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With baseball season fast approaching, it is time for TheWaiverWire's inaugural Baseball Preview package. We will look at every division in baseball, starting in the American League and moving from East to West by division. Also, we each team by who will finish last to first. So, the first team you read about from each division is in the basement, and the last is who we determine to win the division.
National League East
Second Place – Miami Marlins
Third Place – Atlanta Braves (read season preview here)
Fourth Place – Washington Nationals (read season preview here)
Fifth Place – New York Mets (read season preview here)
Starting Line-Up –
Catcher: John Buck (31) – 140 games, .227/.316/.367 16HR 57RBI
First Base: Gaby Sanchez (28) – 159 games, .266/.352/.427 19HR 78RBI – 2011 All-Star
Second Base: Omar Infante (30) – 148 games, .275/.315/.382 7HR 49RBI
Shortstop: Jose Reyes (28) – 126 games, .337/.384/.493 7HR 44RBI – 2011 All-Star, 11th in National League MVP Voting (with New York Mets)
Third Base: Hanley Ramirez (28) – 92 games, .243/.33/.379 10HR 45RBI
Left Field: Logan Morrison (24) – 123 games, .247/.330/.468 23HR 72RBI
Center Field: Emilio Bonifacio (26) – 152 games, .296/.360/.393 5HR 36RBI
Right Field:
Mike Giancarlo Stanton (22) – 150 games, .262/.356/.537 34HR 87RBI – 23rd in National League MVP Voting
The Good News…
On paper, with all the injuries the Philadelphia Phillies have already suffered, this team boasts the most complete offensive attack in the National League East. In fact, their line-up is so deep, that the only thing keeping them from being the pre-season pick to win the division is that you have to beat the champ (the Phillies for the last five years) to be the champs.
Jose Reyes enjoyed arguably his best offensive season in his New York Mets career last season, and is now firmly entrenched in the prime of his career. At the top of a batting order, Reyes does a lot of things that no other player in the Major Leagues can do. As a Mets fan, I got to personally enjoy day in and day out the energy he comes to the field with every game. The game slows down when he gets on base because it truly is only a matter of time until he breaks for second or third. Citi Field provided Reyes an alleyway for triples, so we'll have to see how those numbers rise or fall playing away from New York for 81 games a year. But, the dude can fly, he plays a Gold Glove caliber defense and he'll score 100+ runs. Yeah, not a bad off-season haul for the Fish. (I just made myself really sad).
You may have forgotten last season due to all the off-field drama and injuries, but Hanley Ramirez is still one of the premiere hitters in the league. The Marlins now boast two of the last three batting champions between Ramirez and Reyes. And, they finally get to move Ramirez off of shortstop, where he truly was a black hole defensively. Also, Ozzie Guillen will be able to hit Hanley in the middle of the order as opposed to lead-off, where his power isn't best utilized. Moving his bat to the third spot and taking him away from shortstop are both major additions to the Marlins line-up without having to import another bat besides Reyes.
And who's going to enjoy Reyes and Ramirez hitting in front of him the most? That's the Marlins right fielder, who also has been with this team the last two years even though his name has changed. Now, I don't know why Giancarlo Stanton doesn't want to be called Mike anymore. What I do know is that he has a legitimate shot at 50+ home runs and 120+ RBI hitting in this line-up. Oh, and he's only 22. Put aside the two proven stars on this team in Reyes and Ramirez. If you want to buy into Marlins stock, it should be because of the future ahead of Mike Stanton. He has a Vladimir Guerrero-esque cannon attached to his right shoulder. There is no ballpark too big for his raw power. Should his bullet line drives sink a little faster in the outfield and raise his batting average to the .280ish area, you're looking at a potential league MVP. That's how good this guy can be, and he may be the difference between the Marlins and every other team in the league.
I just want to add in quickly how much I fear Gaby Sanchez as a Mets fan. I don't know why or how the Mets find random players on division rivals to make their lives living hell, but there is no hitter in the entire East that scares me quite like Gaby Sanchez. I feel that every time the Mets face off with the Fish, Sanchez goes 2-for-3 with a double, RBI and a walk. I mean, he hits .358/.418/.620 against the Mets. That's by far his best numbers against any team he's ever faced. I mean, what is it? He's hit .269/.346/.440 in his career. How is he so deadly against just the Mets?? I have no idea. All I know is, he terrifies me. To the bone.
The Bad News…
I started off the good news for the Marlins with the term "on paper". And its true, on paper, they're fantastic. And its true, with all the injuries the Phillies already have, the Marlins have to be a step ahead of them offensively. But, there's a funny thing about paper and real life: they don't tend to translate so smoothly.
For starters, as a die hard Mets fan, I'm very familiar with what Jose Reyes can provide for your offense. I just gushed about it a few paragraphs ago. You know this, because you read it. Also as a Mets fan, that means I'm very familiar with all the ticky tacky injuries that land Reyes on the DL for what feel like months at a time. Before writing this post, I went back and reflected, again, on Reyes' career with my Mets confidant Ted Youngling. We discussed again how we'd miss his attitude and fire, but then we looked at his numbers. When he was on the field, he was great. But, in what may be characterized as his most complete season, he still missed 36 games due to injury. The year before? 29. The year before that? 126. Look, he's been in the league 9 years. Only 4 times, 2005-2008, has he played 150+ games. I know labeling someone "injury prone" could be unfair and doesn't necessarily mean he will get injured next all. But, you can't convince me that Reyes will make it through 2012 unscathed. Won't happen.
Reyes' injuries are one concern, the other has to be massive egos that make up this clubhouse. Hanley Ramirez nearly forced his way out of Miami with the news of Reyes coming to town and playing shortstop. Think about that, one of the best all-around hitters in the league didn't want to play with one of the best lead-off hitters in the game because he felt his turf was getting challenged. Unbelievable.
Oh, and there's the whole Ozzie Guillen thing in the clubhouse. To call him volatile would be, well, an understatement. I feel as though its only a matter of time until Ozzie and Logan Morrison engage in a lengthy twitter feud about playing time. Seriously. This is a realistic possibility with the Marlins this season. How outrageous is that.
Starting Rotation –
Ace: Josh Johnson, RHP (28) – 9 starts, 3-1, 1.64ERA, 60.1 IP, 56 Ks, 20 walks, 0.98 WHIP
#2: Mark Buerhle, LHP (33) – 31 starts, 13-9, 3.59ERA, 205.1 IP, 109 Ks, 45 walks, 1.30 WHIP – Gold Glove (with Chicago White Sox)
#3: Ricky Nolasco, RHP (29) – 33 starts, 10-12, 4.67ERA, 206.0 IP, 148 Ks, 44 walks, 1.40 WHIP
#4: Anibal Sanchez, RHP (28) – 32 starts, 8-9, 3.67ERA, 196.1 IP, 202 Ks, 64 walks, 1.28 WHIP
#5: Carlos Zambrano, RHP (30) – 24 starts, 9-7, 4.82ERA, 145.2 IP, 101 Ks, 56 walks, 1.44 WHIP (with Chicago Cubs)
The Good News…
I think a very good and strong argument can be made that, when healthy, there is no better pitcher in baseball than Josh Johnson, and certainly no better pitcher in the National League. Yes, I understand he pitches in the same league as Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, Clayton Kershaw and Tim Lincecum, among others, but Johnson is the total package when it comes to aces. He has a power fastball with dominant off-speed pitches that keep hitters so off balance that they have no idea what to prepare for first. He churns through line-ups as if they were little leaguers. He's only gotten better the more he faces Major League competition, which is a rare quality for any pitcher to have. The Marlins have as close to a guaranteed win every fifth day as any team in baseball with Johnson topping the rotation.
The Marlins were awfully busy signing marquee free agents in the off-season, and while they would've loved to add C.J. Wilson, Mark Buerhle is no bum. In fact, taking Buerhle from the offensive-minded American League and into the much more strategic-orientated offenses of the National League will benefit him more than other pitchers. He works incredibly quick, efficient and plays a superior defense when on the rubber. All the traits are critical to having success in the NL. Add in the fact that he will have the edge over opposing hitters now seeing him for the first time, and Buerhle could enjoy one of his best seasons as a Major Leaguer, and he's already proven to be an All-Star quality pitcher for a depleted Chicago White Sox team last year. His signing added critical depth to the Marlins starting rotation, especially considering the rotations boasted by the Phillies, Braves and Nationals.
