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Solid construction at minimal price.
I used it to pinch and pull a bent washer that was partially cut and one that provided only a eight of an inch grip clearance below the washer. The pliers held the washer...Read complete review
I used it to pinch and pull a bent washer that was partially cut and one that provided only a eight of an inch grip clearance below the washer. The pliers held the washer firmly in place by locking on to the one eight inch of washer and I was able to twist it free without loosing hold of it.
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Good lock pliers for the price. Great that they come with a life time warenty. Down side is if you are not careful the tip will bend and no longer align, but in the event that happens simply return for a new pair no questions asked.
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Good price and good quality. I only used these grips a couple of times and they worked well. Especally nice when you can grab something in a tight area.
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By Doug
from Joppa md
Had to hold motor shaft to remove impeller I tight area. Worked great.
Can't have too many of these
By Bob2ran
from Earlton, NY
About Me Professional
I'm a welder, and when it comes to locking pliers, I believe you can't have too many. I use them to supplement clamps holding work to be welded. On a recent project, I "ran out" of these long nose ones and made a note to get more at my next Harbor Freight visit.
great price good tool
By bbs
from concord
did the job that I needed it for.
By Lloyd the odot
from Ontario, Canada
Love em!!
By Gator
from Hudson, Florida
Great price for the quality, work well in those hard to reach areas with pliers. Wish they came with dipped handles though...
, "Love this thing"
By Gary
from Colorado Springs
Excellent value, good durable quality. Multiple size choices, I couldn't ask for more.
they do what their supposed to do
By Sir_Malaki
from Bridgeport, MI
Not bad for the price
By Ron
from Ypsilanti, MI
Good deal for the price. One could do better, but they would have to spend at least 3 to 5 time what they would have spent on these pliers.
Well made
By Whip
from Memphis Tennessee
These locking pliers are very well made and seem to be strong and should last a long time.
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2013 Buffalo Sabres MSG-TV imaging 222 Listens
New Narration Demo - May 2013 220 Listens
eLearning Excellence 398 Listens
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Character and Animation sampler 66 Listens
Fun and Games (Xbox 360) 286 Listens
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Cool Skateboard Feel 39 Listens
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Difficult Medical Terminology 100 Listens
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From Ian Tremblay To R. Michael Hass - PRO Sports VOice (Re: Job #188720) Mr. Hass was very good to work with, very accommodating and responsive to feedback, I would highly recommend!Jun 5, 2016
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Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly has said Pakistani ghazal singer Ghulam Ali's concert in Kolkata should not be held at the Eden Gardens. The cricketer said in view of the ICC inspection on January 15 ahead of the World T20, 2016. Ghulam Ali is scheduled to perform in the city on Janua...read more
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Shahrukh Khan thrown a party at Mannat but he did not invite former skipper Sourav Ganguly. Shahrukh along with his team KKR invited the players of Pune Warriors and Deccan Chargers to his bash but did not invite Sourav who is now playing for Pune Warriors. It seems King Khan and Dada is not int...read more
Shahrukh Khan has extended olive branch to former skipper Sourav Ganguly by inviting him to a party arranged at Mannat. Along with KKR players, Pune Warriors and Deccan Chargers were also invited. Obviously, Sourav who replaced Ashish Nehra of Pune Warriors is also in the guest list. To s...read more
Superstar and owner of Kolkata Knight Riders Shahrukh Khan took a little dig at former skipper Sourav Ganguly and said that the team is really doing well without the services of Sourav. SRK also added that franchise had offered Dada with a special assignment of mentoring KKR but he did no...read more
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Is the style Sinatra? Buddy Greco? Nope, it's Jerry Grillo's own. The Milwaukee vocalist brings his jazz stylings--- and his band -- to the Mitchell Park Domes "Music Under Glass" series Thursday night at 6:30 p.m.
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Its stupid because neither one of them appear to be wearing a lifejacket. Last time I checked it was the law when riding a PWC.
Yeap, they are breaking the law. Wonder if DNR can send them a ticket by mail.
I agree with all of you. This so stupid that they would put this in the paper knowing that those two are breaking the law.


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What is your perfect bite of food?A few chocolate chips in a spoonful of creamy, salted peanut butter?Chopsticks holding the freshest Yellow Tail sashimi imaginable with jalapeño and citrus?A forkful of medium-rare steak topped garlic-gorgonzola mashed potato and a caramelized shallot?That's a yes, yes … [Read more...]
Idaho Potatoes Through The Seasons
Top Food Bloggers Share Their Favorite Potato Recipes. From bright, summer potato salads to creamy, winter mashed potatoes -- they're all mouth-wateringly delicious!Four years ago, just before I launched Cooking On The Weekends, I went to Camp Blogaway for the first time. Patti Londre, the founder and leader, … [Read more...]
Garlic-Onion Crispy Fingerling Potato Recipe
Sometimes I feel like I'm in a hurry all of the time. Actually, I'll be honest, I am in a hurry all of the time. I'm always trying to fit as many things as I can into one day, and wishing for more hours all the while. I know I'm not alone, so let's do something different today.Let's slow down! And yes, I know, … [Read more...]
