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Sales Package | Headphones, Quick Start Guide |
Memory | |
Memory Size | 4 GB |
External Memory | 4 GB |
Audio | |
Audio File Format | MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, FLAC, APE, AAC, AC3, ATRA, DTS |
Audio Playback Time | 9.5 hrs |
Sound Settings | Natural, Pop, Rock, Classic, Jazz, Soft, DBB, Dance |
Video | |
Video Playback Time | 2.5 hrs |
Video File Format | MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4-XVID, DIVX, H.263, H.264, WMV9, VC-1, RMVB |
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Display Resolution | 400 x 240 pixels |
Display Size | 3.0 inch |
Display Type | LCD Touch screen |
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Width | 50 mm |
Height | 11 mm |
Depth | 94 mm |
Weight | 52 g |
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Battery Type | Lithium Polymer |
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JPEG Photo | JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG |
MPEG Video | Yes |
MP3 Audio | 128 kbps |
FM Tuner | Yes, (76 - 108.0 MHz) |
Play Mode | Normal |
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I have purchased this product for "OCT 25th 11" and it was not worked and i have complained to customer care they have replaced new one within next three days.
Thanks to flipkart services.
Regarding product,
Looking good color,
Upto 8GB we can use external memory its not mentioned in the Specifications,
Excellent display clarity.
Almost its playing all the format of video files.
subtitle,TV OUT option also working fine.
In this price its more than enough.
Battery backup is less while playing videos but its ok for this configurations for this prices compare to other brand.
Well.. this product was more than what I expected out of it.. Its output is as good as any high end mp4 players. The picture clarity is too good. There is no lag during the playback which is more likely for a mp4 player of such rates. The touch sensitivity becomes clumsy at times because of we ppl getting used to capacitive touches in our smart phones. The battery backup is also too good when compared with other brand products. But its worth for money..
I would give 5 star for the quality of the product.
4 star for the touch. (because this is the only available touch mp4 in this category after iPod touch).
4 for battery backup.
5 star for the picture quality.
5 star for the features.(u can change theme and set wallpapers like ur own photos too, sleep timer,).
5 star for the music output.
1 star for the earphones.(buy a more powerful ear/head phone if u r a music lover).
Flipkart- u ppl are fantastic. got it within a 2 days. fabulous job guys...!!
THis is my first buy of pmp. I ordered from flipkart and within two days it reached me. The product is quite sturdy than i expected.
-Plays almost all files (some flv and mkv files i could not play, don't know why)
- Screen is quite clear but failed when the videos are dark with so many tinge.
- No watch or date (which would have been very helpful)
- Radio cannot play in the background.
- music - sound is quite okay, but the cheap bundled earphone spoiled the soup. with higher grade headphones its quite okay.
- if you have huge collection of mp3's navigation is quite a challenge as you would accidentally press one of them and unintentionally play them.
- photo viewer is quite good - only thing is you have to get used to it (the controlls)
- tough response is quite okay (being resistive)
- some functionalities like cut, details viewing of files etc would be appreciated.
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mch of disgrce..but i will nt only keep on tling cons ,,,dudes..
pros are also there-- a player which cud play almost all video formats in tis pric range is dream.. expandabl memory makes it mor out of tis wrld.. for show off.. its d rit gadget bt dnt go for it if u r a hardcore music,sound quality,bass hypnotised....
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Fast Delivery by Flipkart and Good Product.
The handling of this PMP is extremely simple. It has inbuilt 4GB storage which can be expanded to 16 GB using a microSD card. The Lithium-Polymer battery allows uninterrupted audio playback for up to 9-10hrs and video playback for 2.5-3 hours after full charge.
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Many of you have asked for documents presented at the stink bug lecture by Dr. Tracy Leskey on Wednesday, February 9th. She has generously agreed to let us post the "Biology of the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug" powerpoint and a copy of the Pyramid Trap Construction" details. Thanks for joining us at the lecture, and many thanks to Dr. Leskey for sharing these resources! Here are those documents as well as some other links to information about stink bugs.
- Pyramid Trap Construction details
- Stink-bug infestation is topic of Wednesday talk - article in Herald-Mail prior to NCTC talk
- Nearly 400 jam into auditorium to learn more about stink bugs - article about NCTC talk
- Tips from Home and Garden Information Center of the University of Maryland
- Stink Bug Info from Virginia Tech.
- Fact Sheet from the University of Pennsylvania
- Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Damage Survey and Monitoring Effects
- Biology of the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug handout from talk at NCTC
- Leskey Working Group Report
The Potomac Valley Audubon Society and the National Conservation Training
Center are co-sponsoring a presentation about the Brown Marmorated Stink
Bug the evening of Wednesday, February 9.
The program will be held at NCTC at 7:00 p.m. in the large Byrd Auditorium in
the Entrance Building.
Admission is free and anyone is welcome to attend.
The presenter will be Dr. Tracy Leskey, entomologist at the U.S. Department of
Agriculture's Appalachian Fruit Research Station in Kearneysville.
Dr. Leskey and her colleagues at the Research Station are in the forefront of
research into the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, and she co-chairs a special USDA
working group that is trying to find ways to respond to the problems the insect
Native to China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug was
apparently introduced into the U.S. in eastern Pennsylvania in the late 1990s.
Since then, it has become firmly established throughout the Middle Atlantic
region and is rapidly spreading to other parts of the country.
First thought to be simply a nuisance, the insect has quickly proven to be an
increasingly serious agricultural pest that is capable of causing widespread
damage to fruit and vegetable crops. Fruit growers in the Eastern Panhandle
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Wholesale businesses stepped up their restocking of supplies in March, but their sales fell sharply, a government report shows.
Wholesale businesses stepped up their restocking of supplies in March, but their sales fell sharply, a government report shows.
Americans cut back on using their credit cards in March, suggesting many were reluctant to take on high-interest debt to make purchases.
Australia is not only the home of the koala, the kangaroo, and the duck-billed platypus, but may also be home to that other rare and exotic animal: the secure retirement.
U.S. consumer spending unexpectedly rose in March as benign inflation supported household's spending power, a hopeful sign for the weakened economic recovery.
U.S. workers' pay, already struggling to keep pace with inflation, was shrunk by an increase in Social Security taxes on Jan. 1, but consumers so far are stilling spending.
Now that tax season is over, it's natural to wonder exactly where the hard-earned dollars you paid in income tax over the past year actually went.
The financial pros all say you should invest in your company's 401(k) plan, but the fees on those investments can easily add up to a number that will shock you.
Lately, nearly every time the Social Security Trustees have reported on the program's health, the news has gotten worse. Here's what we can expect from their next report.
On Monday, the White House rolled out "Your 2012 Federal Taxpayer Receipt," an online tool that purports to detail how your personal taxes are spent. But it's not that simple.
Adding a Roth IRA to your arsenal of retirement investing tools could save you a ton in taxes in the long run.
Treasury chief Jacob Lew, hopeful a budget deal can be reached, tells Congress to consider concessions already made in President Obama's $3.8 trillion spending plan.
Critics of President Obama's budget proposal say he is breaking his promise to protect Social Security and his pledge not to raise taxes on the middle class.
Obama's new budget proposal includes changing some key inflation calculations to "chained CPI" -- a controversial shift because of the effect it may have on personal finances.
