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Pop quiz, hotshot
Cristian Guzman and Ichiro Suzuki each had more than 570 at-bats last year. Who had the higher batting average?
Who had more home runs last year among third basemen? Troy Glaus or Evan Longoria?
True or false: For an elite first-round pick, Miguel Cabrera disappointed last year.
If you asked anyone these questions while sitting at a bar, off the top of their head, I'll bet nine out of 10 say Ichiro, Longoria and true, respectively, without thinking about it. If you asked me this question in a bar, I would say, "Stop talking to me, I'm trying to hit on that girl."
But the point, as you might have guessed, is that the reputation of these players has misled you. Because Guzman hit six points higher than Ichiro, Glaus and Longoria had the exact same number of home runs, and Cabrera actually set career highs for home runs and RBIs. And at this point, the girl has turned away from me and started texting someone instead of listening to me answer a question about position scarcity.
A closer look at those players, however, reveals that Ichiro had about 100 more at-bats than Guzman, making his .310 average more valuable than Guzman's .316. Glaus had about 100 more at-bats than Longoria, making his home-run total less impressive. Cabrera also had his lowest batting average in five years and started very slowly for the first few months, putting teams that invested in him in a deep hole that was hard to climb out of. You see what I did there?
I started thinking about the whole perception-versus-reality thing when the Sports Guy, Bill Simmons, wrote the following in a recent column: " shutting out Matthew Berry in the 'Readers who recognized one of us and said something nice' category when we went to Wednesday's Clips-Hawks game (that's right Berry, you don't come into my house!)."
While I'm not thrilled that Bill outed me as having actually gone to a Clippers game, he's telling the truth. One person recognized Bill. No one recognized me.
You see, no piece of information can be taken in a vacuum. Everything relates to everything else. Sure, Bill got recognized more than me. But did he tell you it was a crazy old guy who said "I come to all the games and we always wonder where you sit. I enjoy your columns."? Is it really brag-worthy that some old coot who has nothing better to do than go to a lot of Clippers games and stalk the Sports Guy finally found him?
But hang on a minute. Because you can also argue that this is impressive. The photo on Bill's column pre-dates the actual Internet. Seriously, when you meet Bill, you're like, "Whoa, was that your confirmation picture?" On the plus side, I think the tie is finally back in style. You wait 20 years, it all comes around.
So maybe it's actually impressive. In fairness to Bill, at least he still has all his hair. I'm losing that battle faster than Simmons' team is tanking in our SimmonBerry fantasy basketball league. Ha! Sorry, I had one left.
I've been writing my "Love/Hate" column and doing fantasy player analysis professionally for a decade now (and I've been playing for 25 years). And it's more than just listing a handful of players I love or hate. Because the reality is that I can make an argument for or against any player by choosing which stats I show you or how I shade my analysis.
I have only a limited amount of time -- be it on TV, radio or even an online column -- to discuss a player, and I need to pick a side. Nothing drives me crazier than a fantasy analyst who says "Well, he'll be good if he stays healthy, but you never know." It's like no, really? We know that! We want you to say whether you think he will stay healthy or win the job or learn to hit a curve, etc.
The way it works is that I do the analysis and decide whether I like the guy or don't. Then I give you a few stats to back up my position on a player, and we move on. That's why I don't spend paragraphs on players and sometimes will even make a joke instead of actual analysis. Because it doesn't matter how much I tell you; it just matters whether I like or dislike him versus his perceived value.
So when you click on our draft kit and see a big banner proclaiming "I hate Ryan Howard," you have to realize that in fantasy baseball, hate, like love, is all relative. But based on how I perceive Ryan Howard versus how most people perceive him, I'm never going to get him, because there's always someone I'd rather have at the spot where you'd have to pick Howard. Hence, I hate him.
Do I hate his 48 home runs last year? His 146 RBIs? His two first names? No, I like all of those. Do I like his three consecutive years of declining batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and strikeout-to-walk rate? I do not. A league-leading 146 RBIs looks great. A .234 batting average before the All-Star break, effectively killing you in one category, does not.
He is a two-category stud. And in this day and age, you shouldn't spend a lot of money (did you know we at ESPN Fantasy offer auction-draft capability for free?) or use a high draft pick on someone who is one-dimensional.
Fifty players (50!) hit at least 25 home runs last year, and 48 at least 90 RBIs. There's power out there without risking your team's batting average. And just as important, 51 players stole at least 15 bases last year. To take that a step further, 25 different players hit at least 20 home runs and stole at least 10 bases last year.
I hate Ryan Howard because you have to pass up guys like Carlos Beltran and Alfonso Soriano, and maybe even Ryan Braun or Grady Sizemore, to get him. If he drops to the third round or goes for below-market value, am I OK with owning him? Of course. I'm easy like that. But in a vacuum, with all the 20-10 guys out there, it's strategically sound to avoid high-power, low-average run producers with no speed in favor of well-rounded 20-10 types, in the early rounds or even later rounds (Jayson Werth, anyone?). There's such an abundance of those types this year that you can minimize risk and have everyone contributing a little to every category as opposed to having some power guys, some speed guys and one or two five-category guys.
So yeah, in an ESPN standard 5x5 mixed league, I hate Ryan Howard as a first-round pick. Or even a high second-rounder. And that's important to know as I start tossing out my Love/Hate selections for 2009.
For those of you new to the rodeo, consider this my sleepers and busts list. Guys I love are players that I think exceed their current projected stats. Guys I hate fall short. That doesn't mean you draft Jeff Keppinger, whom I love, over a guy like Derek Jeter, whom I hate. It does mean, however, you let someone else reach for the dreamy Yankee SS with a bigger name than fantasy production, and when you're scraping at the end, you go a round early or a buck higher on a guy like Keppinger.
