose that expression carefully. In concrete reality, he passed away from brain cancer on Saturday morning. Also, though, he has left us, well, so much.
He was an impassioned importer of "real" wines from France, Italy, and Spain. A champion of candor who tirelessly cut away the bla-bla of marketing and aspirational thinking and swindlerism. A friend of honest work in vineyards and cellars. An unabashed curmudgeon of unpredictable views and angles. A man who gave to Doctors Without Borders and Partners in Health. One of the funniest people ever, who left us with a body of writing in which kernels of truth hide amid uproarious floods of the absurd.
He was also a friend, to me. We shared wine, and didn't talk about it. We could argue or gossip in that particular brand of French that was his own. His real frankness and humanity allowed for conversations to swing from the acerbic to the intimate.
The wines he imported to America and which his team will continue to bring us are a good reflection of him: Clos Roche Blanche Sauvignon is preposterously good, almost blindsiding you; Domaine de la Pépière Clos des Briords is limpid, earthy, frank; Eric Texier's Rhône wines are deeply intellectual; Christian Chaussard's are hilarious, until you notice the firm backbone of seriousness.
The wines speak Joe Dressner, as do the writings and memories of him we have.
8 comments:
- Franck PASCAL said...
Thank You
- September 19, 2011 at 7:38 PM
- Luc Ertoran mais Joe m'appele "moustache" said...
C'est tres bien dit et sans fioriture.
La meilleure chose a faire dans ce genre de cas.
- September 19, 2011 at 10:27 PM
- Jamie said...
good post, sharon
- September 20, 2011 at 1:38 AM
- Sharon said...
Merci, chers amis lecteurs et amis.
- September 20, 2011 at 2:37 AM
- George Wroblewski said...
Very nice post Sharon. Need more Joe Dressners in the world.
- October 18, 2011 at 6:40 PM
- Vin-X Wine Invesment Brokers said...
Hi Sharon, great blog.
- November 3, 2011 at 11:22 AM
- Wine Delivery Calgary said...
Well I feel the contributions made by him will always be remember by everyone.God bless u all!
- November 22, 2011 at 6:07 AM
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National Chaplain Father Thomas O'Donnell was recently honored with a Mass at the beautiful Epiphany Catholic Church, in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania on the occasion of his 50 years of service as a priest. Hundreds of family members and well-wishers, including members of the National Board, attended the Mass and dinner for this grand celebration.
Father O'Donnell, now 76, grew up in Garfield, PA and entered the priesthood in his early 20s. With his 50 years of priesthood he has been grateful to have been able to serve so many people in numerous parishes. His career included working at many Pittsburgh Archdiocese churches including; St. Kieran, St. John the Evangelist, St. Norbert, St. Clare. He was made pastor at two parishes including Annunciation and St. Wendelin. In 1975 he was also appointed as a part time Tribunal Judge serving 25 years. In 2000 the Bishop requested that he accept a position of a full time Judge of the Tribunal in which he has served the past 10 years. I'm grateful I've been able to be in service to so many people. Thousands of children baptized and confirmed, celebrating the marriages of couples, all the aspects of trying to be a representative of Christ and his people. He said.
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In a recent talk that Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York gave to the priests of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, he said: Priest must not only enjoy their ministry but they must relish being a priest. The Bishop went on to say that the priesthood is not a profession, it is a life. The unity with the Church becomes more apparent when the priest is simply present to the people. The people may not remember a homily at Mass or a parish meeting, but will remember the visit to a sick relative, a wedding Mass, a funeral Mass, or the priest's presence in school. The priesthood is never more powerful that when we are simply with the people. For fifty years Father O'Donnell has enjoyed his ministry and has relished being a priest, as an assistant, a pastor, a Tribunal Judge of course as a Chaplain for the Ancient Order of Hibernians.


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The hawks (including me) were wrong about a lot, but some got one thing right. It's going to be a long war.
In the early days after 9/11 there was a lot of talk about a "clash of civilizations" and a long "existential struggle" facing the West. I once asked the late Christopher Hitchens what he felt on that terrible day, and he said he felt no small amount of joy. Not for the suffering and death, but for the fact that the West finally had been awakened to the terrible but necessary struggle before us.