No pitcher will benefit more from Buerhle adding rotational depth than Anibal Sanchez. Sanchez has quietly become one of the more effective pitchers in the National League. He doesn't have the same hype as Johnson and isn't talked about as much as someone like Ricky Nolasco, but he's a borderline All-Star when all of his pitches are working. Being able to work further down the rotational ladder will only help his superficial numbers and might bring him back into discussion for baseball fans.
The Bad News…
Its never good to preface a paragraph about how good someone can be with "if he can stay healthy". Only once in his short, but brilliant Major League career has Johnson started over 30 games, and only twice has he gone as high as 25. My comment about Johnson arguably being the best pitcher in the league is viewed as fantastical purely because, unlike the aforementioned pitchers above, he can't stay healthy. When he is on the mound, there's nobody better. But, being on the mound has been a problem throughout his career. If the Marlins want to prove that they're more than just talk, Josh Johnson's health is priority number 1.
Oh, and speaking of clashing personalities, who in their right mind thought pairing Ozzie Guillen with Carlos Zambrano was a genius idea? I mean, seriously. Outside of Milton Bradley, has there been anyone that acts more irrationally in a Major League dugout than Zambrano? Things hit a new low last year when, after a miserable start in August, Zambrano announced his retirement. He retired! For a day! You want to try and pull something like that with Ozzie walking around? I think we're on the verge of a bench clearing brawl…on the bench. Between Hanley's diva-status, Zambrano's insane asylum and Ozzie being Ozzie, if HBO were ever to do a "Hard Knocks" for a baseball team, how would they not stick cameras in the Marlins dugout?
Bench –
C Brett Hayes (28) – 64 games, .231/.291/.415 5HR 16RBI
OF Chris Coghlan (26) – 65 games, .230/.296/.368 5HR 22RBI
IF Greg Dobbs (33) – 134 games, .275/.311/.389 8HR 49RBI
UTIL Donnie Murphy (29) – 36 games, .185/.240/.315 2HR 9RBI
OF Bryan Peterson (25) – 74 games, .265/.357/.387 2HR 10RBI
The Skinny…
There is good balance on this bench that I like. Coghlan is a former Rookie of the Year that has blazing speed and can play all three outfield spots. But, he has struggled since a freak knee injury two years ago, and Emilio Bonifacio seems to have passed him on the Marlins depth chart. Off the bench, though, you have to love the value you're getting with Coghlan.
If I'm an opposing manager, I do not want to see Greg Dobbs grabbing a helmet late in the game as the potential tying or go-ahead run. He is a killer bat off the bench who has come up huge in the clutch time and time again. If an award was given out annually to the most dangerous pinch hitter in the Majors each year, people would have to try and wrestle it from the hands of Dobbs. Personally, I hate him whenever I see him walk to the plate against the Mets.
Bullpen –
Closer: Heath Bell, RHP (34) – 64 games, 62.2 IP, 2.44ERA, 43 saves, 7.3 K/9, 21 walks, 1.15 WHIP – 2011 All-Star (with San Diego Padres)
8th Inning Reliever: Edward Mujica, RHP (28) – 67 games, 76.0 IP, 2.96ERA, 7.5 K/9, 14 walks, 1.03 WHIP
Middle Reliever: Mike Dunn, LHP (26) – 72 games, 63.0 IP, 3.43ERA, 9.7 K/9, 31 walks, 1.30 WHIP
Middle Reliever: Randy Choate, LHP (36) – 54 games, 24.2 IP, 1.82ERA, 11.3 K/9, 13 walks, 1.05 WHIP
Middle Reliever: Steve Cishek, RHP (25) – 45 games, 54.2 IP, 2.63ERA, 3 saves, 9.1 K/9, 19 walks, 1.17 WHIP
Middle Reliever: Ryan Webb, RHP (26) – 53 games, 50.2 IP, 3.20ERA, 5.5 K/9, 20 walks, 1.34 WHIP
The Skinny…
Save Heath Bell! Bell, along with Reyes and Buerhle, was one of the Marlins big-name free agent signings the team hopes can make them into a contender right now. There's nothing about Bell's game that really separates him from the crowd or makes him elite, but he continues to go to the mound and get Major League hitters out, racking up huge save numbers. You know exactly what you're going to get from Bell day in and day out, which is a luxury when you think about how tenuous the position of closer really is on a Major League staff. I like his signing, maybe not for three years at the money he's getting, but I like it none the less.
As for the rest of the bullpen, the depth is rather impressive. They may not be as talented as the arms the Atlanta Braves can trot out at any time, but there are reasons to believe this will be one of the best 'pens in the league. They have two lefties that can get dangerous power bats out and a wealth of righties that have tricky stuff to adjust to on the fly. In fact, the greatest strength of this Marlins team is that in terms of talent, there isn't a glaring hole on the roster. Only, you know, the questionable mental make-ups of certain individuals.
So, there's that.
Top 10 Prospects (courtesy of MLB.com) -
#1: OF Christian Yelich (20) – Expected 2012 Level – A+
Yelich tore up the South Atlantic League last year as a 19 year old, finishing third in batting average and slugging .484 while swiping 32 steals. He is the complete package and a bag of chips, but he is still a good two years away from truly being ready to make a difference at the next level. He will continue his development in High-A next year, and he's the kind of talent where the team will make room for him when he's finally ready for big league pitching.
#2: 3B Matt Dominguez (22) – Expected 2012 Level – AAA
Dominguez is probably Major League ready. He plays a Gold Glove-caliber third base defense and flashes some serious pop at the plate that has a chance to boast sustainable 20-home run potential. The Marlins would've probably liked him to hit a little more at AAA last year, but some of the low numbers may be a residual affect from his early season injury. He was third baseman of the future for the Fish, until they signed Jose Reyes and moved Hanley Ramirez to third. The team needs to figure out what to do with Dominguez and if he is even still in their plans, or if they will package him for another part to make this team a Series contender.
#3: RHP Jose Fernandez (19) – Expected 2012 Level – Short Season A-Ball
Last year's first round pick for the Marlins got a whopping 4.1 innings of professional baseball under his belt last season after signing late. Being a high school arm, the Marlins will probably go slow and limit his innings in 2012, starting him out in short season ball in either the New York-Penn League or the Appy League. He is a ways away, but its always good to be excited about your first round picks.
#4: LHP Chad James (21) – Expected 2012 Level – AA
James is a fine example of why you should never take win-loss records seriously for Minor League pitchers. On the surface, you would look at the 15 losses James tallied up last year and say "how could this guy be any good?". James had a strong strikeout total last year, albeit rather hittable in the higher version of A-ball. He has good command, but seemingly doesn't know what to do with his pitches from time to time, which leads to the high number of balls left over the middle of the plate. If he can develop his game a bit more, he can be a strong lefty at the top of a Major League rotation in a year or two.
#5: OF Marcell Ozuna (21) – Expected 2012 Level – A+
Ozuna has real power, slugging nearly .500 last year thanks in large part to the 23 home runs he hit off South Atlantic League pitching. He has a good approach at the plate, drawing 46 walks last year and keeping his OBP at .330, which are repeatable skills at higher levels of competition. He's certainly behind Yelich on the organizational depth chart, and it may take him a little longer to put it all together. Either way, he's a good prospect to have in your Minors.
#6: C J.T. Realmuto (21) – Expected 2012 Level – A+
Realmuto is likely the Marlins catcher of the future, and he has some nice skills that should keep Marlins fans eagerly anticipating his debut. He's got a well-rounded offensive game that flashes some pop, but makes plenty of contact. He certainly has a strong arm as he's a converted shortstop, which also means he needs more reps behind the plate before anyone can even think of moving him faster through the system.
#7: LHP Adam Conley (21) – Expected 2012 Level – A-
Conley was the Marlins second round pick out of Washington State in last year's draft. While he was mostly a reliever at school, the Marlins are going to try and stretch him out to see what he can do as a starter. Should they decide to keep him as a starter moving forward, he will spend the majority of the season in low-A ball. But, if they move him back to the bullpen, he can skyrocket through the system.