For love, I try to find the small players you don't need me to tell me you that Grady Sizemore is really good or that Andruw Jones isn't.
Let's get funky.
Players I Love
Adam Jones, OF, Orioles: Don't call him Pac-Man. Or do. What do I care? It's not like I have to hang out with him. As an overmatched 22-year-old last year, who got injured, he still managed nine home runs and 10 steals, and that was with missing essentially all of August due to an injury. He strikes out too much and he's still young, so it won't always be pretty, but for a guy who will go very late in mixed leagues -- if he's drafted at all -- a realistic 15 and 15 with 20/20 potential is enough for me to take a chance on this sophomore.
Ryan Freel, OF, Orioles: Freel the love, baby! A buck in the endgame could get you double-digit steals, easy.
Rich Hill, P, Orioles: Think a change of scenery does him good. And it's worth a late flyer to find out.
Melvin Mora, 3B, Orioles: There is absolutely nothing interesting, sexy or fun about owning Melvin Mora. But he has racked up at least 80 RBIs in three of the past four, at least 20 home runs in three of the past five and had a very quiet .285-23-104 season in 2008. By comparison, Garrett Atkins was .286-21-99 in about 100 more at-bats. Expect 20 and 80 with a little bit of upside.
Chris Ray, P, Orioles: I count eight closers this year that I think are fairly solid in both health and job security. Eight. I discuss this more in depth in my Draft Day Manifesto, but as you might know if you've read me for more than five minutes, I preach that you don't pay for saves. Since the closer role is famous for its turnover, as we go through the love/hate, I'll introduce you to a number of set-up guys -- some, like Ray, former closers themselves -- that I feel all have excellent potential to get saves at some point in the season.
Justin Masterson, P, Red Sox: Look at these names: Beckett, Wakefield, Smoltz, Penny I think the healthiest guy on staff is the one that beat cancer. Wouldn't be surprised to see Masterson in the rotation at some point, but wherever he pitches, he'll be effective.
Jon Lester, P, Red Sox: Gets a step closer to being elite this year.
Robinson Cano, 2B, Yankees: Starting on May 1 last season, Cano hit .297 with 12 home runs and 65 RBIs. A horrific April of hitting .151 hurt, as did the entire Yankees squad sucking. Have I mentioned I hate the Yankees? While the pinstriped collapse was fun for the whole family (at least for my family), Cano's year was an anomaly, and you should take advantage of his depressed draft-day price. He'll hit 17-20 homers this season with a high average.
Xavier Nady, OF, Yankees: Lord help me, but I believe in the Un-Tier! Don't get that joke? That's why you need to listen to the Fantasy Focus Podcast I do with Nate Ravitz every single day of baseball season. You'd understand why Nady has the worst nickname in the history of sports.
Akinori Iwamura, 2B, Rays: Just a guy I've always liked and that won't hurt you anywhere; will hit for a high average and could steal 10 bases.
David Price, P, Rays: Will actually live up to the hype. Same is never said about me.
Grant Balfour and J.P. Howell, Rays: In that order. See Ray, Chris.
Alex Rios, OF, Blue Jays: He's made the list every year since his rookie season. Why stop now?
Adam Lind, OF, Blue Jays: OK, so he can't hit lefties. And it wouldn't kill him to take a walk (only 16 in 386 at-bats) but still I've always liked his potential, and I expect him to get 500 at-bats, 20 home runs and put up a batting average that won't kill you.
Travis Snider, OF, Blue Jays: When I get accused of lusting after hot 21-year-olds, I can only assume they mean Snider.
David Purcey, P, Blue Jays: Was 8-6 with a 2.69 ERA and a 121 strikeouts-to-34 walks rate in 117 Triple-A innings last season. Then he got called up and was inconsistent, to say the least, but still managed around a 2-to-1 strikeout-to-walk rate. I say he adjusts, and I like him to be a solid No. 4 guy in AL-only leagues, and worth a late flier in deep mixed leagues.
Alexei Ramirez, SS, White Sox: Move over, Rexy, Chicago's now got Sexy Alexei!
Josh Fields, 3B, White Sox: What? It's not like I can be more wrong about him than I was last year
Shin-Soo Choo, OF, Indians: Post-All-Star break numbers: 11 home runs, 48 RBIs, .343. Just saying.
Kelly Shoppach, C, Indians: This is what I wrote about him in last year's "Love/Hate:" "Very much worth a buck or two at the end of an AL-only auction." And now, 21 home runs later, he's among the first guys who should be gone when you are filling in the second catcher spot. I say Victor Martinez plays some first, rests some and gets injured some.
Cliff Lee, P, Indians: Put me on the "not a fluke" list.
Jensen Lewis, P, Indians: See Balfour, Grant.
Miguel Cabrera, 1B, Tigers: First-round production you might have slip to you in the second. Monster year ahead. MON-STER.
Marcus Thames, OF, Tigers: Nice power, and won't play enough to hurt your average.
Gary Sheffield, DH, Tigers: You believe he has a little left or you do not. I believe.
Fernando Rodney and Joel Zumaya, P, Tigers: See Lewis, Jensen.
Armando Galarraga, P, Tigers: 8-4 with a 3.36 ERA in 99 innings pitched last year. On the road. Oh, and his numbers at Comerica were pretty good, too.
Mike Jacobs, 1B, Royals: The guy who created "Charles in Charge" is named Michael Jacobs. He gave the world Nicole Eggert. It's not the same guy, but by listing this fact here, I give my editor the excuse to run a Nicole Eggert picture, which is a lot more fun than telling you Jacobs has 49 home runs in the past two years.
