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Managerial decisions in this age of pitch counts and crowded bullpens often lead to head-scratching among fans. The Yankees' Joe Girardi and the Diamondbacks' Chip Hale made questionable moves Wednesday night that in the end proved more costly to Arizona.
The Yankees avoided being swept in the series by the D-backs with a 4-2 victory in the finale, but Girardi put himself on the spot when he decided to remove Nathan Eovaldi after six nearly perfect innings and turn the final three innings over to the power arms of Dellin Betances, Andrew Miller and Aroldis Chapman. It worked out eventually, but it was touch-and-go there for a while.
Betances walked the first two batters in the seventh, then bounced back to retire the next three hitters, two on strikeouts. Miller hung a 0-2 slider to Chris Owings, who homered leading off the eighth to cut the Yanks' lead to 3-2, and then struck out the next three hitters. A run in the top of the ninth on a bases-loaded wild pitch provided insurance for Chapman, who did not need it as he retired the side in order in the bottom of the inning to notch his fourth save.
Utilizing all three flame throwers in the same game for the third time was a sign of the importance Girardi placed on winning this game. Earlier in the day, principal owner Hal Steinbrenner leveled criticism at some players and singled out pitchers Luis Severino and Michael Pineda, first baseman Mark Texeira and third baseman Chade Headley. Tex had another tough game (0-for-5, three strikeouts). Headley was 2-for-4 but made a hesitating play in the field in the first inning that allowed the only run charged to Eovaldi, who was nothing short of magnificent.
Brett Gardner's two-run home run in the first gave Eovaldi a lead before he took the mound. Jean Segura led off with a grounder up the middle that struck the second base bag with the second baseman legging out a double. He crossed to third on a groundout and came home on another, although he stopped in the base path at one point but Headley threw to first base for the sure out.
Eovaldi retired 18 batters in a row following Segura's hit. The righthander kept the ball down and got 10 outs on ground balls to go with five strikeouts. Of the three fly ball outs against him, two were caught in foul ground. Eovaldi threw 85 pitches through six innings, so it was something of a surprise not to see him come out for the seventh. Girardi admitted he would have kept Eovaldi in the game if he were still working on a no-hitter but added he would not hesitate to use the Betances-Miller-Chapman combine when they were well rested and the opportunity presented itself.
Hale's questionable decision came in the sixth inning with the score 2-1 Yankees. Eovaldi helped himself with the bat by dropping a sacrifice bunt to move Headley to second base with two out. Hale went to the mound to talk to D-backs starter Shelby Miller but let him pitch to Jacoby Ellsbury, who had already reached base three times in the game and had never made an out against Miller. That statement held when Ellsbury hit a ground single to left that scored Headley and made Ellsbury 6-for-6 in his career against Miller. Ellsbury reached base five times in the game with a double, two singles and two walks and scored on the ninth-inning wild pitch. Right behind him was Gardner with two hits, a run and two RBI.
Eovaldi has four consecutive winning decisions over his past five starts with a 3.48 ERA over 31 innings. Chase Field is also something of a home away from home for Eovaldi, who in six career games (five starts) in the Phoenix yard is 3-0 with a 2.67 ERA in 30 1/3 innings and has held opponents to a .165 batting average in 103 at-bats.
Too bad Pettitte was not warming up
What the Yankees needed on Andy Pettitte Day Sunday at Yankee Stadium was, well, Andy Pettitte.
Another nostalgic ceremony to retire Pettitte's No. 46 and install a plaque in Monument Park honoring his pitching career with the Yankees was barely over when CC Sabathia gave up a two-run home run to Indians first baseman Carlos Santana in the first inning in what turned out an ominous day for the big lefthander.
There was no one warming up in the bullpen in the third inning when Sabathia had to come out of the game because of an injury to his surgical right knee. Yankees manager Joe Girardi had to rely on a couple of Scranton shuttle guys, Nick Rumbelow and Branden Pinder, to get through the middle innings.
A chant of "Andy Pettitte" from the bleachers sprung up several times from fans with fond memories of his grim determination on the mound over an 18-season major league career, all but three of them with the Yankees, that included an additional 276 1/3 innings of postseason work that produced a 19-11 record and four World Series championships.
"I just don't remember ever going out there and feeling like I'm going to step on this mound and absolutely dominate this team because I am so good," Pettitte told the crowd earlier. "I know some of the great players have felt like that. Every game at the big-league level, mentally, I had to be into it every pitch. It seemed like if I let my focus down for one inning, it was going to be a three-run inning. I needed every ounce of focus and energy to be successful."
The Yankees had coaxed Pettitte out of retirement once before, in 2012. Too bad they could not do it again Sunday.
The only work for Pettitte Sunday was getting through a well-constructed speech in which he thanked his family, former teammates, the Steinbrenner family and even us writers, whom he said treated him fairly over the years.
Joining him on the field for the pregame ceremony were fellow Core Four partners Mariano Rivera, Derek Jeter and Saturday's honoree Jorge Posada as well as other former teammates Bernie Williams, Paul O'Neill, David Cone, Scott Brosius, Tino Martinez and Hideki Matsui; former trainer Gene Monahan; former executive Gene Michael; Hall of Famers Reggie Jackson and former manager Joe Torre; managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner and vice president Jennifer Steinbrenner Swindal.
"We experienced some amazing wins, some heartbreaking losses," Pettitte added. "Through it all, this place has become home to me and my family."
Sabathia was supposed to be Pettitte's successor as the senior voice on the pitching staff, but he has been slowed down by a knee that has been operated on twice and which was drained twice over the past two months. Sabathia admitted to Girardi that he felt discomfort while warming up but did not say anything until he was interrogated by his manager on the mound.
"It has been a watch for us all year long as we knew it would be," Girardi said. "For him to say something on the mound it had to be pretty sore."
Sabathia, who was to undergo an MRI exam late Sunday, has not been himself most of the season. He is 4-9 with a 5.27 ERA, and his record could be worse if the Yankees had not come back from trailing in games to get him off the hook eight times, including Sunday when they tied the score in the seventh inning on a two-run double by Carlos Beltran.
A comeback victory was not forthcoming, however, as Francisco Lindor finished off his second straight three-hit game with a solo home run off Dellin Betances in the eighth inning that held up for a 4-3 victory for the Indians, who were 5-2 against the Yankees this year.
It was almost as painful a game for the Stadium crowd of 46,945 to watch as it was for Sabathia. This was an absolute walkathon with Yankees pitchers combining for 10 walks (four by Sabathia) and the Indians for six. Despite all those free base runners the Yankees allowed, the score stayed close because the Tribe was 1-for-10 (.100) with runners in scoring position and left 11 on base, which would have been more if the Yanks had not turned four double plays.
