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|Standard Name
|Systematic Name
|Feature Type
|ORF, Verified
|Coupling protein for the Ski complex and cytoplasmic exosome; involved in 3'-5' RNA degradation; eRF3-like domain targets nonstop mRNA for degradation; null mutants have superkiller phenotype; SKI7 has a paralog, HBS1, that arose from the whole genome duplication (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and see Summary Paragraph)
|Name Description
|SuperKIller 1
|Chromosomal Location
|Note: this feature is encoded on the Crick strand.
|View Computational GO annotations for SKI7
|Molecular Function
|Manually curated
|Biological Process
|Manually curated
|Cellular Component
|Manually curated
|6 genes
|191 total interaction(s) for 104 unique genes/features.
|Physical Interactions
|Genetic Interactions
|Length (a.a.)
|Molecular Weight (Da)
|Isoelectric Point (pI)
|PhosphoGRID | PhosphoPep Database
|Note: this feature is encoded on the Crick strand.
|Last Update
|Coordinates: 2011-02-03 | Sequence: 1996-07-31
|Subfeature details
|Retrieve sequences
|S288C only
|S288C vs. other species
|S288C vs. other strains
|External Links
|All Associated Seq | Entrez Gene | Entrez RefSeq Protein | MIPS | Search all NCBI (Entrez) | UniProtKB
|Retired Name
|Primary SGDID
The SKI complex is a cytoplasmic complex composed of a putative RNA helicase (Ski2p), a tetratricopeptide repeat protein (Ski3p) and a WD repeat protein (Ski8p) (8 and references therein). Along with the adaptor protein Ski7p, the SKI complex mediates the cytoplasmic functions of the exosome, a 3'-5' exonuclease complex (3, 4). Together, the SKI complex, Ski7p and the exosome function in a wide range of 3'-5' RNA catabolic processes that include the routine turnover of normal mRNAs (9), the degradation of aberrant mRNAs by 3'-5' nonsense-mediated decay (10) and non-stop mRNA decay (5), and the degradation of other cytoplasmic RNAs including unadenylated RNAs (11) and viral dsRNA (12, 1). Although the SKI complex was originally described as a heterotrimer containing Ski2p, Ski3p and Ski8p (8, 6), later work provides evidence that it is a heterotetramer containing one subunit each of Ski2p and Ski3p, and two subunits of Ski8p (13).
All members of the SKI complex are found in humans and the human genes for hSKI2 (SKIV2L) and hSKI8 (WDR61) have been identified (14, 15, 16). However, Ski7p is found only in a subset of Saccharomyces species (17); the closely related protein, Hbs1p, is likely to fill the role of Ski7p in other fungi and possibly other eukaryotes (18).
Null mutants of ski2, ski3, ski8 and ski7 have similar phenotypes. All have the superkiller phenotype indicative of increased accumulation or viral dsRNA (19 and references therein), and exhibit synthetic lethality with mutations in genes involved in 5'-3' mRNA decay (9, 3).
Although null mutations in SKI7 virtually phenocopy those of SKI2, SKI3 and SKI8, Ski7p is not a member of the SKI complex (8, 4). Instead, Ski7p is thought to function as a coupling factor between the SKI complex and the exosome. The Ski7p protein contains two domains, an N-terminal domain, and a C-terminal "eRF3-like domain" similar to translation termination factor eRF3 (Sup35p). The N-terminal domain is necessary and sufficient for interaction between the SKI complex and the exosome, and for 3'-5' mRNA degradation (4). The C-terminal eRF3-like domain is dispensable for some Ski7p functions, but is thought to be important in non-stop decay, the process by which mRNAs lacking a termination codon are recognized and degraded. The current model for this process suggests that the Ski7p eRF3-like domain binds to an empty aminoacyl-(RNA-binding) site on the stalled ribosome, and this interaction targets the non-stop mRNA for degradation by concerted action of the SKI complex and the exosome (5).
|Ridley SP, et al. (1984) Superkiller mutations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae suppress exclusion of M2 double-stranded RNA by L-A-HN and confer cold sensitivity in the presence of M and L-A-HN. Mol Cell Biol 4(4):761-70
|Benard L, et al. (1999) The ski7 antiviral protein is an EF1-alpha homolog that blocks expression of non-Poly(A) mRNA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Virol 73(4):2893-900
|van Hoof A, et al. (2000) Function of the ski4p (Csl4p) and Ski7p proteins in 3'-to-5' degradation of mRNA. Mol Cell Biol 20(21):8230-43
|Araki Y, et al. (2001) Ski7p G protein interacts with the exosome and the Ski complex for 3'-to-5' mRNA decay in yeast. EMBO J 20(17):4684-93
|van Hoof A, et al. (2002) Exosome-mediated recognition and degradation of mRNAs lacking a termination codon. Science 295(5563):2262-4
|Wang L, et al. (2005) Domain interactions within the Ski2/3/8 complex and between the Ski complex and Ski7p. RNA 11(8):1291-302
|Byrne KP and Wolfe KH (2005) The Yeast Gene Order Browser: combining curated homology and syntenic context reveals gene fate in polyploid species. Genome Res 15(10):1456-61
|Brown JT, et al. (2000) The yeast antiviral proteins Ski2p, Ski3p, and Ski8p exist as a complex in vivo. RNA 6(3):449-57
|Jacobs JS, et al. (1998) The 3' to 5' degradation of yeast mRNAs is a general mechanism for mRNA turnover that requires the SKI2 DEVH box protein and 3' to 5' exonucleases of the exosome complex. EMBO J 17(5):1497-506
|Mitchell P and Tollervey D (2003) An NMD pathway in yeast involving accelerated deadenylation and exosome-mediated 3'-->5' degradation. Mol Cell 11(5):1405-13
|Brown JT and Johnson AW (2001) A cis-acting element known to block 3' mRNA degradation enhances expression of polyA-minus mRNA in wild-type yeast cells and phenocopies a ski mutant. RNA 7(11):1566-77
|Toh-E A, et al. (1978) Chromosomal superkiller mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Bacteriol 136(3):1002-7
|Synowsky SA and Heck AJ (2008) The yeast Ski complex is a hetero-tetramer. Protein Sci 17(1):119-25
|Lee SG, et al. (1995) Identification and characterization of a human cDNA homologous to yeast SKI2. Genomics 25(3):660-6
|Dangel AW, et al. (1995) Human helicase gene SKI2W in the HLA class III region exhibits striking structural similarities to the yeast antiviral gene SKI2 and to the human gene KIAA0052: emergence of a new gene family. Nucleic Acids Res 23(12):2120-6
|Zhu B, et al. (2005) The human PAF complex coordinates transcription with events downstream of RNA synthesis. Genes Dev 19(14):1668-73
|Atkinson GC, et al. (2008) Evolution of nonstop, no-go and nonsense-mediated mRNA decay and their termination factor-derived components. BMC Evol Biol 8:290
|van Hoof A (2005) Conserved functions of yeast genes support the duplication, degeneration and complementation model for gene duplication. Genetics 171(4):1455-61
|Wickner RB (1996) Double-stranded RNA viruses of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Microbiol Rev 60(1):250-65


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Ever since Emmitt Smith, the Dallas Cowboys have had a committee in the backfield do what one future Hall of Famer did for over ten seasons.
That's so cliche. The reality is we've only had one 1,000-yard rusher since then, and he was a nicked-up scatback that many people, to this day, lament we took over Steven Jackson. So we've had nothing but bureaucracy out of this "runningback by committee."
Here's the strange thing though. It's not like we've got a bunch of bums in the backfield or we're like Horseteeth in Washington when he could plug in different runningbacks each season out in Denver. Felix Jones is a very talented runningback worthy of his first round status. Demarco Murray is another very talented runningback who has surpassed his third round status. So with these two runningbacks, we know what we have.
You know, I remember talking to a notorious underground scout about Demarco Murray and Tony Fiammetta. Remember Tony Fiammetta? Remember how everyone could ape they were a runningbacks coach by talking about Tony Fiammetta's importance last season? Anyway, the notorious underground scout said Demarco Murray worked so well was because his vision matched with Tony Fiammetta's vision. So they were seeing things similarly and there was a simpatico.