Jose Guillen, OF, Royals: Another Melvin Mora type, he has at least 20 home runs in five of the past six seasons.
Gil Meche, P, Royals: After the All-Star break, only four pitchers had more strikeouts.
Alexi Casilla, 2B, Twins: Move over, Rexy, the, uh, state in the same part of the country as Illinois now has a Sexy Alexi of its own.
Brian Buscher, 3B, Twins: When you are scrambling at the end of your AL-only draft/auction, it would be wise to remember Buscher hit .294 in just short of 300 at-bats in 2008.
Denard Span, OF, Twins: Span is the man. Admit it. What it lacks in analysis it makes up for in rhyme.
The entire Twins starting rotation: Especially at home. Check the splits they're ridiculous.
Mike Napoli, C, Angels: If I lived in Anaheim, I would bring a sign to the park every day that said "The Napoli-est Place on Earth."
Kendry Morales and Juan Rivera, Angels: So help me, but I think the Halos will be OK without Big Tex, and these two are the reason why. Gut call more than anything.
Torii Hunter, OF, Angels: At least 20 and 18 each of the past two years.
Jose Arredondo, P, Angels: See Rodney, Fernando.
Kurt Suzuki, C, Athletics: Good No. 2 catcher, thy name is Kurt Suzuki.
Jason Giambi, 1B, Athletics: The porn 'stache and the gold-thong-wearing put him over the top. As well they should.
Rajai Davis, OF, Athletics: He's got a lot of speed but doesn't have a job. If you are scrounging around for backups with upside, he's worth a shot.
Joey Devine, P, Athletics: See Arredondo, Jose. Really really like him, even if he doesn't have the gig to himself. He and Arredondo need to be owned regardless of role.
Jose Lopez, 2B, Mariners: Here's the thing no one understands about Jose Lopez: He's actually a very sensitive guy who likes musicals and his five pet cats. No, wait. That's Nate. The thing no one understands about Jose is that he is only 25 and he hit .297 last year while going 17 and 89. He's finally arrived and ready for a big year, but no one knows it.
Adrian Beltre, 3B, Mariners: We all remember what happened last time he was in a contract year, right? For what it's worth, look for him to star on the 2010 "hate" list.
Brandon Morrow, P, Mariners: Everyone will be talking Felix Hernandez and Erik Bedard, but they should be talking about this guy.
Pick a guy, P, Mariners: If Batista can't get it done, the closer role could go to anyone. I'll say David Aardsma is a long shot and throw him out there because I've always liked him, but really, it's anyone's guess.
Chris Davis, 1B, Rangers: I'm a believer. Not just a song performed by the Monkees and written by the Jewish Elvis, Neil Diamond, but a statement about the crazy numbers the guy with the boring name put up in half a season. Do 17 homers and 55 RBIs in 80 games get your attention?
David Murphy, OF, Rangers: Solid little guy who hit 15 home runs, stole seven bags, hit .275 and will enter this year still under the radar. Lots of brittle and/or potentially underperforming guys in front of him, which means I say he gets at least 400 at-bats.
C.J. Wilson, P, Rangers: See Arredondo, Jose
Jeff Francoeur, OF, Braves: See Fields, Josh.
Josh Anderson, OF, Braves: 82 steals the past two seasons in the minors.
The Braves' pitching rotation: Fairly high on all of them, actually.
Cody Ross, OF, Marlins: The quietest 22 home runs ever.
Ricky Nolasco, P, Marlins: Only three pitchers had more strikeouts after the All-Star break. And I don't mean at the plate.
J.J. Putz, P, Mets: Because guys never falter after record-setting years when they sign a huge contract, but maybe, just maybe, there will be a first time
Raul Ibanez, OF, Phillies: At least 20 and 100 for three straight years, and now he moves away from Safeco into the bandbox Philly calls home. Me likey. A lot.
Jayson Werth, OF, Phillies: Werth an extra buck! What? It's February. I'm still shaking off the rust. They're not all winners. You got anything better? That's what I thought.
Jimmy Rollins, SS, Phillies: Goes back to being Jimmy Rollins.
Elijah Dukes, OF, Nationals: Still only 25, he hit 13 and stole 13 in just 276 at-bats. If he can stay healthy and relatively sane, sky's the limit. I say it's worth a flier to find out. Seriously love him. If only he could learn to love himself
Micah Hoffpauir, OF, Cubs: Hit .342 in very limited time last year (just 73 at-bats), and I've just always liked him.
Kevin Gregg, P, Cubs: See Wilson, C.J.
Rich Harden, P, Cubs: Said he'd stay healthy last year. Now I'm doubling down. What the hell.
Ramon Hernandez, C, Reds: Everyone else can talk about Matt Wieters. I'll take the guy who has 47 home runs the past three years and moves to the Great American Launching Pad.
Joey Votto, 1B, Reds: Still blotto for Votto!
Willy Tavares, OF, Reds: Gonna steal 50.
Jay Bruce, OF, Reds: Lives up to the hype he had after the first week of his callup.
Jeff Keppinger, SS, Reds: Started hot, rushed back too soon from injury, and now he doesn't have a gig. I don't care. The guy plays everywhere and can hit when healthy, with a little bit of pop and speed.
The Reds' starting pitching: Bronson Arroyo had a better second half than Josh Beckett, Aaron Harang won't be that bad again and I like the upside of Edinson Volquez and Johnny Cueto. The Reds are gonna be better than folks think this year.
Kaz Matsui, 2B, Astros: Hit .293 with 20 steals during an injury-plagued season. Just saying you could do a lot worse. Especially if he stays healthy.