Sabathia's injury, which general manager Brian Cashman said would likely put him on the 15-day disabled list, botches plans the Yankees had of going to a six-man rotation with the return from the DL of Michael Pineda, who is scheduled to start Wednesday at the Stadium against the Astros.
The idea was to give an additional day of rest to all the starters, but that will have to go on hold for now. The Yankees could return Adam Warren to the rotation, but as well as he has pitched in relief they are reluctant to do that. The more likely choice for a sixth starter would be Bryan Mitchell, who was on the seven-day concussion list after being struck in the face by a batted ball Aug. 17. Cashman said Mitchell may pitch a simulated game this week.
All these pitching woes and the possibility the Yankees could drop out of first place put a damper on the special day for Pettitte, who might have been a big help had he been able to don a unifiorm.
Andy Pettitte's Monument Park plaque
Bernie thanks fans for the memories
Bernie Williams, a man of few words in his playing career, was downright eloquent in his remarks Sunday night in response to the Yankees' presenting him with a plaque in his honor in Monument Park and retiring his uniform No. 51.
Williams, whose last season with the Yankees was in 2005, was joined on the field by his mother, Rufina, his brother and his children as well as former Yankees executive Gene Michael, former manager Joe Torre, former coaches Roy White and Willie Randolph and former teammates David Cone, Tino Martinez, Paul O'Neill, Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada, Mariano Rivera and Derek Jeter.
Williams thanked Michael "for not trading me" when he was a younger player. He thanked White for helping him with his left-handed stance that made him more effective as a switch hitter and Randolph for the advice never to be afraid of success. He also thanked his old teammates for all their support during his 16-season career, all with the Yankees.
Manager Joe Girardi, another former teammate of Williams, presented Bernie's mom with a bouquet of flowers. Stephen Swindal Jr., grandson of the late Yankees owner George M. Steinbrenner, presented Williams a replica of his plaque. Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner present Bernie a milestone, diamond ring embossed with No. 51.
"Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought as a 17-year-old in Puerto Rico that I could be here this day," Bernie said. "I am overwhelmed. I remember something Joe Torre told me once. 'God does not give you the ability — he just lets you borrow it.' I want to thank God for letting me borrow the ability to play for this franchise all those years."
The years were filled with great memories on teams that won four World Series titles and was on the losing end of two other World Series, of exciting Division Series and League Championship Series games.
"I am frequently asked what my greatest memory as a player was," he said. "There were so many. I will say this: all those memories you fans were involved in every one of them."
Sunday night was yet one more.
Yankees deep-6 number for Joe Torre
And then there was one, which is actually two.
The discussion is about uniform numbers. The Yankees retired No. 6 for Joe Torre Saturday. It occurred to the popular former manager that the shortstop he brought to the major leagues and nurtured through his early career has another distinction besides being the Yankees' all-time leader in games played and hits.
Looking into the dugout where Derek Jeter was leaning against the railing from the top step, Torre said to the sellout crowd of 47,594 in the pregame ceremony, "There's one single digit left out there."
That would be Jeter's No. 2, the only single digit not yet retired by the Yankees but definitely will be at some point, perhaps as early as next year following his retirement. Yogi Berra, one of the two No. 8's retired (fellow catcher Bill Dickey is the other) took part in the ceremony, along with several former players, including two others who have had their uniform numbers retired, Reggie Jackson (44) and Ron Guidry (49).
Berra and Dickey are in that group of single-digit retired numbers that also features Billy Martin (1), Babe Ruth (3), Lou Gehrig (4), Joe DiMaggio (5), Mickey Mantle (7) and Roger Maris (9). So DJ now stands alone.
Torre, his wife Ali and other members of the family began the ceremony in Monument Park where he unveiled his number and plaque alongside Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner and general partner Jennifer Steinbrenner Swindal. They eventually made their way to the center of the field for the ceremony amid former players David Cone, Hideki Matsui, Paul O'Neill, Tino Martinez, Bernie Williams, Jorge Posada and Andy Pettitte; former coaches Guidry, Willie Randolph, Jose Cardenal and Lee Mazzilli; longtime managers Tony La Russa (who was inducted into the Hall of Fame this year with Torre) and Jim Leyland; former trainer Gene Monahan and Jackson.
An especially nice touch was Jeter escorting Jean Zimmer from the dugout to the field. Known by her nickname, "Soot," she is the widow of the late Don Zimmer, Joe's longtime bench coach. There was also a touching video message from former Yankees pitcher and pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre, who was unable to travel to the event.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi, who served for Torre both as a catcher and a bench coach, presented his old boss with a framed version of his Monument Park plaque. Hal Steinbrenner and his wife, Christina, presented a framed version of No. 6. Jennifer Steinbrenner Swindal on behalf of the organization gave Torre a diamond ring with No. 6 embossed in the center.
Observing all this from the visitor's dugout was another of Torre's former players, White Sox manager Robinb Ventura.
"It feels like the World Series all over again," Torre told the crowd. "To have a number retired for any team is something special, but when you're talking about the history and tradition of the New York Yankees, it is a feeling you can't describe. There wouldn't have been a Cooperstown without Yankee Stadium. I want to thank Randy Levine, Lonn Trost and Brian Cashman and the woman behind the scenes, Debbie Tymon, who does so much for this organization. Arthur Richman mentioned my name to George, but it was Stick Michael who recommended me for the job."
And what a job Torre did. The Yankees reached postseason play in all 12 of his managerial seasons and won six pennants and four World Series, including three in a row from 1998-2000.
Torre acknowledged his gratitude to the late owner George Steinbrenner for taking Gene Michael's advice and hiring him despite a resume that included mediocre results as a manager with the Mets, Braves and Cardinals, the same three clubs for whom he had played during a 16-season career. The kid from Brooklyn who grew up a New York Giants fan clearly fell in love with the pinstripes.
"George gave me the greatest opportunity in my professional life," Torre said, "I played in the majors for 16 years, but they could never match my 12 years in Yankees pinstripes. I will be forever grateful to the Steinbrenner family for trusting me with this team.
"One thing you never forget or lose feeling for are you people, all of you people, and it continues. I walk around and people thank me. They don't realize what a good time i had. New York fans make this city a small town. When you get to this ballpark you feel the heartbeat, and it's something that does not go away.