#8: 2B Noah Perio (20) – Expected 2012 Level – A+
Another player in the lower level of the Marlins system to be excited about is Perio. He's a scrappy second baseman who plays with a strong glove and makes a ton of contact at the plate. The one knock on Perio right now is he still doesn't draw as many walks as you would like, especially considering he may be a number-2 hitter at some point. Should he develop a little more patience, Perio could be viewed as the Marlins heir apparent at second.
#9: LHP Rob Rasmussen (23) – Expected 2012 Level – AA
Of all the pitchers in the Marlins system, Rasmussen probably has the best outside chance of making an appearance with the big league club at some point in 2012. Rasmussen was rather hittable in High-A, and didn't show a strong control of the strike zone either. He has a lot of work to do, but has the make-up to shoot up the Marlins system, especially since its rather light on the top.
#10: OF Jesus Solorzano (21) – Expected 2012 Level – A-
Solorzano is a long ways away from the Majors. In fact, the biggest knock on the Marlins system is the majority of their high-end talent is in the lower levels. There is no reason not to be high on a player like Solorzano, but I mean, he's three years away. That's a hard player to predict.
Give it to me straight, Greg…
When we covered the American League, it was pretty clear that the two Wild Card spots would be determined by the Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, Los Angeles Angels and Texas Rangers. Two of them would get in, two of them wouldn't. It was really that simple.
In the National League, it is not nearly that clear. The Marlins are surely a good team, but its wide open. I mean, its not even clear that the Marlins are going to finish second in the East. Then, you add in a likely resurgent year from the Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants and Colorado Rockies, the Diamondbacks are a strong team, the Milwaukee Brewers, even without Prince Fielder, are deep, and there's the whole defending champion St. Louis Cardinals thing. It's really anybody's guess as to who will walk away from the NL with the five playoff spots.
If all goes well for the Marlins, they could win the East. Even considering a few missteps along the way, excluding a possible, uhm, incident between two of the many egos making up the Miami clubhouse this year, this team should still win north of 85 games this season. Over the last few seasons, its taken 90 wins for a team in the National League to lock down a playoff spot. Luckily for the Marlins, I think they'll win 90 on the nose. That'll be just enough to put them over the top and into the post season.
I swear, if this is one of those years the Marlins win another World Series, I'm going to hurt somebody.
2012 Season Projection: 90-72, National League Wild Card Winner.


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Game Recap: Cubs 6, White Sux 5 - HEY! CUBS WIN!
"We cling to the fact that we will swing the bats better... You gotta give these guys every opportunity to work out of it." - Lou Piniella
"The Cubs four-run, come from behind victory was their largest ever against the White Sox." - @STATS_MLB
"YEEESSSSS!!!!" - Ron Santo
What a game, what a win.
Derrek Lee is today's hero, coming through in a big way with his three-run bomb in the 8th inning. You may be thinking to yourself that Lee has been having a fantastic month; well, check out this slash line for June coming into today's game.
D-Lee in June: .360/.428/.520
After all the crap we gave him, Derrek has quietly been carrying this team through one of their worst months imaginable on offense. He's only got eight RBI to show for it, but it's not his fault.
Credit is also due to Geo Soto, who brought himself home in the at-bat immediately following Derrek's dinger.
Soto's slugging in June is somewhere around .450 after today's game; that number rates higher than his slugging from June or July of 2008. Furthermore, it'll only go up once Soto figures out how to get his average above .222 for this month.
Finally, let's talk about the third offensive hero from today's game, the man who got the W flag flying, the one and only Mr. Alfonso Soriano.
Fonsi pulled a move out of Ryan Theriot's 2008 playbook in the bottom of the 9th today, flipping a single into the opposite field with ReJo on 2nd to plate today's winning run.
Hopefully, today's game is a sign of things to come, especially for these three dudes in particular. Are you convinced?
Let's savor this one, and get ready for Cliff Lee and the Indians.
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The Cubs try to get back to .500 today against the Sox. Even in these tough times the season is not lost. Granted it would be nice to see some improvement.
I won't be catching many games this weekend due to my trip to San Diego. Hopefully, the Cubs will be in better shape when I return from Ballparks 21 (Pecto) and 22 (Angels) this weekend.
Who's Hot
Milton Bradley - There wasn't a lot to brag about yesterday, but "Don't Wake Daddy" had two hits to bring his average North of .230 again.
Who's Not
Jim Hendry - Come on Jim and do something. We can't just sit around and wait for Aramis to get back and save the day.
The Cubs are in serious trouble, but hope is not lost. Maybe we'll get lucky and Carlos will throw a gem and hit two home runs.
Game Recap: White Sox 4, Cubs 1
Apparently in the excitement of a teeny tiny little blog war -- and the intra-blog strife of a debate on the culpability of Lou Piniella for this mess of a baseball season -- a game was played today.
I don't know why but for some reason my Game Recap got eaten. So this will be an even shorter, abbreviated version of my already short, abbreviated Game Recap.
The Cubs, they did not score many runs.
Alfonso, he had another 0-fer.
Dempster, he didn't pitch like an ace, walking 6 and striking out 4.
In terms of the stories that dominated the day at GROTA, as far as I'm concerned the mini-blog war is over (which will not stop our terrific friends over at Another Cubs Blog from making their snarky comments, but I do derive a ridiculous amount of pleasure knowing that they read me while I would sooner crap into a diaper and smear it all over my head than read them) and, speaking of craps-into-diapers, regarding Lou:
As far as the anti-Lou, he must be fired sentiment goes, I am apparently alone. Actually I'm a little shocked at how teflon Lou has been in this situation considering that he's the rebound manager from The Worst Managing Experience of Our Lives. You'd think that once we're cynical we'd stay that way but I guess two years of winning slaps blinders on even the most scrutinous pair of eyes.
I'll save my Lou rhetoric for a post coming to a blog near you tomorrow morning, but I do have a few questions I'd love to have answered: what would Lou need to do for you to lose faith in him? And how responsible is he -- and managers in general -- for the output of his team?
Anyway. The Cubs lost today, dropping to 4 out of first and 1 below .500. But don't worry - nobody appears keen on winning in the NL Central. Tomorrow, they play for revenge!
Gamecast: June 17th vs. White Sox
Jon Danks (4-5, 4.81 ERA) vs. Carlos Zambrano (4-2, 3.39 ERA)
Story Lines
The minute we get away from the steriods saga it comes back just in time to ruin baseball once again. At this point who cares who used and who didn't? Baseball let it happen, they're cracking down now, and it is time to move on.
Anyway, there is a game today and every day until the All-Star Break, I believe. This is also the first meeting of the year against the Cross-town rivals, so that's something I guess.
In other news, it's raining in Chicago. I doubt the game starts on time, and I'm not sure there won't be a second rain delay at some point.
Who's Hot
Derrek Lee - Lee's hitting .391 in his last six games and sporting a 13-game hitting streak. Of course he's only got two extra base hits during that time.
Geovany Soto - In his last six games, Soto is 7-for-20 with 1 HR and two doubles. It's still not great, but it's a lot better.
Who's Not
Kosuke Fukudome - Looks like Fukudomes good start to 2009 is about through. It's crazy how he can look so good for time and totally suck the rest. Wait, I guess it isn't that crazy considering he's a Cub. He's 2-for-22 in last six games. Ouch!
Alfonso Soriano - What are we going to do with Sori? We've all seen the crazy slumps and crazy hot streaks, but nothing has last this long. He's an automatic out right now, whos 3-for-his-last-25. No wonder we're .500.
Note from Kurt: At the risk of alienating Kevin, I'm just taking Chris's post from yesterday and moving it up to today
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox
This is just another matchup of two mediocre teams, despite what you'll hear in the Trib and the Times. So, I'll give you a snappy little rundown of the Sox roster and then get to a more important point:
- Dye, Thome, and Konerko are, in order: good, good and decent. All three can cause pain
- Pierzynski is: douchebag
- Pitching is: not good.
So there you go. Your 2009 Chicago White Sox.
Here's what I'm more interested in: Kurt and Rob's take on a certain Kate and Leo vehicle and how it relates to the Cubs. While they're trying to feng shui their lost cause, I'm hanging with the band, playing as the ship goes down. And you know why I can do this? Because I know something they don't know: the ship isn't going down. And here's my reasoning:
Talent wins out.
