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Located in Fira, this hotel is within a 5-minute walk of Plateia Theotokopoulou, Museum of Prehistoric Thira, and Archaeological Museum. Santorini Folklore Museum and Megaro Gyzi Museum are also within 5 minutes.
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SALISBURY, Md. - The Loyola men's and women's cross country teams got the 2013 seasons underway Saturday at the Seagull Open held at Winter Park Place in Salisbury, Md., as the women finished third and men came in seventh.
"Things went very well today," said head coach Rick Woods. "We ran this as a workout, and I'm very pleased how everyone performed."
Senior Kiera Harrison was the top Greyhound finisher, as she took third among 110 competitors. The veteran distance runner nearly broke into the top-10 program category with a time of 22:07.17, just seven seconds off the number 10 spot.
Anna Bosse finished just outside the top-10, taking 11th with a time of 22:56.36. Kelly Maguire (23:36.23) and Erica Canas (23:47.24) crossed the finish line 11 seconds apart. The two finished 19th and 21st, respectively. The final three point scorers for Loyola were Jessica Peters (23:59.90) in 26th, Sara Gilson (24:14:33) in 32nd, and Rachel Nerenberg (24:18.29) in 34th place.
Other Loyola female runners were Sarah Askine (24:47.23), Mary DeGregorio (25:30.30), Kelsey Killoran (25:31.50), Laura Watters (25:40.00), Caitlyn McGuinness (26:35.06), and Emily Richards (29:40.90).
Loyola's women finished with 64 points, just nine points behind Rowan University the second place finisher. Fellow Baltimore neighbor Johns Hopkins took first on the women's side.
On the men's side, rookie Chris Regan finished 25th, with a time of 27:46.89. Michael Michon (28:14.59) and Patrick Makles (28:18.47) each crossed the finish line 37th and 39th,. Kevin Montgomery and Samuel Ballard were the next two Greyhounds to finish the 8k race, with times of 28:40.56 and 28:49.05, respectively in 53rd and 58th place. Freshmen Bradley Beard (29:03.18) and Dominic Piedmont (29:39.89) were the final Greyhounds to add points to the effort.
Other Greyhound runners were Nick Barletta (29:51.38), Tom Porth (30:07.66), Zach Nerenberg (30:10.74), Chris O'Brien (30:39.94), Ryan Blake (31:19.94), Sean Brennan (31:46.58), Giles Mosher (32:09.84), and Chris Graham (33:17.28).
Patriot League member, Navy, took top team honors for the men. The midshipmen finished with 29 points.
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I learned to ski at Alpy when I was 2, I am 20 now. I have skied at many other places in the USA and Canada and still return to Alpental. I consider Alpental to be separate from the summit at snoqualmie as it is so different. They have the steeps, the cliffs, and the adrenaline packed thrills. Right as you drive to the parking lot at Alpy you know just from looking at it, that it truly is hardcore stuff. Alpental totals 825 acres, with 500 of them in the backcountry. The BC at Alpy may be dangerous but thats what makes it tough and fun, you have to be very experienced when you enter. And the Steeps? Runs such as Upper International, Felsen and Adrenalin will charge you up. Hit-rich high-banked terrain? Try Edelweiss Bowl or Snake Dance. Alpental is the reason I'm here. I've spent time at Jackson Hole and been to a lot of places. It's a mean hill. It's got its own niche. It's a diehard skier's mountains. People go there because of the top (as in Steepsville) and the snowfall and it delivers, especially with the backcountry. If you want a adrenaline rush and want some steep rigid cliffs and terrain be sure to make a trip to Alpental. On a great day, with drier snow, you will not regret anything. Alpy truly is a Gem not many people know about.
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Topics about the usage of video effects and transitions provided by Kdenlive
My goal is to use a graphical element, which has to move into the screen, hanging there for a while and moving out fluently.
I designed a title (svg) and with the animation settings of the clip properties it moves in and out of the screen correctly. But is there a way to speed up this animation? Adjusting de 'duration' won't. And how can I realize the element will stay still for a moment (halfway its animation)?
Could I suggest to have the default record with centre point be the default record and it might or might not act as the first record of the clip on the effect's time-line. The reason being is that if I need to start the zooming of a clip at the beginning and changed the default x,y and zooming factor on the first record, the centre point is lost, and I lost the centre referenced point. There are two ways out of this.