"It's a short distance from the old Stadium to here but a long, long way from the field to Monument Park. I was blessed to make that journey on the shoulders of some very special players."
In his previous managerial stops, Torre had worn No. 9, but he could not get that with the Yankees because it had been retired for Maris. Early in his playing career with the Braves, Torre wore No. 15 (his brother, Frank, had No. 14), but that was also not available with the Yankees since it was retired in honor of the late Thurman Munson.
Actually, Torre is one of four Hall of Famers who have worn No. 6 for the Yankees. Some fans may not know that Mickey Mantle wore No. 6 as a rookie in 1951 before switching to 7 the next year. Tony Lazzeri was the Yankees' first No. 6, followed by his successor at second base, Joe Gordon.
Perhaps some karma was in the air because the Yankees second baseman Saturday, Martin Prado, was a huge factor in their 5-3 victory over the White Sox that was a fitting accompaniment to the afternoon.
Prado, who won Friday night's game with a walk-off single in the ninth inning, had a part in four of the Yankees' runs Saturday. His bunt single in the second helped build a run that subsequently scored on a double play. He drove in two runs in the fourth with the first of his two doubles in the game. He also doubled in the sixth and scored on a fly ball by Stephen Drew. Carlos Beltran drove in the other Yanks' run in the sixth with his 15th home run.
Perhaps the only thing more appropriate would have been if the Yankees had scored six runs. What is definitely appropriate is that the number was retired for the person who wore it the longest, one more year than the player who had it for 11 seasons, Roy White (1969-79).
Now all that awaits is the day when Jeter, who got a rare day off Saturday, completes the single-digit retirement.
Torre steps into immortality
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — The annual pilgrimage to baseball's mythical birthplace never ceases in its appeal. It provides the chance to reflect on all that is good about the game as the Hall of Fame opens its doors to a new class of immortals.
And what a class in 2014! Former Yankees manager Joe Torre has more than 300 friends and relatives scattered all over this area to witness his induction Sunday alongside fellow managers Bobby Cox and Tony La Russa as well as pitchers Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine, the longtime Braves teammates, and first baseman Frank Thomas, one of two players with that name in town.
The other Frank Thomas, who was with the original Mets of 1962, is also here signing autographs on Main Street with Hall of Famers and non-Hall of Famers like Darryl Strawberry and Pete Rose. Also John Rocker, although I must say I have no idea why anyone would want his autograph.
Torre was feted Saturday night by the Yankees and Major League Baseball at a private party in a local brewery. Commissioner Bud Selig and Yankees managing partner Hal Steinbrenner spoke glowingly of Torre's contributions to the game and the franchise. Joe was gracious in his remarks, a sort of test run for the big speech he will on stage at the Clark Sports Center Sunday.
The city is abuzz with former Yankees here and there, including Hall of Famers Whitey Ford, Dave Winfield, Phil Niekro, Wade Boggs, Rickey Henderson and Goose Gossage. (Yogi Berra, not feeling well after a recent fall, canceled at the last minute. His boyhood friend from St. Louis, Joe Garagiola, also could not travel here to accept his Buck O'Neill Award Saturday at Doubleday Field but sent a taped message.)
Others here to witness Joe's induction include actor-comedian Billy Crystal, Yanks chief operating officer Lonn Trost, Gene Michael, Willie Randolph, Ron Guidry, Lee Mazzilli and others. Among the Hall of Famers who have longstanding relationships with Torre are Bob Gibson and Sandy Koufax, plus Tim McCarver, last year's Ford C. Frick Award winner for broadcasting.
This year's Frick Award winner, Eric Nadel, the Brooklyn-born Texas Rangers radio voice, gave a lusty speech at Saturday's ceremony. There was also a wonderful acceptance speech by New Yorker magazine's ageless (93 actually) Roger Angell, this year's J.G. Taylor Spink Award winner for baseball writing.
This is perfect company for Torre, whose 12 seasons at the helm of the Yankees continued the franchise's connection with success. He turned around the attitudes of many a Yankees hater from 1996 through 2007. His ascension into the Hall's gallery is long overdue.
Yanks to honor Mandela with plaque
Nelson Mandela Plaque (NY Yankees)
The Yankees will honor the late Nelson Mandela with a plaque in Yankee Stadium's Monument Park in ceremonies prior to Wednesday night's game against the Cubs as part of the Jackie Robinson Day tribute in which all players will don uniform No. 42.
The plaque will celebrate the former South African leader and commemorate his June 21, 1990 visit and address at the Stadium. On that historic day, Yankee Stadium was opened to fans, who were treated to musical performances from Richie Havens, Tracy Chapman, Mighty Sparrow and Judy Collins.
Mandela arrived at the Stadium at the end of the concert, following a day of meeting and addressing New Yorkers in various locations around the city. He spoke to the assembled crowd, then donned a Yankees cap and Yankees jacket and said, "You know who I am. I am a Yankee." At the time of his appearance, Mandela was just four months removed from having spent 27 years in prison.
Scheduled to be on hand for a late-afternoon press conference at the Stadium were Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner, team president Randy Levine, entertainer-activist Harry Belafonte, Zondwa Mandela (grandson of Nelson Mandela), George Monyemangene (South Africa Consul General), Sharon Robinson (daughter of Jackie Robinson) and Rev. Al Sharpton. Commissioner Bud Selig was to have attended the news conference, but he returned to Milwaukee after the originally scheduled ceremony was postponed due to Tuesday night's rainout.
The Yankees' first African-American player was Elston Howard, who made his major-league debut 59 years ago this week. He had 1-for-1 with one run batted in April 14, 1955 in an 8-4 loss at Boston.
Military Appreciation Day at Yankee Stadium
Saturday was Military Appreciation Day at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees paid tribute to members of the United States Military and in particular to the United States Special Operations Command. Special Operations consists of 62,000 Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps personnel that provides highly trained, rapidly deployable and regionally focused personnel in support of global requirements.
The Special Operations Command was the first on the ground in Afghanistan and during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. They are the most skilled and elite members of the military and are the backbone of the U.S. Armed Forces. Unfortunately, not all of amazing soldiers are fortunate to make it home. For the past 32 years, the Special Operations Warrior Foundation has been supporting families of those fallen Special Operations personnel by providing full college scholarships to their children.
In a pregame ceremony at the plate, Yankees managing general partner and member of the Warrior Foundation board of directors, Hal Steinbrenner and his wife Christina, were joined by Retired Air Force Colonel John Carney, former Commander of the 720th Special Tactics Group and president of the Warrior Foundation.