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When new threats emerged, the White House dismissed them with the whitewash that "core Al Qaida" was "on the run." All pretenders to Al Qaida's mantle were little more than a "jayvee" squad, as Obama put it. It's OK to slumber again was the message.
One jayvee squad — the self-styled Islamic State formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS — now controls the territorial equivalent of Britain and is one of the best-equipped and ideologically committed military forces in the Middle East. Everyday jihadis — many with Western passports — enlist in the struggle to create a global caliphate while the "Muslim street" from Turkey to Saudi Arabia follows the Islamic State like a sports team.
The Islamic State's atrocities are too numerous and too horrible to list here. It includes rape and slavery, religious cleansing, mass murder, public crucifixions and beheadings. Over the weekend, an Iraq official said that the Islamic State had killed at least 500 Iraqi Yazidis, burying some alive, including women and children. The group is only too happy to tweet about all of it.
Pentagon officials told NBC's Jim Miklaszewski that they see the Islamic State as a "10- to 20-year challenge." I hope that's pessimistic. But it's simply realistic that the ideological agenda driving these jihadis will present a challenge for far longer than that.
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My name is Reislan, and I suffer horrific, debilitating hallucinations.
They started when I was about twelve. When the first one happened I thought it was a nightmare, that I must have been asleep, but I wasn't. Once, I was convinced my younger brother, Myron, was melting - the flesh dripping from his bone, as if he were made of oil. I screamed and ran to try and save him, only to find myself on the edge of the school playground, all the kids laughing at me as tears streamed down my face.
All through high school it happened. I tried to ignore them, but their intesity grew, like they were reacting to me, forcing themselves upon me, deeper and deeper into my psyche. Depression set in and I started to harm myself. Little cuts at first, that seemed to make them go away. After a while I needed to cut a little deeper to make them stop. Always hiding my scars, my shame.
This worked, until I cut myself so deep I nearly bled out in the janitor's closet. My nasty secret was revealled and I spent the next three years in psychiatric care. When I was released, everyone was so supportive, nuturing and wanted only to make sure I was comfortable. It made me sick.
Thankfully the war started. It got me away from them all, and I hadn't suffered an hallucination for nearly two years thanks to the medication. I was in the final stages of basic training, ready for deployment within the week, when it happened to me. This one was so strong, like it was making up for all the ones I had medically suppressed.
The man in the black cloak was to kill everyone if I didn't react.
That damn man in the black cloak. I nearly killed two fellow cadets. And now I back here, minding my parents' general store. No adventures for me; just these damn hallicinations and my skull crushing depression.
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1. Is there anything that seems to trigger these hallucinations? When do they usually happen? Is there some emotional tie to them? When did they start exactly?
2. What are you studying in high school? Do you have any friends? Where do you hang out in break time?
3. What is your home life like? Do you have a cultured home? How is your relationship with your brother? What about your parents? Why didn't you ask them for help earlier on?
4. Why did you join the army? I know there was a war but you must have had other reasons.
5. What do you think is happening with these hallucinations? I know what the doctor's and everyone else would think but what do you personally think?
6. Have you seen that man in the black cloak before? Or was that incident the first time?
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My hallucinations are random, though my vision does blur maybe two or three minutes before they start. It can happen anytime, day or night. Sometimes there is emotion behind them, like something or someone is threatening my life or the lives of those I care about. Other times there is no connection, like the one where an iron river coursed through the skies. It was weird, but overall one of the more tame hallicinations.
I finished high-school about seven years ago - but I majored in Tellerhood scripture and lore. I have better knowledge than most regarding the 12 Protectors, the Time of Origin and The Legend Tome. History and religion have always facinated me, probably because of my delusions. There was a great Mythsayer - Gammerind the Insightful, who also suffered hallucinations, like me. I learned about him in primary school around the same time my own affliction struck me, so I guess I relate to him. Though my "visions" seem to have no prophetic value.
I had very few friends in school and spent most of my time in the library reading the old scriptures. When I wasn't been bullied for being 'mad' or hiding in one of several dark corners I had found on the high school campus while suffering an hallucinations. I was lonely. Even my own brother wouldn't hang around me, though he is a few years younger than me.
I cannot say a bad word about my parents. I was something of a surprise, as my mother was told she was unable to have children, and she was nearly forty when she had me. My father was a career soldier in the United Protectorates Armed Forces, until the end of the First War of Separation. He doesn't talk too much about his time, but was not thrilled when Myron and I enlisted when the Second War of Separation started about six years ago.
