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Mumbai: As Big B shows signs of improvement, doctors also seem to be satisfied with the health progress.
Bachchan, who has a history of abdominal ailments, was operated on February 11 at the Seven Hills hospital.
"The meetings of the morning with the team of doctors.. the most trying for the patient. As you await results of their assessment, you wonder what new discovery they may have found that would immerse you in further treatment. But happy to note that they seemed satisfied with the progress and after a few closed door discussions, came back with a few points that would bring relief to any sufferer," Bachchan wrote on his blog, last night.
Earlier last week, Bachchan had complained of acute abdominal pain and tweeted that he may have to undergo a second operation and his stay at the hospital was extended.
But later it was decided by doctors that the surgery was not required as the 69-year-old actor was getting better.
Also, the doctors decided to keep him away from any further dressings.
"Most of the repair is done by the body itself ... marvellous piece of machinery..which is why you respect its maker so much. A better day... dressings removed, more normal food intake, lesser `kites` and greater visitors," he tweeted.
As Big B is on his way to recovery, there are chances that he might get discharged soon, hospital sources had said.


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The oak ambrosia beetle has a wide host range. It attacks many species of the family Fagaceae but is also known to attack trees from other families. reported hosts include: Chinese holly, Japanese chicquapin, Japanese tanbark oak, Japanese evergreen oak, sawtooth oak, ichiigashi, Japanese blue oak, Mongolian oak, ubamegashi, urazirogashi, konava, tsukabanegashi, spice bush, Prunus sp. and Japanese cedar.
Commodities Affected:
Forestry and Natural Areas, Nursery, Ornamentals, and Turf
Oaks, the primary host plants of the oak ambrosia beetle, are commercially important for lumber and products such as furniture, cabinets, flooring and cooperage. In addition oaks are important ornamental and street trees in many North American communities. The Platypus quericivorus/Raffaelea quercivora complex could cause significant loss of wood quality. Moreover, if the fungus R. quercivora is pathogenic to North American oaks or other Fagaceae, it could cause extensive tree mortality. Movement of oak products could be adversely affected by quarantines designed to reduce the spread of infestations. Oak mortality in North American forests could lead to significant ecosystem disruption and loss of biodiversity. Many wildlife species are dependent on acorns produced by oaks for a food source. Therefore, a loss of the oak component of forests could result in adverse effects on many wildlife species.
The oak ambrosia beetle is not known to occur in Indiana.

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Community State Bank Holds Annual Shareholders Meeting
As he prepares to step down as president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Community State Bank late next year, Paul H. Yohn, Jr. knows he will be leaving everything in good hands with new chief operating officer (COO) Trudy K. Everhart that will succeed him when he retires. Yohn gave a report on the state of the bank during its annual shareholders meeting held Thursday at Orbisonia.
Yohn thanked board of directors chairman Emory Parsons, Jr. for his kind words on his pending retirement and on Everhart's replacing him as CEO. (See separate story). In 2013, Yohn said he will be 70 years old and feels it is time to get out and let the "young bucks" run the bank.
He said it has been a wonderful 30 years for him since first coming to work at the bank on Dec. 1, 1982, and the bank has come a long way during that time and has a long way to go. He noted the loss of 260 community banks across the country per year and the reason for that – regulators overzealously pushing community banks into mergers.
"Regulators apply the same regulations to a multi-billion dollar Wall Street bank as they do to us. Those Wall Street banks have tons of auditors, lawyers and people who can fight the regulators or do what they say," he said.
"You're setting in the training room of the only community bank headquartered in Huntingdon County. We're the last of the Mohicans," stated Yohn.
Many community banks, he continued, are going by the wayside very, very frequently and it's getting tough to do. "I believe you have a board of directors and over 100 employees that are dedicated to this bank and to not only the communities here in Huntingdon County, but also in Fulton and Bedford counties and we're going to stay the course," Yohn said.
While many banks are "on their heels" fighting regulators, Yohn said CSB is "on its toes" and is going to continue to stay there and to be the best community bank in central Pennsylvania. Yohn said he knows in his heart that the people operating CSB offices love what they are doing, and the bank is going to be the life of the community and bank officials are going to continue with what they've done in the past.
Yohn provided a quick overview of what happened in 2011 that included ending the year with $293 million in total assets, growing $17 million, which he said is about the lowest they've grown in the past 8 to 10 years. Deposits were up around $267 million, or an increase of $15 million from the previous year, and loans were around $215 million, or $12 million up from the previous year.
While other banks are not loaning money, Yohn said CSB is and has never stopped. "What we have done, we have done on our own and our growth has been methodical and not by acquisitions. We are one of the fastest growing banks in Huntingdon County," continued Yohn.
Back in 2000 CSB has 23 percent of the deposits in the county and as of June 2011, it had 34 percent. One of the bank's "hot spots" has been in Fulton County where the bank constructed a new branch in McConnellsburg in 2009.
In 2000, Yohn said CSB had 7.5 percent of deposits in Fulton County and now has a total of 25.8 percent of deposits there as of June 2011. This occurs because other banks merged with larger banks and the only thing they care about is people's pocketbooks and social security numbers.
"At CSB, we care about who you are, who the customer is and what their needs are. We care about them and their kids, we want to help them build a house and help their kids who just got out of school buy a car," he said.
In 1987, Yohn said a Bancorp was formed and one of the main reasons for this was to have antitakeover provisions to prevent a hostile takeover of the bank and to allow it to remain an independent community bank. He said it is the intentions of CSB officials to stay independent.
"God has blessed this bank with its employees and customers that have helped us through some very difficult situations and we just continue to grow. I think this is because we stayed focused on the small guy, the people who need the money and the people who are going to make our bank go," continued Yohn.
During the bank's 60th Anniversary in 2011, Yohn said the bank spent a lot of money giving away five $5,000 grants to nonprofit organizations to help them out with projects they were doing. Ten additional $500 grants were also given out since Yohn said there are so many groups out their trying to do things to improve life in their communities and the bank wanted to give back and help them accomplish their projects.
"One of our goals last year was to help these people out; to give back to the community who gave to us and made us what we are today. Part of our vision and our strategic plan for this bank is to give back to the community. We just gave $1,000 to five area food banks that are hurting," he said.
Yohn told shareholders that the bank is solid due in part to those they chose as directors and employees who have dedicated their lives to the bank. He said he receives many compliments on the service provided at all of its branch offices and said this is due to the friendly employees throughout its banking system.
"We take care of people out on the street and they take care of us," Yohn told shareholders. Yohn said he feels the bank is even going to be more successful in the future with the change in the regime and with the same people and the same directors.
In the future, he said the bank is going to focus more on technology in order to stay competitive, but will not forget those customers such as the elderly who may not be computer literate. The bank, he said, must continue to make things as easy as possible for older customers who are not attuning to technology.
However, he said the bank must prepare itself to adequately deal with the younger generation and their use and need of today's technology. "There has to be a happy medium somewhere to serve all our customers' needs," continued Yohn.
During the next 18 months, as Everhart is in transition for her new role as CEO, Yohn said he will be there to assist her. He said it has been a joy, honor and a pleasure to be part of the CSB family and feels that Parson's father, Emory Parsons Sr., who started the bank in January 1951, would be proud of the bank's accomplishments.
"The focus then was on customer service and it still is today. The everyday friendly performance of employees at all our branches is our key to success and will be in the future," concluded Yohn.


