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It comes to my attention that there has been widespread discussion on the matter of the Braves and just who might be their manager next season. Of course, isn't that always the case when one guy had been in command long enough to have raised a family? Such may be said of Bobby Cox, who has managed the Braves since 1978, interrupted by four years across the Canadian border, then a return of five seasons preparing to resume the chair that Ted Turner had kept warm for him.
It was Turner himself, never given to shyness, who said at the press conference when Cox was being fired, that if he was hiring a manager to succeed Cox, it would be — well, Bobby Cox. So the two Rover Boys were reunited until Turner himself eventually took leave.
So it is that when a manager is of Social Security age, and his team has gone one October after another without a booking, people wonder. People talk. People wonder if he might not be ready for the farm. They forget that Casey Stengel managed until he was 75, and Connie Mack until he was 88. But, of course, Mr. McGillicuddy owned the team.
By those standards, Cox is a mere toddler, at 68. Thus the subject comes up, as annually as the Farmer's Almanac comes off the press. And why not?
Here's one reason: There's not another pitching staff in the National League that's better. As good maybe — the Dodgers, Giants and Cardinals — but none better. And no manager with Jair Jurrjens, Javier Vazquez, Tommy Hanson, Derek Lowe, Tim Hudson and Kenshin Kawakami as starters to choose from is giving any thought to retirement. As a group, Braves pitchers have an earned-run average of 3.61, just behind the Dodgers and Giants.
This is a cast that gives Cox a great degree of comfort. And if trouble rears its ugly head, there's always the bullpen, which is well-stocked, even if there is an occasional decision that goes awry, which does happen in the case of Rafael Soriano, Mike Gonzalez and Kris Medlen. And he can turn to Kawakami, since the Japanese fellow has had to adjust to double duty since Hudson came out of surgical care.
Cox hasn't been able to wallow in such pitching luxury since Maddux, Smoltz and Glavine were on hand. There were even times they were allowed to finish what they started. Just nine years ago, Braves pitchers rolled up 13 complete games, and while that would been no more than a half-season to Phil Niekro, keep in mind that as a staff, they have only two this season, both by Vazquez. And he would happily have stuck around for more, as would Hanson. Each has lost three or four decisions to a leaking bullpen.
So, there's the pitching wealth. Surely Cox wouldn't care to walk away with Chipper Jones restored to form. I say that, in view of Chipper's new contract, $42 million for three seasons. You don't think for a moment that Chipper could afford to walk out on that pile of chips, do you? Thus, the warehouse is richly stocked, to such an extent that no manager in good health and sound of mind could walk away from it. It would please those who have his interest at heart if he might trim off a few of those excess pounds he carries about.
September 19th, 2009
4:53 pm
Thanks Again Bish! Yes, you are right! Now, if Bobby will just accept the fact that most of these guys
can "finish" a game unless they are in real trouble. Nothing wrong with letting them finish with a full
meal deal because that gives them enormous pride. Then, maybe, they could go to the mound with
the goal of pitching a strong 9 innings for a memorabe achievement of a complete game victory instead
of going 6 innings and leaving the scene and hoping for a victory! Challenge them and see what it get's
you…..after all, it used to be so most of the time!
September 19th, 2009
4:53 pm
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September 19th, 2009
5:22 pm
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Braves fan since 1972 but God I hope you are wrong. Bobby was a good manager several years ago – kinda like Packard, Edsel and several other nice cars – but he has totally lost it – time to go and maybe you should consider same.
September 19th, 2009
5:48 pm
I love and respect Bobby. His management of personalities and egos is unparalleled. However, his in-game decision making has always been poor and has gotten exponentially worse in the last couple of years. When we had a slew of legitimate power hitters as well as a great pitching staff, it was enough to cover those deficiencies (though we'd still fail in the playoffs, often with better teams). Good pitching itself is not enough to cancel out the 10-12 games a year Bobby inexplicably blows with terrible decisions (see this year, for instance). Unless another two to three solid bats are added in the off season, we'd better hope he resists the urge to stay, or we'll have another talented team go to waste.
September 19th, 2009
5:57 pm
Bobby Cox continues to be about the worst tactical manager in baseball, bar none. If he comes back next year, it will be more of the same with the Braves losing a majority of games which are decided by situational tactics. Cox has always been beyond a farce with regard to tactical managing, even during the Braves incredible run of division wins. There is more to managing than tactics, and Cox was often superb in these other areas, but unless you have a team stocked with 2 or 3 of the best starting pitchers of the past couple of decades — Cox's tactical deficiencies will kill their chances over a full season almost every time. When the Braves were so loaded, situational tactics didn't matter so much during the regular season, though they certainly did matter in post-season, which goes a long way to explaining why the Braves ended up on the short side of several post season series they would have won if not for some incredibly mind-bogglingly inexplicable tactical moves by Cox. If Cox must come back, please put someone on the bench in the background who has the critical thinking skills necessary to weigh the pros and cons of situational tactics and allow this such person to make such tactical decisions. Cox clearly does not possess the IQ necessary to weigh such pros and cons. Increasingly, those who have been paying attention are coming to realize that.
September 19th, 2009
6:02 pm
The fact that he's about to miss the postseason with a staff like this is enough for him to walk the hell away. A manager than can't manage such a talented group is already halfway in his rocking chair. As they say: FIRE THE OLD FOOL!!!
September 19th, 2009
6:27 pm
To hell with Bobby Cocs, he's wasted enough talen here already!
September 19th, 2009
6:46 pm
I knew that when my old Timex watch started to lose about a half a minute every day, I realized it's time had passed literally and figuratively. Bobby's time has passed too, my friend. We need a change in that clubhouse.
September 19th, 2009
7:04 pm
Let us hope you are wrong Bisher.
September 19th, 2009
7:06 pm
Bisher and his stay with the past BS. Its time for a change, Past time.
