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Instead of strengthening women's rights in the Asia Pacific region and in the rest of the world, governments are whittling them away in some cases
There was one significant photograph missing in the lobby of the United Nations (UN) Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) hall in Bangkok where an important regional review of the Beijing plus 20 goals was under way from November 17-20. While many women leaders in the region, including former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, were represented, Thailand's first woman Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, ousted in a military coup in May, didn't find a place. The Thai Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs, Yongyuth Yuthavong, in his inaugural address, confessed to being the odd man out in a women's meeting just a few years ago, but today the scene is different; there were more men in the room, he said. Yes, there are certainly more men for gender equality meetings now but there are also many elephants in the room. Twenty years after the Beijing Declaration and 35 years after the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women was adopted, some countries like Iran don' recognise feminist organisations, Russia has a problem with sex education, India conveniently denies armed conflict and caste, and everyone is reluctant to acknowledge sexual rights for women, differences in sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI).
As a result, the Asia Pacific ministerial declaration on gender equality and women's empowerment, which was accepted in November, was a tame affair. Peace is inextricably linked with equality between men and women, according to one of the critical areas of concern in the Beijing Platform for Action. Yet only six countries in the region have development national action plans on women, peace and security. Survivors of armed conflict are still fighting for transitional justice with very little mechanisms in place for post-conflict situations and also for internally displaced persons. The Indian government, backed by Indonesia, managed to get the words 'armed conflict' out of the final declaration, the second important change it succeeded in making without much ado. That caste has deep implications, especially on women, was lost on the Indian government and it preferred the term 'social origin' instead; this was not opposed by any other country. The term 'sexual orientation' was replaced with 'men and women in their diversity,' angering activists who had fought for SOGI to be recognised.
A global concern Two major UN meetings to review the Beijing Declaration and Sustainable Development Goals are coming up in 2015. Right from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, gender equality has been a global concern. The Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995 and the Declaration and Platform for Action set the global standard for promoting women's issues. Reviews by governments of the Beijing goals 20 years later reveal many shortcomings. The UN Secretary General's campaign 'Unite To End Violence Against Women' cites data to show that 50 per cent of sexual assaults in the world take place against girls who are under 16 years of age, 603 million women live in countries where domestic violence is not considered a crime, between 15 and 76 per cent of women are targeted for physical and/or sexual violence in their lifetime, and 60 million girls are married before they are 18 years old. On the positive side, a significant change in the last 10 years has been the increasing focus on involving men as partners in gender equality. The MenEngage programme and the HeforShe movement are some of the initiatives by UN Women to rope in men to speak up against violence and be partners rather than adversaries in the process. Many countries in the Asia Pacific region are only now conducting studies and coming up with policies. Nicolas Burniat, deputy representative at the Multi Country Office for the Pacific at UN Women, says, "There is a recognition that we need to spend much more energy on this issue. There is a broader community realisation that gender equality cannot be achieved without involving men and boys, and in the last ten years the region has seen laws passed against violence and for stronger political commitment." The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, one of the two intergovernmental bodies, elected a woman as a secretary general. The Pacific region, which has reported a high rate of violence against women, is now realising the power of its collective voice on gender. Speaking in a collective voice However, attitudes to violence in a region where communities are matriarchal are hampered by kinship ties. Abacca Anjain-Madisson, chief of the community division from the government of Marshall Islands, says even recognising that violence exists is a challenge. The first study of women and violence in the Islands reported that one in two women experienced partner violence and only ten per cent were able to seek help. When women complained to the police or the church or community leaders, it was found that the violence was related in "some way to their husbands and [the leaders] refused to take cognisance of complaints." She added: "We are taking ownership of the data and will soon have a gender policy."
Climate change impacts, the rights of indigenous people and the vulnerability of women emerged as major issues at the conference. Land grabbing by corporates and struggles over land ownership were also identified as critical areas. There is a recognition that the region can speak in a collective voice on gender just as it did on climate change as part of the Alliance of Small Island States, Mr Burniat said. Even while there is progress in addressing violence against women in the region, promoting leadership and political participation of women, improving gender parity in primary school net enrolment and attendance rates and parity in secondary school education, high rates of violence, lower work participation, and threats to health and maternal mortality also persist. Roberta Clarke, UN Women regional director, asks, "Why are we underachieving so consistently?" She called for a reaffirmation of political will and financial commitment to deal with gender inequality. According to ESCAP, for every hundred employed men, there are only 62 employed women in the Asia Pacific region, the average wage gap is 10 to 30 per cent, and women are still concentrated in low-paid, low-status and low-skilled work. The Asia Pacific region's child sex ratio, which is in favour of boys, is one of the highest in the world. As a result of this, gender-biased practices including prenatal sex selection exist. Yet, comprehensive sex education is nonexistent in many countries and the ministerial declaration took a retrograde step by not recognising the sexual rights of women, which was an important right contained in the Beijing Declaration. In 17 Asia Pacific countries, less than 10 cent of seats in Parliament are held by women. As the world is looking to set new goals post 2015, financial and political commitments assume more importance than ever. Governments have to step up investment in gender equality and do more than recognise that it is an important area for improvement. As Laisema Ralika, an official from the Fiji Ministry of Education asks, "If it's not now, then when?" Women in the region and in the rest of the world are demanding their rights, already guaranteed to them in various global and national instruments of law. Instead of strengthening that, governments are whittling them away in some cases. "A very big part of the women's agenda is that financing is the key to the post-2015 development goals and there is a need to step up existing commitments. Gender inequality is the scourge of the 21st century, and it is a systemic change that is called for," says Noelene Nabulivou from Diverse Voices and Action for Equality. Women, as Marshallese poet Kathy Jetnil Kjiner aptly sums up, "need to do more than just survive, we deserve to thrive."
America ~ Sunday January 4, 2015
Four years ago on New Year's Eve, a jealous ex-boyfriend stabbed to death the 22-year-old secretarial student and bashed her face into a purple pulp. Suarez Padilla spent 10 months hunting down the youth when he went on the lam - authorities would not make the effort. Even though the young man confessed, he has not been sentenced. Suarez Padilla wants to see him behind bars, alongside the police who denied a restraining order two months before the murder when the youth burst into the house, stole her cell phone and threatened to kill her. "They said it wasn't a crime. What are public servants for if they don't serve justice? They could have prevented her death," says the anguished father, showing a file of documents a foot high that he has assembled to press his case.