Now we've got Lawrence Vickers. Hey — and I hate to use that interjection because it's Mickey Spagnola's favorite word –, he had a lot to do with Arian Foster's success, not to take anything away from that talented back. But Lawrence Vickers will be to our runningbacks what the lightning shield power-up was to Sonic in Sonic 3: we'll be able to reach new heights.
What about our third runningback? You know, in 2009 and 2010, we thought we had it made with Tashard Choice until he started playing too much like Cuba Gooding, Jr. instead of just resembling him. In a lot of ways, Phillip Tanner filled that void. How could you root against him when he ran for that touchdown against the Chargers in preseason with no helmet? I know it didn't count, but that's the kind of effort we like to see out of our runningbacks here in Dallas. But there are rumors abounding that he's on the way out. Could it be that Lance Dunbar from up I-35 will supplant Tanner? Then we've got Darrell Scott from the University of South Florida that's vying for a spot on the roster.
Competition is a good thing. And it will be evident at our third runningback position.
On bright computer monitors, the Cowboys' runningback situation looks enviable. But we all saw what happened in 2008 and even last year in October and December: injuries galore. That's why I hope Peete, Callahan, and Garrett are installing a system in place and have the right character guys to keep our backfield stable during such injury turbulence.
Whatever the case, this will all make for an interesting case to observe come training camp and all the way to Week 4 of preseason.
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Clayton Kershaw
|Clayton Kershaw
Kershaw in 2013
|Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 22
|Starting pitcher
March 19, 1988
Dallas, Texas
|Bats: Left
|Throws: Left
|MLB debut
|May 25, 2008 for the Los Angeles Dodgers
|Career statistics
(through September 2, 2014)
|Win–loss record
|Earned run average
|Career highlights and awards
Clayton Edward Kershaw (born March 19, 1988) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). A left-handed starting pitcher, Kershaw has played in the major leagues since 2008 and his career earned run average is the lowest among starters in the live-ball era with a minimum of 1,000 innings pitched.[1]
Kershaw was drafted seventh overall in the 2006 MLB Draft. He worked his way through the Dodgers' farm system in just one full season and reached the majors at 20 years old. When he debuted in 2008, he was the youngest player in MLB, a title he held for one full year. In 2011, he won the pitching Triple Crown and the National League Cy Young Award, becoming the youngest pitcher to accomplish either of these feats since Dwight Gooden in 1985. Kershaw pitched a no-hitter on June 18, 2014, becoming the 20th Dodger to do so. Being a left-handed strikeout pitcher and playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Kershaw has often been compared to Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax.[2][3][4]
Off the field, Kershaw is an active participant in volunteer work. He and his wife, Ellen, launched "Kershaw's Challenge" and wrote the book Arise to help to raise money to build an orphanage in Zambia. He has been honored with the Roberto Clemente Award and the Branch Rickey Award for his humanitarian work.
- 1 Early life
- 2 Minor league career
- 3 Major league career
- 4 Pitching style
- 5 Awards and accomplishments
- 6 Personal life
- 7 See also
- 8 References
- 9 External links
Early life[edit]
Kershaw was born in Dallas, Texas. His parents divorced when he was 10 and he was raised by his mother.[5] He played in youth sports leagues as a child,[6] including Little League Baseball.[7]
Kershaw attended nearby Highland Park High School, where he played baseball and was also the center on the football team.[8] After a growth spurt and further development of his pitches he established himself as an elite high school prospect in 2006[8] when he posted a 13–0 record with an earned run average (ERA) of 0.77, and recorded 139 strikeouts in 64 innings pitched. In a playoff game against Northwest High School of Justin, Texas, Kershaw pitched an all-strikeout perfect game. He struck out all 15 batters he faced in the game, which was shortened because of the mercy rule.[9] He also pitched for USA Baseball's Junior National Team in the Pan Am Championship.[8] Kershaw was selected by USA Today as "High School Baseball Player of the Year", and was also the Gatorade National Player of the Year for baseball.[10]
Entering the 2006 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft, Kershaw was considered the top high-school pitcher available.[11][12] The Los Angeles Dodgers selected Kershaw with the seventh overall pick in the draft.[13] He had committed to Texas A&M University[8] but turned down the scholarship offer to sign with the Dodgers,[14] with a bonus estimated at $2.3 million. The bonus was the largest to any Dodgers draft pick at the time, which was eventually topped by Zach Lee in the 2010 Draft.[15]
Minor league career[edit]
Kershaw began his career with the Gulf Coast League (GCL) Dodgers. He pitched in 37 innings in which he struck out 54 batters (walking only 5), while compiling a record of 2–0 with a 1.95 ERA.[16] He featured a fastball that topped out at 96 miles per hour (154 km/h)[17] and he was rated as the top prospect in the GCL,[18] and the Dodgers' second best prospect by Baseball America behind third baseman Andy LaRoche.[19]
Kershaw was promoted to the Great Lakes Loons in 2007, where he recorded a record of 7–5 with a 2.77 earned run average.[20] He was selected to play on the East Team in the Midwest League All-Star Game[21] and on the USA team in the All-Star Futures Game.[22] On August 6, he was promoted to the Double-A Jacksonville Suns in the Southern League,[23] where he produced a 1–2 record and 3.65 ERA in five starts[24] and was selected as the top prospect in the Dodgers organization heading into the 2008 season.[25]
During spring training in a game against the Boston Red Sox, Kershaw gained much attention for throwing a curveball to Sean Casey that started behind Casey but at the end looped into the strike zone and struck him out looking.[26] Kershaw was 0–3 and had a 2.28 ERA with 47 strikeouts through 431⁄3 innings pitched in his first stint of the year with the Suns.[27] He was then called up to the majors on May 28, 2008, but optioned back to Jacksonville on July 2.[28]
Kershaw pitched 18 innings during his second trip to Jacksonville (two starts and one seven inning relief appearance), winning two games. During this stretch, he allowed only two runs earned runs, lowering his ERA to 1.91. He was recalled on July 22.[29]
Major league career[edit]
Los Angeles Dodgers[edit]
2008–2010 seasons: Early career[edit]
On May 24, 2008, the Dodgers bought Kershaw's minor-league contract, and he was added to the active roster.[30] Sportswriter Tony Jackson called Kershaw's debut the most anticipated start by a Dodgers pitcher since Hideo Nomo's major league debut during the 1995 season.[31] He made his debut on May 25, starting against the St. Louis Cardinals. He struck out the first batter he faced, Skip Schumaker, the first of seven strikeouts in the game, in which he pitched six innings and allowed two runs.[32] When he debuted, Kershaw was the youngest player in MLB, a title he held for one full year.[33]
Kershaw won his first major league game against the Washington Nationals on July 27, 2008. He pitched six-plus shutout innings, allowing four hits, a walk, and he struck out five.[34][35] Kershaw finished his rookie season 5–5, with a 4.26 ERA in 22 games (21 starts).[36] He also pitched two innings out of the bullpen for the Dodgers in the 2008 National League Championship Series (NLCS) against the Philadelphia Phillies.[37]
On April 15, 2009, Kershaw pitched seven innings, striking out 13 batters while allowing only one hit (a solo home run) against the rival San Francisco Giants. He was the youngest Dodger to ever strikeout 13 or more batters in a game since Sandy Koufax did it in the 1955 season.[38] On May 17, 2009, Kershaw did not allow a hit against the Florida Marlins through 7 innings, then gave up a lead-off double to Florida's Cody Ross.[39] In 2009, despite an 8–8 record, he led the major leagues in opposing batting average (.200), opposing slugging percentage (.282), and hits per nine innings (6.26). He also posted an ERA of 2.79 and 185 strikeouts. Kershaw also walked 91 batters, which was second most in the National League (NL).[40]
Kershaw made his playoff starting debut against the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2009 National League Division Series (NLDS). He went 62⁄3 innings, striking out 4, walking 1, and ended up getting a no-decision (the Dodgers went on to win the game in the 9th inning).[41] At 21 years old, he started the opener of the 2009 NLCS against the Philadelphia Phillies and was the third youngest pitcher to ever start a playoff series opener, behind only Fernando Valenzuela in the 1981 NLDS and Rick Ankiel in the 2000 NLDS.[42]
Kershaw started the 2010 season by posting a 3.07 ERA in April, but did so by walking 22 batters in 29 innings. On May 4, he had his worst start of his career against the Milwaukee Brewers at Dodger Stadium, throwing just 57 pitches in 11⁄3 innings, while retiring only four of the 13 batters he faced—including the pitcher. He was booed loudly upon being pulled from the game. Kershaw said after the game, "I didn't give our team any kind of chance. It's just not a good feeling to let your teammates down, let everybody down. It stings, it hurts. I've got to figure things out."[43]
