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Lou Piniella
Series Preview: August 23-25, Cubs at Nationals
After a tearful goodbye to Sweet Lou, and a game that caused even more tears, the Mike Quade Era will hit the ground running. It appears that the beginning of the era itself speaks volumes about how the Cubs feel about certain others on their coaching staff. In particular, it appears that the selection of Quade to serve as interim manager was a big "screw off" to Alan Trammell. I don't know the reasons why he has already been eliminated, but at least he has taken the classy route and chosen to stay as the bench coach through the end of the season.
Outside of that, nothing is new. Our middle relief is atrocious. Starlin Castro is close to qualifying for the batting title, and we get to see if Colvin can regain his bearings at first base tonight. On the Nationals front, uber-prospect Stephen Strasburg was placed on the DL today in what many assume will end his season with a strained flexor-tendon.
Now here are the matchups for the series:
Casey Coleman (0-1, 7.82) vs. Livan Hernandez (8-8, 3.06)
In a shocker to most, Livan is still making a living in the majors. Even more surprising was the early season success he had for the Nats. Despite cooling down from his hot start early on, Livan has put up a pretty respectable stat line. In 21 career starts against the Cubs, Livan is 11-6 with a 3.84 over 140 2/3 innings. He tends to have success against the Cubs as a whole, and this year should be no exception.
Coleman got his first shot at a rotation spot last week against the Padres. Despite starting off with a grueling 37 pitch first inning, he settled down and got in somewhat of a groove but only lasted 4.1 innings. The spot is his to lose right now, so it'd be nice to see a good audition from here on out.
Carlos Zambrano (4-6, 4.97 ERA) vs. John Lannan (5-5, 5.13 ERA)
Lannan used to be the "ace" of the staff for the Nats. While he's never really featured dominant stuff, he has a knack for getting groundball outs when he needs to, and sometimes that is good enough. After struggling quite a bit this year, Lannan had a nice outing against the Braves last week where he picked up a win after going 5.1 innings. He'll be very successful if the Cubs are over-eager and beat the ball into the ground
Z has been such an interesting study since coming back to the rotation. While he is 1-0 with a 2.70 ERA, he has been a free-pass machine. Going forward, I'd like to see a lot fewer walks. If he keeps walking batters, its gonna get even uglier than I thought possible.
Ryan Dempster (11-8, 3.56) vs. Marquis De Suck (0-6, 11.39 ERA)
Yay, we have a chance on this one. True to form, Marquis has been flat out terrible this season. His "best" outing of the season came this past start when he pitched his first five-inning game. I'm sure everyone will welcome him home with open arms.
Well, the new era starts tonight. Maybe Quade will light a fire under their asses like Showalter did in Baltimore... and we can fend off those Pirates for last place.
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Game Recaps: Cubs 5, Braves 4; Braves 16, Cubs 5; So Long, Sweet Lou
Note: This is gonna be a bit of a doosey. If you want to get past the bad news (the Game Recaps) and get to the more interesting stuff, I won't hold it against you.
Cubs 5, Braves 4
Thus proving that not even the Cubs can lose every game, Chicago held on -- despite 3 late inning Atlanta runs -- to win yesterday's affair by a score of 5-4.
Props go to Tom Gorzelanny (yes, I just started a sentence with the word "props," proving that my heart isn't in this) who went 7 strong innings, striking out 9 batters and walking only 2 in order to get his 7th win of the year.
Poops go to Andrew Cashner, who surrendered 3 runs in a third of an inning. Hmm, Props and Poops. This could become a regular segment here. I actually kinda like it..
Offensively, Aramis Ramirez continues to try like hell to get his batting average up to .250 on the year (after all, what else does he have left?). A-Ram went 3 for 4 all singles, while driving in 2 of the Cubs runs.
All told, Chicago managed 10 hits and 4 walks, reminding us of what a good offense looks like.
Braves 16, Cubs 5
Props:Starlin Castro, Marlin Byrd, and Aramis Ramirez -- the heart of the Cubs lineup went 10 for 14 on the day, with Castro hitting 2 doubles, and Ramirez hitting his 19th homerun on the season.
Poops: Pretty much every other Cubs hitter, since they all combined to go 3 for 25 on the day. I'm looking at you, Barney&Baker, you 0 for 8 douches who struck out 5 times. Good job, guys!
Oh, and Poops -- heh, I keep saying "poops" -- to Randy Wells, who gave up 7 runs (5 earned) on the day. No wonder you canceled your Facebook account!
Also, Justin Berg continued the bullpen tradition of allowing many, many runs in few opportunities. 5 earned in 1.1 innings of work. Fan-freakin'-tastic!
On Lou Piniella
First of all, Rob is not alone in his views on Lou. I'm sure a lot of Cub fans blame Lou's old age, or his incontinence (heh, I said "incontinence") on the mediocre showing of the last two seasons.
And I'm sure that every time Rob or people like him pass even a portion of the blame onto Lou, Jim Hendry feels grateful.
Look. Honest to God. A good manager's greatest virtue is the fact that he will rarely cost a team games through stupid decisions. But these guys don't win games. The most genius managers of all time, be they Joe Torre, or Tommy Lasorda, or Casey Stengel, or whomever ... these guys weren't geniuses because they "knew how to win." They were genius managers because, on the contrary, they knew how to not lose. (Or, hell, they just happened to be the beneficiaries of talented GMs who constantly re-stocked their teams with ever-ready players. Unlike Lou Piniella, who got stuck with Jim Hendry.)
In reality, the Motivational "Win One for the Gipper/Every Time We Win A Piece of Clothing Comes Off" Speech doesn't exist. It's FICTION. If anybody here honestly believes that Lou Piniella could've fixed the 2010 Cubs by throwing a fit on the field, or giving a motivational speech, or forcing them to take more practice, or ANYTHING, then you are a victim of FICTION.
There was nothing wrong with Lou Piniella in 2009 or 2010. There was something terribly wrong with the team he was stuck with. That's the truth of the situation -- Lou was carrying the burden of a 150 million albatross, and it doesn't matter where you bat Kosuke Fukudome, there's no getting around having crappy, expensive players and a poorly managed, crappy farm system. There was nothing that Lou Piniella could have done.
So, now he's gone. Again, it's not a big deal. The next guy -- whoever he is -- will do no better. He could do worse, however, because it is possible for managers to lose ballgames.
I'll be honest and admit I was wrong about Lou, and I'll miss him. Originally, I thought he was going to be a wasted pick. I thought he would continue to express the same shoddy managerial mentality that'd gotten us into the mess of 2005/2006; that he was going to be another Old School Manager like Dusty Baker. I didn't know he was going to be a calm, resourceful skipper whose flaws -- while not minor -- were no worse than any other manager. (Because they all have flaws. Really.)