Somewhere deep in kdenlive's pipeline there seems to be an ugly bug which causes kdenlive to not properly apply its effects and transitions after some editing. For curiosity, a restart usually helps, but often then I still need to select another clip first, move forth and back and only then kdenlive seems to resync. And then looses soon again.
On my timeline I basically have to clips with a set of effects attached. And the upper clip is composed to the outcome of the lower clip effects.
I've basically a translate and resize effect put on a clip, followed by some color correction and finally translate, resize, and crop. The reason to do this way is that I'm using the first trans&resize effect for manual deshaking and view selection, while the final trans&resize&crop is to place the outcome into only some part of the final render view.
The second clip has basically the same set of effects.
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Greetings from West-Africa.
I love working with KDenlive on my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, the program has gotten so much better / advanced in the last years.
Right now, I am doing the fine tuning of a music project and wanted to use the "mono to stereo" effect from Dan Dennedy I used before to 'turn' my mono audio into stereo. I am currently using KDenlive 0.8.2.1 btw.
When trying to manipulate the default setting to the right ones for my project it every time jumps back to the default numbers below: ?!
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I'm using the most recent sunab-svn versions of kdenlive and mlt on Kubuntu 12.10, x86-64.
When I apply the speed effect to a clip and set the speed to 200% I observe corrupted frames. For instance, there are black regions or even color noise regions ... which look a lot like memory corruption.
In addition, the new length of a clip is not consistent with project preview, single frame stepping, and rendering. For instance, when playing the clip, the duration as calculated by kdenlive is to long and in consequence, the final game gets repeated several times.
Is this possible?
All of you might have seen video clips running in a specified frame rate and suddenly when something cool happens (a good face punch if a fight for example) suddenly it slows down or speeds up for a certain amount of time and then it's back to normal.
Can I achieve this with kdenlive?
An example video using this technique a lot:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh29_SERH0Y
When i try to add a title clip the text position is not saved, the text ends up in the top left corner no matter what i enter for the X and Y position.
The title is in the right position in the editor but as soon as i click OK the text ends up in the top left. If i enter the title clip editor again by double clicking the title clip all the text is in the upper left. If i enter multiple text boxes in the same title clip they all end up on top of each other in the top left corner.
i'm working with a "pan and zoom" effect on a 1080p (i.e. 1920x1080) clip
i had my profile set to 1440x1080 at first, causing two black bands at the side of my project (or rather of the clip)
now i fixed my profile to 1080p, but even when my 'pan and zoom' keyframes are set to 100% and centered for x and y, the clip is offset
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I would like to insert some small rectangle with time counter in some corner in my video. How to do that most simple?
It could be possible to do SVG image for every number. But quite hard to work with so many SVG images.
Also there is something like mlt XML format http://www.mltframework.org/bin/view/MLT/MltXml
<producer in="0" mlt_service="pango" out="15" text="00:01" font="48px"/>
<producer in="0" mlt_service="pango" out="15" text="00:02" font="48px"/>
<producer in="0" mlt_service="pango" out="15" text="00:03" font="48px"/>
<producer in="0" mlt_service="pango" out="15" text="00:04" font="48px"/>
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I just installed the new Kdenlive 0.9.4 and MLT 0.8.8
I'm looking for motion traking / face traking but there isn't between the effects.
I plan to make a montage like this:http://kdenlive.org/videos/me2.ogv
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Age of Heroes #4
This anthology ends with a variety of stories, none of which seem aimed at the same type of reader, giving the issue a disjointed, fragmented feeling.
|August 18th, 2010
Age of Heroes #2
"Age of Heroes" is less a collection of short stories, and more a group of teasers.
|June 21st, 2010
Age of Heroes #1
A strong anthology issue anchored by a nice little J. Jonah Jameson story.
|May 23rd, 2010


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How the Weapons Trade is Fracturing the Opposition
Dangerous bedfellows: A member of the Free Syrian Army in Aleppo. (Courtesy Reuters)
On a recent Monday, Khatab, a 28-year-old former factory worker, sipped bitter coffee, leaned against an unpainted wall of a small house in the northern Syrian province of Idlib, and explained that he was in no rush. His special order of two 14.5-millimeter anti-aircraft guns was not slated to arrive until much later in the day.
A veritable arsenal of weapons surrounded him: heavy machine guns, sniper rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, Kalashnikovs, and boxes upon boxes of ammunition. In the middle of the room sat the master of the operation, a silver-haired Syrian named Abu Sohaib, who had smuggled this shipment of weapons across the border from Iraq.