Kershaw rebounded his next start by pitching an 8 inning two-hitter and out-dueling the then undefeated Ubaldo Jiménez.[44] He credited his control of the slider being the major turning point for him.[45] Later in the season, he was suspended for five games after hitting Aaron Rowand of the Giants with a pitch in a game on July 20. The incident occurred after both teams were given a warning following Giants ace Tim Lincecum hitting Matt Kemp earlier in the game.[46] He threw his first career complete game shutout on September 14, 2010 also against San Francisco and finished the season with a record of 13–10 and a 2.91 ERA in 32 starts, pitching 2041⁄3 innings and recording 212 strikeouts.[47]
2011 season: Cy Young Award[edit]
After finishing the 2010 season strong, the Dodgers named Kershaw as the Opening Day Starter for the 2011 season.[48] On May 29, he pitched the second complete-game shutout of his career, striking out 10 while winning a two-hitter against the Florida Marlins, 8–0; he also had two singles and an RBI, scoring twice in the game.[49] He produced his third career shutout on June 20, a two-hit, 11-strikeout effort against the Detroit Tigers. Kershaw became the first Dodgers starter to strike out the side in the 9th inning since Sandy Koufax's perfect game.[50] In his next start, on June 26, Kershaw pitched another complete game (against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim). He became the first Dodger starter to have back-to-back complete game victories since Jeff Weaver in the 2005 season and the first Dodger to have double-digit strikeouts in consecutive starts since Chan-Ho Park in the 2000 season. He was awarded the National League Player of the Week award for the week of June 20–26 as a result of those two starts.[51] Midway through June, Kershaw had amassed 32 career victories, a 3.15 ERA and 593 career strikeouts in 568.2 innings. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Kershaw was the first 23-year-old pitcher to have that many victories, an ERA that low and an average of more than one strikeout per inning since ERA became an official statistic in 1910.[52]
Kershaw was selected to the National League team for the 2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, his first All-Star selection.[53] In the month of July, Kershaw was 4–1 with a 2.02 ERA and NL-leading 45 strikeouts, earning him the National League Pitcher of the Month Award.[54] On August 23, he struck out Matt Holliday of the St. Louis Cardinals for his 200th strikeout of the season and became the 10th Dodger pitcher to record back-to-back 200 strikeout seasons and the first since Chan-Ho Park did it in the 2001 season.[55]
Kershaw finished the 2011 season by leading the NL with 21 wins, 248 strikeouts and a 2.28 ERA, winning the NL pitching Triple Crown, the first Triple Crown winner since Jake Peavy of the 2007 San Diego Padres and the first Dodger since Sandy Koufax won it in the 1966 season.[56] Justin Verlander of the Detroit Tigers won the American League Triple Crown the same season, marking the first major-league season since 1924 to feature Triple Crown-winning pitchers in both leagues. Kershaw's 21 wins were the most by a Dodger pitcher since Orel Hershiser won 23 during the 1988 season. His ERA was the lowest by a Dodger since Hershiser's 2.03 in the 1985 season, his strikeouts were the most by a Dodger since Koufax's 317 in 1966 and his 233 1⁄3 innings pitched were the most since Chan Ho Park pitched 234 in 2001.[56] Since 1965 when Koufax did it, Peavy and Kershaw are only two pitchers in the National League have led the league in wins, strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP (walks plus hits per inning pitched).[56] Kershaw also became just the second lefthander to have a 240-plus strikeouts in a season before the age of 24, joining Vida Blue.[56]
After the season, Kershaw was awarded the Warren Spahn Award as the best left-handed pitcher in 2011,[57] the Players Choice Award for Most Outstanding National League pitcher,[58] the Gold Glove Award as the top fielding pitcher in the NL [59] and the Sporting News (TSN) National League Pitcher of the Year. He was additionally selected as the starting pitcher for the TSN NL All-Star Team.[60] On November 17, he was honored with the National League Cy Young Award, making him the youngest Cy Young winner since Dwight Gooden of the 1985 New York Mets. He was the 8th Dodger pitcher to the win the award, the first since Eric Gagné in the 2003 season.[61]
2012 season: Cy Young runner-up[edit]
On February 7, 2012, Kershaw and the Dodgers agreed on a two-year, $19 million contract. The contract was the second highest for a player in his first year of arbitration (after Tim Lincecum's $23 million 2-year contract in 2010).[62]
Kershaw was the Dodgers' Opening Day starter for the second year in a row, where he pitched three innings of shutout ball against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park before being removed from the game due to flu-like symptoms.[63] On April 27, he was able to last through eight innings for his second win of the season against the Washington Nationals. The win was also his 12th straight home win, tying him with Ed Roebuck (June 1960 – August 1962) and Orel Hershiser (September 1984 – October 1985) for the longest home winning streak since the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles.[64] Kershaw won the National League's Player of the Week Award for the week of May 14–20 after he made two starts during that week and pitched 16 scoreless innings, including his fourth career shutout.[65] Kershaw was selected to appear in the 2012 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, the second straight year he made the team.[66] On August 11, he went over 200 innings on the season, becoming the 12th Los Angeles Dodger pitcher with three or more seasons of 200 or more innings, and the first since Hershiser did it five times from 1985–1989.[67] Kershaw also became just the fifth Dodger pitcher with three straight 200 strikeout seasons.[68]
Kershaw finished 2012 with a 14–9 record, a 2.53 ERA (leading the league), 229 strikeouts, and 2272⁄3 innings pitched, coming second in both categories. He became the first pitcher to lead the league in ERA in consecutive seasons since Arizona's Randy Johnson in 2001–02. This was also marked his fourth year in a row with a sub-3.00 ERA, making him the first to do this since Randy Johnson from 1999–2002.[69] He finished second for the NL Cy Young behind R. A. Dickey, receiving two first place votes.[70]
2013 season: 2nd Cy Young Award[edit]
Kershaw made his third straight opening day start for the Dodgers in the 2013 season, the first Dodger starter to do so since Derek Lowe (2005–2007). In that opening day start he pitched a complete game, four hit, shutout over the Giants and also hit his first career home run. He was the first pitcher to throw a shutout and hit a home run on opening day since Bob Lemon of the Cleveland Indians did so against the Chicago White Sox on April 14, 1953.[71] Kershaw picked up his 1,000th career strikeout on April 17, 2013, when he struck out Yonder Alonso of the Padres. He was the second youngest Dodger to reach that mark, behind only Fernando Valenzuela.[72] On May 14, Kershaw passed the 1,000 inning mark for his career. His ERA of 2.70 at the time was the fifth best of the live-ball era at the 1,000 inning mark and the best career mark. He also threw 130 pitches that day, the most of his career and the most by a Dodger pitcher since Odalis Pérez in the 2003 season.[73]
Kershaw was selected to the 2013 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, his third straight selection.[74] In July, he compiled a 4–1 record and 1.34 ERA in six starts and was awarded his second National League Pitcher of the Month Award.[75] On September 2, Kershaw picked up his 200th strikeout of 2013, joining Hall of Famers Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale as the only starters in Dodgers history with at least 4 consecutive seasons of more than 200 strikeouts.[76]
Kershaw finished the season with a 16-9 record, 236 innings pitched (a career high), and a Major League best 1.83 ERA and 0.92 WHIP.[77] He was the third player in history to lead the Majors in ERA three years in a row, joining Greg Maddux (1993–95) and Lefty Grove (1929–31). His ERA was the first sub-2.00 ERA since Roger Clemens did it in the 2005 season and the lowest overall since Pedro Martinez in the 2000 season. He was only the third Dodger pitcher to have an ERA under 3.00 in five consecutive seasons (Koufax and Nap Rucker).[78]
Kershaw struck out 12 batters in seven innings in the first game of the 2013 National League Division Series. That was the third most strikeouts by a Dodger pitcher in the playoffs, behind only Koufax (15 in the 1963 World Series) and Carl Erskine (14 in the 1953 World Series). His six straight strikeouts in the game tied a MLB post-season record set by Tim Belcher in the second game of the 1988 World Series. He picked up his first career post-season victory in that game.[79] The Dodgers would end up losing in the NLCS to the St. Louis Cardinals.