The Cubs are playing way, way below their true talent level. And the thing is, everyone agrees with this fact. Everyone agrees that Uncle Milton is better than he's shown and that Geo has power (barring injury). Everyone knows that Soriano is just waiting for a hot streak. Hell, the one player we all doubted the most, Derrek Lee, is the guy who's finally remembered how to hit. The rest are just waiting for the hits to start falling in. And, in the case of Geo Soto, they have. Over the last two weeks, Geo has an OPS of .814. That's actually pretty good (and the .981 OPS over the last week: outstanding). Geo's on the upswing.
But yeah, Soriano and Milton continue to struggle and Fukudome and Theriot are in a slump. And the team, as we've seen, can't buy a run. And so, apparently, we decide we need to fire the manager or shake up the roster. On other sites, they suggest trading away our most talented pitcher. All because we're at .500 after a third of the season.
You know what I say to the .500 record at this point? Good. We should be damn happy to have a .500 record after losing our best player to a bad wing. Remember what happened in 2006 when Lee went down? And believe me, Aramis's replacements haven't been any better than Lee's were. We've had bootloads of injuries, and yet we are still afloat, one game out of the loss column. We have some of the best hitters in baseball unable to lay the good wood and still the rest of the Central has waited for us to figure it out.
Thanks, NL Central!
And so I will wait for Aramis to come back and let Fontenot slide over to his natural position (Fontenot, incidentally, has been everything we thought he would be over the last month), thus solidifying both the offense and defense with one move. I will wait for Soriano to start hitting again because he always begins to hit again. If he needs a DL stint, let him take that, then get back to hitting. Either way. Fun fact: during his massive slump, Soriano has a BABIP of .197. Granted, he's making things worse by swinging at whatever comes up to the plate, but he's also not getting any help from the Gods. It will turn around.
And Uncle Milton has only ever hit. And he will hit again. He will revert to his true talent level.
...as do we all.
I know this stretch of baseball is frustrating. I'm frustrated too (although clearly less so than most as exactly zero of my words required and astricks). But I'm going to try to ride this wave of bad baseball and look forward to the inevitable hot streak. The Cubs are too talented for it not to happen.
And if it doesn't turn around? If every single player has a career worse year? Well, I don't know what to say about that. I support the starting lineup Hendry has put together and I don't think you can anticipate everyone failing.
But the talent's there.
And talent always wins out.
So yeah, by all means, improve the bullpen and get us a real backup infielder. But blow up this team? You could do it. But you're not going to make it any better.
Okay kids, the comments are open. Feel free to call me Al Yellon, Part Deux.
The Matchups
Tuesday, June 16th - Carlos Zambrano vs. John Danks
Holy crap, welcome back Carlos. Carlos has been nothing short of magnificent in his last two outings since coming off the disabled list. In fact, except for one start in April where he gave up 7 runs (in 7 innings, mind you), Carlos has been every inch of an Ace. The sinker has been down recently and that should make for tough days for the Sox. The real key, of course, will be whether or not Carlos brings his A-game...to the plate. WE NEED RUNS.
John Danks is yet another mediocre pitcher in the long line of mediocre pitchers to face the Cubs of late. Maybe Von Joshua knows the secret to hitting crappy pitchers (seriously, Russ Ortiz owned us. So sad). John Danks also thinks Wrigley smells like pee. Your point?
Wednesday, June 17th - Randy Wells vs. Gavin Floyd
Alright, so fine. Wells is human. La Dee Da. That doesn't mean we don't love him and still expect great things out of him. When Well's control is on, he's one tough cookie (yes, true of most pictures) and I think his control will be on today. And no, I have no reason to think that. Except for BLIND OPTIMISM.
Wells will have to be perfect, though, as the Cubs are facing a pitcher with an ERA just south of 5. Good god, we'll never hit him! Yeah yeah, whatevs. We get it, the Cubs have no offense. Actually, Floyd has been pitching pretty well of late and so, when he shuts the Cubs down, it won't be humiliating in the usual sense.
Thurday, June 18th - Ryan Dempster vs. Jose Contreras
Nice to see Dempster back on it this last month or so. In fact, Dempster is earning every dollar of his contract and this fact is only being obscured by the fact that he's currently only the third best pitcher on the team (fourth, if Harden remembers how to pitch). Actually, with this team's pitching, we don't need out hitters to be great, we need them to be average. GOOD GOD, what I wouldn't give for average.
Contreras? He's still alive? Well, he isn't really very good anymore, so we should have a shot at him. Not that that ever helps. Stupid slumping offense.
As usual, with the Crosstown Classic, anything can happen. And I expect anything to happen. And everything. And a dash of something.
Maybe a little nothing.
Go Cubs.
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Game Recap: White Sox 4, Cubs 3
Quick Links: Game Recap: White Sox 7, Cubs 6
Cubs vs. White Sox Series Preview
MLB.com's box score
And so ends our early pre-season experimentation with actual coverage. The Cubs got handled today by the White Sox, although again most of the damage was done to players who won't be pitching for the Cubs anyway.
Today's winner for the White Sox is a guy named Jeffrey Marquez, a rookie who threw 3 strong innings striking out 2, walking 1, and giving up only 1 hit. Over on the Cubs side, Aaron Heilman continued with his campaign to be named a starter, going 3 innings, striking out 3, walking 2, and surrendering 1 hit. So far he hasn't allowed a run this spring.
Mateo got tagged with the loss, although the Cubs probably would've won had Ken Kadokura not surrendered 2 more runs in the top of the 9th. With just 1 out the Cubs managed to load the bases in their final chance, with Ryan Theriot hulking a sac fly into the outfield and Reed Johnson driving in 2 with a single before Richie Robnett flew out to end the game.
More importantly than the final score, Mike Fontenot went 2 for 4 today while playing third base, The Hoff went 1 for 2, and Paul Bako gunned out 2 would-be base stealers. Oh, and every guy who pitched today that will actually be on the Cubs roster in April - Heilman, Gregg, and Cotts - held the White Sox scoreless.
All that out of the way, what you see at the top of this post will theoretically be the Game Recaps image that we use for the rest of the year. (Don't worry, I've got one with the Win Flag too, to be used appropriately.) I think it might be one of the better graphics I've made. In terms of GROTA coverage of Spring Training, there probably won't be another Series Preview until the Cubs play the Yankees, nor another GameCast until they play ones that matter. We'll just have to see how we - and everybody else - feels.
GameCast: Cubs vs. White Sox
Welcome to the experimental first GameCast of the 2009 season. We're going to do this a little differently once the season actually begins, as I will likely shut off the Shout Box in order to make the comments part of this article the place to talk about the game.
In the meantime, knock yourself out either here or over in the Shout Box. I'll be watching snippets of the game on WGN, but unlike the BlogCasts of the '08 playoffs I won't be updating constantly on account of how I wanted to hang myself when it was over.
Go Cubs!
Game Recap: White Sox 7, Cubs 6
Quick Links: The Series Preview
MLB.com's box score
(Editor's note: I'm still working on the best Recap graphic, just so you know. It probably won't look like this in April.)
Last night's televised game started ridiculously late, and I have a feeling that there weren't too many Chicagoans who stayed up to see the final score. We were all probably sleeping - or trying to, like in my case - when the Cubs coughed up the lead late in the game and lost on a Ben Brossard single off David Patton in the 9th.
Probably more importantly, this game may have dealt a crushing blow to Jeff Samardzija's chances of making the opening day roster as the 5th starter. He gave up 3 runs in 3 innings of work while striking out 2.
Offensively, the Cubs didn't have many problems scoring runs - especially in the middle innings when they racked up 5 of their 6. Ryan Theriot and Mike Fontenot both had big days, combining to go 5 for 8 with 1 RBI, 3 runs scored, a double, and a triple, although most of the damage was done against Jon Van Benschoten who probably has as much of a chance of cracking the White Sox roster as George Bell does.
The Cubs started out undefeated and are now 5-4. That's not exactly a big deal. The important thing is that the right guys put up good enough numbers to earn the roles they're capable of playing. Mike Fontenot's hitting well enough to start over Aaron Miles. Micah Hoffpauir is hitting well enough to crack the roster. Whether the Cubs win or lose in the meantime isn't so important.
