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FORT MYERS, Fla. — David Ortiz did more than arrive at spring training on Monday. The Red Sox slugger also arrived at a crossroads season.
More than at any other time since he first joined the Red Sox in 2003, Ortiz will be treated — fairly or not — as a question mark this spring. That status is the byproduct not only of a 2009 season that was alternately miserable and formidable, but also because it is an open question where Ortiz will be playing beyond this season.
Early in the 2006 season, Ortiz signed a four-year, $52 million extension that ran from 2007-10. At the time, coming off of a 54-homer campaign and at the height of his powers, the deal seemed to represent a coup for the Sox.
But while Ortiz more than lived up to the deal in '07, he has been a different player in the past two years. That, in turn, has clouded the issue of whether the Sox will elect to exercise a $12.5 million option for 2011.
The questions of what Ortiz does in the coming season and what he does in future seasons are, of course, interrelated. If the designated hitter is once again a force, then he could position himself to return to Boston for next season. If not, then this could be his swan song on an illustrious and unforgettable Red Sox career.
That is the stark reality that confronts the 34-year-old, who pronounced himself in excellent shape ("You should see me naked," he beamed at his media session) after checking into spring training. There is a different tenor to the start of a year in which the terrain of the future is unstable.
"Every single player, especially a guy like myself, I would like to not have to worry about [a contract situation]," said Ortiz. "This is a game that has a lot of opportunities. This is a ballclub that I carry with me as long as I've been here and I keep on telling you guys that I would like to see my career over on this ballclub.
"I know I'm an employee here. It doesn't matter how things are going — I try my best. This is just another year, just like the others. We have an owner, we have a GM. They are the ones who decide what to do. Like I say, I'm going to try my best and move on."
Yet based on recent market dynamics, it becomes clear that Ortiz would have to perform at a level that he hasn't achieved in more than two years to avoid an unsettling fate.
Of course, Ortiz had a well-documented Jekyll and Hyde season. On Monday, he suggested that he "wasn't feeling comfortable at the plate" after having the pace of his build-up to the season altered by the World Baseball Classic. Even so, it would be hard to assign sole blame to the tournament for the deep funk in which Ortiz found himself in the early stages of the season.
Through May 31, he was hitting .185 with a .284 OBP, .287 slugging mark, .570 OPS, one homer and just 18 RBI. The Sox were blindsided by the slide, having seen no evidence in spring that such a struggle was on the horizon.
Ortiz offered, in the words of manager Terry Francona, "no production." The player didn't hide from such characterizations.
"I had a nightmare for two months. Even after you wake up, you still feel like you're in a nightmare," Ortiz said. "But that's not my point right now. My point is to move on. I guess the last four months of the season changed people's mind and that's all I care about."
As Ortiz rightly points out, he was a different player down the stretch. From June through the end of the year, he hit .264/.356/.548/.904 with 27 homers and 81 RBI. His production was once again formidable during this period, once again comparable to his 2008 numbers (featuring more power but a worse on-base percentage) even if still short of the lofty standards he achieved in his early Red Sox career.
There were some red flags during this time, in particular, the fact that Ortiz walked 51 times and struck out on 86 occasions. At times, he still appeared to be either guessing or vulnerable to fastballs inside — though there were other stretches when he was able to turn on pitches inside while adjusting to drive pitches away to the opposite field.
Yet overall, he managed to re-establish himself as an important presence in the lineup, even if he was no longer the centerpiece of the Sox' batting order. Though shifted down to the fifth or sixth spot in the batting order, Ortiz once again became a threat to opposing pitchers.
"I think people gave up on me too early too fast, started talking about age and all that kind of stuff," said Ortiz. "It was the same people that were clapping for you a year before and saying good things about you.
"Last season was an experience for me. At the end of the season, when I sat down at my house, I was proud of myself. It was because there's no too many people that know how to bounce back from that hole that I walked into the first two months.
"I asked myself how did I bounce back? I had an answer for that, I just stayed strong and didn't pay attention to all the negativity that sometimes people bring around. ... I definitely know that bouncing back like I did last year gave me more confidence and makes me stronger for this year."