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DAY ONE: IDAHO POTATO HARVEST TOUR & Roasted Poblano Idaho Yukon Gold Potato Soup Recipe
For more on the Idaho Potato Harvest Tour, you can also check out the remaining days: Day Two, Day Three, and The Last Day.Scroll to the bottom of this post if you're in a hurry to get to the recipe -- though I hope you'll take your time to get to know Idaho with me!What do you get when some fantastic folks from … [Read more...]
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We must celebrate potatoes before February is over.It's not like we don't enjoy potatoes all the time, but you see, February is Potato Lovers' Month!Potatoes are a quintessential ingredient in almost any comfort food dish. And why wouldn't they be? Pulled from the earth, they're warming, buttery, creamy, and … [Read more...]
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You guys call this a mosh? I've seen old ladies do better
Sand Land continues to serve as the spot to be for neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and plain ol' racist nativists to party down. Just check out the above video for the 2009 Oi Fest, held yearly in Tonopah, Arizona, and sponsored by the local, pseudo-Klansters of the White Knights of America.
This year, Oi Fest III will bring you all the sieg heil-in' your tiny Aryan brain can stand, as well as some rather tepid slam-dancing to judge by the participants in this video. Sheesh, the Sun City Shuffle Board Tournament boasts fiercer moshin'.
And what's up with that dood with the tramp stamp? That has to be a first. I thought only chicks scored those.
Not that there's anything wrong with neo-Nazi homoeroticism. Back in the day, many in the SA (Hitler's stormtroopers) knew the love that dare not speak its name. You could call it a tradition of sorts.
Oi Fest III is scheduled to play host to such musical non-entities as Slaghammer, White Knuckle Driver, Enforcer, Stormtroop 16, and Max Resist on Saturday, October 23.
Twenty dollars in advance gains you entry. The White Knights are asking for a $30 donation at the gate, unless you buy tickets pre-show. Rumor has it that funds are going to a scholarship in Timothy McVeigh's name to assist whacked-out white trash losers attend rehab.
It'll be worth the price of admission, skins. There'll be more toothless meth-smokin' hags there than you can shake a Field Marshal's baton at, and plenty of FBI informants to boot. So get in while you can. Next stop, a federal or state pen of your choosing.
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Nah, they're protestin' illegal immigration, just like they were last November when they marched on the Arizona state Capitol, got owned by the Phoenix Anarchists, and ended up causing a car wreck in downtown Phoenix. See, Volkswagens aside, neo-Nazis drive worse than Lindsay Lohan after a snort.
Arizona's tourist industry may be ailing, but neo-Nazis love the place. I envision tour packages for aspiring Shutzstaffel. Maybe a meet-and-greet with Sheriff Joe and state Senator Russell Pearce could be part of the deal. That, and a ride with J.T. Ready in the Vekol Valley to hunt illegal aliens.
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The very old father can not be suitable to cope up with this changing and technology world.Its time for him to leave the office.We had had enough of family government and now we want real and original PNG government.The Prime Minister seat was not given to his father when he passed away.This is a number game but,we wonder why all elected MPs just bow down to him.Why the MPs are fearing of this guy?This a big question just laying on the table of the MPs especialy Highlands.Please make a move so that PNG can have new Prime Minister.Time blong ol yang pela man ino lapun man..
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Seats are still available in the Foundation of Wayne Community College's mini course on William Shakespeare's plays. "Shakespeare Uncovered II" is set for 7 p.m. on Mondays, April 13, 20, and 27. It will be held in Room 101 in the Walnut Building on the college's main […]Read more →
Wayne Community College Continuing Education will start a number of courses is April that will develop skills for the workplace or personal interest. Those classes include Microsoft Excel 2013 Intermediate, 6-8 p.m., Thursdays, April 2-May 14; Microsoft Office Certification Preparation, 6-8:30 p.m., Thursdays, April 2-May 14; Microsoft […]Read more →
Wayne Community College will hold its biannual public presentation on Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 31in Moffatt Auditorium on the college's main campus in Goldsboro. Dr. James Atkins of Southeastern Medical Oncology will share information on […]Read more →
More than four dozen employers will be participating in the 23rd Annual Job Fair at Wayne Community College this Wednesday (March 25). The fair, which open to the public at no charge, will be held 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Wayne Learning Center Atrium on […]Read more →
The same week that the popular American Idol television show will winnow its finalist roster from 10 to nine, "WCC Idol" will go from 10 to one. The Wayne Community College singing competition began in October 2014 and, through a series of elimination […]Read more →
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Interesting report but it cost $175 and it would be interested on what they think about snta and why. Most of us already know that the most value in a biotech is often created after positive phase 2 results. Appreciate it if anyone can share the report.
Finally, on the small-cap area, a name that we're starting to talk more about is Synta Pharmaceuticals. Synta is a development-stage company moving into Phase III with what's called an Hsp90 inhibitor, and Hsp90 is a chaperone, essentially a bodyguard, for key oncogenic proteins in cancer cells, and by targeting Hsp90, you could get different drivers of cancer growth in different tumor types. And this is a highly leverageable platform where Synta is studying the drug in 20 different trials and where we think they've got a best-in-class drug in this Hsp90 space. We expect significant data flow from the company over the next 12 months in breast cancer, melanoma and lung cancer. And they have the prospect to really move more broadly into all solid tumors as well as blood cancer. So we think Synta is a name over the next 12 months that will do very well.