Later today the Cubs will be playing the White Sox again, also on WGN. We'll have a GameCast up for you to follow along.
This Game Recap brought to you by Bench Aaron Miles!
Cubs Sox Pictures
I went to the game tonight, and brought along the goat camera. See Kurt's write up for the game recap. Here's the pics.
Geovany Soto fouls one off. See that white streak? That's the baseball.
How many White Sox does it take to catch a pop fly?
Carlos Quentin - swing and a miss!
Javier Vazquez couldn't get the ball over the plate tonight.
Aramis Ramirez' bat is too hot to handle right now.
Aramis Ramirez rounds third base after his fourth home run of the series.
Bobby Howry came in to mop up after eight great Ryan Dempster innings.
Stay Classy, White Sox
Memo to Sun-Times headline writers – when your headline is:
Hotter fans? The results are in!
You leave me, the reader, expecting… well, results, not to put too fine a point on it. So when you say:
The response to our Hottest Fans contest has been so overwhelming --nearly 7 million online page views and nearly 40,000 votes (Cubs fans leading with 61 percent) that we've decided to extend the voting through the end of the season.
Do you know what you've just done? That's right, you've lied to me. Me and thousands of others like me. Also, by the way…
…this guy is not "hot." This guy looks like he's auditioning for the direct-to-video Sean Of The Dead sequel. And I really want to tell you, Goat Reader, that I had to go digging for this sort of entry. But unlike Sun-Times headline writers, I will not lie to you; that's pretty representative of the quality of this whole enterprise.
Well, as you by now are aware, the White Sox are in town, if by town you mean Chicago. Which, I guess they're in town as often as the Cubs are, but normally I'm not required to care. And, to be frank, I'm still not sure I care. Okay, sure, the White Sox are six games on the schedule that I'd rather win than lose, but that's true of pretty much every game on the schedule. And even if they sometimes sound like they're run by the winners of the Idiot Triathlon, they seem to have a competitive club on the field.
But not living in Chicago, I don't feel about this series the way a lot of others do; I get a lot more excited about Cubs-Cards and Cubs-Brewers. So the hype far surpasses the reality for me.
But I just have to say, the crosstown series (Bruce Miles implores you not to refer to it as a "Classic") does provide one more reminder that the Sox may well be one of the least classy organizations in baseball. To wit:
''We'll all be bringing our nose plugs, try not to smell all the urine over there,'' [pitcher John] Danks said Thursday. ''Nah, we're looking to have fun over there, but that place is a [bleep] hole.''
And that's just one example. I'll concede that the facilities at Wrigley are antiquated and in need of repairs, but as a grown man, talking to the press about your job, do you really need to talk like that? I'm far from a Puritan when it comes to how I talk, but seriously, how can you figure that's the right way to represent yourself in a very public forum? (I guess it doesn't hurt to have Ozzie Guillen as your boss.)
Speaking of Guillen, Mariotti has this to say about Ozzie's in-game strategy:
Normally, it's his mouth that gets him into trouble, but on this day, it was his thought process. With the Cubs looking half-asleep after arriving in the wee hours from Tampa Bay, where they were swept by the emerging Rays, Guillen should have let Danks bat to lead off the seventh. Instead, he pinch-hit for the pitcher and got nothing out of the inning anyway.
Well, the Blizzard yanked Danks anyway and inserted the sporadically reliable Octavio Dotel. You could hear the licking of chops and high-fives from the third-base dugout. Before anyone could utter ``dumb move,'' Derrek Lee and Ramirez had crushed back-to-back homers off Dotel, tying the score and turning all heads toward Ozzie in this meticulously analyzed, scrutinized series. Why go to your bullpen so soon when Danks was performing so well? Why not let Danks find a smidgen of trouble before making a move? Hadn't he retired the Cubs in order in the third, fourth and fifth innings and on one single in the sixth?
This was a case of Guillen, the attention hog, imposing his strategic ego on a game when it wasn't necessary. It would cost him tremendously in the bottom of the ninth, when Scott Linebrink, in relief of Matt Thornton, allowed a game-winning blast by Ramirez that dropped into the thatch of ivy in front of the Batter's Eye Restaurant in center field.
Mariotti is as big a yapper (to use Tango's phrase for it) as you can find in the sporting press, and he seems to know surprisingly little about just about any topic he chooses to comment on. Pitchers get worse the more pitches they throw, to the point where Dotel could well be expected to be more effective than Danks going into the seventh. And Danks, like most other pitchers, especially AL pitchers, is a horrible hitter.
The funny thing about baseball is that it's a game of failures; even the best hitters make outs more often than not, and even the best pitchers give up runs. The only thing you can do as a manager is try to put the odds in your favor - and he did that, by giving his team the best chance he could on offense and defense. Sometimes things don't work out; you have to judge a move in isolation of the short-term results.
When Mariotti asks, "Why not let Danks find a smidgen of trouble before making a move?", what he's really asking is, "Why not wait until it's too late?" The hardest thing to do is to cash in while you're ahead, to sell high. And tell me - if Ozzie leaves Danks in and he ends up giving up those runs instead of Dotel, do you think that there's no chance that Mariotti writes this instead?
Isn't it refreshing to have a manager in this town that can do more than run his mouth? The Blizzard of Oz is obviously outmatched strategically by Sweet Lou.
In the seventh inning, with a chance to spark his team's aenemic offense and put the Cubs away for good, he let the pitcher, Danks, bat for himself. Maybe he forgot what league he was in. The Sox failed to score that inning, and the rest is history.
Mariotti is truly a man without allegiance to anything, up to and including the truth. I really fail to understand how he has his job.
Expect Zambrano to go on the DL soon, in exchange for "outfielder" Eric Patterson - surprisingly enough Edmonds and Johnson are both banged up, and the Cubs are running short on outfielders - they're so desperate that they're even letting Matt Murton play! The good news is that no serious damage was found in Zambrano's shoulder.


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#21 Mon 23 Jan 12 12:34pm
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Re: Jamie Oliver Pasta Machine
Just to let you know that my Imperia 150 is doing sterling work. It's a pleasure to use after the J.O. one. Lots of nice fresh pasta.
Wish I'd done the interthingy research Schmy. Unfortunately I got a voucher from one of my kids and wondered what I was going to spend it on.
Like Schmy, I'm disappointed that J.O.'s let his name be linked to frankly shoddy equipment. The Imperia may be about �20 more expensive but it's really worth it.
#22 Sun 05 Feb 12 4:35pm
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I was given JO pasta machine by my daughter - lasted 2 attempts before the turning handle jammed on the roller setting. Sainsburys great - gave me a voucher as they had none in stock - however they are selling last of stock off at �3.00!!! I do wonder why having read other reports on these pages.
#23 Sun 05 Feb 12 6:55pm
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Re: Jamie Oliver Pasta Machine
Has anyone been to Recipease to make 'filled pasta'? It's well worth the visit. There's one in Clapham and one in Brighton. It's a super-fun thing to do for a birthday with friends or just a treat for a friend.
You learn how to make a few different shapes and a super-easy filling & dressing. It's a great way to try it out first and see how easy it really is, to make your own pasta.
You also get to use a pasta machine, so it's a great way to try that for the first time too, before you buy one - and get advice about what to look for - you don't need to buy the pricey ones!!
The filled pasta lesson is an 'eat-in' one so you eat what you make at the end, and enjoy it with a glass of wine
Here's a link - you can see Jimmy - the chef/instructor, on the right - who is usually based at the Clapham Recipease.
So much fun that I'd go again to do filled pasta!!
Love to hear about people's experiences with making pasta.
#24 Tue 04 Dec 12 7:54pm
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Re: Jamie Oliver Pasta Machine
I too bought a jamie Oliver pasta Maker and after first use both rollers Jammed
As i am an Engineer i took it apart and repaired the Machine.
I Cannot Believe JO PUT HIS NAME ON SUCH A SHODDY PIECE OF MACHINERY
not very well Made should have known when it was made in Holland not
renown for its workmanship.
Jamie please check Units before you put your Mark on it
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A 54–year old local Chiropractor was arrested yesterday in connection with that big explosion that rocked Fairbanks Saturday afternoon in the Chena Pump–Chena Ridge area.