Wandy Rodriguez, P, Astros: Love me the Way-Rod!
Corey Hart and Mike Cameron, OF, Brewers: Power and speed guys that continue to be underrated.
Yovani Gallardo, P, Brewers: This year's Francisco Liriano. Except he doesn't start the season in the minors.
Manny Parra, P, Brewers: If nothing else, he was 6-3 with a 3.41 ERA in 95 innings at home last year.
Nyjer Morgan, OF, Pirates: Cheap speed.
Paul Maholm, P, Pirates: Let's play a quick game of numbers.
Pitcher A: 3.71 ERA, 139 strikeouts, 206 innings pitched.
Pitcher B: 3.54 ERA, 165 strikeouts, 208 innings pitched.
Pitcher A is Maholm, pitcher B, who is better, but not significantly so, is Roy Oswalt. Just saying.
Adam Wainwright, P, Cardinals: Not considered an elite guy, but should be.
Ryan Ludwick, OF, Cardinals: See Lee, Cliff.
Rick Ankiel, OF, Cardinals: Just imagine if he had stayed healthy.
Stephen Drew, SS, Diamondbacks: Finally, a Drew you can root for. Hit .326 post-All-Star break.
Mark Reynolds, 3B, Diamondbacks: He's never gonna help your average, but he's only 25 and this is his third year in the majors. In his second year at Double-A (he didn't play Triple-A) he went from .272 to .306. Now sure, he went down from Year 1 to Year 2, but maybe it takes longer. I actually think less playing time will help Reynolds, and I expect improvement to the .250-.260 range. Considering that he basically went 30 and 100 last year with 11 stolen bases, I like him a lot more than what it will cost to get him.
Justin Upton, OF, Diamondbacks: If you want to take a flyer on a young guy taking it to the next level, he's as good a bet as there is.
Eric Byrnes, OF, Diamondbacks: Before you leave him for dead, remember he was a very productive player just two years ago.
Max Scherzer, P, Diamondbacks: See Francoeur, Jeff.
Tony Pena and Jon Rauch, Ps, Diamondbacks: See Gregg, Kevin.
Troy Tulowitzki, SS, Rockies: Okay, maybe not drinking his bathwater anymore (Seriously! Listen to the podcast!), but happy to be washing my hands in it.
Joe Koshansky, 1B, Rockies: Needs to go to another team, but he can stroke.
Brad Hawpe, OF, Rockies: Hey kids, in case of fire, remember to Drop, Hawpe and Roll. Some of these are just for me. Move along.
Ubaldo Jimenez, P, Rockies: Posted a 7.79 strikeout-per-9-innings rate last season and was 8-3 with a 3.68 ERA after the break.
Jorge De La Rosa, P, Rockies: You know, along with Jimenez and Aaron Cook, Colorado has a solid little staff. De La Rosa's numbers look poor overall, but he went 7-3 with a 3.08 ERA after the break with 68 strikeouts in 73 innings.
Huston Street, P, Rockies: It's either him or Manny Corpas for the job. You can tell how I feel about it.
Cha Seung Baek, P, Padres: He was actually better on the road than at Petco, and his overall numbers look poor. But his K/9 was still almost seven, he lowered his ERA in the second half, he does still have Petco behind him and he enters this year as a full-time starter. Had a 3.68 ERA in his past five starts, and I just kind of like him.
The Giants' OF: It's the all-underrated team, but Fred Lewis, Randy Winn and Aaron Rowand put up numbers every year, and they are never expensive to get. Like them all.
Randy Johnson, P, Giants: Broken-down, injury-prone and used to be good. But a good ballpark and a still-good K rate tell me he's got one last year left in him. Often said about me, incidentally.
Players I Hate
Matt Wieters, C, Orioles: Oh, he'll be great all right. But every year there's a rookie that generates so much hype that he gets taken ahead of well-established players that don't carry the kind of risk a rookie does. And this year, that guy is going to be Wieters. It really depends on where you get him and what league. Because if you get him relatively late in an ESPN standard 10-team mixed league where you only play one catcher, I'm fine with it, actually. There will be replacements available. But if you're passing up, say, Ryan Doumit or Chris Iannetta for him, you're nuts.
J.D. Drew, OF, Red Sox: Has yet to hit 20 home runs or 65 RBI with the Sox; he hit .211 after the All-Star break; he has hit more than 20 home runs only twice in an 11-year career and not since 2004; the best example of "bigger name than production" this side of Derek Jeter.
David Ortiz, DH, Red Sox: Remember all the stuff I wrote about how Ryan Howard is one-dimensional and all that? Add injuries and you've got Big Papi, who has seen his home-run and RBI total decline for three straight years.
Josh Beckett, P, Red Sox: You saw that part where I said Bronson Arroyo was better than Beckett in the second half, right? It's not that Beckett was bad, it's that he's not as far ahead of the pack as you'd think. Plus he's been with Alyssa Milano and has that stupid soul patch.
Derek Jeter, SS, Yankees: Eight shortstops had more home runs, 11 had more stolen bases, and yet I consistently see him get drafted among the top five or six at the position. He'll hit for a good average (though it's gone down for three straight years) and is pretty healthy. But there's always some Yankees fan that will pay more because it's Derek Jeter. Let him.
Jorge Posada, C, Yankees: A 37-year-old career .277 hitter coming off major surgery, and he plays a hard, demanding position? All you, brother. Have at him.
A.J. Burnett, P, Yankees: Injury-prone pitcher getting a massive deal and coming to New York City after only playing in nice, small markets like Toronto or Florida? Yep, works out every time.