Obama administration officials suggest that the president's 2014 budget proposal, due Wednesday, will feature concrete tax proposals and propose cuts to entitlement spending.
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Normally when you hear the words "three tenors," you think of opera singers. In this case, three tenors—in addition to a soprano and a few other instruments—refers to the saxophone, which is perhaps the coolest voice in jazz. Saxophone Summit brings together the voices of Ravi Coltrane, Joe Lovano and Dave Liebman, a true Gathering of Spirits. The group was founded in 1977, with Liebman and Lovano joined by Michael Brecker. When Michael left us in 2006, Ravi took his place in the group.


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Abattoir _ NOISE _ Party With Dave I.D. Live
After our outlandish Easter voodoo session its all gone to pure NOISE… White static and cosmic radiation, signal failure and random sound generation, we pick ourselves up, cast aside the residual spirits and get ready for new levels of cellular processing. Prepare for an all new kind of Abattoir journey as we invite friends and … Read more
Abattoir The Party Special Bank Holiday _ V O O D O O _
"Magic people, Voodoo people.. The Voodoo, who-do-what-you-don't-dare-to-people." This Easter venture deep into the Abattoir and embrace your inner VOODOO. … Following our Smoke filled entrance into 2013 we return with something a little special to end the wondrous weekend of resurrection.. Save some spirit and join us for a Voodoo tinged affair of electronica, house … Read more
ABT mix #012: RUFUS&Bambi _ ABATTOIR special S M O K E teaser _
© Angus fulton RUFUS&Bambi recorded this smokey mix to get us in the mood for the next party Inhale, exhale and prepare to be engulfed by SMOKE.. FREE. ALL NIGHT LONG. Fb event HERE Performance by New Noveta Live music by Vindicatrix Upstairs: Sam Donnison (Anomalous Visuals) Holly Would Basement: Robert Outch (Love Fever) RUFUS&BAMBI … Read more
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SMOKE As a new world dawns we inhale fresh opportunities and blow away the lingering cobwebs with the winds of change. Veiled and mist like the Abattoir vanguard rise with a renewed vigour and passion ready to exhale our electronic verse and esoteric dance extracts upon a fresh audience. Using the full capacity of our … Read more
LOVE. One of our favourite emotions. Abattoir is falling in love at Ladybird on NYE, celebrating another year of partying the way we like it. Music loosens up your senses and gets you on your feet. And love sweeps you off them.. Whether you will be in love for one night only or forever, make … Read more
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A Rolling Stone interview with Serena Williams quotes the tennis star saying the Steubenville rape victim "shouldn't have put herself in that position."
If you're like me, you spend most nights of the year looking forward to coming home to a freshly
updated DVR — or, if you don't have cable, new episodes waiting for you on Hulu.
But those days are gone for now. We've entered summer's desert of TV, where your
once-dependable new episodes are now few and far between.
Don't worry. We'll get through it together. There's an oasis of entertainment if you just
look a little harder. Here are some of my recommendations...
Kinky Boots tour Columbus?
Just "say yeah" (as composer-lyricist Cyndi Lauper wrote as the exclamation point and title
to one of her best songs) – but you might have to wait a season or two to say that before it
actually gets here.
No question that
Kinky Boots should tour and will tour after winning the 2013 Tony for best musical last
week, along with five other Tonys, including best score and choreography.
The only question, for Columbus, is how soon.
In this episode of Sidebar,
The Columbus Dispatch's podcast on Columbus-focused events, movies, music, dining and
Dispatch staffers Susannah Elliott, Kevin Joy and Mary Nguyen discuss Broadway in
Columbus, brony conventions and their worst celebrity interviews.
Sidebar is also available on iTunes and Stitcher.
For more on upcoming theater performances in Columbus, see our Summer Fun Guide.
For more on TrotCon and to learn your brony name, check out Jackie Mantey's Pony Party story in this week's Columbus Alive.


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When you pick up a nail from an unlucky poke. Clip, clap -- who cares, as long as you got your health?
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It's fuckin gonorrhea Tim: It hurts when i piss
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the sound of your palm hitting your forehead when you realize that sweet innocent little teen was a petri-dish for gonorrhea (Hand hits forehead.)
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Nick name for disease Ghonoreah , comes from the noise when back in civil war where they would breakup the puss build up by banging the butt of their rifles on the penis laying on a table. Bang! Bang! Bang!
Another case of that nasty stuff. ya, you shoulda kept away from that dirty whore. |
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gonorrhoea, a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra Ugh, dude you have the clap!
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A term used for the sexually transmitted disease, gonorrhea. The name "clap" stems from the French word clapoir, which means brothel. Be careful when associating with loose women, for you may contract the clap.
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The nickname for the std gonorrhea. Named for clapping your hands around your dick to pop and drain the bubbles of puss growing inside. Makes it really painful to pee. Tim: "Ah, it burns when I pee, it's like razor blades!"
John: "Dude, you definitely got the clap from the skank at that party" |
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Gonorrhea. you get it from sex. Sugar I'd come over but your coffee tastes like the clap.
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Voter registration applications must be postmarked no later than today, Monday, July 2, 2012.
Information on how to register to vote in Texas can be found at www.votetexas.gov, or by calling the voter registrar in a voter's county of residence.
Voters who cast ballots in one of the major party primary elections on May 29, 2012 will vote in the runoff election for the same party in which they cast their primary ballot. Voters who did not cast a ballot in primary elections are free to choose either party's runoff ballot, but may only vote in one party's runoff election.
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Melanie Tamaki is human - but her parents aren't. They are from Half World, a Limbo between our world and the afterlife, and her father is still there. When her mother disappears, Melanie must follow her to Half World - and neither of them may return alive. Imagine Coraline as filmed by the Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki (Howl's Moving Castle), or Neil Gaiman collaborating with Charles de Lint. Half World is vivid, visceral, unforgettable, a combination of prose and images that will haunt you.
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these bodies we are born with are such an abomination.
Is this serious? Did whoever wrote this really not see how stupid it sounded upon rereading?
Hey, guess what, everything listed is natural and has a function. And if you have a problem with that, you cover your shit up. Don't tell me what to do with mine.
Hi, original author here.
This post was, in fact, satirical. I'm surprised how many similar reactions it's got since Laci Green reblogged it. This is supposed to be written from the viewpoint of the faceless moralistic culture we live in about the unwritten sexual rules of society that we all share. For example, think of a typical beach. Men and women wear their respective bathing suits with all these body parts covered. It's considered strange to see these things at a beach. That's why we have separate beaches for people who like to defy these sexual/bodily codes. I suppose I could've added "FAT" to the list too, since a lot of people cover that up while they're at the beach but that would've taken away from the sexual stance I was going for.


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TORONTO (AP) — Pascal Dupuis scored two of Pittsburgh's three goals in the third period, and the Penguins stormed back to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Thursday night and win their seventh game in a row.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 28 saves for Pittsburgh (20-8), which defeated the Maple Leafs in a shootout in Toronto five days earlier. Craig Adams sealed this win by scoring into an empty net with 10 seconds left.
Tyler Bozak had the lone goal for Toronto (15-12-1), which has dropped four in a row. Ben Scrivens made 25 saves.
Tied 1-1 in the third, Chris Kunitz fed Dupuis in the slot for a shot that beat Scrivens and found the top corner with 2:10 left in regulation.