Ortiz will have to be better and stronger than he was in 2009 or, in all likelihood, 2008 if he wants to convince the Sox to exercise his contract option for 2011.
If Ortiz more or less approximates his yearlong stat line of this past season, he would find himself in the same soup in which Vladimir Guerrero landed this past offseason. Guerrero is nine months older than Ortiz and, like his close friend, performed at or near career peaks through 2007 before some decline in 2008 and a significant tumble in 2009.
In some ways, the players have been strikingly similar over the past two years (aside from batting average).
Guerrero: .303/.365/.521/.886, 27 HR,
Ortiz: .264/.367/.507/.877, 23 HR
Guerrero: .295/.334/.460/.794, 15 HR
Ortiz: .238/.332/.462/.794, 28 HR
After the 2009 season (one in which Guerrero landed on the DL twice due to leg and chest injuries), Guerrero — whose single off Jonathan Papelbon in Game 3 of the ALDS effectively ended the Red Sox' season — signed a one-year, $5 million deal to serve as the DH of the Rangers.
There were several other signings that bode poorly for Ortiz' market value.
Hideki Matsui had a great 2009 season, hitting .274/.367/.509/.876 with 28 homers in 142 games. (Worth noting: the 2009 World Series MVP had better road than home numbers, so he wasn't just a fabrication of Yankee Stadium.) That performance — very much in line with what Ortiz did in 2008 — earned him a one-year, $6.5 million deal from the Angels.
Russell Branyan hit .251/.347/.520/.867 with 31 homers as Seattle's first baseman last year. Yet all the 34-year-old could muster was a one-year, $2 million deal from the Indians.
There were plenty of additional examples of players who had fine offensive seasons but who never saw a substantial market materialize for their services. Johnny Damon (one year, $8 million), Adam LaRoche (one year, $6 million), Nick Johnson (one year, $5.75 million) all signed for short-term deals for far less than the value of Ortiz' contract option.
The previous offseason, then-29-year-old Adam Dunn (two years, $20 million) and 32-year-old Pat Burrell (two years, $16 million) set the market for defensively limited sluggers, at a time when both were coming off of strong seasons.
All of these signings make clear that anything short of extraordinary offensive production (more in line with what Ortiz did from 2003-07) would make it challenging if not impossible for Ortiz to be worth the value of his $12.5 million option on the open market.
In this context, it is worth taking stock of just how challenging it is for a DH to make big bucks as a free agent. Immediately, a player can rule out 16 of 30 teams as possible landing spots. The market competition for such jobs is also heated, since the American League clubs can draw from the entire pool of players — corner infielders, outfielders, catchers, etc. — to fill the position.
Consider, for instance, that Manny Ramirez showed up in Dodgers camp on Monday and immediately offered Los Angeles its new slogan for the 2010 season:
"I know I'm not going to be here next year."
It seems safe to say that the Red Sox wouldn't make a push to re-sign a player who parted on anything but the best of terms. Nonetheless, if he decides to keep playing, Ramirez will help to cloud the waters for Ortiz, since the outfielder would represent another DH option for teams in search of a bat. So, too, would Dunn, LaRoche, Burrell (if he can bounce back in 2010), Paul Konerko, Derek Lee, Carlos Pena …
The list of alternatives in the DH market is always longer than it is for any other position. As such, if Ortiz is to receive another eight-figure payday in 2011, he must roll back the calendar by a couple of years.
All of that said, the fate of Ortiz beyond this season is not the focal point for either the player or the organization as they begin preparations for the 2010 campaign. Ortiz simply seemed excited for the prospect of a new season.
Ideally, the slugger would like to separate himself from both the previous year and the questions that lie on the horizon. He is looking less to the past and future than to the opportunity to make an impact in 2010.
"I'm very excited about this season. I'm positive. My focus right now is to do some damage," said Ortiz. "I just turned the page and put [2009] in the past. This is a new season. I just put that behind me.