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This page is asking you to confirm that you want to leave - data you have entered may not be saved.Whether or not I've actually written anything. Previously that message would only pop up if I'd started to write a comment and then tried to close the comment box. It's a great failsafe against accidentally the whole thing, in that you have a prompt that essentially says, hey, dummy, you really want to delete all that stuff you just wrote?
It is much less useful if the box pops up every single time, regardless of whether you've actually written anything.
And that's the problem with safety-related things and warnings. As was pointed out in my post about the couple that plunged to their deaths taking cliff-selfies, it is quite possible that we have tried to "lawyer up" to the point where we're over-exposed to warning labels. We've so thoroughly cluttered the landscape with danger signs that they all fade into the background.
There's a lesson there; unfortunately the people that desperately need to learn that lesson won't get it...
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You do continous integration – but every release is still a big THING. You fear it, you sit there and you hope it will work. In case you are in this situation, you are obviously behind the next development in our industry. A friend reommended a posting to me that I liked so much, I must put it here again:
So what should Alex do? Continuously deploy. Every commit should be instantly deployed to production. Let's walk through her story again, assuming she had such an ideal implementation of Continuous Deployment.
Alex commits. Minutes later warnings go off that the cluster is no longer healthy. The failure is easily correlated to Alex's change and her change is reverted. Alex spends minimal time debugging, finding the now obvious typo with ease. Her changes still caused a failure cascade, but the downtime was minimal. (found at T. Fitz Blog)
Continuous Deployment isn't just an abstract theory. At IMVU it's a core part of our culture to ship. It's also not a new technique here, we've been practicing continuous deployment for years; far longer than I've been a member of this startup.
It's important to note that system I'm about to explain evolved organically in response to new demands on the system and in response to post-mortems of failures. Nobody gets here overnight, but every step along the way has made us better developers. (Fitz)
So – teams who are not able to do this — you are too slow and not professional anymore.
Great test coverage is not enough. Continuous Deployment requires much more than that. Continuous Deployment means running all your tests, all the time.
Well, and there are teams who do not even do tests. And if you do not believe Tim:
The point is that Continuous Deployment is real. It works and it scales up to large clusters, large development teams and extremely agile environments.
My message to all Teams that are not doing Unit Testing, Automated Integration Testing, Continuous Integration and Deployment: "Start to work in this … hard, harder. Do more. If this is possible than you MUST do it also.
My message to Customers: When this is possible than demand it from your teams also.


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I wanted to create an animation with watercolors few months ago, but i wasn't satisfied with the result of it. Now i think i will not come back on it before a long time. So it's better to share it anyways.
-colors have the power to change the world-
Some Julia playing piano at 5h30 in my school on a saturday night-morning
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This post is to help answer a question by Phil Savard on the Littlebird Electronics forum.
This simple Max/MSP encapsulated patch decodes an eight bit value (an integer between 0 and 255) and shows separate bit states for all eight bits. This would be useful, for example, to decode the states of eight separate buttons from an Arduino connected to a 4021 parallel to serial IC (see here for example). Two 4021 ICs could be connected to the one Arduino in order to read from sixteen separate buttons.
Download the patch here.
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Friday, October 1, 2010
Cheese Garlic Biscuits
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 5 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1 clove garlic, minced
1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
2. In a large bowl, sift together flour, salt and baking powder. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Make a well in the center of flour mixture. Add the milk and cheddar cheese; stir to combine. Drop batter by spoonfuls onto an ungreased baking sheet.
3. Bake in preheated oven for 12 to 15 minutes, until lightly browned. While biscuits are baking mix melted butter and minced garlic. Brush garlic butter over hot baked biscuits.
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MERIDIAN — On April 1, Gov. Ronnie Musgrove announced the creation of an East Mississippi-West Alabama regional economic development cooperative agreement. It was no April Fool-ery that the two states agreed to work together on a mutually beneficial alliance. But whether or not the strategically timed pact can live up to the hype is questionable.
When Hyundai announced last year it would build a new automotive plant near Montgomery instead of East Mississippi, Musgrove took a lot of heat for the loss of the multi-billion dollar project, in particular for allegedly pushing Pelahatchie as a potential site over other Mississippi locales. Musgrove is seeking re-election this fall in a heated contest against top Republican gubernatorial contender Haley Barbour.
"I do think there are people in East Mississippi and the Meridian area who are miffed about the position they thought they were in and the approach the governor took to it, and there's a wide gap in what they think ought to be done," said Marty Wiseman, political science professor and director of the John C. Stennis Institute of Government at Mississippi State University. " So yeah, I think anything that takes place from now on will have a very definite political angle to it. And there probably is some makeup there."
Gubernatorial spokesperson John Sewell insisted that Musgrove has been working on this issue for more than a year, along with representatives from the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) and Wade Jones from the East Mississippi Business Development Corporation (EMBDC). Riley, a Republican, took office in January
2003 as Alabama's governor.
"Gov. Musgrove and Gov. Riley discussed it at the National Governors Association meeting in Washington in February 2003," said Sewell. "Bob Rohrlack and Neal Wade, director of the Alabama Development Office, have been conducting strategic discussions in recent weeks on this project."
Barbour said he initiated talks with Riley at the Republican Governors Conference in California last November, when he and Riley discussed extending Interstate 85 from Montgomery to Interstate 20/59 east of Meridian. Alabama Republican Senator Richard Shelby had garnered congressional approval — but no appropriations — to extend I-85 from Montgomery to I-20/59. Having all four-lane interstate traffic between Montgomery and Meridian would expedite travel and potentially lure big business, said Barbour.
If Kewanee, the last Mississippi community nearest the Alabama state line on U.S. Highway 11/80, had been proposed to Hyundai officials, Mississippi could have landed the Hyundai project, Barbour said.
"It's true that we were not willing to pay over $117,000 per job," said Rohrlack. "Alabama was and that's that. We have documentation showing that Gov. Musgrove did propose and offer the Kewanee site to Hyundai. Hyundai walked the site, and in three separate conversations — here and in Korea — the head of the Hyundai project discussed with me in a group or one-on-one that he didn't want us to consider that site. They had their own reasons.
"We have a letter that Gov. Musgrove and Sen. Trent Lott co-signed offering the Kewanee site, so anyone who's saying the site wasn't offered is completely out of the loop. That's the politics of it. Unfortunately, when you're trying to do things during an election year, if it's something good, someone's going to say you're doing it for ulterior motives. If you breathe, you're doing it wrong. It's aggravating to see politics come into issues, like the site was never offered when I know it was because I was there. So was the client. The ones completely uninvolved are the ones who are making comment and that's interesting because they were nowhere to be found when the project was going on."
Barbour responded: "Economic development is a team sport. If it's going to be successful, we must involve local businesses, local officials and local leaders. It can't be a one-man show. Additionally, we must remember that attracting businesses to our state should not be a one-size-fits-all strategy. Playing politics with economic development issues is bad policy because short-term political gain does not help the long-term success for our communities."
The Advantage Mississippi Initiative, which passed in 2000, authorized the Mississippi Regional Alliance Development Program, which promotes the development of alliances at the local governmental level between government units, including government units from another state. The program authorizes local government units to issue bonds for the purpose of sharing in the costs and revenues connected with projects, said Rohrlack.