Kershaw won the Warren Spahn Award for 2013, the second time he had won the award, which honors the best left-handed pitcher in the Major Leagues.[80] He was also selected to the Sporting News NL All-Star team, the fourth Dodger pitcher to be named to the team twice (after Koufax, Valenzuela and Don Newcombe).[81] On November 13, he won the NL Cy Young Award for the second time in three seasons. He became just the sixth pitcher in history to finish in the top two in voting three seasons in a row.[82]
After the season, Kershaw and the Dodgers agreed on a seven-year, $215 million, contract extension. The deal was the richest in MLB history for a pitcher, eclipsing the seven-year, $180 million, contract signed by Justin Verlander the previous year.[83] The average annual value of $30.7 million was also the largest ever for a baseball player, beating the $28 million Roger Clemens received in 2007 and the ten-year $275 million contract that Alex Rodriguez signed that same year.[84]
Kershaw made his fourth straight opening day start for the Dodgers in 2014, only the fourth Dodger ever to do so. This season the game was played at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Australia.[85] Before his second start, Kershaw felt some pain in his back and was placed on the disabled list for the first time in his career.[86] He did not rejoin the Dodgers until early May.[87] On June 18, he pitched a complete game no-hitter against the Colorado Rockies and struck out a career-high 15 batters. The only batter to reach base was due to an error in the top of the seventh inning, costing Kershaw a perfect game. He is the only pitcher in MLB history with 15 strikeouts in a game while allowing no hits and no walks.[88][89] Kershaw was 6-0 with an 0.82 in June and was awarded with his third career Pitcher of the Month award.[90] He was selected to the National League squad at the 2014 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, his fourth straight selection. He was the sixth Dodger pitcher, and the first since Fernando Valenzuela to make the All-Star team four years in a row.[91]
Kershaw had a 41 inning scoreless inning streak that ended in the top of the sixth inning on July 10 when, with two outs, Chase Headley homered to left field at Dodger Stadium. Kershaw's streak was, at the time, tied for the fifteenth longest scoreless inning streak in MLB history.[92] He won the pitcher of the month award again in July, the third Dodger (along with Don Sutton and Burt Hooton) to win it two months in a row. He was 4–0 with a 1.10 ERA in the month with 48 strikeouts and only 10 walks.[93] He picked up his 200th strikeout of the season on September 2, the fifth year in a row he had reached that number, trailing only the six seasons in a row for Sandy Koufax among Dodger starters.[94] He also became just the fourth pitcher since 1893 to have at least five 200-strikeout seasons through an age-26 season (Bert Blyleven, Walter Johnson and Sam McDowell are the others).[95]
Pitching style[edit]
Kershaw's pitching style relies on a lot of deception. He keeps the ball hidden so that it is hard for the batter to pick up the ball and has a consistent delivery on all of his pitches.[96] Out of the stretch, he uses a slide step as it makes it difficult for the base runner at first base to get a read on him.[97] He has stated many times that he has modeled his pitching mechanics after his favorite pitcher growing up, Roger Clemens.[98]
Kershaw's repertoire includes a four-seam fastball that sits anywhere from 92 miles per hour (148 km/h) to 95 miles per hour (153 km/h) (tops out at 98 miles per hour (158 km/h)) with late movement, a slider at 84 miles per hour (135 km/h)–87 miles per hour (140 km/h), a 12–6 curveball between 72 miles per hour (116 km/h)–76 miles per hour (122 km/h), and a seldom thrown changeup.[99] He is also known for having one of the better pickoff moves to first base and is considered one of the better fielding pitchers in the game.[100][101]
According to many teammates, Kershaw is a noted perfectionist.[102] A.J. Ellis describes his preparation and perfectionism during bullpens before each start:
"Dodgers' catcher A.J. Ellis can rattle off the list if you ask, like a flight attendant rambling through pre-takeoff safety instructions. "Three fastballs when I'm standing up. I sit, and three fastballs down the middle. Then three fastballs either side. Three changeups away. Fastball inside. Three curveballs to the middle. Fastball inside. Three sliders to the middle. Then he goes to the stretch position. Two fastballs inside, two fastballs away, two changeups, one fastball inside, two curveballs, one fastball inside, two sliders. Back to the windup, and one fastball inside, one fastball away.
Thirty-four pitches in all."
Awards and accomplishments[edit]
- 5× National League Player of the Week[51][65][103][104]
- 4× National League Pitcher of the Month[54][75][90][93]
- 4× National League All-Star (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)[53][66][74][91]
- 2× National League Cy Young Award (2011, 2013)[61]
- Gold Glove Award (2011) [59]
- Roberto Clemente Award – Top humanitarian honor bestowed by MLB (2012)[105]
- Branch Rickey Award (2013)[106]
- Roy Campanella Award (2013) [107]
- Pitching Triple Crown (2011)[56]
- 2x National League Strikeout Champion (2011, 2013)[40]
- 3x MLB ERA Champion (2011, 2012, 2013)[40]
- 2x National League Leader in Adjusted ERA+ (2012, 2013)[40]
- 3x National League Leader in WHIP (2011, 2012, 2013)[40]
- National League Wins Champion (2011)[40]
- 3x National League Leader in H/9 (2009, 2011, 2012)[40]
- 2× Warren Spahn Award – best left-handed pitcher in the MLB (2011, 2013)[57]
- 2x NL TSN Pitcher of the Year (2011, 2013)[60] - voted on by a panel of NL general managers and assistant GM
- 2x Player's Choice Award for NL's Outstanding pitcher (2011, 2013) – voted on by MLB players[58][108]
- 2× Texas Professional Baseball Player of the Year Award (2009, 2011)[109]
- Los Angeles Sports Council Sportsman of the Year (2011)[110]
- Midwest League Prospect of the Year (2007)[111]
- Baseball Gatorade National Player of the Year (2006)[9]
- USA Today Baseball High School Player of the Year (2006)[112]
- MLB No Hitters[88](June 2014)
Personal life[edit]
Kershaw grew up in Dallas, Texas and attended school with quarterback Matthew Stafford [6] and fellow pitchers Jordan Walden [113] and Shawn Tolleson.[114] One of his favorite players growing up was former Texas Rangers first baseman Will Clark, and the main reason he wears number 22 is to honor Clark.[115]
He is the great-nephew of astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer of Pluto.[116] Kershaw's mother, born Marianne Tombaugh,[117] is the daughter of Clyde Tombaugh's younger brother.[118] His father, Christopher George Kershaw, was a musician and won a Clio Award for his work. The elder Kershaw remarried after his divorce from Marianne and died in 2013.[119]
On December 4, 2010, Kershaw married his girlfriend of seven years, Ellen Melson.[120][121] He is a Methodist with strong religious faith.[122][123]
Kershaw made a cameo appearance in "Prince," a Season 3 episode of New Girl which originally aired following FOX's telecast of Super Bowl XLVIII.[124]
Humanitarian work[edit]
Prior to the 2011 season, Kershaw visited Zambia with his wife as part of a Christian mission organized by Dallas-based Arise Africa. After the trip, Kershaw announced his dream of building an orphanage in Lusaka, Zambia, which he called "Hope's Home" after 11-year-old Hope, an HIV-positive child Kershaw met while in Zambia. To accomplish his goal, Kershaw pledged a donation of $100 per strikeout recorded in 2011. With Kershaw's career high of 248 strikeouts thrown during the 2011 season, he donated $492,300 toward his $70,000 goal. When Kershaw won the 2011 Players Choice Award, he donated $260,000 to Hope's Home. He and his wife returned to Zambia in 2012.[125] Kershaw donated $100 for every strikeout in the 2012 season to Kershaw's Challenge, calling that season's incarnation of the project "Strike Out To Serve." Seventy percent of the money raised in 2012 went to Arise Africa, with 10 percent each going to the Peacock Foundation in Los Angeles, Mercy Street in Dallas, and I Am Second.[125]
In addition to Hope's Home and Kershaw's Challenge, he has also helped with other programs in Los Angeles, such as helping Habitat for Humanity demolish and rehabilitate a house in Lynwood, California.[126] He is also a supporter of the Peacock Foundation, which provides animal-assisted interventions and activities for at risk youth by partnering with mental health practitioners, public service agencies and community organizations.[127]
Kershaw was recognized for his charity work by being honored with the Roberto Clemente Award in 2012, the top humanitarian honor bestowed by Major League Baseball.[105] In 2013, he received the Branch Rickey Award in recognition of outstanding community service, presented by the Rotary Club of Denver.[106]
Kershaw and his wife, Ellen, co-authored a book named Arise: Live Out Your Faith and Dreams on Whatever Field You Find Yourself about their Christian faith and their humanitarian efforts. The book was released on January 5, 2012 through Regal Press.[125]
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KALAMAZOO (WQLR) -- WMU Head Football Coach PJ Fleck couldn't have made my job any easier this week. When asked what his headline would be if he was a beat writer following Western Michigan football at the weekly press conference, he replied with, "Excited for the next one."