Other special individuals who took part in the ceremony:
Chad Patton, the son of U.S. Army Sergeant Major Jerry Patton, who lost his life in a parachute accident in 2008. Through funding by the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, Chad Patton graduated from Campbell University in 2011 with a Bachelor's Degree in Exercise and Sports Science. He currently serves as a 2nd Lieutenant with the 82nd Airborne Division.
Tori Johnson, the daughter of Air Force Tech Sergeant Robert Johnson, who died in an aircraft incident in 2002. Through funding by the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, Tori Johnson graduated from Gonzaga University in 2012 with a Bachelor's Degree in Public Relations.
Neil Friedman and his wife Amanda presented a $50,000 check to the Warrior Foundation on behalf of their Friedman Family Foundation.
Caitlin and Tommy Clancy presented a check for $75,000 from the CohnReznick 22nd Annual Charity Golf Invitational to bring its total contribution to the Warrior Foundation to nearly $600,000. CohnReznick Cares, the charitable initiative of CohnReznick – the 11th largest accounting, tax and advisory firm in the United States – supports children in need.
The Brass Unit from the 99th Regional Army Support Band, consisting of members from the 94th Army Band of East Windsor, Conn., and the 78th Army Band of Fort Dix, N.J., performed the Armed Forces Medley while local active service members were positioned on the outfield warning track.
The New York City Joint Service Color Guard presented the colors. In center field, a giant American flag was unfurled by active duty members representing all branches of the military during the playing of the Star Spangled Banner. A moment of silence was observed in honor of the late Yankees principal owner George M. Steinbrenner III, who passed away three years ago Saturday.
The ceremonial first pitch was thrown out by U.S. Air Force Colonel Shelley Rodriguez, a 20-year Air Force Special Operations veteran and an evaluator pilot with more than 3,400 hours in the MC-130P Combat Shadow. She has commanded troops in Afghanistan, leading forces in the Battle of Marjeh, the largest battle since the start of the war. Under her command, her troops pioneered four separate command firsts, changing the tactics of special operations aviation on the battlefield. For the past four years, Col. Rodriguez has served as Commander of the 67th Special Operations Squadron in Mildenhall, England.
The Yankees wore camouflage-style caps and uniform jersey numbers during the game against the Twins in honor of Military Appreciation Day.
ACC aligns with New Era Pinstripe Bowl
Would the late George Steinbrenner ever be excited about this? The New Era Pinstripe Bowl has grown in merely three years to the extent that it now has affiliations with two of the top college football conferences. The Yankees and the New Era Pinstripe Bowl announced Tuesday a multi-year partnership with the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The six-year affiliation between the two renowned brands includes the ACC's commitment to play in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl from 2014-19. Beginning in 2014, the ACC will face off against the Big Ten Conference, which entered into a multi-year partnership with the Yankees and the New Era Pinstripe Bowl June 3, in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium.
"The addition of the ACC to the New Era Pinstripe Bowl, along with the Big Ten, will provide an annual matchup of some of college football's top-tier programs," Yankees managing partner Hal Steinbrenner said. "With outstanding institutions all along the East Coast as well as the Northeast, the ACC is an attractive participant and partner for the New Era Pinstripe Bowl. We look forward to hosting the ACC, its fans and alumni in New York City for years to come during the holiday season."
"The partnership between the ACC and the New Era Pinstripe Bowl makes sense on so many levels and we are extremely pleased that one of the league's football teams will be showcased in this game annually," ACC commissioner John Swofford said. "With our 15-member conference stretching along the entire Atlantic Coast, this will be a great opportunity for our fans and alums to connect in the media capital of world and with one of the most storied and successful franchises in sports."
Yankees president Randy Levine called it a "phenomenal partnership" and that George Steinbrenner would be very pleased.
"Except for the Yankees, football was the Boss' greatest passion," Levine said. "He always believed college football would be a major success in the new Yankee Stadium. What we have done in just three years has been to have a bowl game that is second to none except for the Bowl Championship Series."
And Levine did not rule out the possibility down the line that the Stadium could be the site of a BCS semifinal game or even the BCS title game itself.
Established in 2010, the New Era Pinstripe Bowl has featured some of the most memorable moments of bowl seasons in just three short years, including the exciting finish in the inaugural 2010 game in which Kansas State missed a game-tying two-point conversion in the final minute, and the record-setting 213-yard rushing performance by Syracuse's Prince-Tyson Gulley in last year's game.
The 2012 New Era Pinstripe Bowl featured six 2013 National Football League draft picks, including each of the game's starting quarterbacks – Syracuse's Ryan Nassib (Giants) and West Virginia's Geno Smith (Jets).
The 2012 New Era Pinstripe Bowl, a 38-14 Syracuse victory over West Virginia, recorded a 3.9 household coverage rating. For bowls played prior to New Year's Day, only the Chick-fil-A Bowl (5.6) and the Alamo Bowl (4.8) recorded better overall ratings. After drawing a 2.5 total rating in 2011, the New Era Pinstripe Bowl's 56-perecent ratings increase was second largest for all bowls on ESPN this past season through Jan. 1, 2013. Only the Armed Forces Bowl (+62%) bested the New Era Pinstripe Bowl for largest HH increase in 2012 vs. 2011.
Additionally, the New Era Pinstripe Bowl has seen increased attendance each of its first three years of existence, including a record 41,203 in 2012.
"The New Era Pinstripe Bowl in its short history has featured great match-ups and delivered exciting football to fans," New Era chief executive officer Christopher H. Koch said. "The addition of the Atlantic Coast Conference takes this event to the next level."
The 2013 New Era Pinstripe Bowl will take place Saturday, Dec. 28, and be nationally televised by ESPN, which has also secured national and local radio rights for ESPN Radio. Fans are encouraged to visit newerapinstripebowl.com, the official website of the New Era Pinstripe Bowl, for access to up-to-the-moment information regarding the game and to sign up to volunteer.
In the week prior to the New Era Pinstripe Bowl game, players, coaches and university staff take part in a variety of events, showcasing their respective universities to the New York metropolitan area. Special events, promotions and community outreach will take place throughout New York City during the week of the bowl game to create an unforgettable experience for fans, families, players and staffs of the two teams.
Prior to the inception of the New Era Pinstripe Bowl in 2010, the last college football bowl game had been played in the Bronx in 1962 when Nebraska edged Miami (Fla.), 36-34, in the Gotham Bowl at the original Yankee Stadium.