His anguish resonates across Mexico, which local United Nations officials say ranks among the world's 20 worst countries for violence against women. Newspapers routinely report "crimes of passion" or unidentified female body parts floating in sewage canals. Misogyny and corruption prevent most cases from seeing justice. According to the National Citizen Femicide Observatory, a coalition of 43 groups that document the crime, six women are assassinated every day. Yet only 24 percent of the 3,892 femicides the group identified in 2012 and 2013 were investigated by authorities. And only 1.6 percent led to sentencing. "Femicides are a pandemic in Mexico," asserts Ana Guezmes, the local representative of United Nations Women, the agency devoted to gender issues.
The word "feminicidio" first entered the vernacular in the 1990s, with explosive rates of disappearances and murders of women in the border town of Ciudad Juarez. In fact, more women have been killed in the state of Mexico, which surrounds the capital city of the same name. The number doubled from 2005 to 2011, when the current national president, Enrique Pena Nieto, was governor of the state. Today he has pledged to combat drug violence overall but has not spoken out against femicides. Impunity is the main motor of the gender crime, Guezmes says, as well as social norms that allow the violence to be ignored or accepted as a normal part of life. She describes femicides as the extreme end of a society where 63 percent of women have suffered abuse by male hands. She estimates that maybe a third or half of the cases involved sexual partners. The balance - abductions, rapes and discarding the bodies like garbage - are probably linked to the generalized drug violence that is tearing Mexico apart.
Guezmes says the government needs to put more effort toward prevention, and improve access to justice. "These are the biggest problems." To counter the lack of reliable government statistics, the Observatory trawls through press clips and conducts interviews door-to-door in marginalized neighborhoods, like this one on the edge of the capital city, where cases normally take place. Newspaper clippings related to the killing of Mariana Lima Buendia are kept by her mother. (Alicia Vera for Al Jazeera America) The group issues regular reports and provides pro bono lawyers to relatives seeking to prosecute killers. They also erect pink crosses at death scenes, but these rarely last more than a day before unidentified men take them down. Most of these cases get lost in Mexico's dysfunctional justice system, where police officers can't be bothered to probe, or claim it's the woman's fault, or can be bought off by criminal gangs, says Maria de la Luz Estrada, head of the group. When the murders are investigated, incompetence and failure to follow due process often allow murderers to escape punishment. Activists say the distinction of femicide in the law is important, because the sexual nature distinguishes the killings from ordinary homicide. "Hate is what marks these crimes. The bodies show 20 or 30 blows," de la Luz says. "They slice off breasts and faces and throw the fragments in the garbage. In a macho society like Mexico, authorities are always questioning what the women did. What was she wearing? Was she sexually active? This helps the impunity and lack of action."
The victims are generally vulnerable young women, impoverished single mothers or teens. Attackers frequently seize victims on empty streets as they leave school or work, force them into cars, and then rape and torture them and dispose of the bodies. Families in poor areas like this one generally lack the money or clout to seek legal action, says de la Luz. "The parents are scared to give photos and details to the police, because that can make them vulnerable to extortionists, who say, 'We have her,' when in fact they don't. Corrupt authorities often say, 'If you speak out, your case won't advance.'" Suarez Padilla is one of the few parents who have pressed charges, but he has had to confront misogynist cops, who implied that his daughter was responsible for her own death because her cell phone contained 200 nude photos taken by the killer. He takes solace in the international pressure that convinced Mexican lawmakers in 2007 to approve new laws aimed at preventing violence against women. The law called for a data bank and gender violence alerts, to encourage national, state and local governments to catch perpetrators and prevent murders. Yet neither has been activated effectively. The special prosecutor for violent crimes against women, Nelly Montealegre Diaz, admits that no femicides were prosecuted in 2014. She blames impunity and corruption, but says the government is addressing the problem in a gradual overhaul of the legal system. Harder to combat, she says, is social acceptance of gender violence. "If a worker sees a [female] colleague with a black eye or the father hitting the mother, they think it is normal. Women are seen as objects." Irinea Buendia demonstrates the thickness of the rope her daughter supposedly used to hang herself. (Alicia Vera for Al Jazeera America) This brings no hope to Irinea Buendia, one of many mothers who has carried a pink cross on marches in her rough neighborhood of Nezahualcoyotl. Her daughter, Mariana, died in June 2010. The husband, a police officer, had beaten her repeatedly during two years of marriage, and tried to shoo away colleagues who arrived to investigate her death. The body lay prostrate on the bed covered in bruises. After 10 minutes, the inspectors bought his story that she had committed suicide with a thin cord, sitting down across the room.
Buendia holds out a red silk string of the type allegedly used. "How could this flimsy thing sustain her weight?" The Observatory's lawyers have taken up the case, and are seeking a hearing at the Supreme Court. But the family is not hopeful. The husband has been promoted to police commander.