Guy Christopher Mannino was apprehended around 6–30 yesterday morning as he prepared to board an airplane at Fairbanks International Airport.
Mannino is charged with a Felony count of Third Degree Criminal Mischief.
Around 4–15 Saturday afternoon, State Troopers began receiving phone calls reporting an explosion near Heather Drive.
Troopers say that while they were familiar with exploding ordinance and gun fire from that area, Mannino (who is a licensed Federal Explosives dealer) was also urged to increase safety there as well.
They say projectiles routinely leave a "pit" area at Craig O'Donoghue's residence, which is where the incident occurred.
Troopers say up to 18–houses were affected or damaged in the blast, and Mannino is said to have used as much as THREE HUNDRED POUNDS of explosives.
During court proceedings, KATHRYN BAIRD, PROSECUTING ATTORNEY. said the situation was "very serious and it involved a large amount of explosives which was set off in heavily populated residential area it's been confirmed so far that at least twelve house in the area have been affected by the blast and troopers are still receiving more information regarding that."
LAWRENCE REGER DEFENSE ATTORNEY countered "This is a property only crime even as a led intent to cause harm is not implicated. We are looking at recklessness as to the flight risk Mr. Mannino had a professional licensing examination set down in anchorage for tomorrow that he is probably not going to be able to make. Now he has not history of violating conditions of release or anything like that this is a C felony and a property only crime that doesn't even allege malicious intent."
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Great size!
By The crazy old goose woman
from Just off Amelia Island, FL
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I have real geese in the backyard and a "pretend" one at my front door! Great size and the outfits here on this site are a perfect and too cute fit.Only drawback is that it is light. I suggest water, sand or kitty litter in the base. Can't put too much in as the drain hole will cause it to leak.
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I love these!
By poopsy
from Arkansas
I just love these geese! I bought two of these and some of the seasonal clothes to put on them. They are the cutest decoration inside and out. I have mine on either side of my front doorway for all to see when they pass by. And I love that you can put holiday clothes on them with each seasons. I know am thinking about getting another set for my mother. She will love them. Thanks Miles Kimball.
Lightweight is a bonus, fun to dress
By R P
from Michigan
About Me Midrange Shopper
Goose somehow had a hole poked in its chest, I covered it with white duct tape but really--who poked a hole in his chest? I recommend the goose but not the shipping used. I didn't realize he was going to be so lightweight, it does have a hole in the base to put some stabilizer in, I added kitty litter which works fine.
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my family and friends loved the geese
By Reggie
from PA
are there outfits for every season for these geese
(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)
Stay playful...stay young!!
By babci
from melville, NY
Delighted to find a lightweight goose (low shipping cost) Sprayed it with Rustoleum's clear spray to protect from deterioration... Filled it with glass marbles(windproof). So darling in it's seasonal outsfilts!!
Cute white goose
By Becky the shopper
from Whittier, CA
Great decoration for my yard. I have him out for Christmas in Santa suit plan to outfit him for all holidays.
"Just right for the price"
By Norma the shopper
from Donna,TX
Just be sure to add enough sand to make the goose stand of otherwise it falls to easy
VERY nice BUT still waiting for the Bing
By rookie
from Lorain Ohio
we have other goose items from miles kimball
The big goose.
By vll
from Wis.
I'm giving the goose as a birthday gift to my friend in Aug. She is a Greenbay Packer fan and found a football costume to outfit her goose and am sure she will love it. I had looked everywhere for a goose and none of the local hardware stores had anything even close to what the real goose looked like. Glad you had one in stock. Thanks.
Love the Goose
By Judith
from Austin, TX
Goose is on the shelf outside the door of my apartment. It gets lots of attention from neighbors passing by. I wish the clothes for my goose weren't so expensive.


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Health eMinutes is North Memorial's health blog, featuring health and wellness tips and updates on news and events around North Memorial. Every other month, we distribute an email update featuring content updates -- sign up at right to join our distribution list.
15th Annual SafeJourney Celebration of Courageby North Memorial
Join us as we celebrate 20 years of courage for the hundreds of women, men and children who have been touched by SafeJourney, a service dedicated to supporting individuals affected by domestic abuse. Celebration of Courage is November 6 at the Marriot Northwest in Brooklyn Park.Comments (0)
Robot-assisted Surgery Event is September 17by North Memorial
See the daVinci robot up close and hear from physicians who use it to operate at a free upcoming event on Wednesday, Sept. 17.Comments (0)
Online Diagnosis and Treatment is Offered through North eCareby North Memorial
North eCare offers online diagnosis and treatment for 20 common health conditions including allergies, cold and flu, pink eye, sinusitis and urinary tract infection.Comments (0)
Keeping Our Communities Healthyby North Memorial
Our core, daily work revolves around our mission to give our patients and their families compassionate, remarkable care. But our efforts go beyond the walls of our facilities – we believe that building strong, healthy and safe communities is also part of our work...Comments (0)
BRCA 1 and 2 in the Spotlight Following Angelina Jolie's Op-Ed One Year Agoby North Memorial
This week marks the one-year anniversary since Angelina Jolie penned her op-ed article in the New York Times sharing her extensive family history of breast and ovarian cancer while also detailing her decision to undergo a preventative double mastectomy. In the year since the article ran...Comments (0)
Robbinsdale's Inaugural Half Marathon, The Birdtown, Happens May 17by North Memorial
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Kids' Car Seat Inspection Event to be held May 1 in Maple Groveby North Memorial
Safe Kids Northwest Metro Minneapolis is hosting a Car Seat Inspection Event where nationally certified technicians can help you properly install your child's car seat or have your current seat inspected for safety.Comments (0)
Unparalleled Emergency Care Options are Close to Homeby North Memorial
Fortunately, residents of the northwest metro can have it all—a level of expertise that's nationally recognized, at a location that's likely to be right around the corner, and easy to access.Comments (0)
Are You Getting Enough Calcium?by North Memorial
Osteoporosis occurs mostly in people over 50. Calcium is vital for bone health. Milk, yogurt, cheese, calcium-fortified soy milk, cereal and fruit juice are good sources.Comments (0)
Varicose Vein Screeningby North Memorial
North Memorial Heart & Vascular Institute (HVI) will offer free* vein screenings at
Oakdale Obstetrics & Gynecology's upcoming women's health and wellness event:
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Free Seminar on Erectile Dysfunction and Treatment for Enlarged Prostateby North Memorial
North Memorial and Urology Associates are offering a men's health seminar about treatment options for erectile dysfunction & enlarged prostate.Comments (5)
March is Colon Cancer Awareness Monthby North Memorial
Colon cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer fatalities. Colonoscopy is a procedure to detect and remove polyps, reducing the risk of cancer. If you are over 50 you should be screened. Read more.Comments (0)
Upcoming Birdtown Cafe Promotion Supports Animal-Assisted Therapyby North Memorial
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Free Vein Screenings and More at Jeans, Jewels & Generationsby North Memorial
Join us at Jeans, Jewels & Generations, a free annual event featuring health exhibits and fun activities for girls and women of all ages. Health experts from North Memorial Heart & Vascular Institute will be on hand offering free vein screenings and to provide information on laser treatment (EVLT) for varicose veins.Comments (1)
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Graduation Commencement Dates
Thursday May 15, 2014 - 7:00 p.m.
- Marshfield Campus - Holiday Inn & Conference Center (750 South Central Avenue)
- Stevens Point Campus - University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Dreyfus University Center (1015 Reserve Street)
- Wisconsin Rapids Campus - Campus gymnasium (Building E)
- Nursing - Pinning will be held at 3:00 p.m. in the Wisconsin Rapids Campus gymnasium.
General Information about the Commencement Ceremony
Applying to Graduate
MSTC is authorized by the Wisconsin Technical College System to grant associate degrees and technical diplomas. The graduation date is determined for an individual student by the completion date of all program requirements and the requirements listed below. To be eligible for a diploma or degree from MSTC, a student must fulfill the following requirements to graduate:
- Applied and be accepted into the program from which the student intends to graduate.
- Satisfactorily complete all curriculum graduation requirements with a program GPA of 2.0 or above. Please note: Service and Health programs may require higher GPA's for graduation. Please see the progression requirements regarding your program of choice in the MSTC Catalog & Student Handbook.