The Atlantic Coast Conference, now in its 60th year of competition, has long enjoyed the reputation as one of the strongest and most competitive intercollegiate conferences in the nation. Since the league's inception in 1953, ACC schools have captured 127 national championships – 67 in women's competition and 60 in men's. In addition, NCAA individual titles have gone to ACC student-athletes 146 times in men's competition and 102 times in women's action.
New Era Pinstripe Bowl partners up with Big Ten
The Yankees and the New Era Pinstripe Bowl announced Monday a partnership with the Big Ten Conference. The eight-year affiliation will cover the period from 2014 through 2021 marks the first bowl tie-in for the conference on the East Coast where it has recently expanded with the additions of Rutgers and Maryland.
"The Big Ten Conference playing college football at Yankee Stadium is something I know my father would have been proud to see come to fruition," Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner said. "Welcoming a national powerhouse conference like the Big Ten to participate in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl and partner with the New York Yankees for years to come only expands the prestige of our great annual bowl game in New York City."
Former Yankees owner George Steinbrenner's interest in Big Ten football extended to his taunting shortstop Derek Jeter, who attended the University of Michigan, whenever Ohio State defeated the Wolverines. As Hal Steinbrenner pointed out in Monday's news conference at the Stadium his mother attended Ohio State and his father coached football at Northwestern and Purdue.
"Our family has a strong Big Ten connection," he said.
"Once we saw the success of the New Era Pinstripe Bowl it became obvious – especially with the Big Ten's growing East Coast footprint – that being in the media capital of the world at one of sports' most renowned venues was a natural pairing," Big Ten commissioner James Delany said. "By agreeing to an eight-year partnership, it increases the likelihood that most of the Big Ten schools will have the opportunity to participate in the game while giving our coaches, student athletes, administrators and fans the opportunity to experience the nation's biggest metropolis and an iconic setting like Yankee Stadium."
Established in 2010, the New Era Pinstripe Bowl has featured some of the most memorable moments of bowl seasons in a short period, including the inaugural 2010 game in which Kansas State missed a potential game-tying, two-point conversion in the final minute and the record-setting 208-yard rushing performance by Syracuse's Prince-Tyson Gulley in last year's game.
The 2012 New Era Pinstripe Bowl featured six 2013 National Football League draft picks, including each of the game's starting quarterbacks – Syracuse's Ryan Nassib (Giants) and West Virginia's Geno Smith (Jets).
"A lot of people were skeptical at the beginning, but in three years it has been a great success,"
Yankees president Randy Levine said of the New Era Pinstripe Bowl. "There is no better place during the holiday season than New York City. They make movies and write songs about New York at that time of year. We thank the Big 12 for its involvement, but the Big 10 is much more geographically suited for us. The Boss is smiling tonight."
Syracuse's 38-14 victory over West Virginia recorded a 3.9 household rating. For bowls played prior to New Year's Day, only the Chick-fil-A Bowl (5.6) and the Alamo Bowl (4.8) had better overall ratings. After drawing a 2.5 total rating in 2011, the New Era Pinstripe Bowl's 56-percent ratings increase was the second largest for all bowls on ESPN this past season through Jan. 1, 2013. Only the Armed Forces Bowl (plus 62 percent) bested the New Era Pinstripe Bowl for the largest ratings increase from 2011 to 2012.
In addition, the New Era Pinstripe Bowl has had increased attendance in each of its first three years with a record crowd of 41,203 in 2012.
"As we continue to build equity in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl, partnering with the Big Ten Conference will bring a whole new level of premier talent to this event," New Era chief executive officer Christopher Koch said. "We're excited to have such a prestigious conference on board."
The 2013 New Era Pinstripe Bowl will take place Saturday, Dec. 28. It will be national televised by ESPN, which has also secured national and local radio rights for ESPN Radio. Fans are encouraged to visit newerapinstriplebowl.com, the game's official website, for access to up-to-the-moment information and sign up to volunteer.
In the week before the New Era Pinstripe Bowl, players, coaches and university staff take part in a variety of events, showcasing their respective universities to the New York metropolitan area. Special events, promotions and community outreach will take place throughout New York City during the week of the bowl game.
Prior to the inception of the New Era Pinstripe Bowl in 2010, the last college football game that had been played in the Bronx was in 1962 when Nebraska edged Miami (Fla.), 36-34, in the Gotham Bowl at the original Yankee Stadium.
New York City FC hires 1st employee
Claudio Reyna became the first employee of New York City Football Club by being named director of football Wednesday. Reyna will be responsible for building the soccer elements of the New York City FC organization, including the recruitment of players, coaches and trainers, and other support staff, in preparation for the team's inaugural Major League Soccer season in 2015.
The announcement took place at PS 72 (Lexington Academy) in East Harlem, which boasts the city's only rooftop soccer field and was donated by Manchester City Football Club in 2010. This facility provides quality soccer instruction and programming to thousands of children in 20 city public schools each year.
New York City FC, the MLS expansion team, was unveiled Tuesday as part of a partnership of two global sports powers, the Yankees and Manchester City FC. The Club will become MLS's 20th team. Managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner and president Randy Levine represented the Yankees.
In announcing the appointment of Reyna, Manchester City chief executive officer Ferran Soriano noted Reyna's significant contributions to soccer in the United States, both as a player and in his position as youth technical director of the U.S. Soccer Federation, a post he has held since 2010.
"Finding the right person for this role and getting him in place from the start was a priority," Soriano said. "The football culture of New York City FC will be built from this decision, and we believe Claudio is the man who uniquely understands what New York soccer should mean, and how it can benefit from the relationship with Manchester City FC."
"Having had the privilege of playing both for my country here in the U.S. and for Manchester City FC in England, I could not have hoped for a more tailored-made opportunity in soccer," Reyna said. "I am incredibly excited to again wear City's 'Sky Blue' as part of the expansion of the MLS and the growth of soccer in the United States, and am honored to have been offered this opportunity. With a large fan base through the New York area, prime television rights and distribution, sponsorship commitments, and the Yankees as a U.S. partner, the New York City Football Club has everything in place to succeed."
New York City FC will be an independent club that mirrors and benefits from its relationship with Manchester City Football Club, allowing both organizations to collaborate on community programs and other team aspects, such as global youth development and scouting, coaching, sports science and first team football operations. Reyna will work closely with Manchester City's Brian Marwood, managing director of City Football Academy; Txiki Begiristain, director of football, and World Cup winner Patrick Vieira, head of elite development squad.
Reyna had an illustrious professional career as a player in Europe and the U.S. for more than 12 years, including at Manchester City FC from 2003-2007. The two-time Olympian represented the U.S. National team in four World Cups from 1994 through 2006 and was team captain in 2002 and 2006.