By Vandana Shiva
An account of what happened in Takhatpur from November 8 onwards
Event at the camps 83 women sterilised One doctor sterilised them all Each woman sterilised in one to one-and-a-half minutes One laparoscope used No woman knew of the side effects Nemi Chand Jain hospital was shut since April No woman knew of other methods of avoiding pregnancy Operation theatre was cleaned with a mop Guidelines of 2006 Only 30 persons to be sterlised in one camp One doctor cansterlise only 10 in a day Prescribed standards would take an average of 5-6 minutes per case Three laparoscopes to be used for a maximum of 30 patients Women should be counselled about side effects Camp should be conducted in a working hospital Women have to be counselled about contraceptives and IUDs The operation theatre should be fumigated thoroughly by burning formaldehyde tablets and liquid ammonia 48 hours before the surgery
International agencies too have played a role in shaping India's policy. In 1952, international agency Ford Foundation gave $9 million to India for family planning. When Indira Gandhi spoke of national rights over personal rights, she was under instructions from the World Bank to bring down India's population growth if the country wanted food for its hungry. From 2007-2012, India's family planning was primarily funded by USAID, World Bank and Department for International Development of the UK government. They contributed $1 billion. The funding came under attack in 2012, after sterilised women of a camp in Bihar's Araria district complained to the police of irregularities. At present, family planning is funded only by the Indian Government. But international agencies continue to influence policies of the developing world. In November this year, pharma major Pfizer and non-profits Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and Children's Investment Fund Foundation announced expansion plans for injectable contraceptive, Sayana Press. This is part of BMGF's $1 billion project on population control. Sayana Press is made of the same chemical as Depo Provera, medroxyprogesterone acetate. Depo Provera has been criticised for adverse health impacts. "Side-effects of Depo Provera include heavy bleeding, amenorrhoea, depression, weight gain, breast tenderness, bone thinning, liver damage and cancers," says Subha Sri of Common Health. BMGF is sponsoring trials in Africa to see if it is practical for women to inject themselves. "This makes it scarier. If self-administered, the hazards include increased chances of HIV transmission," says Sri. Though India has not yet been mentioned by Sayana Press's promoters, it is a matter of time before the discussions begin, experts think. Analysts believe the reasons for international agencies' interest in developing countries' populations are much deeper. "Population policies shift the blame for poverty, climate change and food crises on to the poor and suggest that existing development models which benefit corporate capital and which are intensifying poverty and inequality don't need to be changed," says Kalpana Wilson, who teaches at the Gender Institute, London School of Economics.
The Bilaspur tragedy calls for an overhaul of policy on reproductive health Son of Dularin, who died after sterilisation, still thinks that his mother is at his maternal grandmother's house and will return in a few daysSince the the tragedy in Chhattisgarh, doctors, policy-makers and public health experts have been trying to find ways to avoid a repeat. A team of doctors from AIIMS in Delhi went to Bilaspur to help the doctors there provide the best treatment to the ailing women. Teams of non-governmental organisations too went on fact-finding missions. The state government has set-up a judicial inquiry, as well as a health department probe while police investigates the case. While the probe reports are yet to be released, public health experts and other concerned people have suggested some short-term and long-term solutions. Asking for the operations to be shifted from camps to proper health facilities, Brinda Karat, former member of Parliament and a prominent voice on women's issues, said, "The choice of whether to reproduce, method of birth-control and time should rest with the individual. Sterilisation as an individual's choice has to be provided in a proper health facility through the year."Consensus among the experts is that in the long-term India needs a thorough review and overhauling of its family planning programme. An overwhelming demand is to stop using monetary incentives to attract people to unsafe family planning practices. Target-based sterilisation must end. Instead of camps, family planning programmes should be available as part of regular healthcare services. It has to be ensured that women alone are not targeted for sterlisation and a basket of contraceptive methods is made available to families. They demand that the women in Bilaspur be provided justice and their healthcare needs be met. They also suggest that government doctors be trained to carry out such surgeries safely. In the light of the alleged role of contaminated medicine, experts suggest that drug procurement policies should also be reviewed. It is being pointed out that the rate of population growth in India has now decreased and the anxiety for speedy population control must stop. According to census of India, the decadal population growth from 2001-11 came down to 17.6 per cent. It remained above 21 per cent for the preceeding five decades. "There is a concept called population momentum. It means that population is growing because of a large number of people in the reproductive age group. So, even if they have two to three children only, population growth will be high. We can't do anything about it," Rao says. Around 60 per cent of the population growth today is due to population momentum, 20 per cent due to unmet demand of family planning services and 20 per cent is due to unwanted reproduction, according to a Planning Commission report. Still, India continues to spend a large part of its population control budget on sterilisation (see 'India's lopsided approach').This iterates the need to give up the camp approach to family planning. "The goalpost of the family planning debate has shifted. Now women themselves seek family planning services. They do not want more than two-three children. We have to see to it that their demand is met," says T Sundararaman, founding director, Chhattisgarh State Health Research Centre. Integrating family planning with the rest of the public system would remove the need for incentives to meet targets. "We do not need separate camps. The government can fix one day a week when a laparoscopic surgeon would be present for sterilisation," he says. The main challenge is shortage of trained surgeons. "Bilaspur has two surgeons in the district hospital who are trained in laparoscopy. These surgeons perform other surgeries too. How can we start a weekly service?" asks S K Nanda, superintendent, Bilaspur District Hospital. To this, Sundararaman suggests training more doctors.Alok Banerjee, member of technical committee on family planning of Government of India, says that minilaptubectomy should be encouraged. "It is a simple and inexpensive procedure. While laparoscopy requires high competency, this can be learnt faster. Also, equipments for minilaptubectomy cost a few thousand rupees, while one laparascope costs Rs 10 lakh. Its success rate is also higher. It is not promoted because even a trained surgeon would take 10-15 minutes to perform one surgery. But it is time we cared for meeting demands and providing safe operations than rushing to sterilise more people," he says.Jashodhara Dasgupta, convenor of National Alliance for Maternal Health and Human Rights, says it is disappointing that India has not been able to provide basic human rights to women. A pledge to ensure this was taken 20 years ago. In 1994, at the UN conference on population and development held in Cairo, a 20-year action plan was adopted. This action plan asked countries to consider women's needs instead of blindly following demographic demands when planning population control strategies. Basket of different options for sterilisation also includes male sterilisation which does not receive any focus. Apart from the fact that women are seen as easy target for motivation to sterilise, awareness is also an issue. "Vasectomy is surrounded by many myths like impotency. Government should create awareness and motivate more men to opt for it," says Sri.A report by a fact-finding mission says that the tragedy in Chhattisgarh was waiting to happen. In 1974, Karan Singh, the then health minister had declared: "development is the best contraceptive". This was ignored at that time. The time has now come to understand this basic concept.