"I believe in myself. I have done it tons of times. For me to do it and get it done once again, it's not a surprise. All you guys know me. All you guys know what I'm capable to do."
If Ortiz can live up to those capabilities, then the present — and future — will no doubt take care of themselves.
We had an impromptu visit from Peter King from SI / MMQB to our Fenway Studios and decided to talk some NFL and Patriots with him.
Pete talks with The Senator, Phil Perry about the Patriots trading for Dwayne Allen, ruling out a return to New England for Martellus Bennett. They also talk about the potential future of Patriots backup QB Jimmy Garoppolo and some of the big names in NFL free agency
Pete, Thornton and Price give their final thoughts and predictions for the Super Bowl.
Dale, Holley and Rich Keefe discuss NBA lottery pick Lonzo Ball with his very outspoken father Lavar Ball. The guys touch on the Celtics, his feud with his sons' high school coach, Lonzo being better than Steph Curry and much more.
Kirk, Gerry, and Alex Reimer discuss whether or not Isaiah Thomas will win a title in Boston.
Gerry, Kirk, and Trenni react to the Celtics loss against the Suns.
Joe Castiglione and Tim Neverett talked to the Sox left fielder, who had five hits in the Sox win in Baltimore.
Rob Bradford is joined by both Lou Merloni and Curt Schilling to discuss the recent controversy involving Manny Machado, Dustin Pedroia, Matt Barnes and their respective teams. The two former major leagues offer insight to how baseball handles (and should handle) hitting batters as an act of revenge, with their own stories of involving similar situations as the one that unfolded in Baltimore. They also break down the decision to take Chris Sale out of his last start after eight innings. The former pitcher and batter cover it all from every angle.
Joe and Tim talk with Red Sox right fielder Mookie Betts after he provided the big hit in the 10th inning driving in 3 runs as the Red Sox beat the Blue Jays 4-1. Mookie talks about playing behind a pitcher like Chris Sale, and the amount of strikeouts from Sale lightens his work in the outfield.
Guys talk the Bruins season so far and the All-Star Break
Guys discuss if or when the Bruins will fire Coach Julian
Hour 4. The guys think the Globe was looking for more with Brady, possibly a Trump connection. Crazy Al joins the show multiple times.
Hour 3. Gerry and Mut defend Brady while Kirk thinks it's a little suspicious. Callers weigh in on the Tome Brady piece. Climate marches are taking place across the country.
Hour 2. Gerry, Kirk, and Mut discuss the Celtics win against the Bulls and continue their conversation about Brady and Best Buddies. Headlines with Kirk features a new accusation against Sean Hannity.
Hour 3 - The guys talk about the rivalry that is building between the Sox and Orioles as Matt Barnes threw at Manny Machado's head. They also talk about Pedroia's actions during the game and his comments after the game.
Hour 2 - The guys talk about the Boston Globe article attacking Tom Brady and his charity work. Pete Abe's is an idiot saying his twitter account was hacked but in fact he is just an ass man.
Hour 1 - Glenn, Lou, and Christian react to the Bruins losing another overtime game and being knocked out of the playoffs by the Senators. They also talk about the Celtics and Bulls series and how the Celtics were able to win another game in Chicago.
Dale, Holley and Keefe discuss all the hijinks and shenanigans that went down in Baltimore this past weekend, and why Pedroia should be embarrassed for his apologetic nature towards Manny Machado.
Dale, Holley and Rich Keefe discuss how the Bruins failed in this series, and where they should head now and for the future of this franchise.
Dale, Holley and Keefe discuss a comeback weekend for the Celtics, who have now evened the best of seven series vs Chicago at two games a piece.
Kirk Minihane, Springsteen super fan, is joined by Garry W. Tallent, founding member of the E Street Band. Kirk and Garry talk about what it's like on tour with Bruce, how the band goes about selecting songs for the tour, Garry's projects away from the band, and Garry's upcoming solo tour that will bring him to the New England area.