The damn FANS deserve better. Bobby has had his Glory days, now take it home to Rose and the Kids. Give the Fans new hope and a good reason to return to the Ted.
Bobbys show is old and has become a joke……..will not return till he's gone.
September 19th, 2009
7:52 pm
Oh great his time is done we need a new start fire him n TP n hire Ned yost to replace at helm n get a better hittin coach….after all francoer is hittin better now since left B.cox son TP (no-hit) battin coach.If he returns see more seats empty then a bus…time let bobby cox return to whip his wife as always n pick his nose alone! Its bye bye Bobby cox please let door hit u n TP in butt on way out
September 19th, 2009
7:54 pm
if we richy stock furman say no worrys cox will trade away and keep No hit Norton as pinch hitter….Ha ha we may have talent he trade hanson away to u watch him
September 19th, 2009
9:52 pm
I don't drink anything stronger than lemonade, but I can see how reading these columns could besot even me just picking out Furman's standard crutches. For example folks take a swig each time Furman:
- Mentions the nationality of any athlete not named John Smith (i.e. Kawakami . . . Japanese). Leave the profiling to Homeland Security
- Perform his customary seances by dredging up people most of us do not care about, or if we did, would Google them
- Mention Bobby Dodd or John Heisman when writing a Tech column
- Mention Wally Butts when writing a Georgia column
- At some point during baseball season throw in an Atlanta Crackers reference
- Slam Tiger regardless of what the real golf column is about
- Conveniently lose memory when after bashing the team for having nothing to work with earlier in the season you write about how stocked it is now — like this one
- Slam Michael Vick when the obvious Falcons game day story lies elsewhere
- Two swigs for the obligatory Tommy Nobis reference at some point during the Falcons season
- Two swigs for his sycophant being enraged that anyone would dare find his columns banal and defending his right to his banality simply because he has been at the AJC since the paper was printed on parchment
September 19th, 2009
10:08 pm
Furman, I dont know about what you say. You seem to be in the minority, while others feel that Cox will either walk away, or will be told he is being put in another position, while someone else manages the team.
The Braves September surge might be enough to change all that. I dont think we will make the playoffs, unless a miracle happens, but we should finish with a solid season of over 85 wins, that will be at least ten wins better than last year. We have very good pitching, so yes, we are well stocked.
If Bobby comes back, I will be fine with it. After all, what fan wouldnt be okay with a HOF manager who has been here for 25 years, piloting this group for at least another year?
September 19th, 2009
11:44 pm
what a surprise – one has been supporting another.
September 19th, 2009
11:46 pm
Mitch said," What fan wouldn't be okay with HOF mgr. coming back."
You're the only one out of 15 comments to want Bobby back.
Please Frank Wren don't bring BC back.
September 20th, 2009
12:39 am
Mr. Bisher, with all due respect… WTF?
Okay, so that was a little disrespectful but none of what you just wrote makes any sense.
Bobby Cox is getting away with murder. He has wasted one of the best seasons by any pitching staffs that I can remember. Key word, remember.
It's been so long since we were even remotely in contention for anything or relevant to anyone outside of the southeastern United States that the heyday of Smoltz, Maddux, Glavine seems like a mystical fairy tale dream.
I grew up watching the Braves. I was at Game 7 on the 1992 NLCS… and I'll have you know I didn't leave until the game was long over. I was at Game 1 of the '95 World Series.
For some unknown reason the Braves have yet to put together a commemorative home video DVD for fans on the history and highlights of the team like many other franchises have. I think that's a mistake. I personally have a photographic memory but other than those two moments and Game 6 against the Indians, the rest of it is fading from my mind. It's odd how the Braves continue to live in the past and yet fail to keep those memories alive for the rest of us. I swear, with each 3rd or 4th place finish, the years from '91 to '05 seem like another lifetime.
As far as I'm concerned, this starting rotation is the best in baseball and unless Colorado totally collapses, it will have gone for naught.
Bobby Cox's performance as Braves manager this year is indefensible. If he chooses not to retire and is allowed to return for another year, no amount of improvements or additions to this team will matter. He has lost his ability to manage effectively. If it can happen to players it can happen to managers. It's happened, only unlike John Smoltz, nobody would take him.
That's why he won't leave. Who would hire him?
September 20th, 2009
12:45 am
Whats wrong with you people? We are talking about Bobby Cox here! I love how everyone trys to tell him how to manage, how many MLB games have you managed? Instead you are writing about it while he is doing it. Lets not blame the players for the losing. Don't blame Chip for always being hurt, the same for Smoltzy when he was here. The Braves should keep Bobby as long as he wants to stay. We were one of if not the worst team in baseball before he took over. Bobby Cox is the heart of the Atlanta Braves. It's easy to talk about his in-game decisions when you know nothing about the game. Stick to your video games. And don't call yourself Braves fans!
September 20th, 2009
12:46 am
Mitchell your a dumb ass!
September 20th, 2009
1:00 am
All of those who hope the Braves can win next year hope to hell he hangs it up. Someone with above average intelligence is needed to manage a game around here for a change.
September 20th, 2009
1:02 am
" how many MLB games have you managed?"
It ain't brain surgery, sir. Any serious baseball fan could see what needs to be done from the bench and do it correctly, unlike Cox all too often.
September 20th, 2009
1:04 am
PlusSizeModel your a dumb ass too! Maybe you can manage the Braves since your so damn good at it. Why are people so damn dumb. All Bobby has done for this city and you people put him down like he is a no body…wow.
September 20th, 2009
1:07 am
Booby needs to go to the farm, we should have kept Freddie Gonzalez as our next manager, it looks like were gonna end up with TP as our next skipper which would be a mistake, he acts like hes asleep just like Garret, they should take the same bus out of town. With proper use of the starters & bullpen this year we would have made the playoffs, theres no law against letting studs like Hanson, JJ & Javy finish games when they keep getting guys out Booby! As The Little River Band would say, Time for a Cool Change!