Of course, I'll also be honest and say that I've been calling for Lou to be fired since the middle of last year. But I've also been calling for Jim Hendry to be fired. And the reason for that is a simple one -- Lou was never going to hang around for long enough to lead the next competitive version of the Cubs into the playoffs, and Jim is never going to be the guy who builds that team. By axing them both, it would be possible for the Cubs to begin a new, hopefully better rebuilding movement.
But we all know that Jim Hendry is still around, and probably will remain for another year or two. So instead of a rebuilding movement, we get just another movement. That's bad news for Lou, though, since he already apparently has incontinence.
Gamecast (August 22, 2010) Braves @ Cubs
Despite the muttering and anger that many of us have experienced in the last two years, I am happy we had Lou Piniella at the helm for the last 3+ years. He is calling it quits today. I, for one, am happy he was here and I think he is leaving at the perfect time. More on Lou's Cub legacy in the offseason.
Tomorrow begins the Mike Quade era, I guess. I am surprised that Alan Trammell isn't taking over as the manager. The apparent dissing of Trammell means it's unlikely he will be the next manager of the Chicago Cubs. I believe this means Ryne Sandberg is very likely to be the man next year. I know other writers on this site have bemoned the possibility but I, for one, believe that Ryno is the only guy for the job. I welcome his ascension to the job of Cub's manager.
This is a gamecast and the time to discuss legacy is the offseason so here is today's matchup:
Today's Matchup: Mike Minor (12IP, 3.75ERA, 4.25 xFIP) vs Randy Wells (148IP, 4.44ERA, 3.97 xFIP)
The awesomeness of the Cubs' pitching in the first half has faded greatly in the second half and with it the team's chances have gone right down the toilet that they were lodged pretty deep within anyway. Ah well, anyway, Wells has been generally decent. I think a lot of what I wrote about Tom Gorzelanny yesterday applies to Wells. Wells should be back next year and isn't even close to getting expensive. He has been generally effective this year and has an upside as an above average #3 starter or passable #2. Given how little he's being paid, that's an important member of the team.
As for Minor, he's drawing comparisons to a young Barry Zito. I'm not completely convinced in his eventual greatness but I am impressed at how quick he rolled through the Braves' minor league system when he was supposed to be a signability pick. I'm looking forward to seeing him pitch.
Who's Hot: His batting average has been dropping but Starlin Castro has drawn 3 walks this week. Who'd thunk? His batting average is down to .309 and he is up to 373 plate appearances so it's just a matter of time before he shows up on the top 10 list at ESPN in batting average. Personally, I think he is the key to the Cubs' future.
Who's Not: Hey, the Cubs won a game yesterday! Of course they did it despite the pitching of Andrew Cashner. I am very impressed with Cashner's stuff and I don't think the Cubs have anything to lose by just running him out there day after day. It is interesting to me that so far Cashner has gotten a pass that the Cubs didn't give the Shark. This is despite the fact that their numbers are very similar. I think this is a sign that the Cubs are higher on Cashner. If he can figure out how to pitch this offseason, the Cubs could have a rather awesome bullpen next year. This should be a project for Larry Rothschild (assuming he's coming back).
Conclusion: Even if the Cubs are out of it, it'd be nice if teams didn't look at them as a gimmee on the schedule. The Cubs need to win today to send Lou off on a happy note. They need to beat a rookier lefty for once. Let's go Cubs!
Top Ten Lessons Learned in 2010
Goat Riders of the Apocalypse is not going so strong, lately. But, GOOD LORD? Can you blame us?
Even the most optimistic, blue sky Cub fans could not possibly enjoy what they are seeing on a daily basis? Losers of 13 of the last 16? As it happens, Hendry and Piniella are pretty much doing what I asked them to do earlier this week - treat the rest of this year as if it is Spring Training 2011. It began when Derrek Lee and Lou himself removed themselves from the proceedings - neither of them are going to Mesa next spring. We have brought up the freshest produce from the farm.
But, once again, it goes sour, because pretty much everyone we brought up has sucked so far. It would have been nice to see Micah the Hoff hit a few quick welcome-back dongs, or a Marcos Mateo pitch lights-out. It is early in our extended Spring Training, but it doesn't appear that any of our recent call-ups are going to help us anytime soon. So, as was the case going into this season, it appears that most of the heavy lifting in 2011 will be done by the men currently on the roster, a roster, once again, that is last in the majors in one-run losses.
So what have we learned thus far in 2010?
10) Alfonso Soriano may not be the most overpriced sixth hitter in major league history - but then again, he might just be.
As a longtime student of the intangible and the psychological, I understand why Hendry signed #12 back in 2007. The interim owner gave him permission to spend whatever it took, and Alf was the premier free agent that winter. Jim was convinced that the Cubs would win a World Series that year or next, and figured if we had, that people wouldn't care that the club would then owe Soriano $18 million a year for all perpetuity. It was a crap shoot, and the first two years, Jim shot eights, but then last year, the dice came up seven, and now we're stuck with a number six hitter with degenerative legs, a miserable glove, and absolutely no knowledge of situational baseball. For the next three years.
9) Carlos Zambrano and Carlos Silva are the yin and yang of miserable free agent pitching judgement
A few years back, officials at two separate organizations took a look at two big, strong, tough Venezuelan guys named Carlos and decided that yes, these guys were Quality, they would eat innings, win games, and lead men. It would be the wisest thing to sign them to long term contracts worth nearly 8 figures, because everyone knows the work ethic of South Americans is second to none.
Ahem. So it was inevitable that a few years later, los dos Carloses would both be Cubs, serving as twin anchors, keeping us firmly tethered to the bottom, representing the main sunk costs to the most miserable team contract picture in MLB history.
The difference is: Silva the Hutt is a follower, and Z is a leader. There is no way to reign in #38 with the Cubs, none. He appears to respect nobody but himself, which is the very reason why it is going to be so painful when he inevitably moves on to the Yankees a couple of years from now and starts winning games again (hey, Kerry Wood? How YOU doin'?) #52, on the other hand, is a follower, and I honestly feel that in the right situation, with the right guidance from the right pitching coach and staff, that Silva could be poked, prodded, and coaxed in a useful direction. However...
2010 is the death knell of the Larry Rothschild Era
Several of my knowledgeable friends, like the boys over at HJE have called for the head of Rothschild for years now. I personally was torn. For every Wood and Prior who caved in, a Dempster or Marmol seemed to rise up. Maybe, I have always thought, Rothschild wasn't part of the problem.
But lately? Outside of Dempster, Marmol, Marshall, the first three months of Silva and the occasional Gorzellany outing, Cubs pitching 2010 has been beyond dreadful. Walks, mistakes, walks, mistakes. A conveyor belt of arms have made their way back and forth between here and Des Moines.