Despite the daunting task of turning the tide on a winless season while looking for believers in the community, one thing Coach Fleck has never lost is his excitement for the challenge of building a solid foundation for his team.
Fleck pointed to four Bronco turnovers to no Toledo turnovers making the difference in WMU's 47-20 loss last Saturday marking their sixth straight loss this season. As he has in the previous weeks, Fleck was quick to pull the positives out the loss. He praised the continued success of placekicker Andrew Haldeman who was perfect Saturday on field goal tries. He's 14-for-14 in 2013.
Another positive that emerged from the loss was the contributions of the tight ends. With continued questions about the status of running back Brian Fields, the tight ends have started bearing the load of the offense. Sophomore Eric Boyden led the charge with four receptions for 59 yards and his first career touchdown. Clark Mussman caught five passes for 62 yards.
Backup Quarterback Zach Terrell took over for the injured Tyler VanTubbergen, completing 10 of 13 passes for 184 yards and an interception.
The injury status of VanTubbergen continues to evolve throughout the week, but there is a possibility that Terrell could start on Saturday.
The final three drives of the fourth quarter all resulted in points for Western Michigan, something that Fleck said built confidence for the offense heading into preparations for Buffalo at home this Saturday.
Western Michigan suffered the first ever loss to Buffalo in 2012 after winning the previous five meetings. The Bulls feature a trio of wideouts that will challenge the Bronco secondary, a piece of the defense that Fleck points to as a strength for his team.
Defensively, Buffalo is led by senior linebacker Khalil Mack. Mack has registered 35 tackles this season, including 6.5 tackles for loss.
The winless season, the injuries and inexperience, all of the doubt surrounding Waldo Stadium. It all culminates in the challenge for a first time head coach. It's a challenge that PJ Fleck has accepted wholeheartedly.
Western Michigan (0-6, 0-2 MAC) celebrates its 90th Homecoming on Saturday October 12th against Buffalo (3-2, 1-0 MAC). Listen to Robin Hook and John Creek starting at 1 pm on 96.5 FM WZOX .


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Ricki Herbert believes he's still the right man to lead the Wellington Phoenix despite the struggling A-League club slumping to a new low.
The Phoenix were blown away on Saturday night, suffering their biggest ever defeat in a 7-1 loss to an Alessandro Del Piero-inspired Sydney FC.
Wellington's previous biggest loss was a 6-1 defeat to Adelaide in December, 2008.
They sit last on the A-League ladder after four straight losses, equalling their worst losing streak from October 2007.
While Herbert had received wide praise for his job at the helm of the Phoenix and the New Zealand national team, recent results have put his position under pressure.
However he's hoping the club will stick by him.
"I'm as hungry as ever," Herbert said after the loss.
"There's a lot to build about this club and yeah, it's tough at the moment, very, very tough but I'm just as keen to get us out of this."
Herbert branded Saturday's performance "totally unacceptable at both ends of the pitch" as his side copped four goals from Del Piero and wasted a handful of good chances at the other end.
"That's the most disappointing performance by a team that I've had at the football club," Herbert said.
"It's not like we didn't have goal scoring opportunities, we just weren't good enough to take them and at the back we were just exposed by better players."
Herbert acknowledged he did not have an "x-factor side" but said several players were not delivering 100 per cent.
"The league's growing and you've kind of got to grow with it," he said.
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Breaking news out of Fayette County where the Citizen reports that Superintendent Jeff Bearden is leaving his post in January with a year's salary.
Bearden had run afoul of some board members with his proposal to trim costs and close schools. The school chief's exit comes after the school board voted unanimously in June to extend his contract to June 30, 2015.
But relations between Bearden and some board members have frayed as the district, like others around the state, experienced fallen revenues and enrollments. As a result, Fayette was grappling with the always emotional issue of whether to close schools and which ones.
The friction over which schools to close spilled into the public arena when Bearden wrote a lengthy and detailed letter to the Fayette Citizen last month in which he stood by his recommendations to close Hood Avenue Primary, Fayette Intermediate and Fayette Middle School. He also recommended utilizing Rivers Elementary as a K-5 school.
I hope the AJC can come back with more details on what led to this drastic action today. (I have sent a note to the board president, but doubt I will hear back tonight.) It is interesting that now both Clayton and Fayette will be in the market for new leaders.
According to the Citizen report:
The Fayette County Board of Education Wednesday afternoon entered into a "mutual termination agreement" with Superintendent Jeff Bearden that will take effect Jan. 1. There was no discussion on the matter after the school board returned from a three-hour executive session and voted 4-1 on the termination recommendation.
Once having returned from executive session, Chairman Leonard Presberg asked if there was any recommended action resulting from executive session. Bearden in presenting the recommendation said, "I recommend the board and superintendent enter into a mutual termination agreement to be effective Jan. 1, 2013, that will include an additional year of compensation and appropriate benefits. The written agreement will be prepared by the school district attorney."
Asked by Presberg for a motion, board member Janet Smola moved that the board accept the superintendent's recommendation, followed by board member Bob Todd who seconded the motion. The vote was 4-1, with Smola, Todd and board members Terri Smith and Marion Key voting in favor of the motion and Presberg opposed.
There was no discussion prior to the vote and nothing said after the vote. The meeting ended immediately thereafter.
The called meeting began at 3 p.m. with the school board going immediately into executive session. The board remained in executive session until 6 p.m. Present at the meeting but not in the school board chambers was school system attorney Phil Hartley.
–From Maureen Downey, for the AJC Get Schooled blog
September 19th, 2012
9:44 pm
Nice severance package. Guess that money comes from a "different fund" than the one paying teachers.
September 19th, 2012
9:49 pm
Dr. Heatley is nearby and unemployed. HaHaHaHaHaaaaa.
People want the budget cut, staff cut, schools closed. But as soon as those cuts, terminations, and closures affect them directly, there is heck to pay. Make changes in other people's neighborhoods, NOT MINE. So selfish parents exist in affluent areas as well as in places such as DeKalb and Clayton? Who knew.
September 19th, 2012
9:54 pm
It's George Bush's fault I tell ya!!