- Complete at least 25% of the total academic program at MSTC.
- Complete a minimum of 25% of the occupational core courses at MSTC.
- Petition to graduate by using the graduation card or MyMSTC student online services prior to the graduation date on which the student intends to graduate.
- Pay the graduation fee of $25. Each additional diploma is $5.
- Diplomas will be mailed to students approximately four weeks after the semester's commencement date. Commencement exercises are held in December and May. A student must fulfill all financial obligations to MSTC to receive any form of certificate, degree, or diploma.
- You may participate in the May commencement ceremony if you are scheduled to complete coursework by the end of the summer session. If your coursework goes beyond summer, you will be eligible to participate in the December commencement ceremony.
Graduating with Honors
Honor lists include all graduating students with high academic achievement as outlined below, based on the program GPA through the semester preceding the final semester. Students graduating with honors are recognized with honor cords. Those students whose academic history with MSTC is limited to the current semester will not be eligible for honor cords.
The Office of Student Records will determine program GPA for all MSTC graduates. Honor cords may be purchased at campus bookstores. A nominal fee is charged for students wishing to receive honor cords based on the following:
Graduation with Distinction (Gold Cord) - 3.75 - 4.00 GPA
Graduation with High Honors (Silver Cord) - 3.50 - 3.74 GPA
Graduation with Honors (Bronze Cord) - 3.25 - 3.49 GPA
Early Release for Employment
"Student early release" is a procedure whereby a potential graduate of one of MSTC's programs may be permitted to terminate his/her attendance at MSTC for employment, subject to the following conditions:
- Early release will be granted only if the employer requires the potential graduate to begin employment immediately. Students will be given early release only for full-time employment related to their training received at MSTC.
- Early release, if granted, cannot exceed two weeks prior to the last day of the semester. Such time will not be counted as absences.
Graduation from an MSTC Collaborative Program
Students who are participants in an MSTC collaborative program with another technical college, where MSTC is the primary owner of the program will be allowed to transfer credits from the designated collaborating college and have those transfer credits and grades posted to their MSTC transcript for calculation into their program GPA. Students participating in such a program and completing all program requirements toward graduation will be listed as an MSTC graduate.
Follow-Up Studies of Graduates
MSTC is required by the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) to perform graduate follow-up studies at intervals of one year and five years. Every five years the WTCS performs an employer follow-up survey to measure the employer satisfaction with WTCS graduates. This allows WTCS and MSTC to maintain important statistics regarding graduate employment and placement.
Data is collected to provide information to prospective students, high school counselors, special interest groups, and the general public. In the six months following graduation from MSTC, a data sheet and work history records will be mailed to each graduate to complete and to return to the college for the graduate follow-up study. Phone calls are placed to graduates who do not return the surveys. This is done in an effort to obtain the most accurate information possible.


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TOMAHAWK, Wis. (WSAU) -- Two people are hospitalized after a head-on crash near Tomahawk Monday, and investigators are looking for a third driver.
The crash happened at about 3:30 in the afternoon on Lincoln County Highway A about a mile north of Highway U. There were three vehicles involved. Deputies say two were northbound and one was southbound, and a witness claims a northbound vehicle swerved onto the shoulder, possibly to avoid colliding with the southbound vehicle. The investigators are asking the northbound driver that escaped the collision to contact the sheriff's department to help in the investigation.
Both drivers in the crash were alone in their vehicles. One had to be extracated from their vehicle. Both were flown to St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield with critical injuries.
Names have not been released. Investigators believe alcohol was a factor in the crash.
The northbound driver that escaped the collision should contact Lincoln County deputies at 715-536-6272 or 715-453-5747.
Deputies were assisted at the crash scene by Wisconsin State Patrol's reconstruction team, Tomahawk police and fire departments, and emergency medical technicians from Lincoln and Oneida counties.


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Test Your Tex-Mex Fun Facts!
One of my favorite cuisines of all time is Tex-Mex, and I'm sad to report that Matt Martinez, Jr., the "King of Tex-Mex," died last Friday. Martinez, owner of several notable Texas Tex-Mex restaurants, was one of the first pioneers to embrace the term. Insulted by critics who denounced Americanized Mexican food, Martinez abandoned claim to anything Mexican, calling it Tex-Mex instead.
To honor the legacy Martinez has left behind, I thought I'd put together a quiz about Tex-Mex cuisine. How much do you know? There's only one way to find out!


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In case you're not tired of Batman origin stories, Fox presents the tales of Gotham City during the childhood of the Caped Crusader. Who were the villains before they were The Villains? What kind of nefarious forces shaped the citizens of this sad, dark city before Batman came to rescue them by the light of the Bat Signal? Come on, you know you'll be hooked.
The 100
The CW has a somewhat bleak outlook for our future if this series, returning for its second season, is any indication. 100 attractive teen-ish humans are exiled to the surface of a ruined, post-apocalyptic Earth while all other survivors live on an orbiting space station; one that is quickly running out of resources. Yay?
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Ballgown for Miles
The Plaza Hotel stairs are wonderfully dramatic, huh? Here's Mississippi native, model Crystal Renn taking a break on the steps near the Terrace Room where the Zac Posen Fall 2013 presentation took place on Sunday. Her Zac Posen gown stole the show before the show.
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eBook Options for Libraries →
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For our next report studying the changing role of public libraries in the digital age, we're supplementing our usual nationally representative phone surveys with online surveys to draw out the deeper, richer stories behind the data. If you check out or download e-books from your local public library, please take the survey and tell us about your experiences!
(via thelifeguardlibrarian)
"Per the Latest Pew Study, the Most Social Way to Read Is Still in Print" - Megan Garber, the Atlantic
Google is taking a big new step in bringing all of its content arms under one roof — and that new entity is called Google Play. Starting today, Google will begin a rebranding of the Android Market, Google Music, Google Books, and its video offerings. Until now, all of those content hubs had more or less resided under the banner of the Android Market, and it seems like the company is interested in making users understand those disparate pockets of content as a unified whole. A company spokesman called Play "an evolution of Android Market."
From Amazon's press release:
The Kindle Owners' Lending Library continues to grow rapidly, now offering more than 100,000 books that Amazon Prime members with Kindles can borrow for free—including over 100 New York Times Best Sellers like The Hunger Games trilogy—as frequently as a book a month, with no due dates.
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The latest report in Library Journal's Patron Profiles series is out: Mobile Devices, Mobile Content and Library Apps
A great summary is up at The Digital Shift.
News: Penguin Ends E-Book Library Lending And Relationship With OverDrive - paidContent.org
Three months of library drama are coming to a climax this evening as big-six publisher Penguin announced that it is ending its relationship with digital library distributor OverDrive. Starting [February 10], it will stop offering e-books and digital audiobooks to libraries—at least until it finds a new partner.
With this move, Random House becomes the only big-six publisher to allow unrestricted access to its e-books in libraries—though it will raise prices beginning in March.
Random House Reaffirms Commitment to Library Ebook Lending While Raising Prices to Wholesalers - The Digital Shift
After an "upbeat and productive" meeting with leaders of the American Library Association on Tuesday, Random House reaffirmed its commitment to library lending of the company's entire portfolio of ebook titles.
At the same time, the company has announced that effective March 1 it is raising ebook prices that it charges library wholesalers such as OverDrive, 3M, and Ingram, which set the ultimate price libraries will pay to lease ebooks.
[ via paidContent: Random House Will Keep All Its E-Books In Libraries, With A Price Increase ]
But one of the main problems with borrowing books is expressed in Matt Hamblen's article — that because of increased demand (and decreased budgets), libraries are having trouble meeting the needs of the readers who want to use them.
I can't blame the libraries. They have to allocate their resources where they can, and e-books can cost (according to Hamblen's article) anywhere from $12 to $25 each. I look more toward publishers, who either are requiring books to be repurchased after an arbitrary number of uses or, in some cases (for example, Scribner or Simon and Schuster), aren't making new books available for purchase by libraries at all.
The article linked within the blog post is also worth a read.
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Road Test: 2008 Scion xB
This 2008 review is representative of model years 2008 to 2014.