Kirk Minihane, future radio hall of famer, sits down with current radio hall of famer Howie Carr. Kirk and Howie talk about Howie's latest book Kennedy Babylon. If you like famous people engaging in sex scandals, hard drug taking, and murder this is the podcast for you. Its a fascinating look at Boston's most famous family and the problems that took the family down.
Kirk Minihane, host and overlord of the morning show, brings Gerry Callahan and producers Chris and Ken into the studio to hear his show proposal. Kirk is thinking about making some changes to the morning show and wants to hear his crew's opinion.
Keefe, Holley, and Ben talk about how the Celtics tied their series with the Bulls after a terrible start, why Gerald Green is starting and making an impact, and where is Jaylen Brown?
Christian Fauria and Dr Gill talk about the beginning of the Baseball season. Why players need as much time as they do to get ready for the season, and what they should be doing in their offseason.
Ken & Chris are back at the postgame recaps after a Monday K&C with Mut.
Danny talks about the Red Sox and Orioles game and the fireworks in the 8th inning when Matt Barnes threw at Manny Machado. Pedroia was shown talking to Machado saying he wouldn't have thrown at his head and Danny wants to know how bad does this make Pedroia look throwing a teammate under the bus.More from this show
Hour 1. Mut joins Kirk and Gerry. The guys can't believe neither Boston newspaper covered the Hernandez sexuality story. Over the weekend, the Globe's Bob Hohler wrote a slanted piece about Tom Brady's work with charity.More from this show
Hour 4. The guys think the Globe was looking for more with Brady, possibly a Trump connection. Crazy Al joins the show multiple times.More from this show
Hour 2. Gerry, Kirk, and Mut discuss the Celtics win against the Bulls and continue their conversation about Brady and Best Buddies. Headlines with Kirk features a new accusation against Sean Hannity.More from this show
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I don't know if you can analyze weather like what I can (I also type good) but if you've even glanced at one of those funny colored-in maps they have out there on those weather stations, you'll be aware that tomorrow is going to look very bright. Bright in the brightly-colored map sense, not in the summertime sense.
What I'm trying to say is, we're all going to die.
Don't let the sun fool ya! We're on track for heavy rain after midnight through Friday AM. Flash Flood Watch issued: pic.twitter.com/pVXFtkYY1v
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The Impact of Liability on the Physician Labor Market
This study examines the impact of malpractice reforms on physician behavior using a new measure of liability risk and a nationally representative, individual-level data set on physician behavior. We match our liability measure to data on physician behavior from the Physician Practice Costs and Income Survey (PPCIS). Data from the PPCIS bracket a period of substantial state-level legal reform between 1983 and 1988, which provides identifying variation in our liability measure. We estimate the impact of liability reform on hours worked. We find an estimated elasticity of hours worked to liability exposure of - .285 for the full sample of physicians. The effect for physicians ages 55 or older is much larger: we find an elasticity of - 1.224 for this category. We find that an increase in $1 of expected liability is associated with a $.70-$1.05 increase in malpractice premiums. (c) 2009 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved.
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With a sack and defensive touchdown on the first play from scrimmage setting the tone, Auburn's defense smothered a solid ULM offensive attack to the tune of a 34-0 shutout Saturday night in the season opener for the Tigers. The Warhawks were held to just 220 yards of total offense in the Auburn win. Rhoads said they were hoping to get off to a big start and the sack and caused fumble by Antonio Coleman that led to a touchdown by Michael Goggans was just what the doctor ordered.
"Not a bad way to start," Rhoads said. "You're looking everywhere trying to make sure everything is right. They line up in an empty set and we had an idea of what the play might be. I saw the guy going deep and he just had to hold it too long because we had good coverage on that guy. Bam, bam we're in the end zone."
Facing an offense featuring a solid running game and a veteran quarterback, Auburn had to be ready to multiple formations from the ULM attack. Rhoads said that was a challenge early on for his club but he thought the defense did a good job of fixing some early mistakes and settling into the game.