Scott Kazmir, P, Rays: A 4.02 ERA after the break. Wake me when he puts together a full season.
Vernon Wells, OF, Blue Jays: At some point, don't you just have to say, "OK, this is what he is" and be done with it? And no, you jerk, I am not talking about myself.
Jesse Litsch, P, Blue Jays: 24-year-old AL East finesse pitchers make me nervous, no matter what they did the year before.
Big Fat Bartolo Colon, P, White Sox: Because I am a slave to tradition.
Victor Martinez, C, Indians: Maybe he bounces back. But it'll be on someone else's team. Lotta good catchers this year, which means you don't have to use the money/draft pick it'll take to get him. Long live the Shoppach!
Travis Hafner, DH, Indians: (with apologies to Monty Python).
TMR: You're dead.
Pronk: No I'm not.
TMR: You hit .197 last year.
Pronk: No I didn't.
TMR: Your home runs, RBIs, batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage and doubles have declined each of the past three seasons.
Pronk: Is that all you've got?
TMR: You don't even qualify anywhere in the field.
Pronk: I matched my steals from the previous year in 347 fewer at-bats.
TMR: You stole one base. You're dead. I wouldn't even draft you with your team. (starts walking away)
Pronk: Come back here! I'm still relevant. Someone will draft me. You'll see!
Justin Verlander and Jeremy Bonderman, P, Tigers: In fairness, an easier call this year than last.
Curtis Granderson, OF, Tigers: As long as you draft him expecting 20 and 10, I'm fine with it. Expecting more and that's why he makes this list.
Alex Gordon and Mark Teahen, Royals: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice
Delmon Young, OF, Twins: Are we done yet? He's a 12-and-12 guy. He's had a total of 23 home runs and 24 stolen bases the past two years. In 1,220 at-bats. Think about that. More than 1,200 at-bats. Do you have any idea how many at-bats that is? Because it's a lot. Especially when you're not hitting for power or speed. He doesn't even crack .300. On the plus side, he has struck out 232 times and walked just 61 times, so he's got that going for him. Sheesh.
Vladimir Guerrero, OF, Angels: Kills me to put him here, but these days he's just an average outfielder with no speed and a big name.
Brian Fuentes, P, Angels: Angels have always needed a lefty middle guy, he's lost the gig before in Colorado, and Arredondo is lights-out. Fuentes will have a very short leash, and I say he loses the gig before the year is out.
Jered Weaver, P, Angels: Still waiting
Felix Hernandez, P, Mariners: One of these years I will be wrong on him, because he does have a world of talent. But he makes this list every year and so far has deserved to. He continues to be inconsistent. Look, if you draft him, just deal him at the midway point. Because here are his last three years after the All-Star break: 4.02, 4.09, 4.11. 4.11 was last year, incidentally. Heading in the wrong direction.
Any Rangers pitcher: Avoid them like you would a Rockies pitcher back in the day.
Cameron Maybin, OF, Marlins: Still a year away.
Ryan Howard, 1B, Phillies: Just because we've all aged a bit since the introduction of this article, and memory is the first thing to go.
Joe Blanton, P, Phillies: You can't spell "Blanton" without "Bla!"
Austin Kearns, OF, Nationals: True story. A while back, I read the Tucker Max book "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell." It's hilarious, by the way; I highly recommend it. Never met the guy, but it's rare that something I read makes me laugh out loud. Currently, the only things that qualify on a regular basis are Simmons and people defending Travis Hafner.
So I send Tucker a quick e-mail just telling him I am a fan and enjoyed his work. He e-mails back, a bunch of his friends are huge fantasy guys and fans of me, he's having a screening for the movie based on his book, do I want to come to New York City for a screening and party with him and his buddies? I say sure.
At the party, we meet a girl who claims she went to high school with Austin Kearns. In fact, she went to prom with him. I ask about the experience. Did Austin cross home plate? He did not, she insists. No matter how much we badgered her for details she maintained Austin was a perfect gentleman.
Tucker couldn't believe it. But as I said to Tucker as she walked away In fairness to Austin, he's never been able to hit for average. And that girl is the definition of it.
Cristian Guzman, SS, Nationals: Don't believe everything you read.
Carlos Zambrano, P, Cubs: Strikeout rate has gone down for three straight years, as have his innings pitched. His 5.80 ERA after the break last season wasn't all roses and ice cream, either.
Kosuke Fukudome, OF, Cubs: I love my job at ESPN. I am very lucky to have it. It's been an amazing experience. But writing for a family-friendly Web site has its creative challenges, and one of them is being presented with a name like Kosuke's, considering the feelings I harbor for said player, and the inability to do absolutely anything except tell you he is not anyone you want on your team.
Ryan Dempster, P, Cubs: Because the other option is that he's actually good and I refuse to accept that. Full disclosure: I still have my California driver's license because I refuse to believe I live in Connecticut. I'm stubborn sometimes.
Mike Hampton, P, Astros: If there is a God, he will continue to suck (Hampton, not God) as punishment for signing a big fat contract with Colorado and then whining about wanting to get out because they couldn't win. You cash the check, you shut your mouth. I hate Mike Hampton.
Rickie Weeks, 2b, Brewers: Mendoza Line needs to be modernized. How 'bout the Weeks Line?
Every Pirates pitcher except Maholm: What happened, Ian Snell?
Khalil Greene, SS, Cardinals: St. Louis has to play him. You don't.
Dan Haren, P, Diamondbacks: See King Felix, because it's the same deal. Last three years, post-All-Star break: 4.91, 4.15, 4.19.
Todd Helton, 1B, Rockies: Fun while it lasted.