Here's my problem with Rothschild - these guys pitch well in Iowa, come here, get blasted, go back to Iowa, pitch well, come back, get blasted. And it isn't just a function of the quality of the hitters. It is the command that they seem to lose here. Is it the pressure? Shouldn't be any pressure, throwing for a fifth-place team. And if it is, whose job is it to help these guys acclimate? As I see it, he is taking good arms and turning them bad once they get here.
When the new manager arrives, he should be allowed to pick his own pitching coach.
7) Marmol is a major league closer
Speaking of Marmol, he hasn't had a lot of opportunities in 2010. Yes, the team has the worst one-run record in baseball, but curiously enough, it isn't really the closer's fault. Most of the games have gone the way yesterday's game went - we fall far behind, and either come back to within a run and fall short, or tie it up only to let one of our "middle" guys, usually Cashner, go blow it.
The few saves Marmol has blown, his defense helped blow. Which, speaking of:
6) Our defense utterly sucks
Our catcher is "offensive-minded", a euphemism for a guy who isn't Yadier Molina. Our third baseman is getting old, frail, and losing what little utility he ever had. Our shortstop is better than the man he replaced, yes, but is young and may or may not be a major league shortstop. Our second basemen define 'suck', We got DeWitt because we thought he is better than Theriot, of course, the Dodgers think just the opposite. Uh oh. Our fancy hood ornament, DLee has had his worst fielding year. Soriano has had an Epic Fail year in left. Our slick fielding right fielder can't hit enough to play, and the guy who can hit in RF should be playing left field.
5) Marlon Byrd is a nice player
Byrd does everything pretty well. He is not and will never be an impact major league ballplayer, and his CF play is very average at best. He is the beneficiary of the "Robbie Gould Syndrome", in which he is surrounded by badness, so his relative competence shines brighter in comparison. He is a fourth outfielder on a championship team, and although he actually tries to provide the leadership this team so woefully lacks, he really doesn't have the oomph in his game to back it up.
4) Starlin Castro is a major league hitter
The storybooks are full of great men who started off as middle
infielders who committed a ton of errors in the field, and were
converted to other positions so their teams would not lose their bat.
Mickey Mantle comes immediately to mind, and Alf Soriano is a recent,
close-to-home example. With Hak-Ju Lee in the low minors, there are
discussions that Lee will eventually be the SS, and Castro will play
2nd. Or maybe 3rd, since the 24 year old DeWitt is on board, except
that DeWitt has 'utility guy' written all over him, and don't 3rd
basemen usually hit with more power?
It is easy to forget that Castro was born in 1990, and that he will gain
most of his strength in the next seven years. He will never have
A-Roid power, but maybe Jeter power. The most pleasant development of
2010 has been that, for once, we can believe the hype. Starlin Castro
seems to be for real.
3) Here comes Adam Dunn
A couple of years ago, when it was late in the free-agent season
(this was the year we signed Milton Bradley early, remember) and Adam
Dunn still did not have a team. The only substantial offer for a man
who had averaged 40 homers a year the previous five years was from the
godforesaken Nats, and human nature being what it is, there rose an
effort to find out what, if anything, was wrong with Dunn.
Rumors arose that Dunn did not like playing baseball much, that much of
the conversations that would arise when opposing players would stand on
first base next to the Big Donkey revolved around offseason hunting.
Growing up, Dunn was a football player first, and teams perhaps
questioned his character when formulating contract offers for a
one-dimensional guy.
So, he has played nearly every day in Washington, has continued to hit
his 40 homers a year, and has weathered two trade deadlines. You know
what? The man would rather play football and shoot pheasants. But he still hits and we are going to sign a first baseman this winter.
And just
our luck, watch us sign the guy and watch him age faster than the Nazi
mope in "Raiders of the Lost Ark". In my gut, I see us going after
Adrian Gonzalez his off season, and ending up with Adam Dunn. Because
Dunn has always been one of "Hendry's Guys", like the Marquis Du Suck
and Kosuke Fukudome, and we always seem to end up with Hendry's guys.
2) Since nobody seems to know what is going on, Hendry is staying, I guess
The inmates run the asylum at Wrigley Field. As bad as the Cubs have performed, and for as much pressure that the General Manager of a team such as ours ought to be under, compounded by the fact that he has a known history of heart trouble, Jim Hendry looks pretty damn healthy.
Is he taking his statins and his red krill oil? Maybe, but hey, why shouldn't he look healthy? He has the greatest job in the world. Where else in American business can you mess up, again and again, and nobody calls you on it? Wall Street? Well, yeah, but those guys always have the specter of the SEC (Securities Exchange Commission, not the high-falutin college football conference) breathing down their necks. Lots of those guys jump off bridges, lock themselves in their garages with their Bentleys running, but not Jim Hendry. His boss is a failed corporate attorney who doesn't know spit from shinola, who in turn works for a owner who is more concerned with piss troughs and gaudy neon signs than a winning ballclub.
There is only one man on earth who gets to play fantasy baseball for real, and lose all the time, and not get called on the carpet for it. Until there is some accountability established in the Cubs' organization, what you see this year is what you will continue to get in the future.
1) 2011 is going to look a lot like 2010.
Soriano will play for the Cubs next year. Ramirez will play for the Cubs next year. Fukudome will sit on the bench and take the Cubs' money next year. Byrd and Colvin and Castro and DeWitt and Soto will play for the Cubs next year. Jim Hendry has no ability and no gumption to make a blockbuster trade involving young major league talent for impact major leaguers in return. Could you see him somehow packaging Castro and Colvin in a trade for, say, Albert Pujols? Maybe not Pujols, because a Cubs-Cardinals trade will NEVER happen, but something of that magnitude? How about for Miggy Cabrera or Joe Mauer? Young stars for a superstar? Never happen.
As for the pitching, good lord. While the positional outlook seems stale yet static, the pitching outlook is totally fluid, and utterly without direction. We have a #2 starter, maybe a #4, a closer and a utility guy, a LOOGY who isn't really a LOOGY with a torn knee ligament, and about 20 other guys who have walked a lot of batters and given up a lot of late-game home runs. You can't fix that. The only thing you can do is throw a ton of money at it, and HOPE the guys you sign don't get injured or fat-and-sassy.
And Ricketts is NOT going to spend a lot of money in the offseasons. So forget about the Ol' Free Agent Injection.
Fans of the Chicago National League Ballclub have survived the past 102 years on one glorious element: hope. Yep, the same hope that got our president elected, the same hope that is being frittered away by this same president each day. Hope is perishable.
I ate whole platterfuls of Cubs hope as a kid, and into my early adulthood. I confess to have spent good money on the all-you-can-eat hope buffet as recently as fall of 2008. Nowadays, there is very little fresh hope in the steamer, most of it is discolored and spoiled, like the bananas Soriano and the Fukudome skirt steak.