BOSTON (AP) — Tuukka Rask made 29 saves, and Patrice Bergeron scored two goals to help Boston beat Florida.
Boston won for the 10th time in 13 games. The Bruins haven't lost consecutive games in regulation since March 2012.
Florida has lost five straight and eight of nine.
Boston scored twice in the first period to take a 2-0 lead. Zdeno Chara scored at 3:55, and Bergeron connected for his seventh goal at 14:56.
Shawn Matthias scored a short-handed goal for Florida. Continued...
Shawn Thornton scored at 12:43 of the third period, and Bergeron added an empty-net goal with 58 seconds remaining. Rask improved to 14-2-3 on the season and 6-1 in his career against Florida with a 0.99 goals-against average.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Patrick Kane set up Johnny Oduya's goal late in the second period and then netted the decisive score in the shootout, leading Chicago over Columbus.
Corey Crawford stopped 29 shots to help the Blackhawks end a two-game losing streak after they set an NHL record by getting at least a point in each of their first 24 games.
Jack Johnson scored the tying goal for Columbus 52 seconds after Oduya put Chicago ahead. Sergei Bobrovsky finished with 39 saves for the Blue Jackets, who set a franchise record by earning a point in their ninth game in a row (5-0-4).
Columbus has reached overtime in eight of the nine games.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Evgeni Nabokov made 18 saves for second shutout this season and 54th overall in the NHL, John Tavares scored his 17th goal, and the New York Islanders beat Tampa Bay.
Nabokov made an in-close save on Victor Hedman in the second period, and Tavares had a power-play goal midway through the frame to help the Islanders improve to 4-1-2 in their last seven games.
Brad Boyes added an empty-net goal in the final minute of play. Continued...
Anders Lindback stopped 27 shots for Tampa Bay, which has lost eight of 10. Lightning captain Vincent Lecavalier didn't play and is out indefinitely because of an undisclosed lower body injury.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Ondrej Pavelec made 28 saves, and Winnipeg held on to beat the New York Rangers.
Nik Antropov scored the game's first goal, Antti Miettinen had his first goal of the season, and Andrew Ladd added an empty-netter with 39 seconds left for Winnipeg (14-11-2). It was Ladd's 14th goal of the season. Dustin Byfuglien had a pair of assists for the Jets.
Ryan Callahan was the lone scorer for the Rangers (13-11-2), who have dropped two straight in the middle of a four-game road trip. Hendrik Lundqvist stopped 30 shots.
Eighth-place Winnipeg has a two-point lead over the Rangers in the Eastern Conference playoff race, but the Jets have played one more game than New York.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Mike Ribeiro scored with 2:16 remaining, and Washington rallied to beat Carolina.
Alex Ovechkin and Joey Crabb also scored for the Capitals, who snapped a three-game losing streak and moved within eight points of the Southeast Division-leading Hurricanes.
Michael Neuvirth made 36 saves to help Washington come back from an early two-goal deficit. Continued...
Alexander Semin and Patrick Dwyer scored for the Hurricanes, who had won six of seven and outscored opponents 29-15 during that stretch. Dan Ellis made 22 saves for Carolina.
Carolina fell to 11-1 when leading after two periods. Washington improved to 3-9-1 when trailing through 40 minutes.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Rookie Jake Allen earned his first NHL shutout, and Chris Stewart scored twice and added an assist to lead St. Louis over Phoenix.
Allen, who has started four of five for St. Louis due to the struggles of veterans Brian Elliott and Jaroslav Halak, stopped all 28 shots to win his fourth straight. He is 7-1 since being recalled from the minors last month.
St. Louis have back-to-back wins in regulation for the first time since Jan. 24-25. The Blues have won four of five overall.
Alexander Steen celebrated his return to the lineup for St. Louis with a goal and two assists. Steen, who had missed eight games with a shoulder injury, scored his first goal since Feb. 15. Stewart has four goals in two games and six goals and 12 points in the past six games.
The Coyotes, shut out for the third time this season, had their two-game winning streak snapped.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Rookie defenseman Jonas Brodin's first NHL score highlighted a three-goal second period by Minnesota in a victory against Colorado.
Devin Setoguchi and Mikko Koivu also scored in the decisive middle frame. Ryan Suter had a season-high three assists, and Matt Cullen and Zach Parise each had two assists to help the Wild improve to 10-3-1 at home and bounce back from a stinging loss two nights earlier. Koivu added an empty-net goal with 33 seconds remaining.
P.A. Parenteau had two goals for the Avalanche, the second with 13:17 left in the game to prevent the Wild from coasting to the finish. Gabe Landeskog also scored and Erik Johnson had two assists for the Avs, but they were outshot 40-32.
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With that said, I just wanted to see if anyone out there is going through this stuff right now that I could connect with!
With that said, I just wanted to see if anyone out there is going through this stuff right now that I could connect with!
Ok, Now I'm really depressed. No one even bothered to read my post. I guess that means all of you are either too young and not to this point in life yet or are past this point and on to greater things in life. Ok, I only have 2 more weeks before I can get into the dr and get some help. The rapture would be really good right about now.... I even tried jumping out my window but I'm on ground level and it only rattled my brain more... LOL... its sooooooooooooo quiet in this thread..... maybe if the voices in my head would kick in I would have someone to talk to and who might be sympathetic to my plight....... ..... oh well, tomorrows another day....
I am at the end of menopause. I went to a doctor and got on medication when I was where you are. You will survive this. It does get better. Hang in there.
I don't know what peri menopause is ... but I'm 46 and bet it could be around teh corner for me.
Sunshine, I'm 47 and I believe I'm going through perimenopause. I'm having the occasional hot flash and the occasional mood swing. My periods are also very irregular. I get tired easily. Exercise seems to help me when I get tired & emotional. I go to the Y & walk on the treadmill for about 20 minutes and it helps. I am not on any sort of hormones - there is a history of breast cancer in my family (my mother died from it), so hormones are contraindicated for me.
I hope your doctor can help you, Sunshine. Here's another for you.
I'll be gone when the trumpet sounds,
Ain't nothing gonna hold me down!
- Decemberadio, "Believer"
I am. It's annoying. It's lasting too long, and I'd really love to get more sleep.
Sleep? What's that? lol
Yup, being going through it for some time now....
Yes - I know exactly who is. Me!! It's downright horrible with so many fluctuating symptoms. I am boiling hot a lot of the time and sweaty - other times I'm "cold to the bone". I'm having night sweats and irregularity in my cycle. (and sometimes it is REALLY heavy and floods). Also memory loss, loss of concentration, some depression, dry skin and eczema on my scalp for the first time ever, hmmmm - what else (my brain is fried!!) - oh yes - TERRIBLE PMS - where all I can do is sleep and feel nauseated.
As if periods, puberty and childbirth aren't enough - we now have to contend with this?
I am off to see an endocrinologist at the end of the month to talk about possible treatment options. Mine are a bit limited as my eldest sister has estrogen dependent breast cancer so I don't think HRT is going to be suitable for me.