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|Amanda Seyfried Actress, Mamma Mia! Amanda Seyfried was born and raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to Ann (Sander), an occupational therapist, and Jack Seyfried, a pharmacist. She is of German, and some English and Scottish, ancestry. She began modeling when she was eleven, and acted in high school productions as well as taking singing lessons...
|Christine Taylor Actress, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
|Dane DeHaan Actor, Chronicle Dane DeHaan has made a formidable impression on film and television audiences and is one of the industry's most sought after actors of his generation. Dane is shooting Gore Verbinski's A Cure for Wellness and will soon begin production starring in Luc Besson's Valerian. DeHaan has recently finished shooting the indie...
|Michaela Conlin Actress, Bones
|Aimee Mullins Self, TEDTalks Growing up between Pennsylvania and County Clare, Ireland, Aimee found her love of performance at an early age, and has defied conventional description ever since. Aimee first brought international attention as an athlete. Being the first person in history to compete in the NCAA as an amputee, she sprinted...
|Tim Heidecker Writer, Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
|Dana Snyder Actor, Aqua Teen Hunger Force
|Lara Jill Miller Actress, Gimme a Break! After appearing on Broadway in "The Music Man" with Dick Van Dyke and starring as "Samantha" on the NBC series Gimme a Break! for 6 seasons, Lara Jill graduated from NYU, Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa. She then earned her JD from Fordham Law and passed the NY, NJ and PA Bars. Upon her return to LA...
|Stefanie Black Actress, Casual
|Carson Kressley Costume and Wardrobe Department, Queer Eye Carson Lee Kressley was born on 11 November 1969 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA. Growing up, he was very interested in horses and owned his first pony (named Sparky) when he was five years old. Carson still loves horses and is now a world champion equestrian. In 1987, he graduated high school and went...
|Andrea Tantaros Self, The Five
|Seregon O'Dassey Writer, Absynthia
|Dave Alspach Actor, The Flag Born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Dave was instilled with an unflinching spirit to perform daring stunts. At the age of 18, he toured the Pocono and Catskill Mountains as a professional diver with the 'John D. O'Keefe Aqua Revue'. This professed (and possessed) stunt daredevil would set himself ablaze and plunge into a pool 60 feet below his platform...
|Devon Actress, Pirates
|Jack Stehlin Actor, General Hospital A descendant of circus trapeze artists, jugglers, and acrobats on one side of his family, and coal miners and minor league ball players on the other side, Stehlin began his career at New York's prestigious Juilliard School, landing a role in Henry VI, Part I with fellow alums Kevin Spacey, Val Kilmer and Mandy Patinkin...
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|Lauren Ashburn Self, Media Buzz Lauren Ashburn is a frequent Fox News commentator who appears with Bill O'Reilly, Neil Cavuto and on the Sunday program, MediaBuzz. She has also written numerous columns for the Fox News website on such topics as women in the workplace, motherhood issues, and her views as a pro-life Catholic. She's...
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|Julie Gudz Actress, The Wolf of Wall Street Julie Gudz was born on August 21, 1987 and grew up in Center Valley, PA. She graduated from Millersville University in 2010 receiving her Bachelors Degree in Communication and Theatre. She has been involved in theater, acting, and dance since the age of 3. She is now living in Los Angeles, CA.
|Ed Bryce Actor, Guiding Light
|Michael J. Kraycik Actor, Silver Linings Playbook Michael (Mike) Kraycik attended Kutztown University where he majored in Kutztown's World-renowned BFA Communication Design program. Widely recognized as one of the Nation's top visual and performing arts colleges, the Kutztown Communication Design curriculum fuses graphic design and advertising methodologies with fundamentals in traditional and new media arts...
|Jaclyn Case Actress, Psycho Sleepover
|Peter Gruner Actor, WCW Souled Out
|Keith Jarrett Soundtrack, Samsara
|James McAndrew Actor, God Bless America
|Jana Sommers Actress, Deep Rising
|Darenzia Elizabeth Actress, The Asylum
|Geofrey Hildrew Editor, Once Upon a Time Geofrey Hildrew, ACE, is an American Film Editor / Director. He was raised in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Geofrey has a Bachelor's degree in English Literature from Columbia University and a Masters degree in Film Production from the University of Southern California. In New York, he worked for Barbara DeFina and Martin Scorsese's Cappa Productions before moving to Los Angeles...
|Isaac Zimmerman Director, The Intrusion Isaac Zimmerman was born and raised in Allentown Pennsylvania. He has created several commercials for TV which he himself has either done voice over for, or has acted in. Isaac has since then gone on to create quite a few comedic short films for the Internet to moderate success. Isaac's first major non comedic short was 2016's 'The Intrusion' to which he wrote/produced/acted and directed.
|Stefan Kumor Actor, Jess Archer Versus
|Brianna Shea Russo Actress, College Road Trip
|Jack Merluzzi Actor, After Burner Climax
|Richie Fine Actor, The Velvet Mafia: Part 2
|Jeff Seidman Editorial Department, Dirty Jobs
|Steven Ameche Actor, Casual Sex? Born in Allentown, Pennsylvania but grew up in Philadelphia. Steven Ameche began his career as a musician playing with such notables as Janet Jackson, Philip Bailey, Gary US Bonds and many others. In 1983 Ameche was asked to perform as a actor/musician on MGM's television series Fame. It was the first time he had entered a film set and he was immediately smitten...
|Brian Yandrisovitz Actor, Trailer Court Justice
|Jerry Saganowich Actor, WrestleMania VII
|Robert Nassry Actor, Skippy Robert was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Temple University in Philadelphia and has been living in Venice, CA ever since. He is married to actor Karen Taucher.
|Rick Stear Actor, Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five
|Allen P. Haines Director, The 81st Annual Academy Awards
|Jason Hale Actor, Prime Time
|Joe Wehinger Director, The American Standards Born and raised in Pennsylvania, Joe produced and directed television programming for local RCN Cable TV until he moved to Los Angeles in 2000. Later in 2000, Kodak Film selected Joe to attend the 'Cannes International Film Festival' and represent the United States. In 2001, Joe's thesis film, Last Breath...
|Krocky Meshkin Producer, I Love Money
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Classical Kids Wednesday 25 December 2013
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The word 'concerto' means to come together in harmony, but also to fight against each other! This morning we'll hear concertos that feature solo instruments with orchestra; all playing their own part but also coming together to form one great concerto. Tune in to hear a Trumpet Concerto by Haydn, a Piano Concerto by Rachmaninov, a Violin Concerto by Mendelssohn and a Clarinet Concerto by Mozart. We'll also hear the story of the Three Little PIgs read by Rosaleen Linehan.