TWST: Would you begin with a brief introduction to your coverage universe, including some of the specific biotech and pharmaceutical companies you follow?
Dr. Birchenough: We cover 22 small-, mid- and large-cap biotech companies with four large caps, three midcaps and 17 small caps. Our focus has historically been on oncology drug developments, rheumatology drug development, metabolic disease and orphan diseases. And that continues to be our focus today, but in particular, oncology drug development.
Some of the names we cover are — our top picks right now are Celgene (CELG) and Gilead (GILD) on the large-cap side; Regeneron (REGN), Onyx (ONXX) and United Therapeutics (UTHR) on the midcap side; Ariad (ARIA), Synta (SNTA) and Rigel (RIGL), and Isis (ISIS) as well, on the small-cap side.
TWST: You prefer U.S. biotech stocks relative to U.S. pharma stocks. Please tell us your reasons for that view.
Dr. Birchenough: If you look over the last several years, the valuations for U.S. biotech stocks have contracted substantially, where if we look at valuation relative to forward earnings, the valuations are pretty close between U.S. biotech and U.S. pharma. But with U.S. biotech, what you get that you don't get with U.S. pharma is a more sustainable growth pattern for legacy products. We don't see the patent cliffs that we see for large pharma, you see better pricing power outside the U.S. and bigger opportunities for international growth, and we think you see a greater degree of innovation, which ultimately is what drives value. And the bottom line is we think there are higher barriers to entry that are established by large U.S. biotech companies than we see with large pharma.
TWST: What are some of the most exciting new drugs or technologies coming out of your companies investors would want to be aware of?
Dr. Birchenough: I think the biggest things thematically that we're seeing from a technology perspective is continued focus on molecular diagnostics guiding molecular therapeutics in oncology, in particular. And so what we're starting to see is companies succeeding at identifying key drivers of cancer-cell growth, identifying with diagnostics what those drivers are, and targeting those patients specifically with highly effective drugs. This is an area that we think we're going to continue to see growth in and where most of the oncology studies that are starting right now are being done with molecular diagnostics and better-characterized patients and more targeted drugs targeted at these oncogenic drivers of disease.
TWST: What are some of the industry-specific metrics you use to evaluate biotech and pharma companies investors in the space should also be sure to understand and analyze?
Dr. Birchenough: I think when you look at the U.S. biotech group and you're trying to figure out where to invest, I think you want to look at the maturity of the company — whether they're preclinical, whether they're development stage, Phase I through Phase III, whether they're commercial safe. I think you want to look at how well they understand their drugs, how well characterized the drugs are in earlier-stage development because, historically, companies have not spent enough time characterizing the drugs well enough and have ended up running into toxicity problems later in development.
So I think you want to look at companies and how well they characterize the drugs in early development. You look at whether these are small molecule pharmaceuticals or if they are large molecule biologics, and large molecule biologics tend to have longer patent life and are more resistant to generic erosion, so there's a preference there for the larger biologic molecules.
And I think overall the biggest thing is when you look at U.S. biotech or any therapeutic company, look for sustainability of their growth, and that comes down to patent protection. And you want to look at companies and whether they have extended patent protection or whether they have shorter claims, and how difficult it is to copy their drugs. So those are some of the things that we look at.
You also want to look at therapeutic focus insofar as there are some therapeutic areas that are much tougher than others, and ultimately, you also want to look at relative valuation and what expectations are built into a stock. Historically, we've looked at a group of roughly 170 development-stage biotech companies over a four-year cycle, and categorized the companies by stage of development, therapeutic focus, whether they were internally developed compounds or externally in-licensed, and valuation to see if there were some trends in terms of where value is created. And what we found from that analysis is that companies — that most of the value was created in Phase II in establishing proof of concept, that, historically, as we finish one cycle — most of the value was created in areas away from oncology.
And in terms of in-licensing versus internal development, there wasn't really a difference in terms of that business strategy, but the internal development led to more stable stock prices, and valuation's always a difficult thing to look back historically and say, "We're at the right point to invest." But if you look at enterprise value relative to cash on hand, the sweet spot tended to be at a level around two times cash. So those are some of the metrics that we have explored historically and some of the ways to think about approaching the U.S. biotech group.
TWST: What are the key headwinds on the horizon for biotech companies over the next 12 to 18 months, and which kinds of companies tend to have more or less exposure? What about for pharma companies?
Dr. Birchenough: The headwinds tend to be company specific. But that being said, if we look at what the drivers have been of biotech outperformance, any reversal of some of those drivers could be headwinds. And so when we look at what's driven U.S. biotech outperformance over the last 12 months, it's really been a favorable macro environment, it's been what we've seen as a more favorable regulatory environment both with FDA and EMA, it's really been large-cap companies demonstrating that legacy products have sustainable growth over the longer term, and it's been a record number of product successes. And so what could create headwinds would be if there's a change in the macro environment.
When we look at the macro environment, we've got low GDP growth and we've got low interest rates, and when you tend to see situations where growth is hard to find elsewhere in the economy, biotech is very attractive. If we started to see growth from other aspects of the economy, the scarcity value for biotech growth might go away a bit. Biotech is a very capital-intensive industry, and so when interest rates are very low, biotech companies tend to do very well, and biotech's been very successful recently in having a capital market that's been open to financing, so any closing of that financing window could be a headwind as well.