September 20th, 2009
1:10 am
Okay im not getting on AJC anymore. Most of you people don't know your head from your ass. Bobby most of GA loves you. Get it done next year and many years to come.
September 20th, 2009
1:29 am
You people stop picking on my boy….this back and forth has kept him up all night and upset his tummy. He has to get up early in the morning for his job making french fries. He's 28 now…by the time he's 30 I can see him as an assitant manager
I wish he had a girlfriend because I want to be a grandma someday. He sure loves Bobby, though.
September 20th, 2009
1:30 am
Mr.Bisher, with all due respect, you sir are clearly out of touch with the reality that is the Atlanta Braves.
Yes, the pitching is and has been incredible all season. As of Saturday the pitching has 90 quality starts but just 79 wins as a team. Bobby's abuse of his bullpen has been well chronicled since Leo Mazzone left after the 2005 season. 2009 has been no different.
I unlike most fans remember those great teams of the nineties, they had pitching, defense, offense and played fundamental baseball. I also remember a manager who demanded them to do so. This 2009 version of Bobby Cox isn't the same leader nor equal to the task as manager. His age isn't the issue, it's the judgment of Bobby Cox that is in question. The man has clearly mismanaged this team into third place when they should be headed for the playoffs.
The vast majority of the fans recognize this fact. The question is, do both Terry McQuirk and John Schuerholz have the damn balls to give Cox his pink slip, or will they waste another year of our lives by allowing Bobby Cox to mismanage another year in Atlanta.
September 20th, 2009
2:26 am
Ya'll are crazy. I read blogs and comments to be entertained by witty people or informed by smart people. Ya'll are neither. You're just baseball genius wannabe's who sit on your fannies and criticize others. Get a life.
September 20th, 2009
4:09 am
Hasn't Bisher been saying how empty the Braves's talent shelf was and bemoaning the Tex and Wainwright trades while ignoring the Hudson, Soriano, Gonzales, and Jurrjens trades? 360.
September 20th, 2009
7:07 am
I couldn't bring myself to watch many Braves games this year with Cox still at the helm. If Terry Pendleton succeeds BC as manager, I won't watch any.
September 20th, 2009
7:49 am
Coach (2010 or Bust)
September 20th, 2009
1:30 am
Well said sir. And if Mr. Bisher thinks Cox should come back then maybe he has lost his mind just like Bobby. Last night was a perfect example of Cox's mismanagement by, 1st bringing Soriano in to face 3 lefthanded hitters, and 2nd by leaving the guy in there when he was getting hammered. Of course, Cox has been doing this his entire career but the team has won up until the last 4 years in spite of Cox's muleheaded decisions. It will be a disgrace to all Braves fans if Cox comes back next year.
September 20th, 2009
8:22 am
Furman, it is already well on record that Chipper will retire if his production doesn't restore itself to normal levels (normal for him). The "pile of money" doesn't affect his decision. For normal humans like us, it certainly would. But as Chipper said, "I've already made my money."
I hope Bobby stays at least another year. I hope next season we finally get back into the playoffs. That depends upon the ownership group to pony up the money to get the two power bats this team needs. Given the other teams in the league, that's not much to tweak. The Braves frankly have everything else they need to win a banner, perhaps a World Series.
September 20th, 2009
8:54 am
Bobby Cox has had a great career and during that time he has had a stable of players that have contributed to his sucess unfortunately his age has gotten in the way an he needs to adjust to todays game. I'm 68 just as Bobby is, and most men our age come to the reality that things are just not what they were yet some don't and they continue to try and carry on.
Bobby would do himself and the team a big favor by coming to terms with the fact that the game has past him by and that a new manager may be just what the Braves need. Ned yost is the type of Manager this team needs, he has Bobbys demeanor yet he is young enough to communicate with todays players and understand what it takes to win.
Example-Bobby has his favorite players and he will use them till they can't function instead of sitting them down and leeting them get it back together (Example-Jordan Schaffer, Chipper Jones) and the bull pen, its no wonder that some of those guys come in and blow games the way he uses them, either they play every night or he sits them and does not give them the opportunity to contribute without being exhausted or sitting for 2-3 weeks and getting rusty.
Cmon Bobby, you've been great now give a younger manager the opportubity with this group.
September 20th, 2009
8:56 am
Bisher, weren't you just saying that Paul Johnson is the best coach you have ever seen? You must have been crappin your pants Thursday night.
You have NO credibility. None.
September 20th, 2009
8:58 am
Looks like there are about 2 or 3 respondents agreeing with Furman. Everyone else says it's time for Bobby to go. I was not to surprised that the poll in the paper yesterday had about 58% thinking it's time for Bobby to go. I'd say last year that number would have been around 45% and all years before that it would have been 10%.
There is just too much evidence to show that Bobby hasn't been getting the job done lately. It's tough to let go of someone who has been such a fixture and has had such success, but look at the Yankees, they had to say goodbye to Torre and now they have the best record in MLB. Sometimes just a fresh face is needed to energize the franchise.
September 20th, 2009
9:00 am
Unfortunately Cox is being held to a different standard than other mgrs. I'll call it "tenured leniency". He underproduces yet is allowed to remain where others would have been dismissed. Another season with Cox will be a waste.
September 20th, 2009
9:04 am
Furman, wasn't it just a few months ago that you were lamenting the Braves "gutting" their farm system in the Teixeira trade, leaving the cupboard bare? And now you contend that they are "richly stocked". Pray, where did Jurrjens and Hanson come from (I understand Jurrjens was Detroit, but he was a rookie with the Braves and the farm system – specifically Andy Marte – made the deal possible)?
I think they're well-positioned for the future with a good farm system. And I think they'll win next season with Bobby or somebody else at the helm.