"We've been looking at this since that legislation was passed," said Rohrlack. "Gov. Riley has an interest in doing it for that part of the state in Alabama, so it was a perfect time to sit down and see what we could do. This is a way that both states can focus on an area where they're wanting to see economic development success happen to both their benefits, and it's a way to do a deal without it having too big of an impact on either budget. If we're splitting the costs and the benefits, it's good for both of us."
EMBDC chairman Tommy Delaney said he hopes the joint state initiative will perpetuate the development of the area.
"East Mississippi is centrally located in what has become known as the Southern Automotive Corridor anchored by BMW in Greer, S.C., and stretching to Toyota's latest announcement of a plant in San Antonio, Texas," he said. "The EMBDC has been and continues to actively pursue automotive suppliers to serve the needs of this growing number of assembly plants in the region. The potential of a large supersite in the vicinity enhances our location advantage for current suppliers while setting the stage for an anchor assembly plant hopefully in the future. By combining the resources of both states, we recognize that we can do more together than we can on our own."
Rohrlack and his Alabama counterpart are looking at incentive packages to jointly offer prospective mutual clients.
"My speculation is that we'll probably set up a template for an automotive project," said Rohrlack. "They've been successful with automotive projects. So have we. Then we'll go out and see what we can do."
Other details are still being worked out, said Rohrlack.
"We'll have joint sites straddling the state line," he said. "As we come to terms on how to split cost/benefits, depending on which side of the line the actual facility is on, and hopefully it will be a big enough site for lots of suppliers on the site as well, we'll work out details. Right now, we're determining various issues, and whether we'll have a governing type board over it, or whether the two states will handle it on their own. It's all the little stuff you deal with now when there's not a project so it doesn't become a big deal when there is a project."
Wiseman is hopeful the collaboration will bear fruit.
"The first time I saw it mentioned, I thought it would be a good idea," he said. "Now, since it's being talked a little more, it seems like more of a real possibility. You don't see states genuinely get into arrangements like that all that often. Usually, they get on such a competitive edge that they're reluctant to risk any dollars or prestige or anything else by joining up with the next state."
Both states could reap benefits, especially with University of Alabama chancellor Mack Portera, former president of Mississippi State University, as a key player, said Wiseman.
"Another day, another time, you might h
a different set of actors," he said.
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Once again I was impressed with this box. I initially was ordering month to month but just signed up for a six month subscription. I don't think there was a savings but this way I won't forget to order.
Who: http://juleswellness.ca/. Jules Wellness is an online Wellness boutique. They sell a variety of Health conscious items including the subscription box. If you like what you receive you can purchase more and even subscribe to a particular item and they will ship it to you on a regular basis.
What: monthly box of goodies for health conscious females. These are not samples, they are full sized items from the boutique. I noticed they are planning a Mom and Baby box soon.
When: arrives at the beginning of each month.
How much: $34.32 month including shipping within Canada
This month's goodies:
Washbeautyco Konjac bamboo charcoal sponge. $14
This is the item I was most excited about as I've been wanting to try for quite awhile. I have super sensitive skin so was a bit nervous but I've used it a few times now and have really like it.
Consonant Organic Face Wash. $18
Another product I was really happy to see! I haven't tried it yet but it sounds great. With my sensitive skin, I'm always on the look out for something 100% natural. Quoted as being a 3-in-1 product - cleanser, makeup remover and toner.
The Honest Leaf - Serene Tea $13
I'm a huge tea drinker, but almost only black. I will try this one though since it should make me a little serene. Made with peppermint, chamomile and other organic stuff. Great when the teenagers are getting under my skin.
Hemp Heart Bites - 10g (large) package - $7
I love most products from the Manitoba Harvest Hemp company, but I can't say I loved these. Maybe dipped in chocolate????
K's NRG Whole Food Energy Bar - $3
My teenager's soccer, volleyball and basketball seasons will be starting up soon, so this bar will go straight into one of her bags as she's always needing snacks in between games or practices.
Consonant DHE face mask sample
This was the only sample included and should be good for one use. The full size product is $45 and claims to do it all: Detox, Hydrate and exfoliate. 100% natural product made from Manicouagan clay extracted from the site of a 215 million year old asteroid crash in Central Quebec - how cool does that sound!!!
This month's box had a value of approximately $55, not including the sample. I'm very happy with that! It has introduced me to a couple of products I'm really excited about trying. I love that it's Canadian and includes mostly made in Canada full sized products. I look forward to next month's.


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I have owned this King size bed for a about 1.5 years now and it is very nice. Easy to assemble, clean, and was worth the money! It does squeak every now and then, but not loud; it is hardly noticable unless you are actually listening for it. Overall this bed has superior quality and design. It livens up the bedroom in a fashionable way.
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So here's day 9:
|Falling Star by Melinda Miller {pattern here}
There are quite a few of Melinda's blocks being used for this CAL (crochet-a-long) and I love them all!
Here's a peek at my progress as of last Thursday. I think I love it! I keep telling the boys this blanket is going to be mine all mine, after all I am the only girl in the house!
And now for a little scrapbooking, and I mean little. Might be the change of seasons or the busy-ness of spring in general around here, but not much was done in the way of scrapbooking last month. I've learned to just roll with this...sometimes it's just like that...it will all come around again.
|background: vinyl shelf liner in wood grain; mat: paper towel leftover from Easter egg coloring attached with masking tape; circle accents: spirograph over patterned paper
I took a photo of my crazy threesome after they had had a free-for-all with the body markers. What started as a harmless bit of stamp tattooing quickly turned into a full-blown, all-out marker assault on each other. Yeah, they thought they were so cool.
This is a framed page I donated for a charity auction. Sorry about the fuzzy faces, but I wanted to protect these little cuties.
This was such a fun page to create, especially the handmade embellishments:
And a few flowers I'm playing around with for a crop coming up next week at Scrapbook Heaven. Stay tuned for the deets!
Alrighty, I'm off to a Mother's Day Tea at my youngest's class. I told you this was a bunch of randomness!
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STORRS - The UConn football team announced the signing of 19 players on Wednesday, the first day of the new early signing period for the class of 2022.
"We got better today," head coach Randy Edsall said in a press release. "We are more athletic and we are faster than we were before making these additions.This is a great group of kids from a character standpoint, too. Our program is defintely headed in the right direction."
UConn added 12 players on defense and seven on the offensive side of the ball, with many of the incoming Huskies playing multiple positions and multiple sports throughout their high school careers.
"Our staff was very efficient in getting the right class put together," Edsall said. "We got a talented group, but also a group that wants to do things the right way."
Following is a rundown on each of the Huskies' signees.
Kevon Jones: Linebacker | 6'3" 238 | East Hartford HS | East Hartford
2017 CHSCA All-State performer. First Team Walter Camp All-Connecticut. Helped lead East Hartford to 2017 Connecticut state playoffs for first time in 30 years. Compiled 1380 rushing yards, 404 receiving yards and 21 total touchdowns in his high school career. Also accumulated 276 tackles, three sacks and three career interceptions on defense. Played a variety of positions throughout East Hartford career including quarterback, running back, tight end linebacker, wide receiver and kicker. Also was a member of the basketball team.