September 19th, 2012
9:56 pm
I live in Fayette county and pay high property tax which is almost all education/school system.The Board of Education has been a mess for the last 4 Years. They care about themselves and not the students or teachers.I think the Board Members should pay for his year salary out of their pocket.What a joke.Oh wait the joke is on us the tax payers!!!!!
September 19th, 2012
10:03 pm
Bearden must be a heck of a nice guy, secure or eligible for retirement. He had them on the hook until 6/30/15 extended just 3 months ago according to the article.
September 19th, 2012
10:05 pm
Fayette county is in big trouble. Ptc people won't be able to sell fast enough!
September 19th, 2012
10:15 pm
Salary $95000+. That's a nice little windfall. He can take a 3-6 month vacation and still come out ahead if he gets another job with similar pay.
September 19th, 2012
10:23 pm
You are way short on that figure, way north of 100K
September 19th, 2012
10:24 pm
His salary is over $150,000 a year. He will also receive benefits. Taxpayers will have to pay almost $200,000 Story above is misleading. He has not cut enough.
His proposals have been too little, too late. He has no backbone and is a self-serving bureaucrat. He has slashed employee pay and cut benefits while protecting his buddies at the bloated county office. He should be gone – but he should not receive any pay. Unfortunately, the school board is an incompent as him.
September 19th, 2012
10:25 pm
Do you know him from Maine?
September 19th, 2012
11:02 pm
I don't know a thing about the schools in Fayette County but I have noticed one thing that is universal when things like this happen; they always leave with a pocketful.
September 19th, 2012
11:12 pm
This problem didn"t start with Bearden, it started with John DeCotis and the board spending money they did not have . The board thought there was a pipeline of money running into Fayette County to be used at their disposal. I wonder if they run their households in this same manner. Have you ever noticed the big yellow buses running around the county, I have never seen one full, they are all running at less than 50% capacity. Consolidate routes and sell whats left and save millions on fuel and maintenance, how stupid can our board members be.
September 19th, 2012
11:13 pm
Glad to know these same issues are not just in good, old Dekalb!
September 19th, 2012
11:15 pm
Must be all those bums from Clayton who moved over to Fayette and infected the FCSS. The plague of Clayton just keeps on going and going and going……
September 19th, 2012
11:17 pm
Another Dekalb Teacher:
If your schools could produce the SAT scores of Fayette then you could run your yapper…….
September 19th, 2012
11:21 pm
If this trend keeps going you won"t have to worry about SAT scores, we won't have teachers to educate the students.
September 19th, 2012
11:22 pm
This is a sad day in Fayette. Bearden is a great guy with a goal and foresight to make Fayette great. What a disappointment.
September 19th, 2012
11:23 pm
In spite of the county office turmoil, the teachers of Fayette County will continue to do what they do best – lead the students to very impressive national test scores and keep up the high standards for the students and themselves. That's a given. Some Fayette County citizens will cry about how all this affects their tax dollars, but they're forgetful when these things happen that their kids are receiving a top notch education.
September 19th, 2012
11:36 pm
I teach in that school system. I noticed a long time ago that the county is very top-heavy. Not only are there several curriculum coordinators working nowhere near children day-to-day (they are in the central office), and many of them have assistants who run out to the schools to conduct meetings. They don't work with kids very often either. These assistants are called Instructional Support Teachers, but they really work as assistants to central office staff instead of serving teachers and students.
Then, of course, we have at least two administrators per building, sometimes many more. They rarely work with children, but place increasing demands on teachers each year. These demands have very little to do with actual teaching, but are increased demands for reports, group meetings with other teachers, and meetings about how to teach better (but the teacher is thinking, "I need to get back to my classroom to plan and organize, call parents, help kids, etc.").
Speaking of the teachers: They work with children, but not nearly as much as they would like to due to the constant meetings they are mandated to attend several days a week. This has a dramatic effect on how well they can plan, not to mention it becomes nearly impossible to give extra time to kids who need one-on-one tutoring during planning periods and after school. I'm not talking about tutoring for pay. I'm talking about good old-fashioned kid-stays-after-school to catch up. Remember that when you were a kid? Teachers are dedicated. They would love to help, but there are just too many meetings and not enough time to plan lessons, grade papers, and meet with parents. So the kids rarely get that extra help they need and the teachers struggle to find the time to just sit quietly in the classroom in order to plan quality lessons, grade papers, organize, and most importantly: help kids.
Put simply: There are too many chiefs and not enough Indians. There are a dozen chefs arguing and pushing each other in the kitchen, while the customers go hungry.
I'll let you in on a little secret: it is not unusual at all (on a daily basis) to pull four or five classroom teachers, the counselor, an administrator, and a couple other specialists out of their classrooms and offices for a meeting on one child. This meeting will go on for hours while the students are being babysat by paraprofessionals. There will be ten people in that room discussing how to help that child, and yet, that entire time those teachers should be teaching, not attending meetings. You can't teach a child when your ass is force into a chair far from the kids.
And that is the measure of how many administrators and central office staff you need. If they are calling several meetings a week, then that means they have too much time on their hands and not enough work. So they call meetings, followed by more meetings, and reports, and committees, and the list goes on.
Here's an idea: Let the teachers do their jobs. They plan lessons, teach, assess, reteach, and tutor (for free) those students who need the extra time.
I challenge you to find a teacher who goes an entire week without a meeting. You won't find one (at least not in Fayette County). In fact, if you ask a teacher if she has a meeting each week she'll say, "A meeting? I have several per week, and some that go for hours."
That time could be used for something far more productive.
As far as the budget is concerned: The board and former superintendent could have planned ahead a few years ago. But they built a bunch of new schools that weren't even needed and grossly overestimated how many people would be moving into the area. Fayette's population is decreasing, and so is the student population.
I've been teaching for twenty years, and this is the worst I've seen in all those years in terms of demands on teachers from supervisors. The demands are so great that the students are getting far less than they deserve from us.
I have friends who send their kids to private schools in the area. The other day one of them mentioned one of their child's teachers at a private school and I replied, "But I thought that guy was the principal." She said, "Yes, he is. But he teaches two classes each day."
I about choked when I heard that.
I've been teaching for two decades in three Georgia counties (a decade in Fayette). I've never, ever seen a principal teach a single lesson, but in at least one of the private schools the principal is teaching two classes a day.
It's all wrong. Parents need to rise up and demand that the teachers be allowed to do their jobs. Parents need to ask, "how often is my child's teacher pulled away from the classroom?"
Nobody in administration ever thought to ask us, "What can we do to better serve children."
We wouldn't say, "hire a consultant, conduct more meetings, write up some programs and make us read them, take us out of the classroom as often as possible."
If you ask teachers they'll say, "Leave me alone. I have work to do."
September 20th, 2012
12:05 am
We are a very good school system with very good students. The majority of parents are involved in their child's education. The county got to big for its britches and is paying for it. I have lived here since the 70's. We need cool heads to prevail make cuts across the board.Parents can not whine about a school closing. Teachers have to suck it up(most of us are). I am here for the long haul. Let's do this people! Board, ,listen to the teachers and our ideas on cutting the budget.
September 20th, 2012
12:09 am
PK…check your facts. The county office is far from bloated. It is on record as one of the most efficient county offices in the state…when you look at staff cost per student. Instead of looking to blame the Superintendent, you may want to consider asking yourself why he would give up at least fours years of his salary to enter into a mutual termination. He may not be perfect, but even someone who is wouldn't have been effective with the climate the current board brings to the county. Specifically, two of them are the root cause for that climate and their track record is an embarrassment. Personally, I don't blame Dr. Bearden. So before you or anyone else assume anything, look at the facts as they are now and as they were five years ago.
September 20th, 2012
1:35 am
After 20yrs of SPLOST someone has the cahonies to offer an austerity plan! Though they are my former schools whats best for the system may be necessary. Please no one equate the name Clayton w, Fayette in regards to the school system.