Our third base prospect, Josh Vitters, is rehabbing. The next great Korean hope is still years away. Andrew Cashner was supposed to be the next big thing, but I can't figure out what that thing is supposed to be, unless he is supposed to be a Matt Karchner impersonator. That's something he does quite well.
But hey, Castro went 4-for-5 yesterday. Rookie of the Year, gotta be? Right?
Why Lou's retirement announcement is such a non-story
The current state of the Cubs:
All you really need to know is that Aramis Ramirez is hitting mistakes again.
At the beginning of the year, he wasn't. He wasn't hitting anything. Neither was Derrek Lee. And outside of the couple of times our bullpen blew leads early in the season, and the other night with Marmol, this was pretty much the story of the year. Guys would get on base and Lee and Ramirez would strand them. Over and over again.
Now Ramirez has healed, and is hitting like he always has, and a few days after that, so has Lee and Soto. The word is that Lee is the clubhouse leader on the Cubs, and that is unfortunate because not only does he not have the personality to truly lead, he is also largely irrelevant offensively.
He has had two monster years with us, 2005 and 2009. The Cubs finished below .500 both years. Ramirez has had big years in 2004, 2007 and 2008, all winning years. As Ramirez goes, so does the Cubs offense. There is a greater statistical correlation as well as a practical correlation between what Ramirez contributes and what Lee contributes in terms of offense-to-wins. This is what makes teammates sit up and listen, and only if Aramis could back up his practical relevance with words.
But he chooses to defer, like he did after each of the playoff sweeps, and this is why I went bat feces when he did. Ramirez SHOULD lead the Chicago Cubs. When he hits, we win. As long as he keeps it up, we should have a winning second half, even though the decent starting pitching is beginning to falter.
Lou's retirement announcement, and why we are yawning
This was the biggest non-announcement ever. Of course Lou is retiring. Some say he retired 2 years ago. He did it so people will quit asking him. Some say he has earned the right to finish this year on his terms, and he will. I'm not one of them, but there is the sentimental side of me who will give the man his respect.
Besides, Crane Kenney and Jim Hendry aren't going anywhere, so even if they got to choose a new man this afternoon, he would be no better than the last two guys they hired.
There seems to be no accountability in this organization. Lou has the freedom to do one wild, crazy move after another, and when he is asked to explain himself, he either stutters and/or gets testy. Jim has developed a decent drafting mechanism, and he is the king of the desperation trade and the fire-sale steals, but he has never made a good value-for-value straight trade in his whole tenure. Not to mention, of course, his poor free-agent record, as well as his aversion to conflict, which has resulted in avoidance of arbitration - and overpaying players.
But, neither one of these guys can say they have done their job as badly as the Tribune holdover, Crane Kenney. What exactly DOES he do? How is the Triangle building doing? How about the Great Wrigley Field reclamation? What great marketing angles have we exploited lately? When can we expect to watch the Cubs Network? When Jim Hendry sucks, who calls him on it? And if Hendry were to get fired, who would pick the next guy?
A corporate lawyer with no baseball background?
I want a baseball man put in Kenney's place. Someone who can evaluate Hendry fairly, and determine if he is the man or not. A new manager needs to be found. Do we do the popular thing and stick Ryno in there? Is Joe Girardi the guy? How about Bob Brenly or Alan Trammel? I heard Joe Torre mentioned? Who do you choose? They all have their own qualities.
There needs to be a organizational direction, which is developed and regulated by the President (the Kenney position), communicated throughout the competitive organization by the GM, and implemented on the field by the manager. Depending on that direction, it could be Brenly, Torre, Ryno, Girardi, the frozen head of Ted Williams...but we need a direction first, and Kenney is not the guy to set it.
The President needs to see the middling-to-slightly above average health of the farm system, as well as the capabilities of what I am calling the Core of the 2011 Cubs, the guys who will definitely be here.
Soriano, Byrd, Marmol, Dempster, Soto, Ramirez, Castro. Everyone else, even Zambrano, I could see a scenario where they may not be here next year. These seven individuals will be, and the direction starts with what we are going to surround these seven guys with.
I don't know if Hendry is or isn't that guy. I'd really like a real baseball man to evaluate what he has done. I don't like his results, myself, but then again, he hasn't had much to work with from above. That's the biggest question going forward for us.
Reader Blog: Out with Lou, in with Ryno
It's time for a change in the Cubs' dugout. It's not that they need to "inject life" into the clubhouse, as they always say; this team was DOA when the season began. It's also not a desire to see Lou Piniella punished or called out. In fact, I think Lou deserves the opportunity to resign. But the point is, he's not coming back next year, and the second half of the season will be as pointless as the first if he's still at the helm.
Wave the white flag, Jim Hendry. I know, it's embarrassing. The third highest payroll in the majors yet only a half game better than the Royals. It's bad. It's pathetic. But what's worse: yelling "Charge!" to your troops and sending them to certain defeat, or admitting that it's time to reorganize and regroup before the next battle?
I personally feel that Ryne Sandberg should get a chance to be the next Cubs' manager, whether it be today or starting in November. The organization gave him a chance to prove that he was serious about the whole managing thing back in 2007, and now he's in Iowa. He's going to get a shot with a major league team, and soon. While he certainly wasn't management material back in his playing days, he and those around him acknowledge that he's a much different person now. He knows how to communicate, how to lead, and how to work with young players. The Cubs' 2011 roster will include Starlin Castro, Tyler Colvin, Geovany Soto, Andrew Cashner and other youngsters, making it the perfect time to give Ryno a shot.
By making the change now, Hendry can give Sandberg a chance to get his feet wet in a virtually pressure-free situation. This team's cooked, anyways. Will anyone care if he goes 30-50 the rest of the way? You could argue that hiring him in the offseason gives him a clean slate, a fresh start. But there's pressure with every new season, and high (if unjustified) hopes with each Opening Day.
And this way, Ryno will have a three-month head start on evaluating the Cubs' talent, their strengths and weaknesses. He can play an integral role in forming the team's offseason plan rather than stepping in in November with more knowledge about dining out in Des Moines than which trades or free agents the Cubs should pursue.
We knew back in March the sun could be setting on the current era. The sun shone through a window of opportunity over the past few years, but aging veterans and a decimated bullpen have brought the team to a turning point. Turn the corner, Jim Hendry. It's time for the native son to rise to his dream job. Give Ryno a chance, and do it now.
Reader Blog: Who's Next?