By Aaron Robinson of Car and Driver
Bottom Line:
Less square, more square.
The 2008 Scion xB is a quiet, comfortable, spacious, well-built, and relatively inexpensive car. It's also a gross disappointment.
Until Toyota fished that name out of Webster's and slapped it on a new experimental division, Scion was just an obscure word meaning "offspring." Since Pandora's time, youth has been drawn to things wrapped in surprising, risqué packages, especially packages that confuse and annoy adults. Unveiled in 2003, Scion was about grabbing scions, the kids of Toyota owners who won't go near a Toyota for fear of catching its boringness.
The old Maytag-square Scion xB fit the profile. It was a low-ante gamble for Toyota, which plucked it from its market lineup in Japan and made just a few changes for North American duty. Initially, Toyota believed its rounder companion, the Scion xA, would outsell the B two to one. But the xB had its freak on. It was small yet astoundingly spacious inside. It was cheap yet surprisingly comfortable and refined. It was contemptibly square yet somehow (and to some eyes) adorable. Sales hit 54,037 in 2005 and 61,306 in 2006 as Scion's dealer network spread and its median buyer age plummeted from Toyota's 46 to a more youthful 30.
We admit to falling for the Scion hype. Scion was new, it was experimental, and it was well funded. Everything was going according to plan, and the possibilities seemed endless. We just forgot that the man behind the curtain was our old gray-haired friend Toyota.
Toyota Finessing
Instead of something new, Toyota has done to the Scion xB what it has done for the past 25 years at model changeover to the Corolla and Camry: made it larger, heavier, more expensive, and more mainstream. As such, Scion seems to be following the same iterative cycle that got Toyota into trouble with kids in the first place.
When exactly did America's youth start asking for a junior minivan? The bulging new Scion dwarfs its predecessor, not to mention our current favorite compact hatch, the Honda Fit. Toyota has inserted four inches into the wheelbase and added 2.8 inches in width and a full foot to the overall length, moving it much closer in size to a composite of the Honda Element or Chevy HHR. It may not sound like much dimension creep, but those tight parking spaces you once swished into with the old xB now need a second look. Inside, the driver's left elbow dangles in the open space created by the extra girth.
Interior Volume
Well, you should get something for having to lug around an additional 582 pounds. This is perhaps the greatest-percentage weight gain we've ever recorded during a simple model redesign, at least since the OPEC epoch. If you know of one that exceeds 24 percent (based on our last 2438-pound xB tester), please write your local Sierra Club chapter.
More steel, more glass, new curtain airbags, a larger engine so it will keep pace with traffic, and bigger brakes to slow the extra mass. It all adds up. The EPA rules have changed for fuel economy, so let's compare C/D observed. We achieved 27 mpg with our previous five-speed manual xB test vehicle and 22 mpg with its replacement. Even at that rate, it should be noted, a full 14-gallon tank in the '08 xB is still (barely) wet after 300 miles. Ours flashed its low-fuel light a bit prematurely, with more than three gallons left.
The xB now gets to 60 mph in 7.8 seconds, a 1.8-second hastening of the previous car's time. The quarter-mile flits by in 16.0 seconds at 87 mph, and the butcher-block shape declares détente with the wind at a lofty 124 mph. None of the little boxes we've tested recently is such an animal at the strip except for the turbocharged PT Cruiser GT ($24,615 to start).
So, Scion is about power now. Handling? We saw only 0.81 g on the skidpad—inhibited by a stability control that, when switched off, switches itself back on at 35 mph. We enjoyed a cushy ride with well-damped cabin noise but never fell in love with the sitting-on-a-tipsy-bar-stool feeling that arises on twisty roads. The steering is numb—it was in the previous xB as well—and the body roll is greater this time around. The new xB works its tires over with a squeal and sways on its softer springs, politely requesting that you return to city speeds when pushed in the mountains. The old car felt more tossable—hey, it was much lighter and more stiffly sprung—but we're not going to make a big stink about it. Just look at the xB—it's not trying to be a sports car.
Speed doesn't appear to be the inspiration for the dashboard design, either, which resembles Oregon's Bonneville Lock and Dam. The xB's dash is an imposing slab, multitiered, with a few handy cubbies and a fan of four tidy gauges set into a pillbox in the center. The shifter rises from a large cabinet sticking like a silver tongue from the dash midpoint. It's a pleasingly quick hand motion from the wheel to the well-placed knob, but we wish the cabinet were smaller and less wasteful of interior space.
Knees will bang it, and coins and litter will hide under it.
As large as it is, the cabinet itself does nothing except provide a perch for the shifter and a single 12-volt socket. No drawers, no map pockets (a $279 overhead console has what-not boxes galore). A standard auxiliary jack for digital music players is welcome, as is a port for running iPods through the base 160-watt Pioneer stereo.
Ultimately, the new xB is an acceptable car, it's just not very cool. What a shame. There's so much funk yet to try, so many keen ideas to inspire Scion just in Toyota's Japanese-market catalog and that of its Daihatsu subsidiary. Daihatsu? You mean the one Japanese car company that completely failed in America?
It didn't fail. Daihatsu assembled the original Scion xB, supplies the new xB and xD to Toyota, and sells a version of the '08 xB as the Daihatsu Materia. Your homework: Google the Daihatsu Tanto, the Daihatsu Mira Gino, and the (defunct) Daihatsu Naked. We can't help feeling that this corn-fed, overweight, thoroughly Americanized xB represents a squandered opportunity to give us something really different.
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Greg Diehl has been named the administrator of the Emergency Food Pantry.
Diehl had been with the Rape and Abuse Crisis Center for 25 years.
He was hired at the food pantry to help with an increasing number of users in Cass and Clay counties.
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Meaning What You Say
Posted: Thu, 02/17/2011 - 6:44pm
It's a familiar cycle. Voters say they want new faces and fresh thinking in Washington. But once the newcomers arrive in the nation's capital, they discover themselves consigned to back benches and basement offices.
Reality soon sets in. It's harder than it seems to get things done.
But in both the House and the Senate this year, first-termers are making their presence felt on deficit spending, defense budgets, anti-terror laws -- and even Big Bird.
The leader of the I-Meant-What-I-Said caucus in the U.S. Senate appears to be Kentucky's Rand Paul, who ran an insistent and nearly humorless campaign last year. He railed against earmarks, repeatedly touched the Social Security reform third rail, and, along the way, knocked off a mainstream Republican – Secretary of State Trey Grayson – and a mainstream Democrat – Attorney General Jack Conway.
"Part of my reason for running for office is, is that it's not just that I think we need another Republican," Paul told me when I covered his campaign last October. "I think we need reform of the whole system."
And Senator Paul is still not backing down. He may still be finding his way around Capitol Hill, but he's come up with his own budget plan – with twice the cuts his Republican colleagues endorse - and supports reducing foreign aid across the board. Soon, he promises, he will come up with his own plan to reform Social Security.
"You just have to acknowledge we're living longer," he told me of his plan this week. "But it's tough, because everybody wants something from government, but they have to understand there are consequences to getting something from government if it has to be borrowed."
Paul is not the only uncompromising member of this fractious freshman class. House Republican leaders went to the White House for lunch last week, then came out talking compromise. Not so the first-termers, who week after week are taking advantage of Speaker John Boehner's pledge to allow open floor debate.
So far, they have voted to kill an expensive jet fighter engine (which President Obama was happy about), and forced their leaders to slash $100 billion from the current year budget (which the President has threatened to veto). (Among the proposed cuts: an end to the appropriation for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Arthur the Aardvark showed up at a news conference to object.)
Veteran Democrats as well as Republicans appear flummoxed by much of this, since it makes any pledge to find middle ground or compromise politically treacherous. In Wisconsin, Democratic lawmakers simply left town rather than work on Republican Governor Scott Walker's plan to take away collective bargaining rights for public workers.
Whatever you think of Walker or Paul, or any of the other candidates who won election last fall under the Tea Party mantle, there is something to be said for a debate where the participants do seem to mean what they say.
Paul seems to especially relish taking on members of his own party. "I provoke them by saying, yes, you're for a balanced budget amendment, but what are you going to cut?" he told me. "You lose your credibility with the media and everybody else if you don't say, I will cut some spending."
And yet…somewhere Big Bird is quacking.


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