Travis Jones: Defensive Line | 6'4" 334 | Wilbur Cross HS | New Haven
2017 CHSCA All-State First Team member. First Team Walter Camp All-Connecticut. 2016 Class LL All-State and All-SCC selection. Named to the Walter Camp All-Connecticut team. 2016 New Haven Register All-Area and All-State Helped Governors gain 2,992 total yards, including 1,548 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns. Also made 61 tackles and seven sacks during his senior season.
Jordan Morrison: Safety | 6'1" 190 | Steinert-Hamilton East High School | Hamilton, N.J.
Played all over the field in high school including running back, wide receiver, quarterback, defensive back and kick returner. Set school records in career touchdowns (41) and single-season touchdowns (18). Received the Frank "Mammy" Piscopo Memorial Player of the Year Award. 2017 Times of Trenton Defensive Player of the Year. Two-time Times of Trenton All-Area team member. NJ.com All-State/Defense Second Team. Senior year rushed for 912 yards, recorded 520 passing yards, 19 total touchdowns on offense. Defensively, notched 55 tackles, six INT's and two sacks.
Jonathan Pace: Defensive End | 6'5" 260 | St. Sebastian's School | Boston, Mass.
2017 ISL All-League Selection. Boston Globe 2017 All-Scholastic. Two-way starter.
Keyshawn Paul: Corner | 6'0" 170 | Miami Jackson High School | Miami, Fla.
Matched up on the best receiver each game, recorded three INT's and 12 PBU's as a senior. Three-sport athlete at Jackson High School. Played basketball, football and track and field.
Malik Banks: Safety | 6'1" 175 | Howard High School of Technology | Hockessin, Del.
2015-2016 Division II state championship team. Played running back, wide receiver, defensive back and kick returner in high school. 2017 DIFCA All-State First Team performer. 2016 DIFCA All-State Second Team.
Oneil Robinson: Safety | 6'1" 177 | Capital Prep Magnet School | Hartford
Played wide receiver and defensive back in high school. Hauled in 118 receptions for 2405 yards and 22 touchdowns in his career. On defense, recorded 133 tackles and 13 interceptions. 2017 CHSCA Class S All-State performer.
Elijah Jeffreys: Wide Receiver | 6'4" 190 | Somerville High School | Somerville, Mass.
Two-sport star in football and track and field. Played quarterback at Somerville High School. Competed in DII state championship track meet. NEC MVP, Boston Globe 2017 Scholastic.
Steven Krajewski: Quarterback | 6'4" 205 | Colquitt County School | Moultrie, Ga.
Threw for 2962 yards and 30 touchdowns in his three-year high school career. Added 460 rushing yards and six TD's. Led team to state championship game his senior year in Georgia's largest classification. Team Captain. Team Offensive Player of the Year. Second Team All-Region.
Peter Rooney Jr. Offensive Line | 6'5" 282 | Westminster School | Atlanta, Ga.
First Team All-Region. Two-time All-State his junior and senior seasons. Lettered all four years and finished his career as the winningest player in school history. Won the state championship his sophomore year, Reached the state semi's his freshman year and state quarterfinals in junior and senior season.
Heron Maurriseau: Wide Receiver | 5'10" 168 | Saint Anthony's High School | Mastic Beach, N.Y.
In two seasons, recorded 43 receptions for 666 yards and nine touchdowns. Also competed in track and field in high school. Ranked #4 wide receiver in New York.
Khyon Gillespie: Running Back | 5'11" 175 | Capital Prep Magnet School | Hartford
Two-time Class S All-State performer (2016 & 2017). Played on both sides of the ball in high school. In 37 career games, carried the ball 377 times for 3773 yards and 40 touchdowns. Averaged 10.0 yards per carry. Also hauled in 42 receptions for 759 yards and four touchdowns. On defense, secured 110 career tackles including three sacks, nine tackles for loss and nabbed two interceptions.
Hunter Webb: Safety | 6'2" 210 | Loyalsock Twp High School | Mountoursville, Pa.
Three-sport athlete in high school (football, baseball and basketball). Played running back, wide receiver and linebacker. Accumulated 797 career all-purpose yards and scored 10 total touchdowns. On defense, racked up 395 total tackles, 15 sacks, two forced fumbles and four interceptions. Named to 2016 All-State, All-Conference and All-District teams..2016 Williamsport Sun Gazette Linebacker of the Year.In 2017 set school single-season tackles record with 179. Three-time all conference performer in baseball. Two-time all-conference performer in basketball and won 2016 Conference Defensive Player of the Year. 2017 PIA AAA All-State.
Ryan Carroll: Corner | 6'1" 180 | Potomac High School | Temple Hills, Md.
Played football and ran track at Potomac High School. Had 60 tackles, 3 INT's, one sack and one forced fumble in his career. First All-Conference and All-MET Honorable Mention.
Noel Ofori-Nyadu: Offensive Line | 6'3" 285 | Timberview High School | Arlington, Texas
Two-time All-State Academics. Lettered two years in track and field. Was first team All-District and All-State in shot put and discus.
Lwal Uguak: Defensive End | 6'4" 245 | Harry Ainlay High School | Edmonton, Alberta
Helped lead Ainlay High School to a Provincial High School Tier 1 Championship. Helped hold the top-ranked rushing attack to just 43 yards in championship game. Recorded 22 tackles in the regular season including a Carr Conference leading 7.5 sacks. First Team All-Canadian.
Shamel Lazarus: Cornerback | 6'3" 170 | Erasmus Hall High School | Jamaica, N.Y.
New York vs. New England All-Star 2017. Erasmus Hall finished the year 10-1 and lost in the PSAL City Championship game.
Dylan Niedrowski: Offensive Line | 6'4" 280 | Exeter Township High School | Reading, Pa.
Ranked No. 9 Penn Preps Offensive Tackle in 2017. First Team All-Berks as a tackle.
Jeremy Lucien: Corner | 6'2" 180 | Choate Rosemary Hall | Moore Township, Pa.
First Team All-Conference. Player of the Year Honorable Mention. Recorded 45 tackles, 10 PBU's and two interceptions as a senior. Has a passion for building robotics and engineering. Participated in three-month immersion program in Spain during sophomore year of high school. Took five courses and lived with a family that only spoke Spanish. Dean's list student and headmaster's scholar.


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The Dead Zone book
Author: Stephen King
Publisher: Viking Press
Publish date: August 1979
Pages: 428 eBook pages can be different
Language: English
Genres: Horror
In my own personal opinion, this is the greatest story Stephen King has ever written. Not the most terrifying, not the most exciting, no: but this novel has true fictional worth. And a tragic hero (not a sheer "protagonist, mind you) who really qualifies for the title.
John Smith (his name directly marks him out as the "common man") is blessed and cursed with 2nd sight. It began as a minor ability due to a skateboarding accident in his childhood; but when he wins on a grand scale at the roulette wheel in a village festival, this "gift" proves to be his downfall. Because while coming home late from the festival, the taxi John is travelling in meets with a terrible accident, and he is precipitated into a 4-year coma.
While he is asleep, John loses his profession, girlfriend, everything. He wakes up an indigent in material terms, but gifted with the developed version of his hidden childhood gift.
And thus begins the career of John Smith, the intuitive.
As he moves from sighting to horrific sighting, the amount of darkness he exhumes in human souls pushes John further and further down into a sort of spiritual chasm. There seems to no resolution to his disastrous life, until he meets Greg Stillson, potential presidential candidate. A casual handshake allows John Smith a look into the cesspool that is the soul of the future president of the USA: and abruptly, he finds that there is something he has to do. Finish of Stillson, before he finishes of civilization as we know it.