September 20th, 2009
9:35 am
Bobby is a Braves legend but he has to retire. We have the team, with a few bats more, to get to the playoffs and make some noise. I am not sure that Bobby is the person to lead the charge however. He made quite a few mistakes this year….
September 20th, 2009
9:45 am
Time to put Soriano down. He has a tired arm. There is no excuse for him and we don't need to put a reliever in to throw the game away.
How many blown saves does he have this year? 1 to many.
September 20th, 2009
10:10 am
One old man trying to cover for another old man. Its time for both of them to be fired.—-Why fired?—-because neither one knows when to quit. If you are smart, you quit when you are ahead.
September 20th, 2009
10:19 am
At this point in the season there are 9 teams that would be happy to be where we are in the standings. Come on people look around, and ask the fans from Chicago, New York, Washington, San Diego, Arizona, Houston, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Pittsburg if they are still watching Baseball?
And the jury is not settled with the fans from San Francisco, Colorado, or Florida. .
Bobby Cox took a bunch of players and molded them together, worked with an owner who doesn't give a rats a __ about the team, and still made them a contender…I ask you, does your employer care about the company you work for? Are you looked on as a liability? Are you just a tax credit, that is turning a profit? Well that;s how Braves ownership has been treating Atlanta fans since they bought the team…The Braves need local ownership. Come on Arthur do us a favor…
If the Braves finsih 5th overall you fans will be asking for the bat boys' job…give me a break and The man is a great coach, look at his overall record. I agree with George above, its time for the players to admit when they can or cannot perform to their best ability(for the team). It has been quoted a million times "there is no i in team". My opinion, Soriano is trying to boost up his value, when it is clear he has a dead arm right now. The bullpen is tired and its time for the Sept. relief crew to show what they got and bring home the wild card.
September 20th, 2009
10:21 am
Bobby please leave. Your love of closers and formula's (always give the closer a clean slate) and playing lefty/righty with Diaz and batting him 7th or 8th tells me all I need to know. Your are an inflexible thinker and cannot think outside the box. You have been to the playoffs or the big dance many times, onlyt to win the brass ring once. You don't know how to manufacture runs with bunts, steals, or hit and runs. I hope we can get Bill James as our next manager, a man who knows data, thinks, and analyses.
September 20th, 2009
10:23 am
you readers are a good example of Obama's health care plan, Out with the old and in with the new.
BTW, saw yesterday the swine flu vacine initially will be given to those up to ages 14- 49… first. Times they are a changin!
September 20th, 2009
11:40 am
One would think Bobby Cox is old enough to remember when starting pitchers went the distance.
September 20th, 2009
11:59 am
Too much talent to be in 3rd place period. They beat the best and loose to the worst. That falls on the management alone. Second best era in the majors and we are watching Colorado and Frisco? Come on. Homerball, great pitched games blown because of a pitch count….sometimes it is better to let them finish. BC has not done that in a long time.
Great manager but in the last several years….he's lost his touch and his instincts are not there anymore…love ya BC but time for the farm and your wonderful soup and crackers at the lake!
September 20th, 2009
12:28 pm
There are a lot of management and baseball experts on here today. Makes me wonder how many, if any,of them have any experience in either field. Maybe their only experience and abilitie are in venting so they don't have to identify themselves.
Jimmy Huston.
September 20th, 2009
1:33 pm
((((33-17)))) hahahahahahahaha
September 20th, 2009
3:44 pm
Since when did Bobby Cox become the general manager? Or maybe that's the problem, the Braves don't have one. Remember they gave Chipper a $16M contract when he couldn't ever get 80 rbi's when winning the batting crown. At the very least they should have given him a one year big contract, understanding he can't stay healthy.
September 20th, 2009
3:59 pm
Mark .. Worst tactical manager in baseball? OK, pulling Hanson a couple of weeks ago was a head-scratcher, and Bobby's unwavering confidence in Norton has been baffling. But unless you observe every other manager in the same micro view — watching every inning of every play — it's impossible to make such a sweeping statement with any accuracy.
September 20th, 2009
5:16 pm
tuck fech= you're IQ is showing!
September 20th, 2009
6:00 pm
Cox must go! He needs to step aside and let someone who is entering their prime lead these guys to the next level. His days as an effective manager are behind him. I'm not sure he has ever really been all that good of a field manager. Has had all the talent in the world, and has only parlayed that into one championship. His reason? "The postseason is a crap shoot." Sorry Bobby, but champions win. Losers deliver excuses.