Sigh...oh - interrupted sleep and getting up at night to go the the toilet are other symptoms!!!! FUN isn't it? NOT!! Mishk. xox
This to shall pass I am through menopause YAY !! But still clearly remember all those symptoms. I never did use any hrt, I did use Ambien for a while to help me sleep though. I was pretty lucky that my symptoms were managable, Just remember that it is not forever and it will get better
Thanks Ladies.. I know it'll pass sooner or (and most likely) later but the memory lapses, confusion, lack of clarity and purpose are killing me. I have read enough to know that the extreme amount of stress actually makes the symptoms worse... I plan on going and getting on natural hormone therapy but the fact of having to wait IS not helping.. and I usually have a decent amount of patience on things.... Its just a good thing that I KNOW NOT to tie my faith into my emotions or anything else right now other than the truth and knowledge of it. So I put my "feelings" and "lack of mental ability" on the back burner and go w/ the facts. I really just wanted to know if anyone else hit this stage w/ such ferocity (sp?)... but they would have to have hit it w/ levels of stress that I wouldn't wish on anyone. AAAAGGGGHHHHHH! This is so hard.....
Ok.. I started a vent here but had to erase it... LOL.... it made me tired typing it out.... thanks for listening ladies... the ONLY thing missing is the hot flashes... but I may be having those and not even knowing it... I was in labor for 2 hours before I figured it out..... (yea, I"m blonde).... ok, just so you know... no one told me where the pain came from.. which part hurt... I thought it would come from the top down to push the baby.... uh... no.... only after I figured out they were coming in perfectly timed intervals did I realize what was happening and go to the hosp. ... Oy vey.. I may still jump out my window... I just dont have as far to fall..... Now where is that chocolate????????????
well, i am a 42 yo male........so it should be comming soon......right?????????????????
Count me too! I never sleep good anymore, but I do cardio almost everyday and it helps a lot!
"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. John 5:24
Everything you all said but instead of jumping out window considering jumping off roof. It is higher. 2 story with walk out basement so longer drop to ground
Is 43 too early?
I am just speculating (no Dr. visit) But I seem to have a lot of the symptoms mentioned by a lot of posters here. I am also gaining like crazy (no one has mention this.) achey joints, moody.
It all started actually after I had my 3rd baby 2 years ago. That would make it 41????? I just related all the symptoms to "just having a baby and breast feeding". BUT IT'S STILL CONTINUING .... so it just might be perimenopause. Maybe I should start looking up information so that I will know what I am heading for.
Sorry for the rambling .... another symptom?
I would not mind going home anytime soon.
Ok, for those of you new to this world, here is a list of symptoms w/ the link following.... just so you won't feel alone and I've highlighted the ones that are severe for me.... and oh yea... the guy who chimed in??? Dont be too sure of yourself, I know a pastor that actually went to the dr and his hormone levels were changing to some extent (testostorone to be exact) and he had to get treatment...... no, not like womens but he said the same thing does happen in men... we just can't go out and buy a boat and disappear for the weekend on the lake with the guys or pick up some other toy that will make us forget our symptoms.... our symptoms go with us wherever we go...... I have a friend who rode motorcycles and her hot flashes made her so miserable, she couldn't even enjoy riding.... she sold her bike...
Hot flashes, flushes, night sweats and/or cold flashes, clammy feeling (see note)
Irregular heart beat
Mood swings, sudden tears
Trouble sleeping through the night (with or without night sweats)
Irregular periods; shorter, lighter periods; heavier periods, flooding; phantom periods, shorter cycles, longer cycles
Loss of libido (see note)
Dry vagina (see note)
Crashing fatigue
Anxiety, feeling ill at ease
Feelings of dread, apprehension, doom (see note)
Difficulty concentrating, disorientation, mental confusion
Disturbing memory lapses
Incontinence, especially upon sneezing, laughing; urge incontinence (see note)
Itchy, crawly skin (see note)
Aching, sore joints, muscles and tendons (see note)
Increased tension in muscles
Breast tenderness
Headache change: increase or decrease
Gastrointestinal distress, indigestion, flatulence, gas pain, nausea
Sudden bouts of bloat
Depression (see note)
Exacerbation of existing conditions
Increase in allergies
Weight gain (see note)
Hair loss or thinning, head, pubic, or whole body; increase in facial hair
Dizziness, light-headedness, episodes of loss of balance
Changes in body odor
Electric shock sensation under the skin and in the head (see note)
Tingling in the extremities (see note)
Gum problems, increased bleeding
Burning tongue, burning roof of mouth, bad taste in mouth, change in breath odor
Osteoporosis (after several years)
Changes in fingernails: softer, crack or break easier
Tinnitus: ringing in ears, bells, 'whooshing,' buzzing etc. (see note)
Things that are really helping me thru symptoms...
Walking at a steady pace daily for 30 minutes (treadmill helps). Lots of water, no sodas, low coffee and alcohol, no liquids after 7 p.m. Higher protein intake (add egg whites if you want a cheap fix). Cotton clothes. Sleep naked. Extra calcium. SAM-e (not cheap).
I went through surgical menopause at age 32. I really have to say that my symptoms were mild. I had no idea I was going through menopause. Only when the hot flashes started (about a year after surgery) did my doctor put me on ERT. I'm still on it at age 59 and for the most part, I feel pretty good. I have gained some extra weight but I think that is to be expected later in life and genetics definitely play a part in that.
Each woman is different because of different physiology and lifestyle as well as mental attitude.


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The Arizona Fall League will have its usual six teams when it returns to action this fall, but one of those teams will have a new home stadium. Major League Baseball announced that the Phoenix Desert Dogs will relocate from Phoenix Municipal Stadium, built in 1964, to Camelback Ranch stadium in Glendale for the 2013 season.
Camelback Ranch, built in 2009, is the spring training home of the White Sox and Dodgers, both of whom will be among the teams that supply prospects for the new team. The move is part of the phasing out of Phoenix Municipal Stadium. The stadium's lone spring training tenant, the A's, will leave the facility to move to HohoKam Park in 2015.
Official minor league transactions, conveyed to us by Major League Baseball, for the period March 14-20.
Arizona Diamondbacks
Released: RHP Alex Capaul, RHP Chris Cox, RHP Mike DeMark, RHP Donny Medlinger, RHP Jared Ray, LHP Matt Way, 1B Tyler Bream, 2B Adam McConnell, 3B Bubu Garcia, 3B Chris Nowak, SS Niko Gallego, OF Raoul Torrez
Returned Rule 5 selection: RHP Starling Peralta (to Cubs)
Optioned to Triple-A: LHP Tyler Skaggs
Chris Cox (Can-Am), Chris Nowak (Atlantic) and Matt Way (Atlantic) all signed with the Diamondbacks out of independent leagues last fall.
Atlanta Braves
Released: RHP Donovan Drake, RHP Dave Filak, RHP Andrew Wilson
Optioned to Triple-A: RHP David Hale, 1B Ernesto Mejia
The Braves moved Dave Filak, a '10 fourth-rounder from Oneonta State (N.Y.), to the low Class A bullpen last summer, but the results (5.40 ERA, 12 walks in 16 2/3 innings) did not improve. In two seasons with Rome, Filak went 7-14, 6.24 in 37 games (29 starts) with a 1.58 WHIP, 8.2 strikeouts and 5.1 walks per nine innings. [...] Continue Reading »
Shohei Ohtani flirted with the idea of going straight from high school in Japan to American pro ball, with the Red Sox, Rangers and Dodgers among the teams in pursuit. Instead, Ohtani opted to stay in Japan and sign with the Nippon Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball.