There is horror in this novel. But it is not paranormal, oh no: John's supernatural power is benevolent. The horror is in what that power exhumes. Yes, Greg Stillson is the monster in this story.
One must pay respect to Stephen King's gift of seeing into the prospect. At the time the novel was written, people would have laughed at the idea that a secular democracy would elect a scoundrel like Stillson into office. I would simply suggest that events of the past 2 decades have swayed me otherwise.
This is one of the most precisely crafted books that I have read. John's and Greg's careers start simultaneously, certain to meet at some point of time: yet King weaves the story so well that when the meeting finally takes place, there is no sagacity of the let-down of predestination. And the finale is totally surprising.
The last chapter, "Notes from the Dead Zone", is one of the most striking passages of style in my experience. Stephen King rises almost to the level of a poet here, the way the words flow.
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More than 18,000 players have appeared in Major League Baseball games since the start of the league. Some players have short careers that last one at bat or one appearance in the field. Others have 20+ year careers. As I read more and more about baseball history there are certain players I find myself enjoying reading about more than others. It is obviously illogical since many of them retired, or in some cases passed away, long before I was even born. I have no first hand experience in watching some of them play but for whatever reason their personalities and perseverance strikes me above and beyond the other players I read about. Over the next few weeks I will be giving you short biographical histories*of some of these players. Some of them will be Hall of Fame players. Some of them will be players only casual fans may know. Regardless, I chose one player from each position for this series to explore. This week we will explore one of the outfielders I chose for the series: Frank Robinson.
Of the more than 18,000 people to play Major League Baseball there are probably ten to fifteen players who could legitimately be considered for the title of "the greatest player ever". Of course the names of Ruth, Willie Mays, Barry Bonds, Ken Griffey, Jr, Ty Cobb, Lou Gehrig, Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio come to mind immediately. Jackie Robinson, Rickey Henderson, Cal Ripken, Sandy Koufax, Rogers Hornsby, Stan Musial and Hank Aaron would probably get quite a few votes. Contemporaries like Jeter and Pujols may get some mention.
The question becomes what makes a great player? Is it pure individual numbers? Is it the number of rings you win? Is it your ability to lead your team quietly behind the scenes when people don't necessarily see it? Is it your ability to raise the level of accomplishments of the players around you? Is it your ability to do things no one else has done before?
There is one player who did everything you would want from the greatest player of all time and yet is far too often overlooked in consideration as the greatest player of all time.
540 feet. 180 yards. Nearly two full football fields.
Luis Tiant had started his wind up. It was his normal twisting, turning, bending, contortionist wind up. The arms swung once, twice. The hands came together, the arms went up, the front leg lifted and straightened. The back leg and the hips twisted towards center as the throwing hand fell by his back hip. Every motion was disjointed until the whole body flew forward towards the hitter. Few people could figure it out but Robby swung at the first pitch and it was crushed. It flew. Farther. Faster. Quicker than anyone in Baltimore had ever seen a ball fly before. On Sunday, May 7, 1966 Frank Robinson launched the ball that would forever be marked for Orioles fans to remember. The ball literally left Memorial Stadium, landing in the parking lot 540 feet away.
I can personally remember going to the stadium, sitting in the stands and looking out to the parking lot and seeing that black and orange flag hanging in the stadium parking lot. It said one word. "Here". I can remember watching the thing flapping in the breeze and thinking "does that actually just say 'here'. What does that mean?" Then I asked my dad. "What is that flag out there?" That was when my dad explained about the day that Frank Robinson hit the ball "HERE" and officially left his mark in Baltimore. Although it was one of the longest visible marks he left there, it was one of just a million that he left in Baltimore and many other cities throughout baseball history.
Early Success
A few weeks ago we reviewed the career of Joe Morgan, the great Reds second baseman. Joe was born in Texas but very early in his life moved to the Oakland Bay area. Frank Robinson had a very similar start in life, although Frank was a bit older than Joe. Frank was born in Beaumont, TX in 1935. When his parents divorced his mother moved the children to the bay area. One can only imagine the discrimination, prejudice and torture the family endured.
Frank was too young to remember the time in Texas and he has said that during his time in the bay area he was unaware of prejudice or bigotry. It was a tough area to be sure. Frank told stories of having to fight his way to school and back. Not far away, just a few years older than Frank, a young Billy Martin was growing up in Berkeley, CA, fighting in street gangs in a very racially charged community. When Frank was 11 years old Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier and Frank's response at first was "so what?". Frank loved the game of baseball, dreamed of being a pro player but it had never occurred to him that the game was segregated. He soon learned the importance of Jackie Robinson.
He was clearly better than most players in his age group, though he humbly wondered why players he played with never became better players. His father had once told his brothers that Frank would never be good enough to make a big league player. It drove Frank, as doubts about him would always do, and he used it as motivation to prove his father wrong. Frank signed with the Reds organization at the age of 17 and was sent to the Ogden, UT team in the Pioneer League and he quickly learned what racism was. He was one of two non-white players on the team and while all other players had private homes, Frank and Chico Terry were forced to share a tiny hotel room. As non-white they were not allowed to eat in the local restaurant, go to movies or do any number of things the white players could do. He couldn't even talk to his roommate who Frank said knew only the word "coffee".
Frank loved nothing more than to play ball but hearing fans yell disgusting, unspeakable, unrepeatable things at a teenage kid for doing nothing more than trying to hit a ball made him question his place. The loneliness was nearly unbearable. He had nothing to do but work on his game and think about baseball. In the 1953 Pioneer League season Frank played in 72 games, hit .348 with 20 doubles, 6 triples and 17 Home Runs. Not bad for a 17 year old kid far from home and facing the hate filled rages of hicks for the first time.
He moved on to Columbia of the South Atlantic League for next year and if he thought he faced racism in Ogden, it was just an appetizer for the main course of hatred he faced in the 1950's south. Robby continued to improve his game but as would always be the case, the magnitude of his greatness was never really realized. Frank would hit .336 with 32 doubles, 9 triples and an amazing 25 Home Runs. In an era when Home Runs were not yet king, it was nearly unheard of for an 18 year old to hit with so much power. He played 80 games for Columbia in 1955 and his numbers were not great but there was a reason. There was a shoulder problem that plagued him. He was forced to play first base for the first time in his life because, as Frank said, "I couldn't throw the ball ten feet". Being an African American player in the south was bad enough. Being an African American player who was performing far below the numbers that were expected was unforgivable. The abuse he faced was severe and he nearly gave up. Call it the intervention of the baseball gods. Call it the determination that only the greatest of the great have. Call it whatever you want, Frank did not give up. He pushed on and "in the last six weeks of the season I hit .390 and hit ten home runs...most important, after all I'd been through, I knew I could play this game, knew I'd never be tempted to quit again."
Ohio is a northern state but it is just across the river from Kentucky, a border state in the Civil War. Don't forget it was in Cincinnati that Pee Wee Reese put his arm around Jackie Robinson in a silent gesture of support against vicious taunts. It was this city that Frank Robinson started his career and it was a start that few could ever equal. On a team with Ted Kluszewski, Wally Post, Gus Bell and Ed Bailey, Frank Robinson led the team in almost everything. He hit more home runs (38) than "Big Klu". He drove in as many runs (83) as Wally Post. He scored more runs than anyone else in the league and the Reds finished third in a very close National League race. Frank Robinson was the youngest All Star player that year and finished in the top ten voting (7th) in the MVP award. He also won the Rookie of the Year Award. Who finished second? No one. There was no second choice. A total of 23 votes were cast for the top rookie. Each and every one was for Frank Robinson.