When the French composer Darius Milhaud visited America, he heard jazz music for the very first time and liked it so much, he used so started to write in that style. On Sunday we'll hear the Scaramouche Suite and part of his Carnival for London and we'll visit some wonderful wizards with music from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and The Sorceror's Apprentice by Paul Dukas...
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Operating Hours
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HAPPY HOUR (members only) 5 PM -7 PM
The Kitchen is open Wednesday till Friday 5 PM - 10 PM
Contact: 212-532-4515
Come and enjoy home cooked Estonian food!
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Bar and Café closed for the summer. Re-opening September 10th, 2016.
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Lakewoodi Eesti Mängud
July 29.-31, 2016
Friday golf, bowling
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Seniors Preston Medlin and Spencer Butterfield combined for 34 points to lead Utah State men's basketball to a hard-fought, 71-64, win at UC Santa Barbara Saturday night at UCSB's Thunderdome, to improve to 3-0 for the first time since 2008-09. Medlin also became the 36th player in school history to reach 1,000 career points.
The 3-0 start is the sixth under head coach Stew Morrill, and the best since going 5-0 in 2008-09. UCSB is 2-1 after the loss. Saturday was the 64th meeting between the Aggies and Gauchos, which is the 11th-oldest rivalry in USU history, with Utah State now leading the all-time series, 40-24. USU has won seven of the last eight meetings overall and now lead, 16-13, in games played at Santa Barbara.
Medlin, a guard, netted a game-high 18 points, going over 1,000 career points, becoming the 36th player in USU history to reach the 1,000 points plateau, and he now has 1,011 points, climbing up to No. 34, passing Bill Hull (1951-54) with 1,007 points. Medlin needs three points to tie former teammate Tyler Newbold (2008-11) at No. 33 with 1,014 points. Medlin made four three-pointers on the night.
Butterfield, a guard/forward, added 16 points also hitting four three-pointers to tie a career-high. He also snared seven rebounds.
Junior forward Ben Clifford added 10 points, including 6-of-6 at the free throw line, all coming in the last 5:01 of the game, including four in the final 20 seconds to secure the win.
Senior center Jarred Shaw posted nine points and nine rebounds, leading USU to a 38-25 rebounding advantage. Fellow senior, guard TeNale Roland added eight points, hitting a pair of three-pointers.
The Aggies were 22-of-52 (42.3 percent) from the field, making 10-of-21 (47.6 percent) from three-point range as well as 17-of-19 (89.5 percent) at the free throw line.
The Gauchos were 48.0 percent (24-of-50) field goal shooting, including 33.3 percent (6-of-18) behind the arc and 55.6 percent (10-of-18) at the charity stripe.
UCSB, which was without its leading scorer center Alan Williams, who suffered back spasms during warm-ups, was led by 15 points by Michael Bryson. Sam Beeler added 14 and Kyle Boswell tossed in 11. Taran Brown led UCSB with seven rebounds.
After the Gauchos scored the first bucket, Roland and Butterfield hit treys for a 6-2 USU lead less than two minutes into the action. The Aggie advantage grew to 27-19 with 5:39 left in the half after a pair of free throws by junior center Jordan Stone. USU took a 39-29 lead into halftime as Medlin hit a triple from the right corner with 1:24 left in the half, that put him over the 1,000-point mark.
The Gauchos charged out of intermission with an 11-0 run to take a 40-39 lead with 17:27 on the clock on a Bryson layup. Later, after UCSB took a 44-43 lead on a Boswell layup, Medlin hit a three-pointer to spark 13-2 USU run, capped by back-to-back Butterfield triples from the top of the arc for a 56-46 led with 10:48 to go. The Gauchos got within 58-54 at the 6:02 mark on a jumper by Zalmico Harmon, but Roland hit a three-pointer on USU's next possession and UCSB didn't get within four until 30.9 seconds left on a layup by Bryson cut the gap to 67-64. However Clifford hit two free throws with 22.8 on the clock and two more with 9.0 ticks to seal the victory.
USU returns home to the friendly confines of the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum, to host Southeastern Conference foe, Mississippi State on Saturday, Nov. 23 at 7:05 p.m. at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. Mississippi State will be the first SEC opponent to visit Logan since Arkansas did so on Dec. 27, 1971, won by USU, 95-94, in OT. MSU will only be the third SEC team to play at USU, as LSU played in Logan on Dec. 30, 1970, also won by the Aggies, 97-81, for USU's 2-0 home mark against SEC foes. Utah State is 0-1 against the Bulldogs of MSU, losing on the road, 66-64, on Dec. 31, 2011.
USU men's basketball single-game, multi-game and season tickets are on sale. All single-game tickets will go on sale two weeks prior to each game. Single-game tickets will cost $18 for non-priority and $20 for priority, as well as $25 for premium games against Mississippi State (Nov. 23), BYU (Nov. 30 in Salt Lake City) and UNLV (Feb. 15).
Utah State men's basketball season ticket renewals and new season tickets are also still on sale. Season tickets start at $230 and they include all 20 home games as well as the BYU game at EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City on Nov. 30. Big Blue Scholarship Fund per seat commitment fees apply, ranging from $100-$900 per seat in addition to ticket cost.
Family Plans are also available for purchase at $800 (two adults and three Jr Aggies). Please be aware that there is a limit of one Family Plan per household.
To order a package or for more Aggie men's basketball ticket information, fans can contact the USU Athletics Ticket Office over the phone by calling 1-888-USTATE-1 or 435-797-0305 during regular hours of operation. Fans can also buy their tickets in person at the USU Ticket Office inside the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum or online by clicking on the "Buy Tickets" tab at www.UtahStateAggies.com.
Fans can follow the Aggie men's basketball program at twitter.com/AggieHoops. USU fans can also follow the Utah State athletic program at twitter.com/USUAthletics, on facebook at Utah State University Athletics or on instagram at instagram.com/USUAthletics.