On the regulatory side, we've seen an FDA that's very constructive around drug approvals. It's not to say that we're seeing timely drug approvals, but we're seeing where FDA has concerns, a more thorough vetting of those concerns and a willingness to work with companies to approve drugs. So the approval of some of the obesity drugs recently is a good example of the FDA being more constructive, so obviously, if we saw a regulatory environment where FDA started rejecting more drugs again and a pendulum shift, that would be a headwind, but it's not one we anticipate.
But then, ultimately, it really comes down to product successes, and this is why headwinds are very individual, and certainly for the sector, if we had a string of product failures that might remind investors that this is a risky area of development, but you'd really need accumulative facts to represent a headwind. But ultimately, that's the biggest driver of the group are these individual product events, and it's very company specific.
TWST: Are there any common misconceptions, complexities or nuances about investing in biotech or pharma the average investor may not fully understand, but he or she should know before investing?
Dr. Birchenough: Biotech is a very complicated area, an area with a lot of nuance that the average investor, I think, has been leery of historically and probably should continue to be leery of. That being said, there's been a maturity of the biotech sector that may be underappreciated insofar as there are many more commercial-stage companies that have been derisked that might fit into a generalist investor's portfolio, and is a more rational process of drug development that I alluded to previously, where companies are starting to better understand diseases at a molecular level, identify the drivers of disease better, and target more specifically with drugs those diseases, and so successes are more predictable.
And so overall, we'd say this is still a risky area of development, but we think there are a greater proportion of companies that are now investable. I could probably say, historically, it was just a small number of large-cap companies, now we've got a very large group of midcap commercial-stage companies that are substantially derisked. So that may be underappreciated, and while it's still complicated to develop drugs into succeeding clinical development, there is a more rational process now than what, historically, seemed to be more of a trial-and-error process.
TWST: What is your take on current valuations? And when you combine valuations with your mid- to long-term outlook for the sectors, is this the right time to be buying biotech and pharmaceutical stocks?
Dr. Birchenough: Notwithstanding the significant run we had in the group over the last 12 months, we still think that this is a very good time to be investing in U.S. biotech. Valuations appear very attractive when we look at the large caps and where they're trading at a multiple of earnings. We have several situations where there are substantial dislocations in valuation.
One good example is Celgene, where Celgene right now is trading at roughly 13 times forward earnings, and they have the ability to grow earnings long term at a rate of 20% to 25%. That's a very specific example of an area of value dislocation, and we think over the next 12 months, you'll see a multiple expansion with Celgene. But more broadly, when we look at the group, we've got the large caps trading in that same range of 12 times to 13 times forward earnings and with growth prospects that justify a much higher multiple. So we still view valuations as attractive.
We would say, however, as we're looking at some of the small, midcap companies, where valuation is a little more difficult to get a handle on, that a more stock-specific approach needs to be taken, and one needs to look at some of the companies that perhaps haven't moved as of yet that still have big events that drive it.
TWST: What are your top picks in biotech and pharmaceuticals?
Dr. Birchenough: So in the large-cap area, I think we'd highlight Gilead, which we think has several attractive opportunities. What we like about Gilead is the continued growth of their legacy franchise in HIV, and where we expect their dominance in HIV not just to continue, but to be expanded as they come forward with some very attractive life-extension products that we think can expand their opportunity further.
And beyond that, we think that they are in the leadership position in terms of the next big area of antiviral therapy, and that is hepatitis C, and we think that they have the best-in-class direct antiviral for hepatitis C in their drug GS-7977. And ultimately, we think that that will be a significant growth driver for the company over the next decade, and where we'll have Phase III data next year that we think will establish a substantial lead over other companies in the hepatitis C space.
Conceptually, when we look at the opportunity for Gilead in hepatitis C, it's a significant opportunity where there are 12 million patients in the U.S., Europe and Japan; where pricing for these direct antivirals are at roughly $50,000 per patient head, so you're looking at a $600 billion theoretical market opportunity, which won't impact entirely, but it really represents a significant opportunity for Gilead, and again, we think they're in the leadership position.
On the midcap side, our top pick right now is Onyx Pharmaceuticals, and Onyx is one of the few companies that could emerge from 2012 with three separate drugs for cancer on the market. They've had their drug Maxivar on the market partnered with Bayer (BAYN.DE) for the last six years or seven years, and that's a billion-dollar seller that generates substantial profits to Onyx.
And now, they've just got what could be a bigger drug in carfilzomib approved for myeloma, where we know that the myeloma market can support drugs that can do multiple billion dollars in sales, and we think carfilzomib is a best-in-class drug that's wholly owned by Onyx, and where it can drive substantial earnings.
Finally, they have a third drug called Regorafenib, which we think will get approved for colorectal cancer by year end, and that's a drug where they collect a very healthy royalty that will drop right to the bottom line. So overall, we think that Onyx has a rare combination of product diversification, commercial-stage opportunity and the prospects for sustained earnings growth that should attract investment.