Every Rookie of the year hears the same refrain: watch out for the sophomore slump. Frank had none of that. His power numbers dropped (home runs went from 38 to 29) but his average raised from .290 to .322. He made the All Star team again and again finished in the top 10 in MVP voting. The NL Champion Dodgers fell off dramatically in 1957 but the Reds couldn't seem to take advantage. The Braves and Cardinals moved up and the Reds finished 4th.
Over the next few years the pattern seemed to be the same. The Reds showed great talent, led by Robby, Big Klu and Vada Pinson. They just could not compete with the top of the league as the Braves, Dodgers, Cardinals, Giants and even the Pirates finished ahead of the Reds. Through these years Frank was still one of the top players in the league. Considered the second generation of African American players following Jackie Robinson, Larry Doby, Roy Campanella, Don Newcombe, Willie Mays and Joe Black, Frank Robinson dominated the league with the likes of Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks, Willie McCovey and Monte Irvin. Frank usually hit well above 30 Home Runs, drove in about 80-85 runs (he drove in 120 in 1959) and his average would fluctuate near .300, usually above that mark.
Robby and Dumb Wit
Robinson was a clear star in the league as 1960 turned to 1961.Any success the Reds could hope for would have to include Frank. There was no question. Robby was a star and a leader in the club house. However, as a young man in a turbulent time he also had a bit of a temper. Not one to look for a fight he would certainly protect himself when he was threatened. Unfortunately, in the craziness of the time, if an African American protected themselves they somehow were in the wrong. In February 1961 Frank and some friends went out for a night on the town and ended up in a diner late at night. An altercation led to a friend being arrested and as Frank and another friend returned to retrieve their food the cook made a slashing motion with a butcher knife. When the cook displayed his weapon of choice, Robby simply showed the cook that he was protected and flashed his pistol. The cops were called and Frank was arrested. Humiliated, angry that he did not receive any assistance from the team and left in a cell to think, Frank decided it was time to make some changes in his life. It was time to grow up and focus all of his energy on fighting the other team. It was the best news that the Reds could have gotten. It was the worst news the opposition could have gotten. Frank Robinson, already dangerous, was now more focused and more determined than ever. The behind the scenes story of the arrest would lead to a lingering effect however. When Bill DeWitt, the Reds General Manager,was notified that Robinson was in jail he decided to leave him there for the night. Frank took great offense, feeling that had it been Kluszewski or another Reds star, DeWitt would have come to bail him out. A rift was formed that led to Frank forever calling the GM DumbWitt.
The new focus led Frank to dominate even more as he led the Reds to their first World Series since 1940. Frank hit 37 Home Runs, had a .323 average, drove in 124, scored 117 and even stole 22 bases. It was a dominant performance and the former Rookie of the Year added a National League Championship and an MVP award to his already illustrious career. In the World Series of 1961 Frank had a tough time of it. He hit only .200 as the Yankees pitchers avoided giving him anything good to hit. In the fifth and final game Frank drove a ball out of the park but the Reds lost 13-5. It was a disappointing season for a man (and a team) that had their sights set on the ultimate goal.
Over the next three years the Reds would not have as much success. Frank never dropped from his high standards. He continued to improve and although the Reds failed to make the post season (they came very close in 1964 as the Phillies collapsed) Frank would continuously be an All Star and MVP candidate. 1965 was the turning point for the Reds, for Frank and for an unsuspecting American League. His average dropped below .300 (he hit .296), he drove in "only" 113 runs and scored "only" 109. He finished 18th in the MVP voting. The rift between Robinson and Reds Management had only grown wider over the years as disputes over injuries and salary became more and more common. On December 9, 1965 Bill DeWitt made a decision. He would end the Frank Robinson era in Cincinnati. DeWitt cited a youth movement as the key reason for the trade. When it was pointed out that Frank was only thirty DeWitt responded that yes he was only 30 but it was "an old 30". These words would haunt DeWitt for the rest of his career. On December 9, 1965 Frank Robinson was traded to the Baltimore Orioles for Jack Baldschun, Milt Pappas and Dick Simpson. Like his father's statement that Frank would never make a major league player, DeWitt's words provided fuel for Frank's already burning desire to be the best.
The Lord of Baltimore
The Orioles were not known as winners. They were the old Browns of St.Louis and they had rarely competed since they moved to Baltimore. They did have a nice little team they were building with Brooks Robinson and Boog Powell and a good young pitching staff, but realistically there was still Mantle and Maris in New York, Kaline and Cash in Detroit and Olivo, Kaat and Carew in Minnesota. The Orioles seemed to be way behind the league. Even the Red Sox were starting to build a strong team with an Italian kid named Conigliaro, another named Petrocelli and a Polish kid with an almost unpronounceable name of Yastrzemski.
When Frank arrived at spring training the Orioles resident star Brooks Robinson could have been a prima dona and staked his claim to the status he had already established. Instead he walked up to Frank Robinson, stuck out his hand and said "You're just what we needed." On the first pitch he saw in his first batting practice in Baltimore's spring camp Frank crushed a Home Run and a young Jim Palmer blurted out "I think we just won the pennant." Frank was driven. It was a great team. A team that loved playing together. They were jokers. A fun group. Having a white Southerner named Robinson star next to an African American Robinson lent itself to quite a bit of confusion. When one reporter confused the two Frank said "can't you tell us apart? We wear different numbers." There were some not so funny confused moments. When Frank moved to town, his wife tried to rent a house. She called to set up an appointment to view the house and introduced herself as Mrs. Robinson, wife of one of the Orioles. She was welcomed with open arms until it was realized it was Frank Robinson and not Brooks Robinson. Due to the racial laws at the time Frank and his wife were rented a far inferior dwelling in "the black section" of Baltimore. The previous tenants had left holes in the wall and dog shit on the floor. They had no choice. It was all they could get.
Almost immediately the Orioles took flight and shocked the American League. Several Orioles said they were inspired by Frank's determination. Several said they never saw a man work so hard. Others said Frank's Home Run, the one forever marked 'HERE' was the turning point. Regardless, that was just one of the great moments of Frank Robinson's great season. On a team with Powell, Brooks Robinson, Paul Blair and Davey Johnson, Frank Robinson led the way and led the league in almost everything possible. He was first in Slugging Percentage, On Base Percentage, Runs Scored, Total Bases, Extra Base Hits, Times on Base. That list also included batting average, Home Runs and RBI, the three categories of the Triple Crown. Frank Robinson became the first player to win the Most Valuable Player award in both leagues.