With Japanese spring training underway, Ohtani made his first pitching appearance in an exhibition game for the Fighters today, throwing a scoreless inning of relief against Rakuten. Ohtani, 18, threw his fastball in the low-to-mid-90s and reached 98 mph, mixing in a solid mid-80s slider, although his control was erratic.
He gave up a single and made an errant pickoff throw, but the 6-foot-4 righthander struck out two batters, including a three-pitch strikeout to the first batter he faced, Casey McGehee, who had big league time last year with the Pirates and Yankees.
Ohtani stayed in the game and played right field, grounding out in his only at-bat. While Ohtani's major league future would be on the mound, part of the pitch the Fighters made to Ohtani appears to be that he will get a chance to be a two-way player for them.
Readers tell us again and again that they love top 10 lists. Assuming you're not overloaded with ballpark effects at this stage, keep reading this post to learn the 10 best and 10 worst ballparks in the full-season minors to see runs, hits and home runs. All samples cover the 2010-12 period except where noted.
High Desert | CAL | HiA | 14.65 | Savannah | SAL | LoA | 7.00 |
Albuquerque | PCL | AAA | 14.17 | Palm Beach | FSL | HiA | 7.50 |
Colorado Springs* | PCL | AAA | 13.45 | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre# | IL | AAA | 7.58 |
Reno | PCL | AAA | 13.32 | Arkansas | TL | AA | 7.67 |
Lancaster | CAL | HiA | 13.24 | Wilmington | CAR | HiA | 7.73 |
Las Vegas | PCL | AAA | 12.81 | Jupiter | FSL | HiA | 7.76 |
Asheville | SAL | LoA | 11.97 | Lehigh Valley | IL | AAA | 7.78 |
Salt Lake | PCL | AAA | 11.77 | Richmond | EL | AA | 7.87 |
Tucson^ | PCL | AAA | 11.69 | Augusta | SAL | LoA | 7.92 |
Northwest Arkansas | TL | AA | 10.86 | Brevard County | FSL | HiA | 7.94 |
* Installing a humidor reduced R/G from 14.37 in 2010-11 to 11.61 in 2012
^ Rate for 2011-12 only
# Rate for 2010-11 only; club moves to new park in 2013
High Desert | CAL | HiA | 23.29 | Savannah | SAL | LoA | 15.11 |
Albuquerque | PCL | AAA | 22.91 | Pensacola# | SL | AA | 15.40 |
Colorado Springs* | PCL | AAA | 22.66 | Arkansas | TL | AA | 15.64 |
Las Vegas | PCL | AAA | 21.97 | Wilmington | CAR | HiA | 15.90 |
Reno | PCL | AAA | 21.75 | Lakewood | SAL | LoA | 15.94 |
Lancaster | CAL | HiA | 21.52 | Palm Beach | FSL | HiA | 16.04 |
Tucson^ | PCL | AAA | 21.05 | Bowling Green | MWL | LoA | 16.06 |
Salt Lake | PCL | AAA | 20.51 | Great Lakes | MWL | LoA | 16.20 |
Asheville | SAL | LoA | 20.04 | Birmingham& | SL | AA | 16.26 |
Round Rock | PCL | AAA | 19.49 | Charlotte | FSL | HiA | 16.30 |
* Installing a humidor reduced H/G from 23.55 in 2010-11 to 20.88 in 2012
^ Rate for 2011-12 only
# Rate for 2012 only
& Club moves to new park in 2013
High Desert | CAL | HiA | 3.10 | Savannah | SAL | LoA | 0.63 |
Albuquerque | PCL | AAA | 2.75 | Augusta | SAL | LoA | 0.72 |
Lancaster | CAL | HiA | 2.48 | Jupiter | FSL | HiA | 0.73 |
Columbus | IL | AAA | 2.46 | Lakewood | SAL | LoA | 0.78 |
Stockton | CAL | HiA | 2.38 | Birmingham& | SL | AA | 0.78 |
Springfield | TL | AA | 2.35 | Mississippi | SL | AA | 0.82 |
Las Vegas | PCL | AAA | 2.22 | Palm Beach | FSL | HiA | 0.82 |
Reno | PCL | AAA | 2.21 | West Michigan | MWL | LoA | 0.87 |
Bakersfield | CAL | HiA | 2.12 | Rome | SAL | LoA | 0.87 |
Tacoma | PCL | AAA | 2.10 | Wilmington | CAR | HiA | 0.89 |
& Club moves to new park in 2013
Every baseball fan—all right, every Baseball America reader—knows that major league organizations can exercise three option years to send players to the minors. Well, except in those rare cases when they can use a fourth option.
Major League Baseball grants a fourth option to teams when a player has five or fewer professional seasons under his belt but already has burned through three optional assignments. For this purpose, the Collective Bargaining Agreement credits a player with a season of service when he spends 90 or more days on the active list during a season.
We'll get to the ins and outs of the process in a bit, but first here's a team-by-team listing of players on 40-man rosters who qualify for a fourth option that can be used during the 2013 season:
Athletics: LHP Pedro Figueroa,
Cardinals: CF Shane Robinson
Cubs: RHP Rafael Dolis, RHP Hector Rondon (Rule 5 pick)
Giants: RF Francisco Peguero
Mariners: RHP Hector Noesi
Marlins: SS Adeiny Hechavarria, RHP Jacob Turner
Mets: RHP Jenrry Mejia
Nationals: RHP Yunesky Maya, RHP Ryan Perry
Orioles: LHP Brian Matusz
Padres: 1B Yonder Alonso, RHP Fautino de los Santos, RHP Tyson Ross
Pirates: 3B Pedro Alvarez, RHP Bryan Morris, LHP Andy Oliver
Rays: LHP Alex Torres
Red Sox: SS Jose Iglesias, RHP Junichi Tazawa
Royals: LHP Noel Arguelles
White Sox: LF Dayan Viciedo
Notes: Three lefties in camp as non-roster invitees would qualify for a fourth option if they make the big club: Sergio Escalona (Astros), Kelvin de la Cruz (Dodgers) and Daniel Schlereth (Orioles). Also, the Cubs' Hector Rondon cannot be optioned to the minors—at least not unless Chicago works out a trade with the Indians first—because of his status as a major league Rule 5 pick.
SAN FRANCISCO—In the 2013 World Baseball Classic, Puerto Rico took out one baseball giant after another.
It beat Venezuela in the first round, the United States in the second and Japan in Sunday's semifinal at AT&T Park in San Francisco.
The Dominican Republic went a perfect 8-0 to win the World Baseball Classic. Fernando Rodney picked up the final out of all eight games, a WBC record that will likely never be broken | |||||||||
Date | Team | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA | Result |
3/9 | Spain | .1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | Sv (1) |
3/10 | P. R. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | Sv (2) |
3/12 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | Sv (3) |
3/14 | U.S. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | Sv (4) |
3/16 | P.R. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | Sv (5) |
3/18 | Neth. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | Sv (6) |
3/19 | P.R. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | Sv (7) |
But Puerto Rico got three shots at "The Republic of Baseball," as manager Tony Pena likes to call his homeland, the Dominican Republic. And it came up empty all three times.
It came up empty all night Tuesday against Dominican starter Sam Deduno and four relievers—Octavio Dotel, Pedro Strop, Santiago Casilla and finally Fernando Rodney—who combined to throw a three-hit shutout. Deduno tossed five scoreless, every reliever pitched a scoreless frame and Rodney got his seventh save in eight games as the Dominican Republic beat Puerto Rico 3-0 and won the World Baseball Classic.