Finally, on the small-cap area, a name that we're starting to talk more about is Synta Pharmaceuticals. Synta is a development-stage company moving into Phase III with what's called an Hsp90 inhibitor, and Hsp90 is a chaperone, essentially a bodyguard, for key oncogenic proteins in cancer cells, and by targeting Hsp90, you could get different drivers of cancer growth in different tumor types. And this is a highly leverageable platform where Synta is studying the drug in 20 different trials and where we think they've got a best-in-class drug in this Hsp90 space. We expect significant data flow from the company over the next 12 months in breast cancer, melanoma and lung cancer. And they have the prospect to really move more broadly into all solid tumors as well as blood cancer. So we think Synta is a name over the next 12 months that will do very well.


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Puig, Mattingly, Brawl. Dodgers Win.
First of all, leave it to Gibby to preside over a Yasiel Puig ambush. And leave it to that a Trojan, Ian Kennedy, to take it to another level with said ambush and hit the Cuban in the face.
Kudos goes to none other than Chavez Ravine's resident toughguy Zack Greinke having balls on top of balls – the man has now sparked the TWO biggest brawls of the year?! Maybe I had him wrong or maybe he's really mixing good medications. Either way, thank you Jared for live-tweeting me the brawl while I was at the Bjork concert. Sorry, Björk. Guh. I mean, "I love you, wife."
Either way, awesome awesome awesome of MLB to not pussy out and edit anything, so here is the brawl in its entirety.
A couple observations:
*Puig throws a punch! at 0:34 right before the camera flashes away. He is irate when the camera pans back out, and rightfully so. The man took a fastball to the face.
*Don Mattingly, the MANAGER of the Dodgers, throws Alan Trammell to the ground at 0:44 (top left).
*1:02. Vin Scully, "no sense calling out names. They're all there."
*Mark McGwire at 1:22 – 1:32 and 1:38 is so rageful, so angry, so intense (and literally STILL paul bunyon-esque) that his stature as a dodger just jumped about seven levels. Literally awesome work, McG. You might not be able to coach hitting but you sure have forearms like the Ultimate Warrior.
*Mattingly, back at it at 1:33, right in Kirk Gibson's face.
*Juan Uribe, the most underrated Dodger (i know i know his 2012 was abysmal but the guy loves the game and loves being a Dodger. Plus he just hacks so recklessly and violently that even though he K's like a quarter of the time he's fun to watch. Plus when he gets hot, he goes yard like five times in a week) wild-eyed, charging and looking for any target to smash. Great brawlplayer. Check 0:23 – 0:33 for highlights.
*Don Baylor and Josh Beckett (?!!?) in the middle at 2:00. Yeah, Josh Beckett!!!
*Uribe, again out of nowhere in the middle 2:20, right before Puig, still angry, starts jawing again.
*Puig's solo walk at 2:58, very poignant and great camera work. Ejected, battered & (literally) bruised – but not defeated – retires to his corner.
*Great shot of some 80's/90's stars now in their 50's at 3:30. Charles Nagy with Gibby, as Baylor and Trammel join the discussion.
*Dodger crowd at 3:45, showing some great energy and appreciation for what was witnessed.
*4:51 (replay) Vin notices Miguel Montero eyeballs Greinke up & down when he steps into the box "not that that means anything" Uh huh.
*5:30 (replay) Really good and apt shot of Belisario (Blow-a-Savio) flailing and ending up on one knee against, well, nobody. Pretty indicative of his year thus far.
*6:05 (replay) in what looks like a shot out of American Me, Turner Ward up against the camera (and over the railing) as he gets pounded.
*6:38 (replay) real closeup shot of McGwire, in which Vin says "boy McGwire is really dangerous, he's so angry."
Angry enough to even coach some hitters, starting with Federowicz, who walloped the game-winning double. But in baseball, tomorrow is another day and momentum is only as strong as your starting pitcher. Hyun-Jin Ryu has been throwing well, but he's going against an undefeated Patrick Corbin. We'll see if this was indeed the brawl that started it all for the Boys in Blue.
F*cking Padres.
It started with Marvell Wynne.
It was the 1986 Pennant Chase, and it's right around this point that my first baseball memories were developing. I remember the likes of Alejandro Pena, Alex Trevino, Bill Madlock accompanying the Dodgers' 'stars' like Steve Sax and Pedro Guerrero.
The Dodgers were involved in the Pennant Chase and I keenly recall Marvell Freakin' Wynne hitting a bases clearing triple to win a late season game for the Padres, inching them closer to the division title that would eventually be the Dodgers'. Regardless, those fake pinstripes and ugly colors bothered me even then – I mean, you're NOT the Yankees, lose the pinstripes. Even though my family had a fondess for and cousin residing in the city, it irked me that they wanted to be included under the SoCal umbrella. True, they were SoCal geographically but SoCal is Los Angeles. NOT Orange County, NOT Riverside, and certainly NOT the sleepy beach town that had somehow grown into a moribund metropolis.