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Monday's List of 13: Wrapping up a sports sunday.......... 13) If the PGA Tour makes a highlight film of the first two months of this season, they better title it "Choking Dogs" because thats what players in the lead have done on Sundays all this month. Sunday was Robert Allenby who gagged away a winner's paycheck, double-bogeying 18 when he had a two-stroke lead. Allenby had earned over $26M in his career, but he hasn't won a tournament on the PGA Tour in 11 years. 12) Allenby did an interview on Golf Channel before the playoff, which is unusual, then he signed autographs. How about hitting balls on the range? He seems like a great guy, but if you had him in a pool Sunday, chances are you'd like to smack him in the head right about now. 11) Robert Griffin III ran 4.41 40-yard dash at the Combine, Andrew Luck ran a 4.66, Kellen Moore ran a 4.94, none of which means a hill of beans when it comes to being an NFL quarterback. Anyone remember what a guy named Tom Brady ran in his 40-yard dash at the Combine? Try 5.23. 10) Craig Robinson is now 55-62 in four years at Oregon State, as Beavers have now lost five games in a row in another late-season swoon. If you're the AD at Oregon State, are you happy with Robinson, and if you're not, how do you go about firing the President's brother-in-law? I mean, the Pac-12 stinks this year, and in a year Oregon State was hyped to be improved, they're 5-11 in league play. Thats not progress. 9) If you like the Red Sox, there's a lot of good spring training coverage on the NESN channel, with a two-hour show live on Sunday mornings. Think they have a show on at 6pm weeknights. 8) Speaking of Boston, any Red Sox fan who has one ill word to say about Terry Francona is an ungrateful nitwit who chooses to forget what a joke the team was before Francona took over and won two world titles. Bobby Valentine will micro-manage and ban chicken in the clubhouse and let everyone know how smart he is, but he ain't won anything, except one NL title with the Mets; Francona owns two World Series rings. 7) NBA All-Star Game was 88-69 at the half, which means I didn't miss a damn thing by not watching. Just once, some billionaire should put up a huge sum of money and say winner takes all, and see how hard these guys play. Its insulting that they don't even try to play defense until the fourth quarter. Baseball is still the sport best-suited for All-Star play- its an individual sport. 6) Speaking of the NBA, how do they hold a 3-point shooting contest and not have Steve Novak in it? Kyle Korver? Steve Nash? How do they have a dunking contest without JaVale McGee? 5) I say this a lot, but its true; a 64-man 1-on-1 tournament over All-Star weekend would be very big. Two guys from each team, other four guys chosen from Internet vote. Who wouldn't watch this? 4) The 1949 Motor City Open had an 11-hole playoff, the longest playoff in PGA Tour history; Sunday's playoff at Mayakoba tied for 2nd all-time longest playoff, at eight holes. 3) If you like wagering on politics, Democrats are -$220 in the Presidential election in November; Republicans are +$200. 2) Greedy bastard update: At corner near my house, the price at the cruddy Mobil station is $3.95 a gallon; less than a mile away, at another cruddy Mobil station, it is $4.05. Can't wait to see what the price goes to when the weather gets better around the country. 1) Conference tournaments start this week; there are three in Las Vegas, one in Atlantic City, one in Hot Springs, AR, which apparently means it is fun to visit Hot Springs. Never been to Arkansas myself.
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The psychology of pricing your home
So you've decided to put your house on the market? Price it so that more buyers see it -- and notice it. Here's are 10 tips for getting the sale you want.
You're selling your home. Here's the big decision: Should you set the price high, expecting buyers will bargain you down eventually? Or should you start low to attract a lot of attention and get the inevitable discounting over with upfront?
You might be surprised how important this decision is.
Experts agree that starting with the price high on the idea that you can always drop it later is a costly mistake. Pricing doesn't just determine how much money you stand to make -- it also dictates whether buyers even give your home a serious look.
With so many competing properties for sale, yours has to pop out immediately as a good value or buyers will move on, unlikely to return. You get one first shot at your home's debut, and it's easy to blow it.
"The amount of traffic that a listing gets in its first week is five to seven times what it gets in its ensuing weeks," says Glenn Kelman, the CEO of Redfin, an online brokerage and listings site. "Let's say you lower the price (later). No one will notice. You really are broadcasting that discount to a much smaller audience of buyers and will have the perception it is damaged goods."
It's worth more because it's mine
Your job as a seller seems simple: Price it right to make the sale. You analyze the competition thoroughly and coldbloodedly. You know the prices of the properties that have recently sold in your neighborhood and their similarities to and differences from your home. You know the current competition and understand precisely what homes a little better and homes a little worse than yours are selling for.
That shouldn't be too difficult -- for Mr. Spock. But for us humans, emotions, history, attachment and expectations get in the way.
"The buyer is looking at 'What are comparable houses selling for?' and the seller is thinking, 'What did I pay for this six years ago?'" says John Gourville, a marketing professor and expert in buyer behavior at Harvard Business School.
Home sales and purchases are loaded with illogic and irrationality. Compounding the problem is our tendency to cling to things. Behavioral scientists try understanding why. Economist Richard Thaler of the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business describes this "endowment effect," the tendency for things, even little things, to become worth more in our eyes once we own them. (This cartoon, at Nudge, a blog Thaler runs, conveys the idea succinctly.)
Researchers find that the pain of a loss is two to three times greater than the joy of an equivalent gain, Gourville says. In other words, it's hard to accept receiving less than you paid for something.
But in this difficult market, realistic goals may be making a quick sale, getting the best return possible and preventing buyers from niggling over price. In areas clogged with short sales and foreclosures, a realistic goal may be making any sale at all.
Here's an arsenal of expert pricing tips, tricks and strategies to help you gain the upper hand:
Making the debut count
No. 1: Don't get penalized for starting too high. Identify your home's true value, and set the price slightly under that. At worst, you'll lose about $10,000, but you might make a quick sale. If you're further under market than that, buyers are likely to bid the price back up, Kelman says.
An error on the high side, however, can cost you more than just time. Once you drop your price, buyers smell blood. "They say, 'He's knocked $30K off the price; he'll do it again.' It's death by a thousand cuts," Kelman says.
Don't think no one will realize you've dropped the price. The best listing sites show how many times a price has been reduced and by how much, as well as how long a home has been listed.
No. 2: Test your price against reality. Try this: Pretend you're the buyer. Search online in your price range in neighborhoods with similar quality schools about the same distance from downtown or the nearest major work center. If your place doesn't pop out as an obvious value next to other properties people can buy for the same money, your price is too high.
"Most people really don't want to price it as well as they have to in this market," says Ardell DellaLoggia, an associate broker at Sound Realty in Seattle and a popular blogger.
Altos Research, a Mountain View, Calif., company that analyzes data for the real-estate industry, routinely compares initial listing prices around the country with final sales prices. Sellers generally start out with prices a bit too high, forcing them to later offer discounts to get a deal done, says Scott Sambucci, Altos' vice president of sales and analytics. Nationally, he says, discounts are averaging 8% to 9% off a property's last listing price.
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ARDMORE, Pa. -- So much for getting a good night's sleep.