Alok Banerjee,a member of the technical committee that is redrafting the 2006 guidelines on family planning, spoke to Down To Earth about the impact of the deaths. Excerpts What challenges does India face in family planning?There is non-adherence to national standards and guidelines. The camp sites are not cleaned properly, patients are not screened by surgeons and many other violations are rampant. Quality of drugs, their procurement, storage and supply are also compromised.Would the Bilaspur deaths impact the new family planning guidelines?Indeed. Earlier, the new revised guidelines were to be released on November 18-19. Now, they would be released in 2015. According to the proposed guidelines, doctors are to be trained for sterilisation at MBBS level. More emphasis is to be put on spacing methods. Having a counsellor at district hospitals and community health centres would be made mandatory.Did your Bilaspur visit force a rethink on any suggestions you were planning to recommend in the committee?I will see to it that strong emphasis is placed on phasing out the camps. Also, I will ensure more focus on minilaptubectomy.What is the way forward?If we can successfully implement the position of counsellor in public health facilities and ensure proper follow-up care, then long acting hormonal methods like injectables, implants and vaginal rings can be introduced. In any case, spacing methods have to be widely promoted
By Lijia Zhang, INYTOnly two decades ago, capital punishment was simply not discussed. Now, it has become a public issue.There was an ear-splitting whistle and Kong Ning, a young supervising officer from Beijing, saw blood spurt from the bodies of the 34 prisoners, all men in their 20s and 30s, kneeling in a row in front of her. One man's head was blown off completely. She collapsed on the muddy ground. Kong was traumatised by the executions, which she watched over on a bitterly cold day in November 1983, when China's first wave of "strike-hard" campaigns against rising crime was in full swing. After the event, she quit her job and became a lawyer in the hope of defending people unjustly accused of crime. But over the years, she suffered several mental breakdowns, at one point being admitted to a psychiatric hospital for a few months. Now, she always dresses in black - and she always wears a bulletproof vest. In 2006, she started to paint, primarily as a way to cope with the trauma that had changed her life.
She has also staged performances, reliving that terrifying incident. Beyond the forays into art, Kong tells her story every chance she gets, hoping to expose the cruelty of the death penalty, calling for its abolition in China and the rest of the world. Her story and interviews have been published in art magazines and have been circulated on the Internet. This jailer-turned-lawyer-turned-artist may be one of a kind. But Kong is not alone. In addition to a band of committed and courageous human rights lawyers, there are others publicly advocating the abolition of capital punishment. The subject has also caught on with the general public. In the past decade, there has been increased debate among Chinese people, often triggered by high-profile cases such as those involving a cop-killer, Yang Jia, or an illegal fund-raiser, Wu Ying. Only two decades ago, a topic like the death penalty - involving the state's administration of justice - was just not part of the public dialogue. But people now have greater freedom to express themselves, especially on the Internet. Also, since everything regarding the death penalty is shrouded in secrecy (the number of executions is still a state secret), the public is interested in any small bits of information that slowly emerge. At the end of 2011, images of prisoners on death row at a Wuhan prison were leaked on the Internet and sparked a fresh round of discussion. A majority of Chinese people support capital punishment, often citing the traditional saying "to repay a tooth with a tooth and to pay back blood with blood." Such an attitude isn't too surprising for a culture that places less importance on individual life than does the Western humanist tradition. But as China's engagement with the rest of the world deepens, views are changing. Many Chinese have learned that most European countries and many states in America have banned capital punishment. And more and more people, particularly those who are better educated, have accepted the concept of respecting human life, human dignity and human rights, even the rights of a criminal. This change of attitude is reflected in a steady decline in public support for capital punishment. In 1995, a survey conducted by the Chinese Academy of Social Science indicated that 95 per cent of ordinary Chinese supported the death penalty; in 2003, an online survey showed that some 83 per cent of those polled opposed abolition, but by 2008, the percentage of opposition was reduced to 67 per cent, according to an online survey by Sina, a popular website.In this survey, some 22 per cent indicated that they believed China ought to reduce the use of the death penalty, especially for nonviolent crimes. In addition, the death penalty happens to be one of the topics for open discussion that is now tolerated by the authorities. Capital punishment has always been used by the Chinese Communists to maintain social stability, political order and to curb crime. In 1983, as a result of the strike-hard campaign, the power to approve capital punishment was given to the high court of each province - and it is believed that 24,000 death sentences were issued that year. Some criminals met their deaths for nonviolent offences, such as selling fake train tickets. Prisoners on death row were also treated badly. Kong recalls how the 34 prisoners killed on her watch were awoken at 4 am on the day of their execution, told bluntly that their appeals had been rejected and that they would be shot that very day. On way to deathPrison officials then tied the hands of the condemned men behind their backs, and the cuffs of their uniform pants were tightly fastened with hemp string - this way if a prisoner lost control of his bowels he would not soil the floor too much. To calm them down, prisoners were injected with a tranquiliser through their padded cotton pants. Then officials force-fed them steamed bread rolls for a last meal. There has been progress since then. Prisoners on death row are now allowed to wash and even order their favourite dishes before heading to the execution ground. And more importantly, China has carried out fewer and fewer executions over the years. This trend has become more pronounced since 2007, when the Supreme People's Court took back the power to review death sentences from the provincial courts.Perhaps the authorities are making an effort to minimise the fact that China executes more people than the rest of the world combined. Perhaps our leaders are reducing the use of the death penalty to showcase their determination to shift toward the rule of law. In October, Beijing announced a proposal to remove an additional nine nonviolent crimes from the list of offences punishable by capital punishment, including illegal fund-raising and weapons smuggling. Other intended reforms include reducing the judicial use of capital punishment and amending procedural law to control its use. Such positive measures are clearly in response to changing public opinion. "We must learn to respect life and slowly abolish the death penalty in China," said the artist Kong Ning. The public and the authorities are coming around, but we shouldn't move too slowly.


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One of the funniest, and strangest episodes of the series
A woman receives a strange package in the mail, saying that if she just uses some hearing aids, she will rapidly lose weight.
This is episode starts off like most of the stories of this show, very mundane. She's just a typical fat person, who wants to lose weight. Problem is, she has tried everything imaginable, from diet pills, to water dieting. Nothing works, until one day, she recieves a strange package, entitled your WEIGHT IS OVER. This is episode directed a John Strysik, who was director for several episodes of Darkside, was apparently going slightly comedic here, but it turns into the nightmare that most of the episodes did deliver, but not all. This is the episode, I think that marks that end of the really terrifying stuff, but it's delivers a very schizophrenic and violent punch, particularly with the ending, and it's ends the comedy that goes on through the episode.