The Orioles won their first AL pennant but the baby birds were a large underdog against Koufax, Drysdale and Maury Wills of the Dodgers. The first post season game in the Orioles history started in Los Angeles. Don Drysdale got Luis Aparicio to fly out to right then walked Russ Snyder. Robby stepped in. It was a bright LA fall afternoon. He stood toward the back of the batters box. Rested the bat on his hip, bent and rubbed some dirt on his hands. He watched ball 1 come in high. He had faced Drysdale what seemed like a million times. Both were strong competitors. Both were intense, fierce. Both believed the plate belonged to them. The second pitch came in and Frank turned on it. He lifted the ball to left field. Tommy Davis tracked it to the fence but it was five rows deep. In classic Ruth-Gehrig fashion, Brooks Robinson followed Frank's blast with a solo of his own. The O's led 3-0 and would win 5-2. Game 2 had the Orioles facing Sandy Koufax. The living legend. It would be his final appearance in the Major Leagues but he was still Koufax. Due to one of the most unfortunate innings ever in baseball history (poor Willie Davis) the Orioles took a 3-0 lead. In the top of the 6th Frank led off with a triple and scored on Boog Powell's single as the O's won the game 6-0. The Orioles won Game 3 1-0 on a Paul Blair Home Run. Game 4 saw Don Drysdale take a second crack at the O's. Robby got a second shot at Big D. In the 4th with the game tied 0-0 Robby duplicated his Game 1 success with a solo homer to left. The Orioles won their first World Series and Frank Robinson won the World Series MVP.
Injuries limited Frank over the next few years. It was the knees, concussions, you name it. It was the hazard of playing full throttle all the time. The concussion came from a hard slide into second where his head was hit by the knee of the second baseman. He still had solid numbers and he still was one of the best in the game. He continued to make his impact on the team in the clubhouse. He led the kangaroo court and became known as the judge. He levied fines to players who made mental errors and no one was immune, not even Earl Weaver. Famously Robinson said in kangaroo court. "Stand up when you address the judge Earl. Oh, you are standing up." Robby loved his time in Baltimore with the O's.
He loved playing for Earl Weaver. The group of Orioles was an intense group, focused. They would play hard on the field but they would have fun off it too. In 1969 they finally returned to the top AL perch. They won over 100 games, swept the first ALCS in history and went into the World Series facing the New York Mets. Who could believe the Mets could beat the birds? The Mets could. The Orioles cruised through the first game and looked to keep going. Then the miracle happened. The Mets took games 2, 3 and 4 to take a 3-1 lead in the series. Earl Weaver got so frustrated that he even got kicked out of Game 4. He almost got kicked out of Game 5 as well. When Frank got hit on the belt buckle and headed toward first the umpire called him back to the plate and told him it was just a foul ball. Frank was outraged. He argued and even walked to the dugout in protest. He delayed the game for several minutes. When he went back to the plate he eventually struck out and the Orioles fell to the Mets.
1970 was the redemption season. The Orioles were again top in the AL, beating the Twins in the ALCS again, and Frank again made the All Star Team and finished in the top 10 in MVP voting. His numbers were down again as injuries continued to take their toll. Yet, in the World Series Frank's bat again led the way. He pounded Reds pitching getting revenge on the organization that discarded him. Robby hit two home runs, drove in 4 and scored 5 times. The real star as the O's reclaimed the World Series title was Brooks Robinson's glove.
The golden years of Orioles baseball ended the following year as the golden age of Oakland A's baseball began to dawn. Frank battled injuries again as the Orioles again won the AL East. They swept the ALCS, this time against the A's and faced the Pittsburgh Pirates led by Bob Robertson and Roberto Clemente. Although Frank, fighting, limping and straining, scored a game winning run in the bottom of the 10th of Game 6, The Orioles lost to the Pirates, led by Clemente, in a deciding Game 7. The golden age of Orioles baseball was over.
Southern California
If Bill DeWitt thought the Orioles were getting an "old 30" when he sent them Frank in 1966, The Orioles found Frank to be an older 35 after the 1971 World Series. With a young Don Baylor set to spread his wings in Baltimore, the Orioles had to make room in the outfield. On December 2, 1971 Frank Robinson was traded with Marv Reichert to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Doyle Alexander Bob O'Brien, Sergio Robles and Royle Stillman. The team that Frank joined was similar to the Orioles team he had joined in 1966. They were building a strong young team with players like Davey Lopes, Steve Garvey, Ron Cey, Bill Russell and Joe Ferguson. Drysdale and Koufax were gone replaced by Tommy John and Don Sutton. Frank poured every ounce of his body into that 1972 season but the Dodgers fell behind the Reds and finished 10.5 games back in second place. The Dodgers had a strong core and Frank Robinson did not fit in to their future plans.
Still known as a clubhouse leader and still known as a drawing card, the California Angels felt they were getting close to something good in Anaheim. They sent Ken McMullen and Andy Messersmith to the Dodgers and in return received Frank, Billy Grabarkewitz, Bill Singer, Mike Strahler and Bobby Valentine. Fortunately for Frank an old friend, former Orioles GM Harry Dalton was now GM in Anaheim and Frank felt he could contribute at the big A. Another old friend, Vada Pinson, was playing for the Angels as well. Nolan Ryan won 21 games, Frank was reborn as a DH and finished 15th in MVP voting. The Angels, however, did not finish so well. Entering 1974 with the youth of the Angels it was hoped that Frank's intensity would translate into a winning team.
What happened instead was a disaster. Manager Bobby Winkles was apparently convinced that Harry Dalton had brought Frank in with the idea of making him the manager. Although Winkles and Frank had some troubles in the first year, Winkles told Dalton in the winter that he had to trade Robinson. Dalton refused and the environment of the clubhouse was tense and uncomfortable. The Angels struggled and when Winkles finally called a team meeting he called out Frank specifically and told the entire team that he had demanded that Frank be traded a few months prior. "I didn't like it at all. To me, what Winkles was saying was that he couldn't manage with me on the team. He didn't want me here. But I haven't asked to be traded, and I wouldn't like for him to be fired." Winkles was fired and Dick Williams was hired. This relationship started off nicely with Williams naming him captain but Williams's style of managing and Frank's view on how to run a team clashed. He didn't have to worry about it long. In mid September, with the Angels clearly out of the pennant race, Robinson was traded to Cleveland.
Leading the Tribe
He finished 1974 as an Indian with an assurance from the front office that he would receive a contract for the next year. The contract he received was not what he expected. It was not just a contract as a player but as a manager as well. Frank rejected it at first. Not because he didn't want to manage but because he was being paid the same amount to manage and play as he had received the year before just to play. He finally worked out an acceptable amount and Frank Robinson, already the first man to win an MVP in both leagues, became the first African American manager.
Those who read the blog often will remember my earlier question about Lloyd McClendon. Why do bad teams happen to good people? The 1975 Indians certainly fit that mold. They picked up Boog Powell from the Orioles and they had a great pitcher in Gaylord Perry but they had some serious problems. Frank had seen the problems at the end of the 1974 team when he saw that the African American players and coaches stayed away from the white players and vice versa. Frank did what he could to change this culture but his journal from this season shows some serious divide on the team. From the day Frank joined the team in 1974 Gaylord Perry seemed to show resentment at being paid less than Frank. The resentment increased when Frank became Perry's boss. Perry refused to do the running required in spring training. He spoke about his manager and teammates in the press and demanded a trade. Finally, on June 13, after demanding a trade again, Perry was traded. It was too late, the Red Sox, Orioles and Yankees were too far ahead. The Indians were in last place, eight games out of first. They would finish fourth that year and the following year. Frank was acknowledged as a great manager but the talent on the team was terrible. Midway through the 1977 season the Indians made a decision to fire Frank Robinson.