"I thought we maintained our composure," he added. "We score and come back out and they start moving the ball down the field on us and did it for a couple of drives. We gave up some plays, but we adjusted. We adjusted to the crowd. We adjusted to the communication that was necessary. It was a very hard first game from the standpoint of all the different formations, all the different adjustments that it took to be aligned right just to have a chance for success. I thought the kids adjusted to that well over the first eight to 10 minutes of the football game."
One of the concerns of the preseason on defense were missed tackles both in practices and scrimmage situations. That wasn't a problem Saturday night though as the Tigers missed very few chances at ULM ball carriers and the result was a dominating defensive performance.
"I think we tackled okay," Rhoads said. "I don't know if we tackled great. I'll be anxious to see the tape. There were times I looked out and we were running what I call towards grass. We were running towards where a guy is running to instead of running to the fundamental areas we're supposed to in order to secure tackles. I thought we tackled a lot better than we did in the spring and I thought we tackled better than we did in early August. That was a positive."
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Mother Of 13-Month-Old Shooting Victim Breaks Down In Emotional Interview With Piers Morgan: 'I Hope The Shooter Dies'
If anyone deserves the death plenty it is this sick evil person.
Monday night on CNN, Piers Morgan brought Sherry West onto his show to speak about the tragic killing of her 13-month-old Antonio Santiago that occurred last Thursday in Brunswick, Georgia. Through tears, West described the attempted robbery that ended with the shooting of her baby while he was sitting in a stroller. Police arrested 17-year-old De'Marquise Elkins and an unnamed 14-year-old for the murder on Friday.
Perhaps in an attempt to relate the incident to the larger issues about guns in America that he has been covering heavily since the Newtown, Connecticut mass shooting, Morgan asked West, "what does it say about this country that two young boys could even consider perpetrating such a crime?"
"It's a shame that our children grow up around children like this and that children can actually grow up and do things like this." she responded. "I mean, people have to worry about children now, not just adult assailants."
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Everyone is always talking about 'thinking outside the box'. You've probably heard that phrase as many times as I have. But what is this box? What's 'inside' and what's 'outside'?
Last week I finally made it to the Da Vinci Exhibition at the MTS Centre Exhibition Hall. His ideas and sketches astonished me. But the one I couldn't take my eyes off was the famous The Vitruvian Man sketch that I've seen many times before. It is a drawing of a male figure standing inside a square with a circle around it.
I already knew that the sketch showed the golden ratio in the human body, but now I found out something new. The square in Da Vinci's sketch is said to represent the material world, while the circle around it stands for the spiritual. This made me think – what if the square was 'the box' and the circle was 'outside the box'? What if the square is what we are familiar with in the material world and the circle stands for our feelings, emotions and set of beliefs?
As I was staring at the stretched arms of the figure, I suddenly realized that 'thinking outside the box' had nothing to do with the 'inside' or 'outside' territory of the square. Drawing entirely on the spiritual world, doesn't mean being progressive; being efficient doesn't mean being a 'square'. 'Thinking outside the box' is about the osculation points between the circle and the square; we can reach these points if we stretch our arms widely like Da Vinci's figure. It's all about incorporating both the spiritual and the material; it's about combining the emotional with the physical.
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"Persons" in the Doctrine of the Trinity (and whither Barth?)
December 10, 2014
If you have not read it yet, you must read Peter Leithart's review of Khaled Anatolios' defense of "person" language, and what that entails, in the doctrine of the Trinity:
I have touched upon this issue in the past. In particular, I am fascinated by where Barth would stand in the current discussion. It is not easy to say. As I have blogged before — Barth and the "fellowship in the Trinity — he can be appropriated by both sides, those for and against social or personalist models of the Trinity. I also discussed these matters here: "In God, subordination is not deprivation," which is one of my favorite posts.
Image: Khaled Anatolios (source: Boston College)
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December 11, 2014 at 5:02 pm
For Barth the Lord God is a single "person" or acting Subject who exists in, and only in, three ways or "modes" of being." These three ways of being are therefore also necessarily personal. For Barth, the mystery of the Holy Trinity thus transcends the false dichotomy between "social" and "personalist" models, while incorporating elements of each. See my entry in The Oxford Handbook on the Trinity.