Phil Mickelson arrived at Merion Golf Club about four hours before his 7:11 a.m. tee time and still managed to shoot a 3-under-par 67 at Thursday's opening round of the U.S. Open.
"I might have used just a little caffeine booster at the turn just to keep me sharp," Mickelson said. "But that was our ninth hole or so, and I just wanted to make sure I had enough energy."
Mickelson flew overnight from San Diego after watching his oldest daughter's eighth-grade graduation, where she was one of the featured speakers. At first, he was a little shaky. But after rolling a birdie putt 8 feet past his first hole and putting his tee shot in the rough at his second, he settled himself -- helped by a little more sleep during a rain delay.
It was his lowest opening round since 1999 in a championship he's never won, even though he keeps coming close. He's been runner-up a record five times.
"If I'm able -- and I believe I will -- if I'm able to ultimately win a U.S. Open, I would say that it's great. ... But if I never get that win, then it would be a bit heart-breaking," Mickelson said.
By the time Mickelson tapped in a par to complete his round, the sun had replaced clouds, and putters had long replaced squeegees. Drenching storms caused a 3?-hour delay, halting play less than two hours after it began.
Merion was as challenging as advertised, despite the onslaught of storms that softened the course during the past week. The slanting greens and heavy rough valued precision over power. Ian Poulter had quite the start, with only one par spaced among four birdies and three bogeys through nine holes on the way to a 71.
Sergio Garcia birdied the 102-yard par-3 13th, but that was an aberration in a terrible start for the Spaniard. Garcia had a quadruple bogey, double bogey and a bogey in his first five holes, but he later went birdie-eagle on the front nine on the way to a 73.
Garcia was greeted with mild applause and a few audible boos when he was introduced at the start of his round. He is playing his first tournament in the U.S. since a recent exchange with Tiger Woods hit a low point when Garcia said he would serve fried chicken if Woods came to dinner during the Open. Garcia has since apologized for the remark. He shook hands with Woods on the practice range this week and left a note in Woods' locker. He was also noticeably friendly to the gallery during Wednesday's practice round, stopping several times to sign autographs.
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Fulton County offers unusual beauty of the colors throughout the Spoon River Valley, which inspired founders to hold the first Fall Festival and to organize the Spoon River Valley Scenic Drive. The first weekend of the Scenic Drive brought large crowds and a second consecutive weekend was held in October 1968. The Scenic Drive's Fall Festival has since been held each year during the first two full weekends of October. Fulton County's Spoon River Valley country offers much to the visitor during the Fall Festival and during other seasons of the year. While there are many attractions a visitor may find interesting, a few highlights may include the lone dam on the Spoon River at Bernadotte, a public boat dock at London Mills, the historical Ellisville Opera House, and the breathtaking scenery along the entire route of the Spoon River. Foods have become a tradition during the Fall Festival such as apple butter made before your eyes at London Mills, baked potatoes and hot cider at Farmington, chicken and noodles at Smithfield's Red Brick School, funnel cakes in Lewistown, baked goods in Duncan Mills and the famed ham in Ellisville. Visitors to the area are welcome to join us on the highways and byways of Fulton County which sport the colors of the four seasons and are open to visitors year around with routes running through London Mills, Farmington, Fairview, Ellisville, Smithfield, Cuba, Canton, Avon, Lewistown, Bernadotte, Duncan Mills, Waterford Township, Ipava and Astoria. These routes cover more than 100 miles in Fulton County.
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(FRANKFORT, Ky.) - Gov. Paul Patton joined Kentucky State Police Commissioner Patrick N. Simpson to honor 23 of the agency's most outstanding civilian employees at a special ceremony held today at the Holiday Inn Capital Plaza in Frankfort.
Frankfort resident Mary Therese Richerson, a program coordinator with the Governor's Highway Safety Program, was honored as the 2003 Civilian Employee of the Year. She also received the Administrative Support Service Award for the Governor's Highway Safety Program.
Richerson networks with federal, state and local agencies in the development of police traffic services for increased speed enforcement, traffic alcohol programs for increased DUI enforcement and adult and youth alcohol programs for increased statewide public awareness. As a result of her efforts, Kentucky has met the requirements necessary to qualify for additional federal funding of $927,766 for alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures.
"The true benefits that the citizens of the Commonwealth receive from state employees can never be measured," said Gov. Patton. "I commend all of today's award winners for their achievement."
"With so many demands placed on our agency in these new and different times, the importance of our civilian employees becomes even more apparent," notes Commissioner Simpson. "Not a day goes by in the life of a trooper that the services they provide go unused. They make it easier for our troopers to serve the citizens of Kentucky effectively, efficiently and professionally."
A 10-year veteran of KSP, Richerson is a 1982 graduate of Jackson High School in McKee, Ky.
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Kicking off the week with a star-studded shindig, the 2014 CFDA Fashion Awards took over Alice Tully Hall last night (June 2).
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Every bride wants her wedding day to be perfect, and Mary Kate Olsen is no exception.
The "Full House" alum, who is engaged to Oliver Sarkozy, is said to be designing her own gown for her big day.
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Stepping back on set for the first time since 2010, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen visited the " Ellen DeGeneres Show" on Thursday (April 24).
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They are two of the youngest fashion designers in the industry, but unfortunately Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen admit they don't have the same luck when it comes to makeup and hair products.
They may be business partners, but Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen are also very close twins and on Saturday (March 15), they enjoyed lunch together in the West Village in NYC.