I talked to my parents about my hallucinations and they tried to help, but really I have been alone dealing with this. Noone understands and I cannot find anyone anywhere that suffers like I do (except for Gammerind, but he's been dead over 1000 years now, so not much help there). I learned that inflicting physical pain was the only way to stop the mental one.
I joined the army so I could receive Protectorship status. That would allow me to travel freely between the Protectorate systems. Also, it focussed me on something more than tending to my parents' shop. A boring life to say the least. Realistically, when you are stuck in Kassidia, there is no where to go but somewhere more interesting.
The hallucinations are vile, debilitating and each one leaves a permanent stain on my soul. I guess the best way to describe it is sheer desolation - like been stranded in the desert with all you need to survive, but knowing you are never going to see a living soul again. If you die, it has to be by choice because nothing else will save you. That's how it feels.
The first, and thankfully the only, time was during the end of basic training. He seemed to make the walls shift, turning winter steel into clay. He was truely one of the most terrifying hallicinations I have ever had. Flesh to bone, I knew I had to stop him, anyway I could. That's what caused me to start shooting at him, wounding two fellow cadets and ending up winged by the Guardian-Master-General to put me down.
Thanks for listening. It's great to have someone to talk to. I guess it's back to the store. Old Tover Haggert will be wanting his gniproot juice this evening.
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1. What is the tellerhood scripture and why were you drawn to it (other then the delusion thing. Was there any other aspect that drew you to it)? And what are protectors?
2. Why do you think Myron join the war? What do you think happened to your father during his war. What is the war about?
3. Tell me about Gammerind. Who was he? Why do you think that pain helps stop the delusions?
4. Tell me about Kassidia. Why do you find it so boring?
5. Do your visions want something from you? Are they trying to get you to do something? Do you think the black cloaked man will return?
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Curious? Why did your loved one's care and attention make you sick? I'd kill for someone to care about me like that. Instead they just call me crazy.
Are you a paranoid schizophrenic too? Just wondering what causes your hallucinations.
Your story made me sad to read, so well worded. I can't wait to read the whole story. I hope you feel better soon.
Strange thought- what if the man in the black coat is real? What if you aren't crazy, and the only way you can save everyone, is to delve deeper into your "insanity"? Sorry, I can't ask any more questions like that. The man in the white coat says it isn't healthy.
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Ashley Judd, Senator Mitch McConnell at Odds Over Leaked Tape
Ashley Judd has acknowledged reports that Senator Mitch McConnell's aids probed into her personal life as means to attack her this week.
The actress was believed to have plans for running as a Democrat for McConnell's Senate seat in 2016, but the "Double Jeopardy" star ultimately decided not to pursue candidacy.
Before her decision not to run, a tape detailing McConnell's research on Judd was released. In it, McConnell and his aides discussed several aspects of Judd's personal life, including one person calling the actress "extremely unbalanced."
Furthermore, the senator and campaign aides speculate over the possibility of advertisements and statements to skew the public's opinion of Judd, according to The Wrap.
Learning of the leaked tape, Judd deemed the conspiratorial act "politics of personal destruction" in a statement on Tuesday.
"This is yet another example of the politics of personal destruction that embody Mitch McConnell and are pervasive in Washing, D.C.," said Judd in a statement, according to Yahoo! News.
"We expected nothing less from the Mitch McConnell and his camp to take a personal struggle such as depression, which many Americans cope with on a daily basis, and turn it into a laughing matter," the actress added.
Judd was rumored to be considering a political career in Kentucky in 2016, when Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand. Paul would be up for re-election.
The actress' mother, Naomi Judd, furthered the rumors last year, saying her daughter is "very interested in changing the world" during an interview with Larry King.
"As of right now, she doesn't know," said Judd during the interview on the digital channel Ora TV. "I can tell you she's very interested in changing the world and she know that politics unfortunately right now is one of the ways she could do that."
Alas, Judd announced her decision about running for the post on Twitter last month.
"After serious and thorough contemplation, I realize that my responsibilities & energy at this time need to be focused on my family," the actress wrote. "Regretfully, I am currently unable to consider a campaign for the Senate."