Men from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) stalked about, deciding which firepower was worth their money. A young, bearded man with gelled hair examined several BKC machine guns but walked out empty-handed. Maybe it was their price tags (each ranged from $5,000 to $6,000); perhaps they were poor quality. He was too polite to say. But Abu Sohaib did not try to stop him, mainly because he did not need to: there were plenty of other buyers. "Demand has increased a lot," Abu Sohaib said, "especially since Aleppo rose. It's increased about 50 percent." To his point, he sold his entire inventory in a matter of days.
Weapons traders are doing a brisk business in Syria. Desperate rebel groups are constantly on the hunt for matériel to keep up the battle
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Very Small Animal: Our music is more about blowing up a room
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All of the right ingredients were always there on Very Small Animal's first EP, Starlings. But their follow-up album, Port of Call, sits more heavily and mature than their debut. These indie folk songs will dissolve, but hold you rapt long after listening.
Before the band's album release at Icehouse on Saturday, Gimme Noise spoke with the core writers Patrick Noonan and Tim Harlan-Marks on the additions to the band and the stories behind Port of Call.
Band Members: Tim Harlan-Marks, Patrick Noonan, Brian Laidlaw, Sean Geraty, Lora Strey
Gimme Noise: Since the last album, you guys have had a bit of a lineup change. How have the newest members added to the sound? Patrick Noonan: It's confusing to explain the history of all this. We were a trio when we recorded Starlings -- me, Tim, and Charles Capistrant on drums. But Starlings wasn't ready for release until a year later, and by then Charles had moved on, and Sean and Brian had joined. We patched in Brian's guitar tracks months after the original recording. Both Brian and Sean played at the Starlings CD release; Lora started singing with the band a bit later. I'd say our sound is a lot bigger now than it was when we were still a three-piece. It's more straight rock and roll. Charles was almost like a jazz drummer; he brought a really interesting, really inspired interpretation of the songs we were playing, but people had to listen close to catch all the nuances. The name Very Small Animal was probably a lot more fitting then. These days we're more about blowing up a room. Sean has brought us great dynamic range, a lot of explosive energy and exuberance that's also very tight, which is not an easy balance to strike. He made me love rock again. Brian has truly amazing instincts in terms of coming up with rhythmic arrangements to complement a song -- probably because he is also an extremely talented songwriter. Lora just has a beautiful voice and adds a whole new dimension in terms of vocal possibilities. Tim Harlan-Marks: Since the band formed in 2010 we've actually added three members. Lora Strey has joined as an additional vocalist and has opened up the range and breadth of the harmonies we've been able to produce. Brian Laidlaw (a singer/songwriter in his own right) has joined on electric guitar and has really influenced the range of dynamics we're able to create. And Sean Geraty has joined on drums, replacing original percussionist, Charles Capistrant. Sean's addition is perhaps the one that has had the most influence on our sound. Sean is rock 'n' roll, through and through. Given the democratic nature by which we go about arranging our songs everyone's taste and intuition ends up influencing the final product. Sean has given our tunes big beats like we'd never known before, and on top of that beefy foundation we've pushed for bigger arrangements all around. We are grateful to all our members for their unique contributions. Each song would not have evolved to its current form without their willingness to reach into the darkness with us and paw around for what feels right.
Gimme Noise: How has the sound progressed since Starlings? Do you feel it was properly captured on Port of Call?Tim Harlan-Marks: By the time we put out Starlings, Sean and Brian were already playing with us, and a lot of folks who saw our live show later commented that the record didn't do it justice. We feel like we got it right on this record. It's still a little ragged around the edges in a way that feels right for us, but it's definitively a more energetic, more rock 'n' roll effort. We owe a debt of gratitude to our friends Eric Frame and Chris Spetcher from (now defunct) Albion Studios for collaborating with us to capture our sound. We really owe them around one thousand hugs and twice as many beers to make up for what we were not able to give them financially. Patrick Noonan: It's certainly a larger, fuller rock sound. This is mostly good but comes with some tradeoffs. On one hand it's a lot easier to fill a room with sound and sort of knock people out of their seats. That's worked to our advantage a lot, and it's incredibly fun. On the other hand, it's not as much of an intimate or personal experience for the listener as it was when we recorded Starlings.