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N.J.A.C. 8:26 requires the use of a N.J.A.C. 7:18 certified laboratory for the analysis of samples such as swimming pools, wading pools, hot tubs and spas for total coliform and pseudomonas aeruginosa testing. N.J.A.C. 8:26 regulations have traditionally detailed the microbiological methods approved for required testing. The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) was petitioned by IDEXX Labs Inc. for the approval to use Colilert/Coliert-18® for total coliform testing and Pseudalert® for Pseudomonas aeruginosa testing. On May 15, 2012, the NJDOH approved the use of Pseudalert® and this testing was added to the NJDEP-OQA's scope of available laboratory certification at that time. The approval for the use of Colilert/Colilert-18® was made effective by the NJDOH on April 9, 2013. Laboratories must apply for and receive certification prior to the use of the methods and media. The parameter codes to use when requesting the certification are: Pseudalert (WPP01.11010) and Colilert/Colilert-18 (WPP01.04010). Total coliform and Pseudomonas aeruginosa results are to be reported as presence-absence in accordance with the requirements of N.J.A.C. 8:26-7.5(b) and 7.11(b) respectively. A link to the waiver approval for Pseudalert from the IDEXX website can be found at: http://www.idexx.com/resource-library/water/water-reg-article5CZ.pdf. The waiver approval document for the use of Colilert/Coliert-18 will be available on the IDEXX website soon. Contact Debra Waller at the NJDEP-OQA (email@example.com) should you require any additional laboratory certification information about the approvals for the use of the methods.
November 2012: Hurricane Sandy Sample Analysis and Reporting Guidance for Laboratories
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Product DescriptionThe Advantage is a high volume aggressive cross country tire that corners great on big side-knobs.
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Date Reviewed: December 6, 2012
Strengths: I've run many different tires over the years and quite frankly the Advantage has probably been the best overall tire; providing excellent grip in all types of terrain along with good breaking and cornering. The terrain here is extremely rocky and I've yet to have an issue with sidewalls. As far as I'm concerned, the sidewalls give very good support but then again, they are DH tires and I would expect that. I've run tire pressure down so low I'm surprised I still did not pinch flat.
Weaknesses: None to speak of unless you call a 2.4" tire slow.
Bottom Line:
If you ride fast downhill trails through knarly terrain, this tire is a good choice.
I will buy another Advantage but may try out the 2.25 DH for comparison purposes.
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Date Reviewed: October 10, 2012
Strengths: Reasonable weight. Fairly durable. Good rubber compound.
Weaknesses: They suddenly and without warning wash-out when I lean the bike over.
Bottom Line:
I like this tyre but it is unpredictable. It suddenly and without warning washes-out when I lean the bike over. This is really worrying and it happens whether run as a front or rear. I have replaced them with Ardents which are more predictable.
Date Reviewed: May 9, 2012
Strengths: Corners well (front tire) and is light enough for its size
Weaknesses: None: it was given to me. :)
Bottom Line:
Although I did not pay for it, price is on par with others.
Date Reviewed: April 26, 2012
Strengths: Very high-volume, strong as an ox
Weaknesses: Tread pattern works best as a rear tire.
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Date Reviewed: September 29, 2011
Strengths: Rolls Fast, Ease of Intallation, Good in Hardpack and Loose over Hard, Bites pretty good in Corners.
Weaknesses: None So Far, well, besides Sand, but what tire is good in that?
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid: $31.00
Purchased At: JensonUSA
Similar Products Used: Kenda Nevegal 2.1, WTB Exiwolf, Maxxis Ignitor, IRC Mythos
Bike Setup: '09 Jamis XCT, Mavic Crossride Disc, Manitou fork
Date Reviewed: July 21, 2011
Strengths: Grip! Climbs like a billy goat. Rear tire is 2.25 front is 2.4. Steering is excellent, has sublte float on fast turns bite bites once outer knobs engage. On my third set, love these tires. Bike came with Schwalbe's hated em so swapped em out for the Advantage's
Weaknesses: Price, but all rubber is going up.
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid: $48.00
Purchased At: LBS
Similar Products Used: Fat Alberts, Minion's.
Bike Setup: Yeti ASR7,
Date Reviewed: June 16, 2011
Strengths: great grip, super tacky feel. diagonal lugs are pretty soft and the square ones are pretty stiff so it offers the best of both worlds in a sense. only running on the front of my bike since the 2.4 are super tall. protect your rims well. high volume tire. excellent stopping grip. throws dirt for days
Weaknesses: Larger than ALL my other tires, fit my rear triangle but rubs too much under stress so im only running it on the front. LARGER than all my other 2.4's. these tires are super Tall. width wasn't the issue. the square tire profile was sticks out too far from the rim and my chain-stay tube tapered a 1/2 too soon
Bottom Line:
only gave it 3 chili's on value since they aren't too cheap and was disappointed they rubbed.but performance on the front has been greatly improved over my old kinetics
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid: $27.00
Purchased At: ebay
Similar Products Used: Kenda Kinetics, Maxxis holy rollers
Bike Setup: 2007 jamis komodo, stroker aces, crank bro's pedals, etc
Date Reviewed: February 28, 2011
Strengths: Grip, low rolling resistance. Good price, wear well and reliable.
Weaknesses: None
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Purchased At: Merlin Cycles
Similar Products Used: Over the past 20 years a selection from just about every make available.
Bike Setup: Marin Rift Zone, XT, Easton Hope wheels.
Date Reviewed: February 21, 2011
Strengths: Great grip on corners, excellent on climbs as was proven this weekend. Rolling resistance not too noticeable as I ride loose trails and many climbs with technical stuff. These are the true UST tubeless tire by the way.
Weaknesses: None as of yet.
Bottom Line:
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Price Paid: $35.00
Purchased At: BlueSkyCycling.com
Similar Products Used: Hutchinson Python UST
Bike Setup: 2004 Cannondale custom build (I don't like stock components)
Date Reviewed: February 5, 2011
Strengths: Very good grip in all conditions. Pretty light and fast rolling.
Weaknesses: None
Bottom Line:
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Purchased At: L.B.S
Date Reviewed: August 27, 2010
Strengths: Good grip , volume, and roll. If you are searching for something a bit faster than the Nevegal then it is very good.Good weight for its size.