"Samuel Deduno did a greaet job, not only tonight but throughout the WBC," Pena said. "He pitched three times for us, and all were successful games . . . He could have thrown 95 pitches easy tonight, but we have the horses (in our bullpen). As I said from the start, our bullpen is the root of our team. We only need five innings from our starters. After that, I turn it over to them."
It worked eight times in a row as the DR became the first nation other than Japan to win the WBC and redeemed itself from an embarrassing first-round exit in 2009. Moreover, the Dominicans became the first undefeated WBC champ, winning all eight of their games, including three matchups with Puerto Rico.
Tuesday night, on a rainy night with 35,703 on hand at AT&T, the Dominicans seized control early and survived as Puerto Rico couldn't plate a run despite getting the leadoff man on in five of the last six innings.
Jose Reyes doubled to lead off the bottom of the first and moved to third on Erick Aybar's sacrifice. After Puerto Rican starter Giancarlo Alvarado intentionally walked Robinson Cano, Edwin Encarnacion smoked a double to right-center field. Reyes and Cano scored, with Aybar leading the cheering Dominican dugout contingent, spilling out onto the field to wave both home.
"When I did that, the first thing that come through my mind when I hit that double is that was going to pull not just my team, but the whole Dominican Republic in front of me, because we have a very good opportunity to score a run, and we did it," Reyes said through a translator. "We scored two runs right then in the first inning. That was huge.
"I can't describe this feeling right now because like I said before, right now in the Dominican Republic, they were waiting for this moment so bad, and we did it for the whole Dominican Republic."
Deduno also showed plenty of emotion, particularly when he ended the fifth by striking out Angel Pagan to end a two-on, two-out threat. Pagan didn't take kindly to the outsized reaction, but passion and pride played huge roles in the Dominicans' WBC unbeaten streak.
"The DR has huge talent," Puerto Rico manager Edwin Rodriguez said via a translator. "Other teams also had great talent and stars from the major leagues. But the DR has a passion, desire, the drive to really show this kind of amazing performance, and they did accomplish it."
Alvarado got out of the inning without further damage, and reliever Hiram Burgos held the DR to one run over 4 ? innings to keep Puerto Rico in the game. But Puerto Rico stranded eight runners and only got one runner to third base. That came in the third when Jesus Feliciano singled, moved to second on a wild pitch and moved to third on Angel Pagan's groundout. Irving Falu grounded out to pitcher Deduno to end that threat.
Deduno, hoping to earn a spot in the Twins' big league rotation, went five scoreless for the victory, giving up two of Puerto Rico's three hits. He walked three but also struck out five. The four Dominican relievers got five more strikeouts and extended the bullpen's streak of scoreless innings in WBC play to 25 2/3 innings.
Pena hinted that he had hoped to avoid using Rodney, saying he hoped to get two innings out of Dotel and save Strop to close things out in the ninth. Because the Dominicans didn't lose in the first two rounds, they had not played back-to-back games until this championship game, coming on the heels of Monday night's 4-1 win against the Netherlands.
But Dotel ran into trouble in the seventh, giving up a leadoff single to Mike Aviles and walking Alex Rios. Pena summoned Strop early, and Strop responded by striking out 35-year-old Mexican League veteran Carlos Rivera and 40-year-old pinch-hitter Pedro Valdes. He retired Jesus Feliciano on a foul pop to third baseman Miguel Tejada to end the threat.
The Dominican had scored an insurance run in the fifth. Alejandro De Aza got a bunt single in the fifth with one out and used some savvy baserunning to foil a potential double-play grounder off the bat of Reyes. Irving Falu fielded the grounder and went to tag De Aza, but the White Sox outfielder held up, forcing Falu to throw to first to get the fleet Reyes and get at least one out. Erick Aybar then doubled De Aza home for the final 3-0 cushion.
Cano was named MVP despite an 0-for-3 showing in the finale that included a walk and run scored. He went 15-for-32 with two homers and six RBIs and a .469/.514/.781 slash line, and the Yankees second baseman and potential free agent at the end of the season was emotional in the postgame celebration.
"As Tony said, you always remember the first time for everything: your first hit, playoffs, everything," Cano said. "This is always going to be in our hearts for the rest of our lives. Everyone of us who played in this game will always remember the World Classic. This is such a thrill.
"We were always optimistic. We knew we had a winning team, and we were able to prevail for the DR, for our country, (in front of) the whole world."
Factors such as altitude, humidity and wind affect how ballparks at all levels play for hitters and for pitchers. High altitude, low humidity and a steady jet stream are the perfect recipe for hits, homers and runs. No parks exemplify this quite like High Desert and Lancaster, the high Class A California League's two most hitter-friendly locales.
A park at or near sea level with still, humid air will almost always favor pitchers. Examples include Savannah of the low Class A South Atlantic League and Wilmington of the high Class A Carolina League. For league-by-league ballpark characteristics for the full-season minors, check out the recently published feature Minor League Parks Drive Performance. Go ahead and click—it's free.
A ballpark's features really come into focus, though, when a player in a hitter- or pitcher-friendly park ventures onto the road. Take High Desert as an example. In the three seasons from 2010 to '12, Mavericks hitters and pitchers combined to score and allow 14.65 runs per game in High Desert, compared with 10.07 per game away from High Desert. That ratio works out 1.455, which implies that playing in Mavericks Stadium during the past three seasons increased the frequency of runs by about 45.5 percent in a typical game (compared to that same rate in road parks the Mavericks visited).
Given that home-road comparison for Mavericks games, we can arrive at a simple park factor to apply to individual High Desert players. To get there, we take the 1.455 ratio and reduce its impact by half—in this case, 1.228—to reflect the fact that a team's players spend only half their games at home.
Here are the highest and lowest three-year park factors for runs scored for the 10 full-season minor leagues:
International | Columbus | CLE | 1.141 | Pawtucket* | BOS | .957 |
Pacific Coast | Albuquerque | LAD | 1.229 | Sacramento | OAK | .874 |
Eastern | Erie | DET | 1.063 | Trenton | NYY | .953 |
Southern | Tennessee | CHC | 1.079 | Birmingham** | CWS | .919 |
Texas | NW Arkansas | KC | 1.132 | Arkansas | LAA | .902 |
California | High Desert | SEA | 1.228 | Inland Empire | LAA | .894 |
Carolina | Winston-Salem | CWS | 1.055 | Wilmington | KC | .931 |
Florida State | Bradenton | PIT | 1.107 | Brevard County | MIL | .908 |
Midwest | Burlington | LAA | 1.057 | Bowling Green | TB | .928 |
South Atlantic | Asheville | COL | 1.181 | Savannah | NYM | .880 |
* Scranton/W-B had lowest PF for 2010-11 (.922) but had no home park in 2012
** Birmingham moves into Regions Field in 2013; next lowest was Mississippi (.937) [...] Continue Reading »
I love seeing baseball stadiums from the sky, when I'm in an airplane. So, naturally, I love to waste time looking at ballparks on Google Maps. I enjoy seeing what part of the city the park is in, and noticing any quirks about the layout or construction. So, I thought it would be neat to create a custom Google Map with pins for every major league and minor league park in the country to go along with Matt Eddy's feature on minor league park factors ($). Enjoy!