September 20th, 2012
3:29 am
Another example of why school boards should not be elected. It is just a popularity contest in the community and any un-educated nut job who wants a little power can get elected and be in control of the schools. Then, as in Clayton, they go off half witted and hire some controversial figure from out of state without first doing the proper due diligence. Then halfway through they oust him and pay the rest of his contract out. There should be strict qualifications for school board members. Then most of these screwballs that are currently serving in Dekalb, Clayton, Fayette, etc would be at home watching judge Judy and waiting for their welfare check instead of running the school system. Then maybe we could get a superintendent that has served in the local county for several decades and has a vested interest in the county succeeding instead of some flamboyant, arrogant, money grubbing, friend hiring loud mouth interested only in filling their pockets before they move on to their next position.
September 20th, 2012
4:47 am
Fayette County is not exempt from tough times. The teachers will rise to the challenge and continue to educate students to prepare them for success and graduation from college. Joshua 1:9!!!!
September 20th, 2012
4:59 am
The headline is misleading. I thought the story was about him being gay.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
September 20th, 2012
5:14 am
You see how I deflected responsibility away from Fayette and put it on Clayton? That's how I keep myself in denial about our state of affairs in Fayette. Deflect, people…..DEFLECT!!!!!!!
September 20th, 2012
5:57 am
The kids in Fayette don't receive any better or worse education than anywhere else. It's the demographics in Fayette that make those test scores. My sons are in Henry and they all exceeded on the CRCT. My oldest son made above 900 on all his scores. They do well in school, do their homework, and ask questions when they don't understand something. It's what they were taught to do by me and it is the reason their test scores are so high. I believe any teacher can "produce" high test scores from students who are willing to work.
September 20th, 2012
6:16 am
VOUCHERS….it is our only hope.
September 20th, 2012
6:16 am
I live in Fayette County. Many outside (and inside) don't know the real story about what Dr. Bearden has done. Quite a recipe. I think I will try it. Here it is.
Let's see – over the next 18 months, I will make sure my performance is mediocre or poor. I will delay difficult decisions (like closing schools), but will make the easy ones (like drastically reducing employee pay and benefits). I will care nothing about morale of most of those I lead (after all, peons don't matter). I will protect my fellow managers in return for their promises to praise my great skills.
I will spend much time promoting myself by telling everyone what a great administrator I am. I will speak at community meetings describing my many talents, but all the while avoid seeking input from employees. Then after nearly bankrupting my company, I will complain to my bosses. "Hey, you guys must not like me because you won't do what I say you must do. Can you pay me for the next 15 months? I will spend 3 months continuing to destroy the company (while I portray myself aa a victim) and then I'll take the next 12 months off." Deal?
I just hope my bosses are as dumb as the 5 morons who sit in the chairs at the board of education in our county.. Hope my bosses don't mind squandering the money that belongs to the stockholders in my company. After all, why should they be concerned about a mere $200,000 in salary/benefits? It worked for Bearden, hope I can get the same response.
September 20th, 2012
6:17 am
SEE speaks the truth.
Birds of a feather flock together.
September 20th, 2012
6:34 am
Funny and we all just received our tax bills!! Lovely. Because of the shenanigans, I opted to take my kids out of FayCo this year and home school. Sure it has its challenges, but I am a whole lot happier. It's sad. We spent all this money on a search for the latest and greatest and all got hood winked. He entered with controversy and will now leave just the way he came in. Get it together school board before SACS comes this way and I can't sell my house!!
September 20th, 2012
6:47 am
These counties all have a math problem. Yet whenever someone tries to fix the math problem, they are fought at every turn. Sad.
September 20th, 2012
6:58 am
Something must be going around.
Seriously, when will school boards get real about severance packages and salary/benefits for their superintendents?
September 20th, 2012
7:28 am
Okay, they sacked the Supt.. What is the boards plan to solve the problems facing the school system? Find a yes man or woman that will be their puppet. School board members (educrats) can be compared to the real estate/development crowd of the 90's and 2000's, there will always be buyers and perpetual growth, hence ever expanding tax funds and assets available. With one exception, the real estate bubble did bust and with it new home construction and the tax base related to the schools.
Obviously the Superintendent and the board couldn't find common ground, so he is leaving.
So, what's the boards plan to fix the problems facing the school system? Silence.
It probably cost the school system over $150k to buyout the contract of this person and what did that get them, the expense of hiring another person to do the same work that they were paying this man for….. nice. It's easy to waste OTHER PEOPLES MONEY.
September 20th, 2012
7:32 am
[...] drama afoot: Fayette County School Superintendent leaves post in January after the school board voted unanimously in June to extend his contract to June 30, [...]
September 20th, 2012
8:00 am
Students in Fayette do not get a better education. They come to school ready and willing to learn. They have parents that will work with them at home and expect only great things for their children. Fayette parents will not allow their students to disrupt the learning of others. Students in Clayton do not have the home support. Students arrive each year and daily not ready to learn. The behavior is off the chain and the parents blame the teacher and school for the child's misbehavior and failing grades. Fayette parents teach their children respect while Clayton parents themselves show nrespect for anyone. Having frist hand experienced schools in both counties the students in Clayton are offered the higher education they just do not except it.
September 20th, 2012
8:03 am
The bottom line? Fayette is still 20 million short for next year. The school closings would have saved around 2.5 million, which is clearly short of the 20. The board fired him so they can elicit these funds from the personnel. That would be the only group they can bully without reprecussions. Parents were up in arms about the school closings, so the board decided to axe the engineer of the closings. Just push the deficit onto the teachers. Nothing they can do about it. All 2500 employees cannot leave at the same time can they?
September 20th, 2012
8:15 am
Maude, you NAILED it. The reason for Fayette County's success isnt' squarely because of great teachers or a great superintendent – but the biggest reason is because the kids there know how to respect adults, actually have parents that care and invest time into their kids, and send kids to school who are READY to learn. Without kids like that, teachers and administrators would be helpless to create a good product.
September 20th, 2012
8:21 am
Stop generalizing all the students in Clayton county as failures and not willing to learn. Both my kinds were educated in Clayton county and both are now in great colleges and continue to obtain good grades. My son is a senior in Chemical Engineering and my daughter is a Biology major sophmore. Yes, Clayton county schools has their issues, but as this article and others state, so does other counties. This may be difficult for most of you to comprehend, but not all students in Clayton county are failures, some families do support their kids in the learning process, attend PTA, meet regularly with the teachers, etc. Hate to bust your bubble, but my kids survived a Clayton county education!
September 20th, 2012
8:38 am
Millage rates are maxed out and they have an E-SPLOST. They need to take a field trip to Coweta County and ask them how they budget. It was reported last year they had a 0 millage rate for their M&O. They placed an extension of the E-SPLOST on the ballot for November stating that it will cover the same items. It is time to close schools and eliminate all the unecessary PROGRAMS!! Although it is nice to have these programs available, they are not required and need to go. The main office is full of excess while the teachers go without. Why do we have a Public Relations Specialist? Is the Superintendant and The Board too incompetant to do a press release ro speak directly to the public? They also want to allow out of county students to pay to attend our schools. If they are considering this an option, I would rather go to a statewide voucher system. Why should they have a choice to come here, yet we get stuck within our own boundaries. We need to wipe the slate clean and start over.
September 20th, 2012
8:59 am
Taxpayer loses again. 150 to 200k buyout of salary plus benefits after renewing his contract 3 months ago—the board should have to pay it as they obviously have no respect for the taxpayer funding they get. I think it would be a wonderful idea to have the state review each county's expenditures in the central offices vs. in the classroom and make some changes –all the way from the boards of education on down. it's past time to clean up some of this mess. change is needed.
September 20th, 2012
9:00 am
Well look out County personel and employees. The Board will be coming after you next to pay the 20 million short fall. Looks like the PTC and Fayetteville parents won again. When will the Board stand up to the parents in this county and let them know who is running the schools? Looks like never. keep complaining parents, looks like you run the county because noone on the Board has abcakbone to tell you NO.