So there has been a lot of talk, some offhand comments, some full rants, about the managerial competence and questionable deservedness of Lou Piniella continuing to be the skipper for our beloved Cubs. A few of these people have suggested replacements, but it doesn't seem that this part of the equation has really been fully developed. While this is in no way a post saying "Lou Should Go"... it is suggesting that whether it be on his own terms or someone else's, he will no longer be here between now and November.
So, who's next?
Let me first start off by saying I like Lou. He's led the Cubs to back to back playoffs (albeit with 0 wins) and 3 consecutive winning seasons. He's shown fire when he needs to, and it seems he's been paitient and calm when he needs to. He's given hilarious interviews and given new meaning to starting a sentence with the word "Look". But his heart just isn't in it anymore. Really, none of the guys from the deflating 97-win, 0-playoff win 2008 juggernaut seem to have their hearts in it anymore. So besides the roster being overhauled (it needs to be) how can you remake the mindset and passion of this team? Well, before we answer that, let's look at a few things that are wrong with them. (These will be mostly mental things as a manager has more control on his ballclub's outlook than he does on their skills)
- The Cubs are 10-16 in one-run games, 0-37 in games when they enter the 9th trailing and have blown 17 leads this year. Those 3 things together suggest that this team is not mentally tough enough to stay in close ball games or pick up their balls and win when they're down.
- The Cubs have scored 195 runs in their 31 wins (6.29 runs/game) and have scored only 100 runs in the 40 games they've lost (2.5 runs/game!). This again suggests that this team clearly has the talent and ability to score, but only when things are going well. A motivating, positive leader is needed.
- The Cubs have 58 errors this season, good for 3rd worst in baseball. This is clearly slightly more slanted towards the actual skill of a team, but still, mentally tough, fundamentally managed teams do not lead leagues in errors
So, when Lou is gone, who can change these things for us? I'd like to throw out a few suggestions and pros/cons, but this post is really about everyone giving their input. I mean... who the hell knew who Tom Thibodeau was 2 months ago?
Ryne Sandberg - Apparently the "fan favorite". But why? Cause he's one of the few truly likeable, succesful Cubs of the last 2 decades? I guess he's been fairly successful as a minor league skip, but his fast track to the big seat scares me. Highly touted prospects and "saviors" do not fare well in this city (see: Patterson, Corey)
Joe Girardi - The "other guy" from the 2006-2007 off season. His dream job was managing the Yankees. And they won a championship last year. I've heard his name kicked around recently, but why would he leave New York until they force him out?
Mike Scioscia - Talk about a guy getting the most out of his players. Year in and year out some dark horse AL West team is discussed as taking down the Angels finally, but it never happens. Him leaving is very much a longshot also as they're currently in second, and playing good baseball. (Not to mention he's under contract through 2018??) But stranger things have happened
Ron Gardenhire - Another quality guy who gets the most out of seemingly less talented players. Minnesota has done very little in the playoffs under his tenure, so with another early exit, or if they miss the playoffs altogether, he could be available.
Joe Torre - Not much needs to be said here. Great with young kids, great with juggling egos, great track record of success and has already managed in the two markets bigger than Chicago. His contract is up at the end of this year.
Bobby Valentine - Seriously, he hasn't managed in the MLB since 2002? Between 1997 and 2001 he worked a record of 449-362 (.553) and took the Mets to The Series. I admittedly don't know what his coaching style is like, but he has managed succesfully in New York with some pretty big egos and pressure.
So that's what I have for now. Again, by no means definitive, but it's a start. If we're all mostly in agreement that this season is lost and Lou is even loster, who's next? Let's get some discussion going. Thoughts on these "options"? Who are your ideal candidates?
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With the Cubs and Mariners doing battle until 11:30 and an early morning World Cup game for the U.S., I have just one question in light of Lou Piniella returning to Seattle, where he managed for 10 years, and Milton Bradley being back in the same ballpark as the Cubs.
Who is having a worse year?
- Lou Piniella
Piniella is the lame duck manager of a team eight games under .500. He usually looks like a homeless person. He answers "What else can I do?" in response to 90 percent of reporters' questions, and yelled at a reporter and at Steve Stone for suggesting he should play Colvin more, and then promised to play Colvin more each time. He was also roundly criticized for moving his highest-paid pitcher to the bullpen (a move I agreed with, but I doubt he takes much solace in that).
- Milton Bradley
He's batting .214 with a .301 OBP. He's earning $11 million and yet is owned in just 3.6 percent of ESPN fantasy leagues. He spent 13 days on the "restricted list" after admitting he's crazy. He has managed not only to make the Cubs' trade for oh-so-terrible Carlos Silva look good--he's made it look like one of the best trades they've ever made.
Last night's game was a perfect example of Lou and Milton's struggles--the Cubs lost with another meek performance while Bradley went 0-for-3.
Reader Blog: Why is Theriot leading off?
Generally speaking, I don't blame Lou for the debacle that this season has turned into. When your two best hitters have combined for -.8 WAR midway through June, there isn't much you as a manager can do to improve the situation. That said, I have a nit to pick with the skipper. Why is frat boy favorite Ryan Theriot still leading off? By almost every measure available, Theriot is having an awful season at the plate. His sub par .326 on base percentage and complete lack of power have left Theriot with a weighted on-base percentage (wOBA) of .300. By contrast, hated ex-leadoff man Alfonso Soriano has a respectable .346 on base percentage and his wOBA is a robust .386.
Other regulars/semi regulars who would serve as better leadoff men than Theriot: Derrek Lee (.314 wOBA), Marlon Byrd (.403 wOBA), Geovany Soto (.387 wOBA), Tyler Colvin (.411 wOBA), Kosuke Fukudome (.360 wOBA), Mike Fontenot (.342 wOBA).You get the point. Theriot's empty batting average and gutty scrappitude have kept him at the top of the Cubs lineup for far too long. Piniella would immediately make this team better if he moved Theriot into the 7 or 8 slot in the lineup and gave those extra at bats to one of the better hitters on this team.
(For a detailed description of wOBA and why it's one of the best measures of total offensive contributions, click here: http://saberlibrary.com/offense/woba/.)
Gotta play defense. (Game Recap: Cubs 4, Brewers 5)
For this team to win, Derrek Lee and Aramis Ramirez have to find a way to produce with the bat.
It's not that the team won't score every once in a while without them. Clearly, we have some good hitters elsewhere on the roster. But when Lee and A-Ram are out, that means Xavier Nady and Chad Tracy are in on the corners.
Tracy's bad throw allowed Rickie Weeks to score on the botched rundown, and Nady's high throw into the stands allowed Carlos Gomez to score on the final play of the game.
Ryan Dempster wasn't very good either. Again, a Cub starter walked five Brewers yesterday. Also, Tom Gorzelanny sucks at pitching from out of the bullpen.