Carlos Gonzalez, OF, Rockies: The move to Coors doesn't change the fact that he doesn't have a ton of power or great speed. Better real-life player than fantasy asset.
Jake Peavy, P, Padres: Come on. I can get my heart broken for a lot less than it'll cost me to get him.
Barry Zito, P, Giants: Because it's fitting.
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JMRI stands for Java Model Railroad Interface and it's an open source graphical software implemented in Java and designed from the ground up to offer several building tools for model railroad computer control.
In other words, the program comprised of various sample sample implementations and interfaces for controlling a model railroad layout using nothing but a personal computer. It is specially designed as a starting point for hobbyists who are looking for an easy way to start building their own layout controls.
Features at a glance
The application's main goal is to be as usable as possible for many people, as it runs anywhere, and tries to be independent of specific hardware systems. It is comprised of the PanelPro and DecoderPro applications, which can be used by model railroaders to create control panels and configure DCC decoders.
The project is also designed to act as a jumping-off point for developers who want to control their layouts from a computer without having to build an entire system from scratch. It's translated into several languages, including English, French, Spanish, German, Czech and Danish.
Under the hood, availability and supported operating systems
The application is written entirely in the Java programming language and it's fully compatible with all operating systems where the Java Runtime Enviroment (JRE) is available, including all GNU/Linux distribution, as well as the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.
The software is available for download as an all-in-one archive that includes all the files needed to start using the project without too much hassle. It has been successfully tested with both 64-bit and 32-bit instruction set architectures.

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I have to admit that there is still a computer with Windows 7 in my household; my wife uses it to do our tax returns and mess about with digital images using Photoshop. Windows 7's built-in backup program was the obvious choice for backing up the PC. But when this tool refused to restore the backed up data at some point, pelting me with cryptic error messages and not allowing me to troubleshoot behind the familiar closed source iron curtain, the decision finally went in favor of a handknit Linux solution.
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Report focuses federal resources on achieving universal Internet access.
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Leading browser makers say "no" to porous encryption algorithm
IBM Says TOR Network a Vehicle for Ransomware
Report from the X-Force group says attackers are using TOR to hide their crimes
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Future Firefox extensions will be compatible with Chrome.
Weird Security Flaw Affected Intel Chips for 16 Years
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Caroline came to UCL in 2004 having worked as a social scientist at Imperial College Consultancy Unit. From the start, she threw herself enthusiastically into teaching while at the same time maintaining her own specialist research work. Her developments and innovations over the last seven years are, quite simply, legion. She developed an inspired marking scheme which managed simultaneously to cut significantly the marking load of colleagues, while also making clear and explicit the marking scheme and scales, thereby dramatically increasing consistency from the markers.
In her specialist course on fishing societies, she has merged study of ethnographies with work on resource use management, collective action and conservation theories to create a highly innovative programme. She uses a variety of techniques, e.g. role play based on her previous consultancy work for DfID. This has an outstanding impact on students taking the course. She also uses computer game approaches, trialling, selecting, modifying and applying new software for such purposes. Indeed, students frequently say that this course has changed their view of anthropology, both as a discipline and as a profession.
When Caroline took over responsibility for the Master's in Anthropology, Environment and Development, she reorganised everything effectively and sensitively, introducing innovative elements such as a take-home exam which requires students to develop a practical proposal addressing real-life applied research problems in a developing country, or the regular development of research funding applications as part of a degree course. She also co-organises the PGR students' research methods of training. She and her co-organiser Jerome Lewis have forged this innovative training course into a nationally outstanding programme that won special mention in the recent ESRC report awarding a doctoral training centre to UCL.
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It's almost impossible to stay on topic when interviewing 'Weird Al'. He's a walking encyclopedia of popular culture knowledge and every answer leaves multiple alleyways to explore. Ahead, the topics covered include 'Star Wars,' 'UHF,' Charlie Kaufman, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Springsteen, 'The LEGO' Movie, his is favorite movie of all-time, Joe Piscopo, 'The Naked Gun,' 'Rocky' and a host of other topics that don't have much to do with one another.
Riding a huge wave of strong reviews and even stronger buzz, 'Dawn of the Planet Apes' opened big for a non-superhero, non-Transformers movie, leading a top 10 that's full of just as many hits as misses. How about we just start at the top and work our way through?
During the second season of 'Seinfeld' – on Wednesday, December 12, 1990, to be more exact – the cast sat down to read through the script for what would be the fourth episode of the season and only the ninth episode of a series that would go on to produce a total of 180 episodes. The episode was titled 'The Bet.' Sets for the episode had been built. Guest characters had been cast. 'The Bet' would never air.
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August 17, 2015
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The close relationship between Concord-based ACN Inc. and Donald Trump was covered in a lengthy Wall Street Journal story.
A Michael Jordan endorsement is worth $10 million, aide says.
August 14, 2015
(The Charlotte Observer)
Use of Michael Jordan's name is worth $10 million, the market chief for Jordan's businesses said at a Chicago trial. Estee Portney made the comment at a civil trial in Chicago federal court involving grocery-store chain Dominick's Finer Foods. Jordan claims the chain used his name and jersey number without permission.
Lenovo cutting 230 white-collar jobs in Triangle locations
August 14, 2015
Lenovo, the world's biggest PC manufacturer, is slashing 3,200 white-collar jobs, including about 230 in the Triangle in a cost-cutting move. The company operates its global executive headquarters in Morrisville and employs about 3,200 in the region. Its profits declined 51% to $105 million in the most recent quarter.