I used the exception model. Don't try to make it tubeless.
It was really hard to do it on mavic 819 rims , it needed a lot of juice and never fully sealed.
Weaknesses: The sidewall had a 2-3 mm hole on the 4th ride , on an easy trail.
Bottom Line:
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Price Paid: $30.00
Date Reviewed: April 28, 2010
Strengths: Great traction, good wear life, easy to convert to tubeless
Weaknesses: Weak sidewall
Bottom Line:
Kinda pi$$ed me off as up to that point, I loved them, front and rear. After seeing my sealant spray out of the sidewall cut, I started to think that maybe I should have listened to the others who posted reviews about this tire.
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Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid: $40.00
Purchased At: chain reaction
Similar Products Used: Too many to mention
Bike Setup: 08 Banshee Rune on Easton Havoc wheels
Date Reviewed: April 14, 2010
Strengths: Light weight, grippy
Weaknesses: Fast wear
Bottom Line:
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Price Paid: $25.00
Purchased At: Secret
Similar Products Used: Lots
Bike Setup: '05 Kona Stinky W/ Marz 66VM
Date Reviewed: November 12, 2009
Strengths: I have the 2.4s front and rear. They have great braking and cornering grip and are very predictable. Good on all types of terrian. We don't have mud, so I can't say anything about that.
Weaknesses: Rolling resistance. Hey why do you think they brake and corner so well?
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid: $50.00
Purchased At: Grass Roots
Similar Products Used: Too many to list
Bike Setup: SC Blur LT2
Date Reviewed: August 18, 2009
Strengths: Great grip and low rolling resistance. Good price. Strong sidewalls for a light tyre. Predictable and confidence inspiring in most conditions i.e 99%.
Weaknesses: None
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Similar Products Used: Just no end to them.
Bike Setup: Trek EX 9.
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Cody Simpson – Paradise
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Cody Simpson is one of the many YouTube talents that were discovered. At the tender age of 15, Paradise is Cody's first full-length studio album.
Lead single 'Got Me Good' has a catchy refrain but falls flat in all other areas. The simple tune and forgettable lyrics make the song a fun but lacklustre pop track.
The feature of Becky G in 'Wish U Were Here' sounds oddly like another collaboration with Nicki Minaj (mainly because of Becky G's rap). The track does however manage to intrigue the listener with its familiar tune and fun beats.
Title track 'Paradise' could be associated with a Paradise in the sense that one is laying on the beach sipping a cocktail and the song is playing in the bar (albeit mainly unnoticed).
'Hello' thankfully has a more upbeat tempo and a catchy chorus. The backing beats and the arrangement make the song a more fun track begging you to sing along, "hello, hello, hello…"
Similarly, 'Be The One' has great backing beats. The several autotuned portions actually work well in this case, giving the song a more electronic and dance feel. With a little remixing, this track could be one for the dance floors.
Overall, Cody's voice fails to impress and the album lacks the wow factor to make it stand out. The mediocre vocals accompanied with the simplistic arrangements result in what sounds like and album fit for background music, soothing but forgettable.
Recommended tracks: 'Wish You Were Here', 'Hello'
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Joey Lancianese and Alex DeLoia had dinner plans on Saturday evening. Little did she know, her boyfriend had something much more elaborate planned outside the restaurant.
"I wanted to surprise her," Lancianese said.
Lancianese, 25, a Canton, OH, native now living in Sewickley, said he originally wanted to propose on an upcoming trip to Las Vegas, but decided he didn't want to wait until Labor Day.
While some men spend time stressing over the right ring or the perfect restaurant, Lancianese kicked up his marriage proposal a notch and organized a flash mob.
"It felt like it was perfect," he said afterward. "It went well."
At least 200 people packed the sidewalks, some holding cellphones to capture the moment, as the happy couple made their way down Beaver Street outside the Sewickley Hotel. One guy started dancing spontaneously, then one by one, others joined in. DeLoia smiled as she watched the dancers moving simultaneously, and soon became emotional as it all sank in.
Lancianese joined in the dance troupe, followed by about 50 others, who had worked hard to remain inconspicuous throughout the day. After "Marry You," by Bruno Mars ended, he got down on one knee and popped the big question: "Will you marry me?"
DeLoia, of course, said yes.
"I'm speechless," the teary-eyed 25-year-old said after the proposal.
Alex's mother Cora DeLoia, who co-owns in Sewickley, knew her daughter would be impressed.
"She's going to be amazed," Cora said prior to the flash mob.
Lancianese said the idea came to him one day as he walked on a nearby crosswalk. He decided to ask Borough Manager Kevin Flannery about closing down the street briefly for a flash mob marriage proposal.
"It kind of evolved from there," Lancianese said.
But keeping it a secret wasn't easy. Lancianese said he had to come up with excuses to secretly attend what he called "underground dance practice" to learn the choreography.
He said the hardest part was that DeLoia recently became the social media strategist at Village Green Partners, a nonprofit that promotes businesses and events in Sewickley.
When DeLoia saw barricades and no-parking signs on Broad Street, she asked Sewickley Manager Kevin Flannery if there was something going on in town she didn't know about. He told her there was going to be a little music, but of course, he was in on the plan the whole time.
"I think it's great," said Flannery, who congratulated the couple afterward. Flannery said he plans to put the proposal on the borough's website and air the video on PEG TV, Sewickley's public access television.
Despite being shocked, Alex said she wasn't surprised Lancianese put his own twist on the traditional marriage proposal.
"I wouldn't have expected anything less," she said with a laugh. "It wasn't going to be a restaurant proposal with him."
Do you have photos or video from the flash mob proposal? Share them by clicking the "Upload Photos and Video" button. Did you have a memorable proposal? Tell us in the comments!
This story originally appeared on Sewickley Patch.