He was a coach for Earl Weaver in Baltimore for several years before his next opportunity came along. It was in San Francisco, not far from where he grew up across the bay in Oakland. He worked hard and expected the same from his players. He had trouble with some of the players but the bigger problem was something all managers were dealing with at the time. He was hired by the Giants for the 1981 season and the Giants had rising stars like Jack Clark and Darrell Evans and established stars like Vida Blue. Frank had to deal with players earning more than he could have imagined as a super star and producing well below the expectations. Evans and Clark were very unhappy. Often Frank would call them into his office, talk to them one on one to make sure they were on the same page and get confirmation that the issues were resolved. He woke up the next morning and saw new quotes from the players blasting the team. The other problem at the time was drugs. Frank talked often in his auto biography "Extra Innings" of the moodiness of several players, Vida Blue among them, and the frustration of knowing how good some of these players were not knowing what was stopping them from reaching their potential. He later found out that cocaine, amphetamines and steroids were running rampant in the game.
He had great players on the team like Joe Morgan and Reggie Smith, who he knew were the types of players needed to win. Jack Clark may put up great numbers but Joe Morgan played the game the way you needed if you want to win. Darrell Evans may hit long Home Runs but so did Reggie Smith and Smith helped the younger players along. Unfortunately, the management and Frank were not on the same page so Smith moved on to Japan, Morgan moved on to help the 1983 Phillies win a pennant and Frank was given a poor team. By the time 1984 ended Darrell Evans was a World Champion with the Tigers, Jack Clark would move on to St. Louis and Frank Robinson was unemployed.
Manager of the Year
"The great irony in all this is that I'm a much better manager than I ever was before and I'm out of a job". It was true and the statement spoke volumes about Frank. He knew the game. He had played it better than nearly anyone ever had in the history of the game and yet he still had learned more since he retired as a player. While Frank was learning to manage the Orioles were learning what life was like A.W. (After Weaver). Earl Weaver had retired after the 1982 season. The Orioles immediately hired Joe Altobelli and won the World Series. A year and a half later, half way through 1985, Earl Weaver was back to pick up the pieces but the pieces didn't quite fit the puzzle. In 1987 Cal Ripken, Sr took over a bad team as manager and the ownership knew it was not a good team. The team was flat out terrible except for Cal Jr and Eddie Murray. John Shelby had potential but he was gone by next year and Fred Lynn was well beyond his prime. So Ripken, Sr. started the 1988 season as skipper of a sinking ship. The O's lost two straight to the Brewers then were swept in four straight against the Indians. Although the Orioles had promised Senior a fair chance to manage, he was fired after the sixth game. He was replaced with Frank. It was a terrible start to the season. After 21 games the O's had not won a game. Not even the 1962 Mets were that bad. Starting with a 21 game deficit was obviously not a good way to go but there were bright spots by the end of the season. Mike Boddicker was traded to the eventual AL East champion Red Sox. In return they got a young lead off hitter named Brady Anderson. They had a nice young center fielder waiting to be brought up from the minors named Mike Devereaux. They had a young starting pitching staff with Jeff Ballard, Pete Harnisch, Curt Schilling, Jamie Moyer and a minor leaguer named Mike Mussina. In the draft they got a good arm in Ben McDonald. The future was bright.
The 1989 season was the exact opposite of the 1988 season. Eddie Murray was gone, replaced by an under rated young first baseman named Randy Milligan who had a career year. Third base, a problem since Brooks Robinson retired, was held down by a rookie sensation Craig Worthington. Behind the plate Mickey Tettleton, known as the Froot Loop kid for his love of the cereal, teamed with Milligan, DH Sam Horn and Cal Ripken Jr to form a solid middle lineup and Joe Orsulak was a defensive expert in right field. Add to that a young relief ace named Greg Olson, nicknamed Wild Thing and the team was in first for most of the year. The magic lasted almost all year but on the final weekend of the season the O's broke a wing and fell to the Blue Jays to finish second in the AL east. Despite a second place finish the turn around won Frank Manager of the year. Frank would manage two more years and the expectations were high but the results were disappointing.
He did, however, become an executive in the Orioles organization. While there he made one of the worst trades in history. He sent Curt Schilling, Pete Harnisch and Steve Finley to the Houston Astros for first baseman Glenn Davis. Davis immediately injured his back and played few games while Finley, Harnisch and Schilling went on to tremendous careers.
Frank would get a final chance to manage with a dying organization when MLB took over the Expos organization in 2002. With little talent and less money he led the Expos to second and fourth place finishes keeping them in the race long past the expectations of the experts and receiving serious consideration as manager of the year. When the Expos moved to Washington for 2005 Frank became the first manager of the new franchise. They finished 81-81 but last in the AL East. The second year in Washington was a 71-91 finish and Robinson was replaced at the end of the year by Manny Acta.
Frank Robinson retired as a player in 1976. When all was said and done he had 2943 hits, 586 Home Runs, 1829 runs, 1812 RBI, and a .294 average. In 1982 Frank Robinson became eligible for the Hall of Fame for the first time, the same year that Hank Aaron became eligible for the Hall of Fame. Aaron appeared on 97.8 % of the ballots (who the hell were the ones who didn't vote for Hank Aaron as a Hall of Fame player?). Receiving 89.2% of the votes and being elected on his first ballot was Frank Robinson. Robby was a leader who elevated the play of those around him and a pioneer who won a triple crown, two MVP's, two World Series rings and became the first African American Manager. Best of all Frank Robinson is the forgotten man in the conversation for greatest player of all time.
*This is not intended as a full biography and due to space I have done my best to summarize the life of the players in this series. For further information on Frank Robinson please check out
Ken Burns Baseball
Extra Innings by Frank Robinson
Pitching, Defense and Three Run Homers: the 1970 Baltimore Orioles by Society for Advancementof Baseball Research, Mark Armour and Malcolm Allen
The Baltimore Orioles: Four Decades of Magic from 33rd Street to Camden Yards by Ted Patterson
Black and Blue: Sandy Koufax, the Robinson Boys and the World Series that Stunned America by Tom Adelman
Before the Machine: The Story of the 1961 Pennant Winning Reds by Mark J. Schmetzer
Pennant Race by Jim Brosnan
Anaheim Angels: A Complete History by Ross Newhan
The National Baseball Hall of Fame Almanac (2013 Edition) by Baseball America


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A bankruptcy trustee has agreed to withdraw allegations that implied that one of the founders of ESM Government Securities Inc. manipulated the firm's financial records, an attorney said Tuesday.
In a lawsuit filed earlier, an attorney for Thomas Tew alleged that George C. Mead, an officer, director and co-founder of ESM, "knew or should have known" that the Fort Lauderdale-based securities dealer was insolvent and that the financial records were false.
"That allegation is factually unjustified," said Samuel I. Burstyn, a Miami lawyer representing Mead.
"It's clear that not everyone who worked for the company -- even officers and directors -- knew of some of the manipulations that were going on behind the scenes," Burstyn said.
Burstyn said he complained to Tew's law firm and that the firm agreed to amend the lawsuit to delete those allegations. Neither Tew nor Richard Critchlow, his attorney, could be reached for comment.
Negotiations continue over the $3.5 million that Tew claims Mead owes ESM because of loans the company made to Mead, said Burstyn, who claims the debt is closer to $2 million.


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