September 20th, 2012
9:08 am
This is a sad day for many parents and students in Fayette county. My husband and I move to the county over 5 years ago for our oldest daughter and now our yougest daughter is attending school as well. We have been very active in our daugther's schools and have seen how the school board has declined since we moved here. The school board members are a joke! The one exception that I see is Leonard Presberg. Dr. Todd, Ms. Key and the rest don't care about the students or the teachers, they are only concered with their own agenda, and for some crazy reason people are buying into what they are selling. People want to talk about the problems that Clayton county is having and throwing stones at them and whe have the same issues right here in Fayette. The school board members need to think about how their decisions or lack thereof and work together for the good of the students teachers and staff then one day in the near future they will get a visit from Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).
September 20th, 2012
9:11 am
"First, God made idiots, for practice. Then He made school boards." ~ Mark Twain
September 20th, 2012
9:13 am
As a DeKalb resident, it is interesting reading this. While I applaud Fayette County for their successes with their school system, this demonstrates that all school districts are having difficulties with declining revenues and making the tough decisions. Closing schools is a tough and emotional decision. I predict DeKalb will revisit this again and it will be all over the media.
I've often commented that DeKalb has provided 'cover' to other school districts (rightly so in many cases) that are quietly addressing many of the same issues. No school district is immune the current economic condition we are in. Based on who one speaks to, some Board members are despised in their respective school districts, despite the fact they were elected by their constituents.
The issues that led to this separation will still remain so the question will be, how will Fayette County address these challenges?
September 20th, 2012
9:13 am
"First, God made idiots, for practice. Then He made school boards." ~Mark Twain
September 20th, 2012
9:15 am
The parents do run the county (Another Fayette Teacher)!! I suppose you think the school system is in existense to provide you with a cushy job? It is not!! If you don't like the way the system is run I feel fairly confident Clayton County could use your extensive qualities.
September 20th, 2012
9:21 am
@Maureen, I definitely agree with your comment at 9:03am. It's important that those responsible for community outreach can be proactive instead of simply reactive. Things will happen that are beyond the control of any school district so it is imperative that school districts aggressively provide stories on the many positives that happen each day in our schools. Otherwise school districts will be defined by the media, based on the 'hot' stories that generate the greatest amount of interest.
In the case of DeKalb, SACS recommended a full time,on staff PR representative. Regretfully due to the budget situation, these positions were eliminated. This coincided when we saw a decline in information about successes going on in our school district. As a result, there was nothing to counter balance the 'other' stories going on. I see this as a critical role in metro area school districts.
September 20th, 2012
9:21 am
This is my last year having a child in Fayette County schools. Although I see things that could be better, for the most part, I am happy with the quality of the education.
I agree with an earlier comment. It's the students that make the schools successful, not the administration and teachers. White, Middle class kids whose families value education. Put these same teachers in Fairburn or South Fulton schools and they would fail.


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EAST LANSING, Mich. - The offensive struggles continued for the Michigan State women's basketball team tonight, as the Spartans lost to Illinois, 61-51 at the Breslin Center. MSU drops its second-straight game to fall to 4-2 in the Big Ten and 12-7 overall. Junior Becca Mills led the Spartans with 17 points.
Mills scored the first seven Spartan points as MSU jumped out to a 7-4 lead in the first four minutes. With the Spartans up 13-9 with 13:23 on the clock, Illinois (9-10, 2-4) ran off seven-straight points over a span of five and a half minutes to take its first lead. However, MSU quickly responded with an 11-3 run of its own to go back ahead 24-19 with 3:42 until halftime. The Illini chipped away but a layup by Tori Jankoska gave Michigan State a 28-25 halftime lead.
For the second-straight game, the Spartans struggled offensively in the second half. MSU managed only 23 points, shooting 31.0% from the field and 1-for-12 from 3-point.
Michigan State started the half by scoring the first five points to go ahead 33-25 and would maintain a six-point lead (38-32) with under 13 minutes left. Illinois slowly chipped away to retake the lead. An Annalise Pickrel layup tied the game at 46 with 4:21 on the clock, but that was the last Spartan field goal for three minutes. The Fighting Illini ran off 11-consecutive points during that stretch to take over the game.
Jankoska added 12 points in the loss for MSU. Klarissa Bell had a season-high 11 rebounds, while Pickrel chipped in nine points and 10 rebounds. Kiana Johnson dished out a game-high six assists.
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Dustin Penner: Stone Alone (Oilers 09-10)
Dustin Penner's 09-10 season is somewhat similar to the life of Le Grande Orange 1969-71 with the Montreal Expos. Big Rusty Staub would score 95 runs, hit 30 homers and drive in 90+ each season on a club with also-ran's and never-were's. He effectively got himself on base AND drove himself in for three seasons on an expansion team.
Dustin Penner's season towers over the other Edmonton Oiler forwards.
- Boxcars: 82gp, 32-31-63
- Shots: 203
- Plus Minus: +6
- Corsi (Rel): 16.8 (1st F)
- 5×5/60: 2.43 (1st F)
- 5×4/60: 3.97 (4th F)
- Quality of Competition: 9th F
- Quality of Teammates: 3rd F
- FO Percentage: 47.6% in 420FO's
- OZone FO %: 45.4 (toughest F)
- Cap Hit: $4.25M
- What Do These Numbers Tell Us? Penner improved across the board (except for SP) in a very difficult season. By boxcar or by magnifying glass the evidence is overwhelming for Penner. In the fall I wondered if he could deliver enough offense to stay on the 1line, and by spring I'm convinced he could be the cornerstone of a 1line for years to come. This was a wonderful season delivered by a player in his prime and with many years of similar level production straight ahead.
- How Could These Numbers be Better? He isn't perfect: Penner was inconsistent again this season and there are periods of indifference in his game.I could also point to his level of competition number (9th according to Desjardins) but I think he's probably been nicked too much by the measurement (from what I can tell, a late-season checking line of Horcoff-Moreau-Pisani blurred earlier work done by Penner's line). Honestly, I don't know that the numbers could be better. I guess Penner could have played in better luck (by playing on a better team with a stronger powerplay) but it is terribly difficult to be critical about this season.
- What about Horcoff? Penner, Horcoff and Hemsky did play together early but injuries and ineffective play meant shakeup early on. Horcoff's ability to play well away from the puck combined with awful puck luck meant he was utilized in a more defensive role and Penner was relied on to produce an offensive line nightly. I don't really know anyone who would have thought their roles should be reversed. After Hemsky went down, they were the two best F's on the roster and the coaching staff (eventually) got around to using their strengths.
- What about Quinn? I think Penner would have flourished under any coach not named MacTavish but another huge benefit for him was OTC's tendency to roll 4 lines consistently. It gave Penner a nice chance to get a few easier matchups and that may have benefitted his final number (this is another reason why I don't really believe the toughness of opposition numbers–or at least I don't think they're as big a consideration as in previous seasons).
- What about Hall? What about Hall? Hey, we can hope that Taylor Hall has a season similar to Duchene/Tavares but Dustin Penner is an actual NHL player. I'd be shocked if the Oilers hired a better LW by next fall.
- What Else? I'd like to see what Penner could do for a kid like Seguin. Put him with a responsible RW and Penner on the portside and the Oilers might be collecting hardward (Calder) next summer. Penner finds people and he can score goals by finding open spots. A kid like Seguin (or Gagner) should benefit from an entire year of Penner on the portside.
- Will they trade Penner? I don't think so. The club is so damn small they can't afford to deal him away. Hell, if they could they'd clone the guy.
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- 06-07 5×5 per 60m: 1.92
- 07-08 5×5 per 60m: 1.34
- 08-09 5×5 per 60m: 1.71
- 09-10 5×5 per 60m: 2.43
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- 06-07 5×4 per 60m: 4.01
- 07-08 5×4 per 60m: 4.07
- 08-09 5×4 per 60m: 3.15
- 09-10 5×4 per 60m: 3.97
Predictions Past 2009-10: 80gp, 20-21-41 (.513 per game)
Performance in 2009-10: 82gp, 32-31-63 (.769 per game)
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An empty table indicates that we see no relevant changes listed in the classification tables. If you suspect that our system may be missing something, please double-check with the Office of the Law Revision Counsel.
|Description of Change
|Session Year
|Public Law
|Statutes at Large
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