Belk sale spurs emotions of customers with long ties to the department-store group
August 14, 2015
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The expected sale of Belk to New York private equity firm Sycamore Partners would remove local ownership of a department-store chain that has had a huge impact on North Carolina. Sycamore is devising an offer of up to $3.5 billion for Belk, according to several reports
Swisher Hygiene selling U.S. businesses for $40 million
August 14, 2015
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Charlotte-based Swisher Hygiene, a Charlotte-based public company, said will sell its U.S. operations to Minnesota-based Ecolab for $40 million. Earlier this week Swisher sold its Canadian business. Shares of Swisher, a sanitation company, more than doubled to $1.30.
Jaguar Land Rover bypasses North America for auto plant
August 14, 2015
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Jaguar Land Rover, which was reportedly considering North Carolina and other North American sites to locate a new plant, signed a letter of intent for a possible new plant in Nitra, a city in the Slovak Republic, several news agencies reported. Several automakers have considered various Southeastern states for a new plant. North Carolina hasn't attracted one.
Two developers interested in Winston-Salem City Center parking deck.
August 14, 2015
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Grubb Properties of Charlotte and Tight Line Partners of Winston-Salem have shown interest in acquiring a 730-space parking deck from the city of Winston-Salem, a city official said. The property is expected to sell for about $2 million. Tight Line is run by veteran Triad developer John Reece, while Clay Grubb heads Grubb Properties.
Duke CEO named to Boeing board of directors
August 14, 2015
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Duke Energy Corp. CEO Lynn Good was elected to the board of directors of Chicago-based Boeing Corp. She will serve on the finance and audit committees. She became Duke's CEO in mid-2013, succeeding Jim Rogers.
Dominos Pizza wants to hire 2,000 people in North Carolina.
August 13, 2015
(The Charlotte Observer)
Domino's Pizza is holding a hiring day on Aug. 19 and hopes to add 2,000 at its North Carolina units.
Downtown Raleigh lot draws $3.5 million offer
August 13, 2015
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A sign that Royal Caribbean's new Radiance of the Seas is almost ready for prime-time: the cruise line is revealing details about the 88,000 ton, 2,100-passenger vessel. While not as big as RCI's last two ships (the record-setting Voyager of the Seas and Explorer of the Seas), Radiance, due out March 9 has some funky features. These include cruisedom's first bookstore (in a Borders'-like coffee house/bookstore combo), Chops Grill Steakhouse, in-cabin Internet hookups and a high-tech self-leveling pool table.
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Letter: Common sense should guide Democrats and Republicans
Allan Baker, Jensen Beach
Letter: Common sense should guide Democrats and Republicans
Reading the letters in this newspaper, it is obvious that most of those expressing their opinion are locked into a particular political party without regard for the realities of a given issue or argument.
Democrats support and defend Democrats; Republicans support Republicans, irrespective of the problem or question at issue.
Whatever ones' party of preference, matters of national importance should be reviewed and decided based on what is best for the country, not for a party. Common sense should always be the guiding discipline.
Over the past four years President Barack Obama has been an unmitigated disaster — not because he is a Democrat or a liberal, but because he has no idea what he is doing.
He came to the office with no serious experience and with an abundance of arrogance. He doesn't care that he has broken many promises he made in his 2008 campaign. He said if he did not halve the deficit in his first term he would be a one-term president, and he actually increased it dramatically. So, why is he running for re-election?
We are now spending hundreds of billions more than we take in year after year with no end in sight. That's just totally reckless, irresponsible and dangerous, and Obama doesn't even understand the magnitude of the danger.
While Obama is a danger to America, the more serious danger is a citizenry capable of electing a man like him president.
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In the effort to pile more power atop silicon chips, engineers have developed the equivalent of mini-skyscrapers in three-dimensional integrated circuits and encountered a new challenge: how to manage the heat created within the tiny devices.
But a team of UT Arlington researchers funded by the National Science Foundation is working first to minimize the heat generated and then to developing nano-windows that will allow the heat to dissipate before it damages the chip.
Ankur Jain, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, is working with colleague Dereje Agonafer, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, and Roger Schmidt, IBM fellow and chief engineer, on the project.
"There is only a very limited amount of space available on an integrated circuit so we've had to build vertically, placing wafers on top of wafers," Jain said. "These 3D integrated circuits have led to significant performance improvements. However, when we stack these circuits on top of each other, heat starts to become a problem."
He added: "All the heat being generated in this multi-layer stack needs to be removed, otherwise it causes deterioration in performance."
Agonafer said the team will investigate and measure fundamental thermal transport and thermomechanical properties of materials and interfaces in 3D integrated circuit technology.
The team also will look at Through-Silicon Vias, or TSVs high-performance wires that allow integrated circuits to talk to each other and pass instructions from one level to the next.
Jain and Agonafer believe the cooling effects will boost the efficiency and speed of the 3D integrated circuits as well.
Schmidt said UT Arlington is one of the many academic partners IBM works with to find solutions for tomorrow's computing needs.
"Cooling chips has come a long way in recent years, but the financial savings can be enormous," Schmidt said. "Reducing heat just a little can translate to mil
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Almost a year has passed since Boko Haram militants stormed a boarding school in northern Nigeria -- and many are still missing.
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Buhari defeated current President Goodluck Jonathan by more than two million votes to become leader of Africa's largest democracy.
Nigerians across the country hit the polls on Saturday, casting votes in a hotly contested presidential election between two candidates with opposing backgrounds.
The latest video posted by West African Islamist extremists Boko Haram marks a change in tactics for the militant group.
Nigeria has decided to postpone the country's hotly contested elections for six weeks, as violent attacks from the extremist group Boko Haram grip the nation.
The elections will be postponed to March 28.