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The National Cotton Council's annual planting intentions report is the first definitive look at acreage for the upcoming year. While cotton prices rallied recently, more competitive crops, like corn and soybeans, may win out this year. And this could create a 30-year low in cotton production.
Rumblings over a drop in 2013 cotton acreage started last fall.
"When you put in $600 to $650 expense for cotton, and you're only getting out $500 because of low cotton prices, at $.66 per pound, it doesn't work," Plainview, Texas farmer Chance McMillan told AgDay in November.
Based on a survey the National Cotton Council conducts each year with its growers, Texas' planted cotton acres will drop 25% this year, which is in line with the national estimate.
The survey shows overall cotton acres will be down nearly 27%, falling to just over 9 million planted acres.
The region where cotton looks to take the biggest hit is the Mid-South, where Arkansas growers say they plan to reduce their cotton acreage by more than 60%. Mississippi isn't farm behind, down just under 60%. And acres in Tennessee are projected to be cut in almost half.
"The Mid-South has a lot of alternative crops and a lot of ability to switch between cotton, corn and soybean," says Gary Adams, National Cotton Council economist.
The survey also showed corn to be the most alternative crop choice this year, followed by soybeans.
"When we compare where the cotton market is today, as growers start to make those planting decisions, as we look at the cotton market relative to corn and soybeans, compared to where we were last year, cotton is not as competitive," Adams says.
Adams says in areas like Texas and the Southwest, cotton remains a viable option for many farmers.
"Cotton is more drought-tolerant," Adams explains. "Particularly if you're in a dryland area, cotton is more drought-tolerant than alternatives we may see in other parts of the region."
Adams says many cotton gins and warehouses were able to weather the storm in 2009, when cotton acres saw a significant drop. Some, however, closed and never reopened. Much of Texas' infrastructure seemed immune. This year could be a different story.
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Angela Knight has been appointed Chief Executive of Energy UK, the new trade association for the energy sector. She will take up the post later in the summer after stepping down as Chief Executive of the British Bankers' Association (BBA) at the end of July.
Energy UK was formed in April, bringing together a wide-ranging coalition of interests. It represents some 70 companies in the sector, from small electricity generators and energy services companies to large vertically-integrated utilities.
David Porter, Acting Chief Executive of Energy UK, postponed his retirement to lead the recruitment of his successor, and will now step down after the summer. Announcing her appointment, he said: "We are delighted to have someone of Angela's calibre joining us to take the helm at the new association. Her talent, drive and experience make her perfectly placed to lead Energy UK into a new era. Angela will bring a vast amount of wisdom and insight from her time in politics and business."
Angela Knight said: "I am very excited to be taking on this new role. Like financial services, energy plays a vital role in the social and economic fabric of our society and we need new and established companies in the sector to thrive and prosper in the UK's competitive market, creating jobs and serving their customers well.
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"I will be listening carefully to stakeholders to ensure that together we pursue what public policy demands and customers expect. I also look forward to working with the Board and Energy UK's staff to move into the next phase of its development."
Angela leaves the BBA in July, after 5 years as Chief Executive. She joined there from the Association of Private Client Investment Managers and Stockbrokers, where she was Chief Executive for 9 years. She was honoured with a CBE for services to the financial services industry in 2007.
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NBC's 'The Biggest Loser' is back with 15 inspiring contestants, including singer Ruben Studdardby jmaloni
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Fifteen inspiring contestants - including the show's first celebrity player, Ruben Studdard; an uplifting "Second Chances" theme; and fun, new creative elements ignite season 15 of NBC's popular series "The Biggest Loser," premiering Tuesday, Oct. 8 (8 p.m.).
Alison Sweeney hosts the series, which features charismatic trainers Bob Harper, Jillian Michaels and Dolvett Quince. Together, they have helped contestants lose more than 26,600 pounds during 14 seasons of the motivational show.
On the trainer side, new creative elements are being introduced this season that give Bob, Jillian and Dolvett more powerful roles. For the first time in the show's history, trainers sat in on casting sessions and helped select the new contestants. Also, the trainers will be empowered with a "trainer save" in season 15, allowing each one to save one eliminated contestant from going home. In addition, "The Biggest Loser" will start the season with one-hour telecasts on Tuesdays (8-9 p.m.). There may be selected two-hour telecasts as "TBL" moves closer to its Feb. 4 finale.
This season's inspiring theme of "Second Chances" will be seen through the compelling stories of 15 contestants, all on their own unique journeys to reclaim their health and re-write their futures.
It has been a decade since Studdard was crowned the winner of "American Idol" and launched a successful music career. Now he returns to television on a very different stage, hoping to lose weight and learn how to live a healthy lifestyle. Ruben is this season's heaviest contestant at 462 pounds.
Also featured this season will be David Brown, who lost his first wife to an almost decade-long battle with cancer and is now fighting for his life so he can be there for his daughters; and Tanya Winfield, a single mom addicted to food who grew up with a teenage mom addicted to drugs. She is eager to break the cycle of addiction in her family.
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Gunnery Sgt. Damian LeClair, a native of Hooksett, has been named the Marine Corps Enlisted Logistician of the Year and was presented his award March 14 during an awards dinner in Washington, D.C.
LeClair, a unit movement control center chief with Combat Logistics Regiment 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group, was honored for his work last year in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
He and his team of five Marines provided logistical support to more than 15,000 personnel within Regional Command Southwest, according to the Marine Corps website. "In a given month, they processed approximately 600 logistical requests including food, equipment, gear and supplies, often working 13 hour days to push supplies to coalition forces," according to a story on the site.
LeClair has been in the Marine Corps since August 1997, after graduating from Manchester Central High School. He is married to Cindy Behrmann, who is from Manchester, and has a daughter, Anisia.
LeClair also has served in Operation Iraqi Freedom, on the USS Peleliu, in Okinawa Japan and in South Korea. His next assignment, starting May 1, is at Camp Johnson, N.C., where he will instruct logistics operations.
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Army Pfc. Emily J. Dechane has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.
During the nine weeks of training, she studied the Army mission, history and core values and received instruction in combat skills, military weapons and marksmanship, chemical warfare, drill and ceremony, map reading and field tactics, and military courtesy and justice.
Dechane, a 2012 graduate of Salem High School, is the daughter of Peter Dechane of Salem and Regina Paradis of Goffstown.
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He's rapidly approaching his 50th birthday, but Tom Cruise is looking younger than ever. His secret? Nightingale poo facials.
The 49-year-old Rock of Ages star is reportedly a fan of the 'The Geisha Facial' ($200, 60 min), which uses traditional and natural Japanese ingredients to soften, brighten and nourish the skin.
The key ingredient of the super facial is uguisu no fun (powdered nightingale droppings), once a secret known only by Geishas.