Regardless, I ended up meeting Dale Murphy on a family vacation in San Diego the following year, and then in 1988 – as fate would have it – my first 'real' little league team, in Mission Hills Major Division, happened to be those ugly-pinstriped Friars. For three stinkin' years I was a Padre, and for three years we'd come up short. The Braves, the Astros, the Cardinals – these were real teams, real organizations! – would edge us out one way or the other. Realistically, it was because they had more talent and better coaching. I knew better, though – it was because we were the Padres, the franchise that would torment Los Angeles so subtly but so consistently that I grew to out-hate by innate Bay Area rival Giants. This was a true antipathy for the Pads.
From 1990 – 1995, the Pads were a non-factor, never finishing higher than 3rd. They still pestered my beloved Dodgers, however, and Gary Sheffield's angry bat waving and blistering bat speed might have single-handedly banished the Dodgers to 99 losses in 1993. At least in my own mind. I mean Steve Finley, Brad Ausmus – guys who would become Dodgers – were at the time some of my least favorite players. They just annoyed me, and that's my whole point here: everything about San Diego is annoying. At least to true Angelenos. And as my adolescence progressed, I became more loyal – fiercely loyal – to mi ciudad. San Diego was a Ken Caminiti throw across the diamond from Tijuana, but the franchise seemed so antiseptic, this quasi-Disney world of self-imposed, sun-enamored isolation. I mean Tony Gwynn was a GREAT ballplayer, a really dynamic player on all levels, but he was a singles hitter. And that's perfect Padre baseball. Even their all-time greatest legend's best skill was getting to first base.
The 1998 World Series was particularly annoying, but being that I was in college – the rivalry to the southerly neighbors was an afterthought, and they were swept by the Yankees anyway. Take that, you fake pinstripers. No matter anyway, as the Padres reclaimed their rightful place in the N.L. West gutter for three of the subsequent five seasons.
The arrival of Bruce Bochy and his massive cabeza spawned a renaissance of Padre hatred for me in my early adult years. A pragmatic manager with mediocrity seemingly ingrained in his demeanor, he guided the club through those comfortable years at the bottom of the division. Then all of a sudden the emergence of Jake Peavy somehow thrusts this barely-over-.500 team to the Division Title. With an offense featuring Brian Giles & Ryan Klesko, they were rightfully swept in the playoffs and on their merry way. But with the Dodgers in perennial turmoil (read: Fox, McCourt), the Padres were somehow a better franchise. The Pads, especially after their Adrian Gonzalez-led division repeat in 2006, were literally a superior organization than my beloved Dodgers. Even with the most overrated closer in the game's history in Trevor Hoffman – hey guys, try to hit my 83mph changeup, because I know you can smoke my 89mph fastball – the Padres were piling up wins faster than my team. And this annoyance was waxing again. It became evident that the Padres would be the perennial thorn in my side, at least vis-a-vis my Dodgers feelings.
Which brings us to last night. And Carlos Quentin. Carlos Quentin, who by the way, attended Stanford University, the "Ivy League of the West Coast." Carlos Quentin, who has been hit 98 times by pitch since 2008, by far the major league leader, decided that Zack Greinke, he of the anxiety disorders, the social awkwardness, the i'd-rather-be-anywhere-than-in-the-spotlight, would intentionally throw at him in a one-run ballgame, with a full count. Based on the reactions of Greinke (kicked the dirt, turned his head), A.J. Ellis (casually pulled off his mask) and everybody in the stadium aside from Carlos Quentin, one could reasonably assess that Zack Greinke did NOT hit Quentin intentionally. Quentin thought otherwise and the ensuing brouhaha left everybody so aghast that Matt Kemp, the centerfielder, was ejected six minutes after the brawl stopped. Jerry Hairston was also ejected, and he wasn't even playing. Hanley Ramirez made his first on-field cameo in 2013, and Josh Beckett was the peacemaker.
I was flipping back-and-forth between Vin Scully's poetic blow-by-blow and MLB Network's live look-in with Greg Amsinger, Mitch Williams & Dan Plesac, and the former ballplayers were downright angry. "Matt Kemp is so angry because he knows Carlos Quentin doesn't know baseball!" Williams exclaimed. "You don't hit a guy intentionally in that situation." Plesac also defended Greinke, "You can tell by everybody's reaction this wasn't intentional. When a catcher and pitcher know that you're throwing at a guy, the catcher will immediately place himself between the batter and pitcher after the pitch."
Which brings us back to Carlos Quentin, and back to San Diego. It's a city that is so engulfed in itself that it doesn't perceive the obvious. You're nice, you're relaxing, but nobody really likes you. That applies to real SoCal natives and it certainly is germane to the National League West. I need to just stop concerning myself with this psuedo-rival and worry about the team that's up north and has earned the moniker of rival through a century of playing on a level ballfield. I mean, Marvell Wynne? Really?
That's it? (runs, opening day)
I was noticing how low-scoring and homerless today's (Opening Day) games seemed. . .then I see MLB Network flash the stat:
average of 4.7 runs per BALLGAME today. Lowest for a full day (min. 7 games) since May 11, 1983.
*not lowest opening day, folks. Lowest single day run output per ballgame in 29 years!!!*
a good infotweet courtesy @espnstatsinfo: A recap of the day's pitching and how it – and the game with the most runs – rewrote the Opening Day record book. http://es.pn/I0jIB7.
sidenote(s): Matt Kemp. Dodgers. Magic. Vin Scully. Awww yeah, it's back!!!
The Real Magician.