Nigerian and Chadian jets are bombing Boko Haram out of a slew of northeastern Nigerian towns and villages.
African leaders have agreed to send 7,500 troops to fight the Boko Haram insurgency in northeast Nigeria, an African Union official said Saturday.
In fierce fighting Sunday, Nigerian troops clashed with Islamic extremists who attacked Maiduguri, the biggest city in northeast Nigeria. Dozens of combatants have been killed and wounded, soldiers and hospital workers said.
The sheer scale of the most recent attacks captured global attention, but Boko Haram has been carrying out attacks on civilians in northeastern Nigeria for years.
Hundreds of bodies — too many to count — remain strewn in the bush in Nigeria from an Islamic extremist attack that Amnesty International suggested Friday is the "deadliest massacre" in the history of Boko Haram. Mike Omeri, the government spokesman ...
From a missing plane to a vast city hidden beneath Earth, 2014 left many stones unturned and led to puzzling questions. Will 2015 be the year we find our answers?
A new video from Nigeria's homegrown Boko Haram extremists shows gunmen mowing down civilians lying face down in a dorm, and a leader saying they are being killed because they are "infidels" or non-believers.
Some 2,000 students had gathered for Monday morning's weekly assembly at the Government Technical Science College when the explosion blasted through the school hall.
The leader of Boko Haram has denied agreeing to any cease-fire with the Nigerian government, and said he married off the more than 200 schoolgirls that the Islamic extremist group kidnapped.
Hopes were dashed in Nigeria earlier this month after a fresh bout of attacks signaled the end of a ceasefire with the militant Islamist group Boko Haram. The group gained international attention after kidnapping over 200 schoolgirls, who they have h...
Nigeria's and Senegal's successes in halting their Ebola outbreaks holds lessons for the industrialized world, but not for the epicenter of the epidemic.
In a rare bit of good news about Ebola, the World Health Organization declared Nigeria officially free of the virus after six weeks with no new reported cases. The agency called it a "spectacular success story."
People in the hometown of more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls are cautiously optimistic about news of a cease-fire with the Islamic extremists who abducted their daughters six months ago.
Restricting travel to and from the affected region will have little impact on the already minimal risk of the Ebola virus to Americans.
Soldiers killed scores of Islamic extremists in a rare victory, as the insurgents advanced on a town near the northeast city of Maiduguri, an officer and other witnesses said.
More than 60 Nigerian girls and women abducted by Islamic extremists two weeks ago have managed to escape, officials said Monday.
The attack bears the hallmark of the radical Islamist group Boko Haram which has conducted a campaign of violence in Nigeria recently.
Islamist militants captured 60 girls and 31 boys in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday.
A suicide bomber detonated a tricycle taxi packed with explosives at an outdoor World Cup viewing center in the northeast Nigerian city of Damaturu on Wednesday night, and witnesses said several people were killed. Hospital workers said the death lik...
Nigerian soldiers targeted four major local newspapers on Friday, stopping and searching vans, and confiscating and destroying copies of the papers.
Islamic militants aligned with Boko Haram slaughtered hundreds of civilians in northern Nigeria on Monday, witnesses and government officials say, in a string of attacks that targeted at least four villages.
Nigerian police have banned protests calling on the government to "bring back our girls."
Hundreds of missing girls who were kidnapped from a school in Nigeria have been located, but military personnel are unable to free them using force.
President Obama deployed about 80 Armed Forces personnel to Chad to help find the missing Nigerian schoolgirls.
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Beginning of this month during the TechEd North America a new Windows Azure Service was released in preview mode: BizTalk Services. This service enables developers to create an integration solution on-premise and host it in this Windows Azure service. BizTalk Services were previously available as a Beta through the Windows Azure Service Bus EAI/EDI labs. The capabilities offered in these so-called labs:
All these capabilities are still present within BizTalk Services and have even been enhanced. A developer has a richer toolbox at its disposal. He/she use more destinations to send messages to like Service Bus Topic, Queue, SFTP and Azure Blobs. In case a developer has invested time to learn to previous Windows Azure Service Bus EAI/EDI labs than he can leverage this skill set for the current BizTalk Services.
A developer can build a hybrid solution by connecting on-premise LOB systems with any kind of HTTP, FTP, SFTP or REST data sources. Besides hybrid solutions the BizTalk Services can be used for EDI-processing in Windows Azure and EAI in the Cloud. The service can be managed and monitored through the Windows Azure Portal.
Through the Windows Azure Portal the BizTalk Service can be managed.
Within the Windows Azure portal the BizTalk Services can be monitored and scaled if required.
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Earlier this month, Fenwal began shipping Alyx® kits with the modified chamber and began discontinuing U.S. sales of the original chamber, nearly a year ahead of the December 2010 injunction date.
In addition, as previously announced, Fenwal has appealed the original judgment of infringement on several strong grounds. It has also asked the U.S. Patent Office to reconsider the validity of the disputed patent.
Fenwal developed and introduced the Alyx® system independent of the disputed patent. Haemonetics, which purchased the patent from a third-party inventor, has not incorporated the technology into any commercial product.
About Fenwal
Fenwal Inc. is a global medical technology company focused on improving blood collection, separation, safety and availability for patient care. Fenwal became an independent company in 2007, but its roots go back to 1949 with the founding of Fenwal Laboratories. Fenwal developed the first flexible, disposable container for blood collection, eliminating complications associated with glass containers and allowing blood to be separated into therapeutic components. Today, the company's products and advanced collection and separation technologies are used throughout the world to help ensure a safe and available supply of lifesaving blood and blood products. Fenwal Inc. is based in Lake Zurich, Illinois. For more information, please visit www.fenwalinc.com<
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