"He recently started experimenting with the nightingale poo facial," a source close to the actor told Now magazine. "It was recommended by a Hollywood pal and the results have been fantastic.
"Tom doesn't see splashing out on the facials as him being vain or weird."
The heartthrob is said to be thrilled with the "fantastic" boost his complexion has received since beginning the treatment of which Victoria Beckham is rumoured to be a fan and is "proud of himself for avoiding the temptations of plastic surgery".
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You know how important your heart is, so it's no wonder people worry when they hear someone has heart problems.
Heart disease, also called cardiovascular (say: kar-dee-oh-VAS-kyoo-lur) disease, mainly affects older people and means that there are problems with the heart and blood vessels.
You might know someone who has cardiovascular disease because more than 60 million Americans have some form of it. This disease includes a variety of problems, including high blood pressure, hardening of the arteries, chest pain, heart attacks, and strokes.
The heart is the center of the cardiovascular system. Through the body's blood vessels, the heart pumps blood to all of the body's cells. The blood carries oxygen, which the cells need. Cardiovascular disease is a group of problems that occur when the heart and blood vessels aren't working the way they should.
Here are some of the problems that go along with cardiovascular disease:
Heart disease isn't contagious — you can't catch it like you can the flu or a cold. Instead, certain things increase a person's chances of getting cardiovascular disease. Doctors call these things risk factors.
Some of these risk factors a person can't do anything about, like being older and having other people in the family who have had the same problems. But people do have control over some risk factors — smoking, having high blood pressure, being overweight, and not exercising can increase the risk of getting cardiovascular disease.
Many people do not realize they have cardiovascular disease until they have chest pain, a heart attack, or stroke. These kinds of problems often need immediate attention and the person may need to go to the emergency department of a hospital.
If it's not an emergency and a doctor suspects the person could have cardiovascular disease, the doctor can do some tests to find out more about how the heart and blood vessels are working. These tests include:
If a patient has cardiovascular disease, the doctor will talk about how stopping smoking, losing weight, eating a healthy diet, and getting exercise can help. The person also may need to take medicine, have surgery, or both.
There are different surgeries for the heart and blood vessels. These include:
If someone you know is getting one of these operations, you might feel worried. The good news is that these surgeries can help prevent heart attacks, strokes, and other problems. The amount of time the person will need to spend in the hospital will vary, depending on the operation and the person's health. The person may be tired and worn out after the surgery, but you can help by making a "Get Well" card and paying a visit.
Kids usually don't have any symptoms of heart and blood vessel problems. But by starting heart-healthy habits right now, kids can reduce the chance they will ever need to worry about cardiovascular disease.
So what should you do? Don't smoke, for one. And be sure to eat healthy, exercise, and maintain a healthy weight. Your heart and blood vessels will thank you later!
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A national leader in Elder Law, Pitt Law Professor Frolik Presents on Multiple Topics at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association. Read the full story here.
Pitt Law Professor Lawrence Frolik Presents Papers at 36th Law and Society Association Annual Meeting
In June, Pitt Law Professor Lawrence Frolik, a leading national expert on legal issues facing older Americans, attended the 36th Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association in Boston. He presented a paper, "Reforming the 401(k) – Reducing the Management Burden for Retirees" at the session, Constructing Age: How Legal Structures Shape the Aging Experience, which he chaired. He also presented a talk titled "Rethinking the Theories of Guardianship Decision Marking" in the session, Beyond Elder Law.
One of the founders of the newly formed Aging, Law and Society Collaborative Research Network, Frolik's 401(k) presentation addressed concerns with the decline in retiree income security due to private employers in the last 20 years moving away from defined benefit plans in favor of defined contribution plans. The shift has been spurred by employers desiring to offset the risk and management burden associated with defined benefit plans, which have traditionally guaranteed a pension for retired employees and their spouses. The result is the lack of a guaranteed pension as well as investment risk being transferred to retirees.
The presentation offered a practical call to action to avert a future crisis of elderly poverty.
"The government needs to pursue policies that encourage retirees to convert some or all of the value or lump sum of their 401(k) account into lifetime annuities," Frolik said. "This would give them the assurance of not outliving their retirement savings and would relieve them of the burden of investing and managing that lump sum during the long years of their retirement."
"Annuities are particularly value as the retiree ages and suffers declines in mental capacity or worst, suffers from dementia," he said.
It might be hard at first to imagine young Pitt Law students desiring in large numbers to pursue elder law as a career. However, as life expectancy increases and elder populations grow, so does the need for accessible legal representation for the elderly. Frolik has built a scholarly career dedicated to the instruction, research and development of elder law. He has contributed toward and published widely on the topic of Elder Law, including such notable compilations as Advising the Elderly or Disabled Client, Aging and the Law: An Interdisciplinary Reader, Everyday Law for Seniors, and ERISA Litigation (4th edition).
Young law students who decide to pursue elder law often do so because of their experiences with older family members, Frolik said.
"Life experience is the best instructor," he said.
The Law and Society Association Annual Meeting brings together scholars from all over the world representing legal research across a breadth of academic fields. The Boston 2013 meeting was one of the largest with 1,800 scheduled paper presentations, according to the LSA website. Frolik said he expects to attend next year's LSA meeting, which will take place in Minneapolis.
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Can donor funding really fix African challenges, or should we empower African communities to address their own challenges?
Charity gives but does not really transform. For a very long time, donor assistance has been chanelled through to Africa and that really hasnt changed much. Could it be possible to birth a generation of people who are willing to be empowered with means of generating income that eventually get channeled back into communities for purposes of delivering renewal and transformation? How do we get communities to participate in the engineering of a promising future both for the continent and individual nations?
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There are a couple of TEDtalks about donors and aid workers learning to listen to the recipients of aid.
and Ernesto Sirolli's talk mentioned elsewhere in this discussion. These are important concepts for 'westerners' to appreciate.
In the time I spent in Africa, I noted that the radio was almost universally present, and could reach people where no other means could arrive. That is why I thought your idea of dissemination via radio an excellent proposal.
Using music or comedy to attract and hold interest, or even as the means of instruction would certainly be very effective. I think the main problem would be getting airtime on state radio, and getting the script passed by the authority. With star-power (from popular entertainers) behind and an engaging script, one may be able to get some airtime.These are full-time jobs for producers, writers and psychologists. Donor money would help, but everything else is homegrown.
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With cheaper corn, cattle prices at record highs and cattle numbers at record lows, nobody doubts the cattle industry is about to enter a rebuilding phase. That means lots of young breeding cattle are being eyed as replacements to become mamas that will be around, making or losing money, for years.
Consider the prices being asked for replacement cattle. This is not a decision to be taken lightly unless you believe in a future of forever high-priced calves and cheap corn.