She finds out that the hearing aids, give her some kind of extrasensory perception of the food, and they start to talk, every time they are being eaten by people. Really weird, but it's still stays true to the darkside, because you don't how that food is able to talk, where the device really originated, and the glasses did actually bring on the comedy, until the end, when she finds how much she was actually going to lose. Really crazy, but also scary, endings on this show really did scare the daylights out of me, and although is one goes on the silly side for a while, it shows that the darkside can really be a burden, even when it when comes to losing weight.
How she ended up with the strange package is not revealed, although speculation is brought up that is was some kind of evil device, maybe NAZI, or something like that. Also if you look real closely, that written words on the package looks like alien language, which brings up whether it was intentional or NOT. Either way, it's still a scary little episode, that came out almost when the series was coming to a close. The talking food I admit was silly, and it's actually been done before, I have seen Freddy's Nightmares, but still it's frightening to watch death catch up with a woman, who just wanted to lose weight, and possibly she really didn't deserve it. The Darkside is always there, this episode just used weight loss as a reality check, and it came in the upmost deadly way.
The ending well, which I won't describe in detail, shows her not wanting to eat, so she closes her appetite for good. Dieting shouldn't be so hard, but on this show she realized it had a much different meaning, and paid dearly. Take the die out of dieting, and the show's gets the point across.
Great episode, scary, and funny at the same time.moreless


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Michael Gilmartin laced a double off the right-field fence with one out in the bottom of the 9th, knocking-in the tying run and the winning run, as the A's Split Squad #2 rallied with three runs in the 8th and two in the 9th to edge the Cubs 7-6 in AZ Instructional League action at Papago Park Baseball Complex Field #2 in Phoenix this afternoon.
The Cubs were in control early, as starter Aaron Kurcz (Cubs 2010 10th round pick out of the College of Southern Nevada) threw three shutout innings, allowing just one broken-bat single and no walks while striking out three. The 20-year old RHP started his college career at the Air Force Academy, before resigning after his freshman year and enrolling at CSN, where he was a teammate of the Washington Nationals #1 draft pick (and 2010 overall #1 pick) Bryce Harper. Kurcz had the misfortune of allowing a walk-off HR in the JUCO World Series that eliminated Southern Nevada, but then he had a very impressive debut pro season after signing with the Cubs, going 2-1 with a 1.98 ERA and 0.95 WHIP, with 48 strikeouts in just 27.1 IP combined between AZL Cubs and Boise.
Although Kurcz likely projects as a closer or 8th inning set-up guy at the MLB level (he features a mid-90's heater and a hard-breaking slider), he has been used as a starter so far at Instructs (two GS), as the Cubs are apparently doing with him what they sometimes do with pitchers they project as late-inning relievers, and that is use them as starting pitchers at the lower levels of the minor leagues to force them to use (and hopefully develop) their secondary pitches, and to accumulate as many innings as possible as soon as possible.
While Kurcz was shutting out the A's, the Cubs scored one run in the 2nd on a two-out RBI ground single to CF by Max Kwan, and then another run in the top of the 3rd on a one-out single by Marco Hernandez (his first of three hits today), a HBP, and a two-out RBI bloop single to right-center by Justin Bour.
After the A's tied the game in the 5th, the Cubs scored three times in the 6th as Cubs 2010 3rd round pick Micah Gibbs (LSU) crashed a one-out solo HR over the RF fence, and Cubs 2010 2nd round pick Reggie Golden (Wetumpka HS - Wetumpka, AL) ripped a two-out two-run RBI double down the LF line, scoring Dustin Geiger and Xavier Batista with the Cubs 4th and 5th runs of the day. The Cubs finished their scoring (and took a 6-2 lead) in the top of the 8th, as Geiger, Batista, and Kwan stroked three consecutive two-out singles to plate one run.
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1a. Evan Crawford, RF: 1-4 (E4, F-8, 1B, K, SB)
1b. Oliver Zapata, CF: 0-1 (5-3)
2a. Logan Watkins, 2B: 0-2 (6-3 GIDP, HBP, L-6 DP)
2b. Wes Darvill, 2B: 0-2 (L-8, K)
3a. Justin Bour, 1B: 1-3 (6-3, 1B, K, RBI)
3b. Ryan Cuneo, 1B: 0-2 (4-3, 3-U)
4a. Micah Gibbs, C: 1-2 (F-8, BB, HR, RBI, R)
4b. Engel Santana, C: 0-1 (3-U)
5. Dustin Geiger, 3B: 2-4 (P-4, 5-U FC, 1B, 1B, 2 R, SB)
6. Xavier Batista, DH-LF: 2-3 (1B, K, BB, 1B, 2 R, SB)
7. Max Kwan, DH #2: 2-4 (1B, 3-1, K, 1B, 2 RBI)
8. Reggie Golden, CF-RF: 2-3 (K, 1B, 2B, BB, 2 RBI)
9. Chris Huseby, LF-DH: 0-4 (F-9, K, 4-3, 4-3)
10. Marco Hernandez, SS: 3-4 (1B, 4-3, 1B, 2B, R, PO)
1. Aaron Kurcz: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 36 pitches (21 strikes), 3/3 GO/FO
2. Tarlandus Mitchell: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 2 K, 38 pitches (22 strikes), 4/0 GO/FO
3. Luis Liria: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 27 pitches (19 strikes), 3/2 GO/FO
4. Amaury Paulino: 1.0 IP, 1 H 3 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 1 K, 21 pitches (12 strikes), 2/0 GO/FO
5. Kevin Rhoderick: 0.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R (2 ER), 0 BB, 0 K, 17 pitches (11 strikes), 0/1 GO/FO
3B Dustin Geiger E-5 (fielding error allowed batter to reach base – eventually scored unearned run)
SS Marco Hernandez E-6 (fielding error allowed batter to reach base – eventually scored unearned run)
CF Oliver Zapata E-8 (errant throw from CF on play at the plate allowed batter-runner to advance an extra base – eventually scored unearned run)
Engel Santana: 1 PB
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Jin-Yeong Kim
Aaron Kurcz
Luis Liria
Matt Loosen
Robinson Lopez
* Jeff Lorick
Tarlandus Mitchell
Amaury Paulino
Starling Peralta
Austin Reed
Kevin Rhoderick
Jhon Rodriguez
* Brian Smith
Alvaro Sosa (ex-C)
Charles Thomas (ex-3B)
Ben Wells
* Sergio Burruel
# Micah Gibbs
Max Kwan
Chad Noble
# Engel Santana
Gioskar Amaya
* Justin Bour
Willson Contreras
* Ryan Cuneo
* Pin-Chieh Chen
* Wes Darvill
Dustin Geiger
* Marco Hernandez
* Hak-Ju Lee
D. J. Lemahieu
Josh Vitters
* Logan Watkins
* Delbis Arcila
Xavier Batista
Evan Crawford
Reggie Golden
Jae-Hoon Ha
Chris Huseby (ex-P)
* Kyung-Min Na
# Oliver Zapata
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AZ Phil,
Is Logan Watkins at instructs to work on something in particular? Thanks for your reports!