SAN FRANCISCO—Seagulls circled the field at AT&T Park, some of them even landing on the playing field before the Netherlands' World Baseball Classic semifinal matchup with the Dominican Republic was officially over.
But the game was over for all intents and purposes after the Dominican scored four runs in the fifth inning, three of them coming after two were out. That gave manager Tony Pena a lead with 12 more outs to get, and with the likes of Kelvin Herrera, Pedro Strop and Fernando Rodney on to relieve starter Edinson Volquez.
"They based that team on that," Netherlands manager Hensley Meulens said. "I think they only have a couple starters, and then most of the guys on the roster were bullpen guys. It showed tonight. Volquez had a shaky start but settled down and gave them five pretty good innings . . . and then they had Herrera and Strop and then Rodney finishing the game.
"It's a great bullpen. Those guys calmed down our bats." [...] Continue Reading »
SAN FRANCISCO—For four innings the favorite was on the ropes again during the World Baseball Classic semifinals.
One night after upstart Puerto Rico held onto an early lead against Japan, the Netherlands took an early 1-0 lead against the Dominican Republic. But the unbeaten Dominicans, silenced for four innings, figured out cunning lefthander Diegomar Markwell, scoring four runs in the fifth inning.
The Dominican bullpen held on and nailed down a 4-1 victory, as the DR improved to 7-0 in the 2013 Classic. The Dominican will play Puerto Rico at 8 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday night for the WBC championship.
"Whoever wins the Baseball Classic, it's really going to be the Caribbean's," Dominican Republic manager Tony Pena said. "It could be Puerto Rico or the Dominican Republic, but it will belong to the Caribbean."
Edinson Volquez got the win for the DR, giving up the first-inning run but limiting the damage and tossing five innings while allowing just two hits. He walked the first two batters he faced but no one else and struck out five. [...] Continue Reading »
SAN FRANCISCO—Puerto Rico got a day off after its emotional World Baseball Classic semifinal victory against Japan, and Edwin Rodriguez didn't seem to mind. Remember, the Puerto Rican team played Saturday afternoon in Miami, flew cross-country, then played Japan last night in front of a fairly pro-Japanese crowd against a team that had been on West Coast time for several days.
Rodriguez was more welcoming of the "mental rest" for his players than the "physical rest, but there's no doubt that it will help."
Not surprisingly, Rodriguez announced righthander Giancarlo Alvarado as his starter. The former Dodgers farmhand went to Carlo Alvarado as a minor leaguer and went 13-10, 3.49 in his last season in the States, at Triple-A Albuquerque. Since then, he has pitched in Japan's NPB, spending two years with the Hiroshima Carp and another with the Yokohama BayStars.
After pitching well for Ponce in the Puerto Rican League this winter (3-2, 3.04), he's been effective in the WBC so far, striking out eight and walking one in 8.1 innings. He's 1-0, 2.16 in the Classic, beating Spain with four scoreless innings on March 8, then tossed four more scoreless innings before giving up three runs in the fifth during a 4-3 win against Italy in Pool 2. [...] Continue Reading »
The Cubs have signed Cuban righthander Armando Rivero to a contract with a $3.1 million bonus.
International sources last year in July said the Cubs were going to sign Rivero for the same terms, so it appears the agreement may have been in place for several months. However, the Cubs did not officially submit the contract until this month. BA correspondent Phil Rogers first reported Rivero's signing.
Rivero was among the Praver Shapiro Sport Management clients who were living and training in the Dominican Republic but used permanent Haitian residency papers to sign, causing visa delays for players like Yankees lefthander Omar Luis and Orioles outfielder Henry Urrutia. Cubs outfielder Jorge Soler, another Cuban player of Praver Shapiro Sport Management, signed with Chicago last year in June.
Rivero, 25, has middle relief potential. Rivero was a reliever in Cuba's Serie Nacional for Industriales, where was a teammate of Cubs lefthander Gerardo Concepcion. In his final season in Cuba in 2010-11, Rivero had a 3.06 ERA with 38 strikeouts and 21 walks in 47 innings. Rivero also pitched briefly at the FISU World University Championships in Japan in 2010, when he threw 10 pitches and struck out two batters in a scoreless inning for Cuba.
At 6-foot-3, 180 pounds, Rivero's best pitch is his fastball, which sits in the low-90s and peaks at 96 mph. He doesn't have a plus secondary pitch but he has a solid splitter with late tumble. He'll drop to a low three-quarters arm slot, which may be why he has trouble throwing a reliable breaking ball. Some scouts have said Rivero throws a curveball and a slider, while others think he's just manipulating the same pitch. His low slow makes it difficult for him to stay on top of the ball, giving his breaking ball more side to side action. He also has a slight hook in his arm action that affects his command.
Since Rivero is 25 and has four seasons of professional experience in Cuba's top league, his bonus will be exempt from Chicago's 2012-13 international bonus pool. For the current signing period, Cuban signings are exempt from the international bonus pools as long as they are at least 23 and have played in Serie Nacional for at least three seasons.
The Cubs haven't said where Rivero will begin his career, but he's advanced enough that Double-A Tennessee would seem to be an option.
SAN FRANCISCO—Koji Yamamoto will have some explaining to do when his World Baseball Classic team gets back to Japan.
Yamamoto faced the Japanese media alone Sunday night after his team lost 3-1 to Puerto Rico. No players to take questions—just the manager, alone, with his headset for translations.
His predecessors as Team Japan managers, Sadaharu Oh and Tatsunori Hara, were on hand and threw out the first pitches, and they had returned to Japan at the end of previous Classics as champions. Yamamoto will return not just without a championship, but with several curious decisions to explain.
The first postgame question set the tempo for the session, as a reporter asked in Japanese, "It was very unfortunate. First of all, could you please tell us the reason for losing?" [...] Continue Reading »
SAN FRANCISCO—Japan's run of World Baseball Classic dominance is over, ended in a sloppy display of poor baserunning, jumpy hitting and Puerto Rican passion.
Puerto Rico scored a run in the first, added two more on a long homer by Alex Rios in the seventh and used six pitchers to hold off Japan, winning 3-1 in the first WBC semifinal at AT&T Park. Puerto Rico gets a night off and plays the winner of Monday's second semi between the Netherlands and the Dominican Republic.
Puerto Rico now has eliminated Venezuela (first round), the United States (second round) and Japan (semifinals). It's quite a string of success for a team with more active minor leaguers (11) than major leaguers (10).
"There's a lot of emotions," Puerto Rico manager Edwin Rodriguez said. "We know that a lot of people down in Puerto Rico are watching and this win is huge. The way these guys have been playing and performing is a huge . . . accomplishment for the people in Puerto Rico—not only for the players and youngsters, but also for the whole country."
Japan won the first two WBCs, beating Cuba in the 2006 final and South Korea in 2009. But Japan couldn't reach the final this year as minor league veteran Mario Santiago stymied the Samurai offense into the fifth inning before departing with forearm tightness. [...] Continue Reading »
MIAMI—The Dominican Republic, the most efficient producer of baseball talent in the world, is on the hunt for its first WBC title. And, with the way the Dominicans are playing, maybe this is their year.
On Saturday afternoon, the Dominicans completed a perfect run through the first two rounds of the tournament, defeating Puerto Rico, 2-0, to win Pool 2 before 25,846 fans. The total attendance for the six-game tournament was 153,115.