That's not what James Henderson of Memphis, Texas, sees. A lifelong student of the beef industry, Henderson expects a future of tougher intrasector competition and more intersector coordination in which everybody in the chain strives to enhance his or her own position by working better with others.
Henderson has worked with others in all facets of the business, and he has a bit of cautionary advice: There has never been so much change, so fast, in the beef industry. And it's "only going to accelerate."
Price levels have changed, but so have consumers, packing procedures, retailers, auction markets and feed yard procurement policies and expectations. Today's system is better able to differentiate, and reward or punish the "right" and "wrong" products. As the ability to differentiate strengthens, the rewards and punishments will continue to grow.
"It's been an evolution, but if you look at the last 20-25 years, you can see how far we've come," Henderson says, having spent the last few years as a consultant. He's helped people and companies, from cow-calf producers to some of the largest feeders, packers and retailers in the country, prepare for those changes.
Starting point. He says everybody should know more about how everybody else operates and be willing to adjust their own efforts to enhance the efforts of other sectors.
Looking back, Henderson realizes he was on the ground floor for the value-based revolution that has transformed the industry's production and marketing practices.
A student and member of the meats judging team at Texas A&M University in 1975 when Dr. Gary Smith and his colleagues started thinking like W. Edwards Deming about the beef production chain, Henderson was among the students working nights dissecting carcasses so that producers, retailers and packers could finally measure some of the problems beef faced in the fast-changing marketplace.
Later, Henderson managed a group of Texas packing plants and a supply chain of plants in Uruguay, which processed jerky for import into the U.S. His efforts with processed meats introduced him to the Certified Angus Beef program, where he was instrumental in getting CAB to broaden its focus from fresh meats to licensing roast beef, corned beef and pastrami products.
It was Henderson's expertise in managing packing plants that finally got him back in the cattle business.
Minnie Lou and Mary Lou Bradley (the future Mrs. Henderson) started B3R in 1986—the downside of that cattle cycle—seeking an outlet for beef from the family's Bradley 3 Ranch near Memphis, Texas. They were beating the roads marketing natural beef from their registered Angus herd. That's when they decided to build their own packing facility at nearby Childress, Texas. They hired Henderson to manage it in 1993.
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Cardiomyopathy is any disease of the heart muscle in which the heart loses its ability to pump blood effectively. The condition affects about 50,000 American adults and children. There may be multiple causes of cardiomyopathy and it may be associated with diseases involving other organs, as well as the heart.
Cardiomyopathy conditions tend to be progressive and sometimes worsen fairly quickly. Dilated cardiomyopathy is a leading cause for heart transplantation. Patients with cardiomyopathy are more likely to develop ventricular arrhythmias, which increases their risk of cardiac arrest. Certain diagnostic tests can be performed to help predict the patient's risk of cardiac arrest and guide physicians in recommending proper treatment.
Viral infections that affect the heart are a major cause of cardiomyopathy. In some instances, cardiomyopathy is a result of another disease or its treatment, such as complex congenital heart disease (present at birth), nutritional deficiencies, irregular heart rhythms (arrhythmia) or certain types of chemotherapy for cancer. Sometimes, cardiomyopathy can be linked to a genetic abnormality. Other times, the cause is unknown.
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) occurs when the muscle mass of the left ventricle of the heart is thicker than normal, or the wall between the two ventricles (septum) becomes enlarged and obstructs the blood flow from the left ventricle. Because it prevents the heart from properly relaxing between beats, it fills with less blood, which limits the amount of blood pumped by the heart with each beat. A heart murmur may be heard, which is related to the obstruction below the aortic valve (valve between the left ventricle and the aorta).
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a rare disease and in most cases it is inherited. It can affect men and women of all ages, and symptoms can appear in childhood or adulthood. Symptoms include shortness of breath on exertion, dizziness, fainting, and angina pectoris. Some patients experience cardiac arrhythmias, which may lead to sudden death. Learn more about specialized Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin's highly specialized hypertrophic cardiomyopathy program.
Dilated cardiomyopathy is the most frequent form of non-ischemic cardiomyopathy (those not related to coronary artery disease). The cavity of the heart is enlarged and stretched (cardiac dilation) causing the heart to become weak and not pump normally. The condition occurs most often in middle-aged people and more often in men than women, but has been diagnosed in children. Most patients develop congestive heart failure.
Dilated cardiomyopathy can be caused by alcohol abuse and dietary deficiencies. It occasionally occurs as a complication of pregnancy and childbirth. Other suggested causes are: various infections (which lead to an inflammation of the heart muscle, called myocarditis), toxins, heredity and medication side effects.
Restrictive cardiomyopathy, the least common type of cardiomyopathy in the US, occurs when the myocardium of the ventricles becomes excessively rigid, and the filling of the ventricles with blood between heart beats is impaired. The condition usually results from another disease, which occurs elsewhere in the body. Symptoms may include fatigue, swelling of the extremities, and difficulty breathing on exertion.
Cardiac MRI and other tests can be conducted by cardiac geneticists to determine if a patient has an inherited cardiomyopathy condition. Testing can confirm a diagnosis in someone showing signs of the condition. It can also identify family members at risk of developing the condition later in life so they can be screened regularly and treated as soon as heart changes begin to appear. These conditions are often associated with an electrical problem in the heart, or arrhythmia (irregular heartbeats).
In addition to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), other genetic cardiomyopathies include:
Treatments for cardiomyopathy often include medications, implantable defibrillators or bi-ventricular devices.
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Kids and Holiday Manners
I just attended a friend's child's birthday party and was shocked by the responses the child gave as he opened his gifts. "I already have one of these." "This isn't the one I wanted." After I was done judging this "nasty" child, I suddenly realized that the holiday is fast approaching, and my own daughter would be just as capable of making some of these comments! How can I prevent this rudeness from happening?
Think About It
Children are not born knowing how to politely respond to gifts, and in their childlike honesty can say some discourteous things. The easiest way to prevent this is through teaching.
Have a training session prior to the expected gift giving (before Grandma arrives at your house). Review the possible situations. "What would you say if you get something you already have – like another Monopoly game?" "What should you say if you get something you don't like at all?" And even, "What should you say if it's something you like?" It's amazing what wonderful results occur with a bit of practice.
Give Private Corrections
Even when a comment appears rude and thoughtless, it never helps to embarrass your child in front of the gift-giver. Following an impolite comment, simply excuse yourself and your child, go to a private place, and point out the error. Suggest something nice to say and return to your guest, allowing your child to save face.
Have You Been Doing Enough Training?
If your child is unaware that his comments are inappropriate, you need to do more training with him about proper manners.
(Excerpted with permission by NTC/Contemporary Publishing Group Inc. from Perfect Parenting, The Dictionary of 1,000 Parenting Tips by Elizabeth Pantley, copyright 1999)