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10th inning on PBS.
Writer Bosley(?) said he saw a "hall of famer" drink a powdered drink. Asked player what it was? Player said "Jose Conseco milk shake". Bosley said that player had his best hr season ever that year.
Who was it? Start speculation now......
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Hitters voted into the HOF by the BBWAA since 1993 (have to be retired 5 years and Canseco's first 40-40 year was 1988: Which of them had his best HR year after 1988?
Mike (steamin' pile 'o) Schmidt '95 - no
Robin Yount '99 - no
George Brett '99 - no
Tony Perez '00 - no
Carlton Fisk '00 - no
Dave Winfield '01 - no
Kirby Puckett '01 - no
Ozzie Smith '02 - no
Eddie Murray '03 - no
Gary Carter '03 - no
Paul Molitor '04 - yes (22 in '93)
Ryne Sandberg '05 - yes (40 in '90)
Wade Boggs '05 - no
Cal Ripken Jr. '07 - yes (34 in '91)
Tony Gwynn '07 - yes (17 in '97)
Jim Rice '09 - no
Rickey Henderson '09 - yes (tied high @ 28 in '90)
Andre Dawson '10 - no
So, in essence, Molitor, Sandberg, Ripken, Gwynn and Henderson.
OK, boys (do we have any females posting comments on this site?), there's the list of eligibles -- have at it.
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Joe - thank you so much for the research!
Later in the program when they were talking about Ripken's streak, Bosley was the main speaker.
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You guys do realize that it's OK to drink protein shakes, right?
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yes, I believe he was alluding to that player was juicing.
is it possible to take steroids in shake form?
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Name your steroid. You can get it in a powder and drink it in a shake.
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Yes it's possible to take them orally. Every drink that every bodybuilder takes is not loaded with HGH and steriods, though. Just because you drink the same Muscle Milk as Jose Canseco, doesn't mean you're on steriods - and it's irresponsible for anyone to even imply as much.
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"Writer Bosley(?) said he saw a "hall of famer" drink a powdered drink. Asked player what it was? Player said "Jose Conseco milk shake". Bosley said that player had his best hr season ever that year."
Your right, it is irresponsible for the player to imply that HE was taking steriods.
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Did he say this after Canseco's book came out? Did the guy even know Canseco was using steroids?
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It quote was made after Boswell reported on Canseco taking steroids in 1988 (see note below). Given that the unnamed player was talking to Boswell, I believe we can infer that he knew what the phrase "Jose Conseco milk shake" was meant to convey.
Tom Boswell Journalist
"(Canseco) is the most conspicuous example of a player who has made himself great with steroids."
Source: CBS News, Sept. 1988
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do have to agree with TRN on this...
kind of shitty to say anything if you're not willing to name names. Instead of implicating one player that could defend himself, he implicates 5 or 10.
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a sportswriter too close to the game dropping incomplete insider information rather than disclosure or not bringing it up at all?
paul sullivan approves...so do a few dozen others i'm not going to name. ha.
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I thought that was kind of a weird line from Boswell too. After all, 1) he's a journalist, and 2) he witnessed the act. It's news. Why wouldn't he report it?
I Drink Your Milshake
some interesting articles on the topic
Craig Calcaterra
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i like Calcaterra's take on it...not 100% mine, but it's approach is logically calm.
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AZ Phil-
I saw your write up on Oliver Zapata yesterday and I was wondering if you had opinions on Marco Hernandez or Delbis Arcila? Also, I know I asked this in another thread but do you have any ideas why Arismendy Alcantara or Junior Lake wouldn't be at instructs? Another person I figured would be at Instructs is Jesus Morelli so any light you could shed on these things would be great. Thanks in advance
Heresay Racism at Wrigley
Briggs around 1:12 says he heard from Cubs players about Wrigley fans being racist.
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"Billy Goat Kurcz", indeed. Very funny, AZ Phil. How long after he was drafted did it take you to notice the pun opportunity sitting there?
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Thanks for another update, AZ Phil. I had a quick question about your view of Reggie Golden right now. In his limited games played for the Cubs (3 or 4 AZL games and now the 3 at Fall Instructs), it appears that he has well above average raw power; is good at taking a walk; but has trouble making contact (i.e. over a strikeout a game). I know he was considered extremely raw coming out of HS, but the walks have to be at least a little encouraging, right? Are we looking at a much shorter, more athletic version of Adam Dunn here, or do you feel that the contact potential is there? Also, how has his defense looked? Thanks again.
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That's interesting that the Cubs are even letting him work in CF then, if he doesn't have the speed to stay there. When you factor in the depth in the system at CF, it boggles my mind even further. I love that he is rapping out extra base hits and taking walks already, though. Hopefully the strikeouts come down greatly, but since he's only 18, he has tons of time. Thanks for the response. As always, it is greatly appreciated.
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My guess is that they will leave him in CF because for the most part, if you can learn the angles and making good reads as a CF, you can still be a productive fielder. Marlon Byrd doesn't have above average speed but he makes fantastic reads and takes excellent routes to the baseball. Plus, coming up through the system, he has exponentially more value as a center fielder with power and plate discipline (if he keeps the walks and maybe cuts the k's down or keep the near the level they are now). As he gets older, if he can't handle CF, hopefully he has developed enough power to be an "acceptable" corner outfielder (though there are several very valuable corner outfielders with patience and not a ton of power), he just won't have the same amount of value because he wouldn't be playing a position with such defensive significance.