Apparently, I'm not as excited as most Dodger fans regarding the landmark McCourt sale to Earvin Johnson & the Kasten-Guggenheim Group.
While I do feel that this change in ownership is necessary, and I certainly believe that this is the right 'team' to lead the organization for the next decade+, I'm a bit offput at both the $2 BILLION price tag. As of yesterday, the projected sale price was a robust $1.5 billion, though perhaps Time Magazine was a bit more optimistic, calling the $1.5 billion projection a 'bargain.' That latter conjecture turned out to be true, and while the Guggenheim team has $125 billion in assets, I don't see how you outbid somebody by half a billion dollars. . .
That's not my main gripe, however. The fact that McCourt still is a partner in a "land venture" in the surrounding Chavez Ravine area. Though he won't be an organizational decision-maker so that should be sufficient reason to back the Dodger news whole-heartedly, but my enthusiasm is definitely dampened. The main reason I cut back on tickets & attendance (personally) for the past two years was due to McCourt personally. The fallout from the divorce & proceedings led to a subpar experience at Dodger Stadium and Frank-ly, the team was inferior due to the shoestring budget of ownership.
New ownership – especially by one of L.A.'s most beloved icons – is definitely an enticement to head back to ballgames & the Stadium, but as Vin Scully's years wane, the pull to stay home and "get back to this one" on the TV may outweigh the fact that McCourt will still be getting my money. Furthermore, the unplanned-as-of-yet land venture will undoubtedly be a profit machine, adding to McCourts magical coffers. . .with my hard-earned money. I'm dubious.
Though it is definitely a 'fresh start' and celebratory moment at the Ravine, I'll feel better if Magic can really occur, and somehow Earvin Johnson can make McCourt disappear for good.
Until then, it's TIME for Dodger baseball. . .
Just so you Know the Facts (Matt Kemp, Triple Crown)
After an inspirational 4-for-5 last night (3 doubles, one mammoth HR and a damn inspirational, "next year, we're definitely going to make the playoffs" quote, Matt Kemp is putting together one of the greatest seasons in L.A. Dodgers history:
. . .and within THREE points and ONE homerun of the Triple Crown with six games to play. Outlandish? Of course, but the man is simply a force, and in an ironic, paradoxical finish to an otherwise toxic season in Chavez Ravine, he might join Clayton Kershaw as dual Dodger award winners come November.
Check out the leaderboard (thank you ESPN):
|1. Ryan Braun, MIL
|2. Jose Reyes, NYM
3. Matt Kemp, LAD
|4. Joey Votto, CIN
|5. Hunter Pence, HOU/PHI
|Complete Leaders
|1. Albert Pujols, STL
2. Matt Kemp, LAD
|3. Dan Uggla, ATL
|4. Prince Fielder, MIL
|5. Mike Stanton, FLA
|Complete Leaders
1. Matt Kemp, LAD
|2. Ryan Howard, PHI
|3. Prince Fielder, MIL
|4. Troy Tulowitzki, COL
|5. Ryan Braun, MIL
|Complete Leaders
FernandoMania Runs Deep
Thanks to Tom Hoffarth of the L.A. Daily News yet again for putting us on to TUESDAY's documentary/ESPN/30 for 30 feature.
Really good article, see the link here or copy below. Can't wait to see this – not just as a Dodger fan, but as a spouse of a Mexican who's family immigrated from Mexico, this will have a double importance – note the emphasis on the Mexican families being evicted from Chavez Ravine to make room for the Stadium; a particularly juicy irony for those that celebrated FernandoMania.
Why we're all still part of 'Fernando Nation'
The working title that Cruz Angeles had for his quickly-recruited ESPN "30 for 30" project was "The Bull and the Sleeping Giant."
Fernando Valenzuela was the former. Fernando, "El Toro." The other was the Mexican-American population of L.A.
But that hardly conveyed what he wanted to do: Tell the story of Valenzuela, but also revisit and rejoice in "Fernandomania" one more time, in the way he brought a somewhat fragmented city under one magical umbrella.
Angeles, a Brooklyn-based movie maker who grew up in South Central L.A. continues to stress a bit even today that his documentary, "Fernando National," which debuts Tuesday at 5 p.m. on ESPN (it repeats at 8 pm. on ESPN2 and at 9 p.m. on ESPN Classic), could have had more about how Valenzuela was taught the screwball (from teammate Bobby Castillo, after it was originally suggested by scout Mike Brito that he learn the split-finger fastball). Or why Fernando looked to the sky before delivering his pitch ("he said it was because he was in kind of a trance for a second, visualizing his target," said Angeles).
Those can be seen as major exclusions. So is the fact that, after a 50-day player strike, baseball needed so much to get in the fans' good graces that when it started the second half of the season with the postponed All-Star game, Fernando, still just a rookie, was named the National League's starting pitcher. Think of how Stephen Strasburg might have fit into that scenario.
But in the grand scheme of things — trying to document how Valenzuela made an impact on a culture and a city upon his arrival with a flury in 1981 — Angeles need not worry that Los Angeles will forget that part of it. We get enough screwball comedies on TV enough every season.
Starting and ending with Valenzuela's connection to the controversial Mexican-American family displacements around Chavez Ravine between 1952 and '58, the stuff in between will make your goosebumps rise again. Angeles was able to achieve both his goals.