Both Puerto Rico and D.R. had already advanced to the WBC semifinals, but this game determined seeding for the next round. It means Puerto Rico must travel cross-country tonight and play Japan, winner of Pool 1 and the defending two-time WBC champion, Sunday night at 9 p.m. ET. The DR, with a six-game Classic winning streak, gets a day off and plays the Netherlands at 9 p.m. ET Monday. The winners of those games plays for the WBC championship Tuesday night at 8 p.m. ET. [...] Continue Reading »
Official minor league transactions, conveyed to us by Major League Baseball, for the period March 9-13.
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Signed: RHP Dan Cortes (did not play in '12)
Optioned to Triple-A: RHP Chase Anderson, RHP Charles Brewer, LHP Eury de la Rosa, OF Alfredo Marte
Optioned to Double-A: RHP Eric Smith, RHP Zeke Spruill, OF Keon Broxton
This is the same Dan Cortes who was once a prospect for the White Sox, Royals and Mariners, and you can get a sense of how the industry viewed his potential because he was traded twice for big leaguers. Kansas City parted with Mike MacDougal to acquire Cortes in July '06, and Seattle sent Yuniesky Betancourt to K.C. in July '09 to add Cortes.
Non-tendered by the Mariners following the '11 season, Cortes maintained a high strikeout rate to the end. As a reliever for Triple-A Tacoma, he struck out 59 in 52 innings, but also walked 33 and allowed 56 hits.
Atlanta Braves
Optioned to Triple-A: RHP Cory Rasmus
Optioned to Double-A: RHP Juan Jaime, RHP Aaron Northcraft [...] Continue Reading »
By Walter Villa
MIAMI – Team USA scored three runs in its final three innings, but it was what happened at the beginning of the game that doomed the Americans.
They couldn't hit Nelson Figueroa.
That, in a nutshell, is why the U.S. lost to Puerto Rico, 4-3, Friday night, getting eliminated from the World Baseball Classic, just one win shy of the semifinals.
Puerto Rico, which knocked out another one of the tournament's favorites, Venezuela, in the first round, advances from Miami along with the Dominican Republic. They will be joined in San Francisco next week by Japan and Holland.
Figueroa's career numbers in the majors are not impressive. He is 20-35 with a 4.55 ERA, and he hasn't pitched in the big leagues since 2011. But the 38-year-old righthander was on Friday night, according to American second baseman Brandon Phillips.
"He kept us off balance," Phillips said of Figueroa. "He hit his spots. I've faced him plenty of times, and that's the best I've seen him pitch." [...] Continue Reading »
Former University of Miami star and eight-year minor league veteran Cesar Carrillo has received a 100-game suspension without pay for his violations of the minor league drug program, Major League Baseball announced in a press release Friday.
The 28-year-old Carrillo, a first-round pick by the Padres in 2005, has pitched for three organizations (and one independent team) in the past three seasons, finishing last year with six appearances at Double-A Erie in the Tigers system.
Carrillo's name surfaced in an offseason Miami New Times report that linked him—and other former Hurricanes—with Biogenesis, a South Florida anti-aging clinic that reportedly sold performance-enhancing drugs to players. [...] Continue Reading »
MIAMI—It's do or die for both Team USA and Puerto Rico tonight in Pool 2 of the World Baseball Classic, and both managers have made a change in their starting lineups.
Team USA's Joe Torre, still adjusting to Thursday's injury to third baseman David Wright, will try Ben Zobrist at the hot corner. Zobrist has played 20 innings at third over four games (two starts) in the major leagues in his career. Willie Bloomquist got the emergency start on Thursday.
In addition, Shane Victorino will DH instead of Zobrist.
"It gives us probably a little more offense with Ben being a switch-hitter," Torre said. "I didn't want to drop it on (Zobrist) last night because I think he' s played about four games in three years at third base, even though he played a few innings for us in Arizona at third. He's willing to do anything for us."
If the U.S. were to win tonight at Marlins Park, Padres third baseman Chase Headley has reportedly accepted an invitation to play for the Americans in the semifinals in San Francisco.
Headley won Silver Slugger and Gold Glove awards last season, when he led the NL with 115 RBIs.
Meanwhile, Puerto Rico manager Edwin Rodriguez has inserted Jesus Feliciano into his lineup in left field and as the second batter.
"He is coming off the flu and is doing OK," Rodriguez said. "The change is because of Feliciano's experience and ability. He knows how to handle the pressure of these types of games."
Tonight's pitching matchup of righthanders remains unchanged—Ryan Vogelsong for Team USA and Nelson Figueroa for Puerto Rico.
Remember the unnamed converted catcher profiled in Baseball America last month from a recent private workout in the Dominican Republic? His name is Jose Santiago, and he has signed with the Mariners for $205,000.
Santiago, a 19-year-old righthander, is 6-foot-2, 185 pounds and has only been pitching for less than a year but has shown impressive aptitude in picking it up fairly quickly. He throws a heavy 91-93 mph fastball and the ball comes out of his hand without much effort. His 77-81 mph breaking ball has three-quarters break that may eventually turn into a true slider. He throws a firm changeup, but given how new he is to pitching he's mostly a two-pitch guy with his fastball and his breaking ball. Santiago's trainer in the Dominican Republic is known as "Titico."
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MIDLAND---A story that brought tears to peoples' eyes on Wednesday about a missing dog belonging to a veteran, has come home after missing for four weeks.
A veteran named Brian who served in Afghanistan for 4 years, was born and raised in Midland and experienced nothing short of a miracle on Tuesday evening.
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Over the years, we've bought mostly Legos because of their quality and variety and number of kits. We have a few Megablocks from Canada, my son is a big fan of Pirates of the Caribbean and MegaBlocks got the contract to make constuction kits for the franchise. A few years ago we spotted some Kids Connection bricks at Wal-Mart, they were extremely cheap and in a neat storage case, so we snatched them up. I've recently discovered another company, Best-Lock out of England.
Legos are to found everywhere. Kids Connection is a brand owned by Wal-Mart, so they're exclusive, but they look a lot like MegaBlocks, so I bet MegaBlocks makes them for Wal-Mart and several other retailers. Mega-Blocks are found everywhere. Toys'R'Us has Best-Lock on their shelves and on their amazon.com portal.
I'm sure there are a dozen different companies that copy Legos or come into their own, these are just the name brands that I've come into contact with.
I just found out that K'NEX also makes good quality bricks that are compatible with Legos, but we don't have any K'NEX bricks, just the sticks and connectors. (thanks westfw!)
Step 1: Lego my construction brick!
They are made of relatively dense plastic and very opaque. They usually have very little flash on their pieces. The denser plastic also makes for better adhesion. If the bricks make a sharp click when they stick together, they're going to be harder to seperate. (Thanks for the reminder, LilPunk32!) Legos almost always click, and some times require the use of the Lego Brick Seperator tool. The tool comes in handy when dealing with flat plates that require leverage.
You can order all sorts of bricks on-line at lego.com through their "Pick-A-Brick" program. You can also order any piece from any set over the phone, but it'll cost ya, they have to ship them from their headquarters in Denmark.
Lego is the best in my opinion because megablocks don't stick together and I've never heard or the others, LOL
Thanks for the instructable!