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I think he already has the power to be an acceptable COF. It's his contact rates that will determine how good of a player Golden can be. If he can stick in CF, I wonder if a poor man's Mike Cameron would be a good comp. He has shown the ability to take a walk, which in an 18 year old kid is huge. But he definately does have some contact issues. I don't know if he has trouble recognizing pitches or what, but he definately has whiffed a bit. As you can tell, I'm pretty excited to monitor the progress of this kid. I have a better feeling about him than most of the other high risk/high reward types that we have drafted in the past 10 years. Can't explain it, but I just do. Maybe it is the walk rate.
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How many plate appearances are we talking about for Golden right now?
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In the Cubs system, you're not looking at too many. 30-40 would be my guess. All of my posts about him are based on what his scouting reports were heading into the draft. His play in the Cubs' system, as limited as it may be, lends credence to the reports that he has very good raw power, can take a walk, but has a very raw swing and thus is prone to strikeouts. Hopefully he can continue this type of production in Peoria next season (or Boise, if the Cubs decide to keep him in EXST).
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When I checked yesterday he had 1 HR and 7 K's in about 15 at bats.
What we've seen so far is he's the next Earl Cunningham.
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Those stats only count what he did in the 3 or 4 games in the AZL before/during his hamstring injury. In his 4-5 games in Fall Instructs, he has as many walks as he does K's (3 apiece). I'm not sure Cunningham ever had 3 walks in a 4-5 game stretch in his minor league career, did he? If I remember correctly, didn't Cunningham also strike out about 40% of the time? I love the shared optimism, though.
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The point is that you shouldn't get too excited over 25 at bats. When he played in the rookie league he struck out half the time, and now you're convinced he's on the track to being a power hitting corner outfielder, based on three additional games.
Maybe give the guy a season in the minors before you buy thejersey.
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I'm excited that he is finally healthy and performing as his scouting report suggested he could. And there really isn't any arguing that he will be a power-hitting corner outfielder. He already has power. It's like the aforementioned Cunningham; you can't argue that he didn't have power. He just sucked in every other aspect, which is what Golden needs to keep improving upon.
You are claiming that I am overrating him based on 4 games at fall instructs, whereas I believe you are underrating him based on 3-4 AZL games. I have always maintained that the sample size is terribly small, but which small sample size should you be looking at if you are going to: (1) 3-4 games where Golden made his minor league debut after taking a couple months off of baseball and got hurt; or (2) 4 games where Golden is finally healthy; has been around baseball continuously; and no longer has the rust from the down time? As I stated before, the numbers don't mean anything in this small of a sample size unless a person wants to be optimistic (Me) or pessimistic (You). I just have higher hopes for the kid than to automatically bring up Earl Cunningham when a HS OFer is mentioned. I still realize his insane probability of busting out, as with most of our minor leaguers, but it certainly doesn't hurt to be optimistic a little bit.
I understand and appreciate your pessimism with the Cubs' minor leaguers. We have not had a good track record at all with HS players (Cunningham, Harvey, Patterson, Pie, Dopirak, Montanez, etc., etc.). But that really is no reason to not get at least a little excited by the upside some guys bring to the table. Or at least to try to take that excitement from other fans. The Cubs have given very few reasons to get excited the past 2 years (3 after next year); minor leaguers offer at least a little escape from reality for many fans, as they can sit at their desks and wonder what it would be like to have a legit, home-grown RF putting up a line of .270/.360/.550 in his peak years. So, in essence, you can be pessimistic all you want, but quit harshing my mellow. ; )
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Holy mis-placed wall of text, Batman.
I am excited about plenty of the Cubs minor leaguers. I just don't get excite because a guy has a good weekend.
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Then in your attempt to be witty, you completely missed the point of all my posts. Congrats on that.
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And you think because I understand that 50 PA's is totally meaningless with regards to a prospect's evaluation, that I can't get excited about a prospect. Congrats on that.
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Never once did I say anything remotely close to that. This was all in response to your apparent inability to have any optimism whatsoever for an extremely promising HS OFer. It's almost as if you refuse to get even a little excited over a prospect, after only a few games and a nice scouting report. If this is the case, that's fine. But don't try to make snarky little comments in an effort to dissuade others from having an optimistic point of view. I have wasted enough of my time on this subject already. Good day.
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Bruce Levine speculates the Cubs might consider moving Aramis this offseason, perhaps to the Red Sox, who have shown interest, and to free up money to potentially sign Adam Dunn (he says that spread over two different posts)...
I only can understand moving Ramirez if it's to get a solid 3b replacement with a better track record of staying healthy. If it's to move an acceptable defensive 3b who can hit for a horrible fielding 1b who can't hit .270, I think it's not smart. There are going to be 1b bargains out there because the 1b free agent market is crowded. Sure, Dunn has the most power, but that's all he offers, and at a crazy price (seeking 4 years, $60 million). Laroche could be signed for something around $8 million per or less for 1-2 years. But there are plenty of other guys too. I don't see the logic in spending another big $ contract on another slow, one dimensional, old player who can't run or play defense and who doesn't make consistent contact.
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.381 career OBP and 900+ career OPS? Not sure how that equates to adding nothing?
Derrick Lee has bettered Dunn's career average OPS in only 3 of 14 MLB season. Laroche has a career OPS of almost 100 point lower. Why waste 8 million on him when you can get a major upgrade for 11-12 million?
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Dunn's k/bb ratio skyrocketed this year, his obp dropped 20 points, and when a crappy team decides he's not good enough of a fielder for them, and a scout says he sucks and costs his team half a run per game, why on earth would you want him? I can understand him as a DH. As a position player? No freaking way.
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Every defensive metric shows that he is close to average. He WILL be the best hitter the Cubs have had since Sosa in his prime. Why WOULDN'T you want him?
He hits enough that if his defense becomes atrocious (which it won't) you can still trade him to an AL team.