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- Installing and configuring Moodle
- Preparing media files for distribution inside a Moodle course
- Posting instructions on the course home page
- Setting up course-specific glossaries and databases
- Building assignments students can complete online
- Using Moodle's built-in email and discussion boards
- Creating a wiki inside Moodle for students to build and contribute content
- Developing multimedia exams to assess course comprehension
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The next step in setting up our quiz is to begin adding the questions that we created inside of our question bank into this quiz. So make sure you are inside of your quiz and then select the Edit tab. We next want to select the Category of questions that we want to pull from. In our case, we want the Default for Coral Reef Ecology. This will bring up a listing of all of the questions that we have created in the previous exercises. Next, we'll go through and check the box next to all the questions that we want to add. In our case, we'll add all of the questions except for the 0103015 and 016 questions. If we wanted to add an individual question, we could press the double-headed arrow that's pointing to the left next to the question and it would add it over into the questions in our quiz.
But since we are going to add of the questions, we'll check all of the boxes for the questions that we want to use, then scrolling down, we'll click on the button for Add to quiz. That adds all the different questions that we have selected into our quiz. We can then control the order of the questions by clicking the Up and Down arrows. In our case, we want to have the essay question that we wrote to show up at the very bottom of our quiz. So we'll click the Down arrow several times in order to move the Essay question down to the bottom.
If we want to control the order of any of the other questions, we could move those up by simply selecting the question that we want, in this case the Multiple Choice question and clicking the Up arrow and it will move that question up to the top. We have a listing of what all the grade values for each question are. We can change each value here, if we would like. We'll go and leave all of our set to 1. This gives us a total of points. We can then set the Maximum grade for this quiz to whatever value that we want. In our case, we'll set this to 8 as well.
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Each question can then be clicked on. Diploria labyrinthiformis. We'll click the Back button and since that's the correct answer, we'll check that box then click Submit. We'll then go to the next question down at the bottom by clicking the Next button, where we can select the correct name for each of our different organisms. In this case we have got Mithrax sculptus, Porites asteroides, Acropora palmata. We'll click the Submit button. We can see that we've got all of those correct.
We will go to the Next button. Here we are seeing our question that we imported from Blackboard, What specific type of body cavity is found in the organism depicted in the figure above? We'll scroll down and select acoelomate. Click the Submit button. That's correct. We'll come down and click the Next button. Hermatypic corals have a relatively specific temperature range. We can give any temperature range between 18 and 32 degrees. So we'll give it 28, hit Submit.
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I started a thread a few months ago and most of the replies were "She's almost there!". Well she's not... here's an update.
My daughter (now 27 months), EC'ed part to full time since 4 months old, has 100% regressed, and I'm trying to figure out why. I had almost claimed graduate at about 20 months, but she quickly turned the tables.
She was taking herself to the potty consistently, with a rare pee miss (zero poop misses in MONTHS), when she started eliminating on the floor. Almost as if on purpose. I blew it off as experimenting, but when she started pooping on the floor, I knew something was off. By 22 months she was having almost full misses. By 23 months she would still accept the potty, but only on her terms (and catches were rare). By 24 or 25 months, she was refusing completely both the potty, and clothes (underwear or diapers were NOT an option). Around 25 months she accepted pull ups (I was sick of dealing with clean up several times per day, and pullups were easier for when we left the house).
She would also remain dry at every time we left the house, and pee as soon as we got home from roughly 14 months to a few months ago. It was just routine. We go out, we come home, we pee. Not once did we have a pee miss outside of the house.
Today (27 months) she'll take underwear, diapers, pull ups, pants, doesn't matter. But she'll wet herself (the entire leg of her pants will get wet and still leave a puddle) or poop in her underwear, and not tell us. Sometimes she even complains if we try to change her out of wet pants. Pee misses outside of the house happen at almost every trip.
She's better at sitting on the potty, but I don't even remember the last time we had a catch. It's easily been months.
I had a baby (EC'ed since birth) shortly after this started, but it got REALLY bad when we took a long road trip to visit family when he was 6 weeks old, and I haven't been able to get it back on track ever since (he's seven months now).
There's no sign of a UTI, and she doesn't drink a lot of water (she's well hydrated, and she only pees once every few hours).
What's going on here? Does anyone have any suggestions?
Food issues?
Did she have any constipation back before this all started?
Does she seem to have any trouble feeling things on her legs?
How does she respond to diaper changes?
Any rashes?
Bother, I know you've already looked into everything that I can think of.
What you describe feels like a medical problem to me, but I don't know what sort of medical problem there could be or how you'd get a doctor to take things seriously enough to really check things out.
Nothing "went wrong." EC works great for some kids, and makes little or no difference in the actual potty learning of others. I think I had responded in your previous thread, mentioning my son who appeared to have "graduated" around 2 1/2, then regressed so much after the birth of my daughter that he truly was toilet trained at 3 years and 9 months. My daughter is just about 2 1/2 now; for a while she had completely regressed as well, she is down to 1-2 misses a day now, but doesn't care at all when she has accidents, also not cooperating when needing to be changed. I'm expecting another baby in the spring, and am fully prepared to watch her regress again. It will be nice if she doesn't, but completely expected if she does.
Great when EC works out and children are diaper-free and accident-free by 18 months, or whatever early age makes some parents happy. But so what if they are not; they will be toilet-trained eventually. At least the potty/toilet is not some inexplicable new thing to them, and you saved some diapers or did less diaper laundry along the way.
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What were some of your favorite memories as a Golden Gopher swimmer?
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Another one of my favorite memories was placing 9th as a team at the NCAA championships in 2011. It was one of those meets where every performance was great and we had fun and stayed true to ourselves all the way through. Two of our swimmers were even shown on the ESPN airing of the meet dancing while cheering during the last session! We walked away as a top-10 NCAA team and with 3 individual event champions, myself included.
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Subband coding is not the same as ADPCM. Is there any source that supports the content of this article? Or should I just flush it and put the scheme that James L. Flanagan invented? Dicklyon (talk) 18:15, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
I think it's closer to a real article now. I havne't found good support for my recollection that Flanagan invented it, but I think it's out there... Dicklyon (talk) 02:07, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
This article is absolutely useless.[edit]
Where's the details?! there's nothing that actually matters in this article at all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bumblebritches57 (talk • contribs) 23:57, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
- At least one editor looks forward to your Bumblebritches57 improvementsSovalValtos (talk) 15:57, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
- SovalValtos, there are established authorities who could contribute to Wikipedia, but they won't. You know why? It's because Wikipedia has no peer review and allow anyone to make changes willy-nilly. Oh, sure, someone who's willing to bird-dog the subject can review the changes and revert, in part or in toto, but that's exactly what the established authorities don't want to be obliged to do. --MarkFilipak (talk) 01:41, 19 April 2015 (UTC)
- At least one editor looks forward to your Bumblebritches57 improvementsSovalValtos (talk) 15:57, 25 September 2014 (UTC)