Fernando's story isn't that tough to mess up, actually. The key is getting him to cooperate, which he did. And to speak on camera. In both Spanish and, for the first time many may hear it, in English.
"We only had five months," said Angeles, who estimates they shot about 30 hours of material, and had another 60 hours of archived material to go through to cut down to about 50 minutes. Thank goodness most of the ESPN "30 for 30" projects end up for sale on DVD with the director's additional cuts.
Angeles was approached by ESPN for any ideas he might have for this documentary project, and he had already done some initial legwork in getting Valenzuela to agree to do something about his life. So he pitched it. And they're weren't initially sold.
"In a way, Fernando's story has already been told through baseball history — it's what Joe DiMaggio did for the Italians, or Sandy Koufax for the Jewish community … aside from what Jackie Robinson did," said Angeles. "But there was much more context to put Fernando's story into.
That would be the history of the 170-acre land under Dodger Stadium, which bulldozed three communities of 300 families, most of whom had already moved away by the time the city council of L.A. and the county board of supervisors had given Walter O'Malley the spot to build the park. Those who remained had to be forcibly taken away, with the TV cameras rolling and the photographers snapping pictures.
That Valenzuela arrived in L.A., Angeles found out, wasn't so much by accident. O'Malley wanted a "Mexican Sandy Koufax" to bring back the local Mexican-American fans to the stadium, even though many boycotted the Dodgers, blaming them for what happened.
A key clip in the documentary is from then-general manager Al Campanis — infamously fired in 1987 when he made racial-heavy comments about African-Americans lacking "the necessities" of becoming a big-league manager.
"Mr. O'Malley, he would say, 'Al, do you think it's possible that we might get a good Mexican player? there are a lot of Hispanic-speaking people here and it would be a help to have somebody of their own playing on our ballclub."
Yes, "Hispanic-speaking" was the term he used. It reminds us of how then-Dodgers broadcaster Jerry Doggett would refer to the "Latin-speaking" fans who jammed Dodger Stadium during the 1981 season to see Fernando pitch.
Angeles taps into people like United Farm Workers of America co-founder Dolores Huerta, author and poet Luis Rodriguez, former boxing champ Oscar de la Hoya, former L.A. Opinion managing editor J. Gerardo Lopez , former ABC producer Estella Lopez and actor Ray Lara to provide the Chicano context. Interestingly, Dodgers Hall of Fame broadcaster Jaime Jarrin, who was Fernando's main translator at the time, wasn't interviewed.
Several people identified only as "Dodger fans" are also on camera — it turns out that Paul Haddad was used because of his vast collection of Vin Scully audio tape — and a lot from Dodgers team historian Mark Langill also move the story along. Accounts from discovering scout and former reliever Castillo are among the most humorous, as well as from Valenzuela's agent, Dick Moss, who came up the need for a $1 million contract when Valenzuela (who made $32,500 his first year and $350,000 his second) reached arbitration because it was a nice round number.
The numbers we are reminded of with Fernando's arrival in '81 are still mind-blowing, starting with that 8-0 start ("and who's to say when it will end!" says Vin Scully after he records that eighth win). Then over his career — seasons where he had 20 complete games and 21 wins, a no-hitter, the consecutive strike-out record in the '86 All Star game. Why the Dodgers released him in such a undignified manner in spring of '91 is still a mystery.
"But you can't put into words what he meant — no one else will wear No. 34 as a Dodger," says Langill.
Think of that as you see Steve Garvey's No. 6 (even if it was to Joe Torre) or Mike Piazza's No. 31 recently reissued.
"We need long-term heroes for our culture," said Angeles. "This is a city founded by 44 Mexicans, and still today, we are treated like illegal immigrants. It's a long history that we need to take ownership of.
"Fernando is the most American story you can find. We love the underdog. And with him, he represents how hard work and a Protestant ethic can achieve the American dream. He was very modest. He didn't want to be in the limelight. But everyone has an emotional attachment to his story, and it still brings an emotional reaction. The people living in L.A. need that context."
Manny Would. . .
So Manny has officially left the building, joining the All-Dodger outfield in Chicago with Juan Pierre & Andruw Jones. While some local media are wishing Manny good riddance, YKI has no animosity toward Manny Ramirez.
Dodger fans were the benefactors of the most exciting second half (season?) in recent Dodger history, on the back of Manny(wood) and his dreadlocks – consistently providing power & excitement that YKI doesn't recall seeing at the Stadium. Of course the 2009 Fertility Drug fiasco put a damper on the 'legacy' of Ramirez, but he still put up good numbers in the games he played (.290/16/63), an effect that continued this year despite copious injuries. Was he worth $45mm? Probably – he put asses in the seats and balls into the Pavilion. And guess what? The Dodgers were the focus of the baseball word for reasons other than the heinous McCourt divorce for the greater part of his tenure.
Lastly, we know this was coming – we're fortunate to have been part of the resurrection of Chavez Ravine, and there was a definitive expiration date on his viability. That was exceeded, and Colletti dumped the salary and furthered his reputation as the best damn penny pinching big market GM in the game. Good work, and good luck to Manny. Thanks for the Memories.