Enough GM's are stuck in the stone age though. So you will get him cheaper than what his actual market rate should be.
Dunn at 12-13 per year > Ryan Howard at 25 or Fielder or Adrian Gonzalez at 20 million per year.
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defensive metric?
the dude's range at 1st sucks. he's slow to react and pretty stiff...he doesn't even stretch well for throws.
he's adequate given his bat and being in the NL...that's about the best you can do for him on handicapping his D...and those 2 things don't have anything to do with D.
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because the cubs don't get to use the DH slot except a few times a year?
he's no longer that .230 hitting guy coming off an injury and he's vocally sick of short contracts. WAS has drawn the line saying they won't go more than 3 years for him and that's already a problem, evidently. 11-12m is probably low-balling his value, too.
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Oh yeah... Adam Dunn. Seems like the perennial Adam Dunn rumors are starting early this year.
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Removing Ramirez to replace him with Dunn is adding nothing.
Ramirez + LaRoche > Dunn + Pedro Feliz or Marquez Smith.
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I agree it seems a little self defeating to sign Dunn, and trade Rammy.
Though Adam Dunn is almost certainly the best bet of that whole group going forward.
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"I only can understand moving Ramirez if it's to get a solid 3b replacement with a better track record of staying healthy. If it's to move an acceptable defensive 3b who can hit for a horrible fielding 1b who can't hit .270, I think it's not smart."
Well, whoever they get to play 3rd, my criteria is this:
* Must hit at least 270
* Must play B defense or better
* Must be built well and have good baseball sense
Flashy players are nice, but the flashy players we've had lately are prone to long cold streaks.
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we have a lot of guys on this team who are going to swing and not walk...even if they hit for good average, expected starters like castro/byrd/dewitt/soriano will all be lucky to see 40-50 walks.
walks aren't everything when you're hitting well for contact, but these are very low walk totals.
should be interesting to see who's added/subtracted for 2011.
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My read is that I can think of 14.6 million reasons to try and move Ramirez. On top of that he's given up trying to play 3B. The next time he steps in front of a ball to field it instead of his patented 'Ole' move to the side will be the first time in about 3 years. He gives every indication of an overpaid, got-it-made veteran who cares only about his 4 AB's a game. Notwithstanding his salary, he's now suited to an AL DH position only. Can the Cubs move him to Boston or some other AL team?.....have at it.
The unfortunate scenario with the 2011 Cubs (and maybe even 2012) is that Ramirez is just one lousy contract that needs to be moved to restructure this team - Silva, Fukudome, Samardzija, Grabow, Soriano............and unless he pitches more like his last 10 starts from this point forward, Zambrano. Of course, this all assumes the team has a President and GM who can execute a plan that would take them to the World Series.
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me and you are on opposite ends of that aram D breakdown. he's not as tight as he's been in past years, but he's not dogging out there and his arm is still nice, imo.
A vote for Mike Quade
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not cubs-related, but yow...via rotowhirled...
A scout told ESPN.com's Jason Grey that Brandon Webb looked "alarmingly bad" during his instructional league appearance Wednesday.
The scout said Webb topped out at 82 MPH with his fastball and "rolled" his curveball.
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Who is this Arrieta guy? Can I get the old one back please?
Well, this is, once again, the whole season for the Sox.
...and the Bryant RBI jinx continues in the 3rd....crap.
bryant's in the dugout filling a police report BECAUSE HE JUST GOT ROBBED.
f'n cabrerra...
chapman showing up and available tomorrow night.
i'm sure he'll be a bit hit. hope he doesn't choke. dude has a rifle for an arm. he'll add a bit of punch to the bullpen.
the 'crosstown classic' sure has lost it's magic with interleague. the excitement level is barely noticable...maybe it's a bit more hype in the city, itself.
Well he didn't leave a mark so its not that bad.
Fuck that.
He choked her.
Her brother tackled him to separate him.
He cooled off by shooting his gun in the garage.
I don't have to like him on the team I follow.
And you are others are free to not give a shit about his personal misgivings if you so choose as well.
Sure, no marks and some inconsistencies in the witness's statements. But firing your gun into garage wall immediately after an argument and punching out your car window is still threatening and out of control behavior. There was certainly enough for MLB to think it warranted a 30-game suspension.
I'd prefer they be flexible with the closing situation depending on matchups. You're not really adding a lefty reliever if you use him strictly as a closer.
Stockpiling young talent isn't only for trading for someone like Chapman though. Even with an elite closer winning the World Series is basically a crap shoot so the key is to get to the playoffs as much as possible and not just mortgage everything on one year. Once you get there an elite bullpen certainly helps but the playoffs can be won by one hitter or starting pitcher getting hot (Murphy, Molina, Baumgardner) and a closer might not be able to stop that.
I'm also not crazy about press convictions. As the police report noted, there were no marks on the lady in question. There's a TMZ link (of course) to her police pictures, as well.
I think the only way this trade goes real bad is if Cubbery intervenes and Chapman is suddenly bad for some reason.
I am right there with you closing in on 60.
I don't care that much about "mortgaging" one player who is not only blocked by two guys, but is not ready to hit the majors for at least a couple years.
There is no reason why this team, this year, can't have a real shot at something NONE of us have experienced.
Further, I don't feel that even if they fall short that they have ruined their farm system.
I have made my opinion clear here, with others, Warren was shit on the Cubs save one spot start.
Trading for Warren, Warren sucking, getting Warren back for Chapman plus 3 prospects, sounds like Revenge of The Yankees on the former Boston executive. Old rivalries never die.
I pray to the heavens above Chapman doesn't suck for some reason, or he'll be booed out of town faster than a Todd Hundley revival meeting.
I'm kind of nostalgic for the Schwarber-for-Miller rumors.
This offseason, after some ridiculous playoff run and Chapman saving every game from here until the end of the postseason striking out 27/9innings, I welcome anyone to quote this thread and call me a dummy: I hate this trade, and my hate is 2 parts Chapman makes this team less likeable and 1 part that's a ridiculous overpay for 30 regular season innings and, at tops, 10 postseason innings. Already hoping they don't extend him.
btw...Thanks AZ Phil. I'm really enjoying your take on this trade.


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