Gimme Noise: At times, there's almost a choir-like feel to the vocals. How did you come to having so many voices at one time on the tracks? Tim Harlan-Marks: Pat and Lora are choir people by training. I grew up singing Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young covers with my folk dad and brother -- who are both folk musicians -- in my family's living room. We've all kind of got vocal arrangements on the brain. I personally feel like the human voice communicates emotion unlike any instrument. I like instrumental music, don't get me wrong, but I think it's no coincidence that many listeners gravitate toward music with human vocals even in instances when they can't understand the words being sung, take Sigur Ros for example: it's something powerful when people sing together. Come to think of it, this might explain why every action movie preview is accompanied by choral singing. Patrick Noonan: Because harmonies are really, really fun to sing.
Gimme Noise: There's a lot of dark story lines in some of the songs like "Buried Alive" and "Original Crime Scene." What headspace were you in when you wrote these?
Patrick Noonan: Wow, good question. I think all my lyrics are autobiographical on a level I'm not quite aware of at the time of writing. I wrote "Original Crime Scene" after quitting a sort of soul-sucking corporate job. I'm not saying all corporate jobs are soul-sucking, just that this one was. So I had saved a bunch of money and spent most of that summer writing songs -- a lot of which are on Starlings -- and probably drinking too heavily. I think "Original Crime Scene" was about depression resulting from that general situation, feeling fairly hopeless and needing someone else to keep you afloat emotionally. "Buried Alive" was written during a different summer, in which Lora and I got married and bought a house together within the span of two months. I have no regrets about either decision, but it was very stressful! So I think the song is really just about making one's self overly busy with fulfilling societal expectations and looking forward to a time when you can just relax and live your life again.
Tim Harlan-Marks: Patrick and I don't write songs together; we write them individually and then bring them to each other to get a second opinion. If we both like a song, the natural next question is, "Iis this a Very Small Animal song?" Oddly enough, we often find that we end up writing and choosing songs for the band that speak to similar emotions in similar periods of time. When we took a step back and looked at all the songs we had, these nine all seemed to be asking the same questions: What now? Where do we go from here? Is this the life I thought I was signing up for? If not, is there even something better out there?
Gimme Noise: What's the story behind the name Port of Call?
Patrick Noonan:
We're just going to play our songs and pour our hearts out and have an awesome time. Also, DJ Tickle Torture and Red Daughters!
Very Small Animal will release Port of Call at Icehouse on Saturday, November 30, 2013 with Tickle Torture and Red Daughters.
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When we look at the Latin American and African countries that have suffered from long-term armed clashes, we can see that truth and reconciliation commissions play an important role for social catharsis.
These commissions are unique to the conditions of the country in which they have been established. They do not serve as a court. These are research commissions which are usually set up by a law and whose members are appointed by the head of state or parliament. When we look at the successful examples of these commissions, we see that the members of the truth and reconciliation commissions were respected figures of the society. The commission members were assisted by a professional team during their investigation.
While some commissions have preferred to focus on interviews with the victims, others decided to work for identifying the perpetrators and referring them to the courts. And sometimes, the commissions brought the victims and perpetrators together in order to establish reconciliation between them. Usually the victims felt highly sentimental during the interviews. In some countries, the commission meetings were held open to the public and were even broadcasted live, while others countries preferred to carry out their investigation behind closed doors. Truth and reconciliation commissions are usually established for investigating a specific issue or event. The commissions usually focus on issues concerning summary executions, unsolved murders, disappearances, torture and displacements.
Many in Turkey would refuse the idea of establishing a truth and reconciliation commission simply because it was suggested by the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan. I hope that the government is not influenced by the ongoing debates and does not ignore the potential contributions of truth and reconciliation commissions to the peace processes.
In my opinion, Turkey should take as a model the truth and reconciliation commissions established in El Salvador, Guatemala, and South Africa for investigating and documenting the human rights violations committed by both the state and armed groups. I do not know if Ocalan was aware that truth and reconciliation commissions will also investigate and record the human rights violations which were widely and systematically committed by the PKK when he suggested the establishment of the investigatory bodies. But we know that when the commissions established in South Africa investigated intra-organizational executions conducted by South Africa's African National Congress (ANC), co-founded by Nelson Mandela, the testify of the victims in the commission meetings became a source of great shame for the ANC.
Just think if we were to succeed in establishing a truth and reconciliation commission whose independence and impartiality were approved by all segments of society in Turkey. Such a body would interview Kurdish people who have been exposed to state terrorism, tortured and targeted by unresolved murders and document these dreadful stories. The commission would also interview the victims and witnesses of intra-organization punishing mechanisms and records their testimonies as well. The state then pays compensation to the victims.
In other words, we are settling accounts with a history that is replete with violence. The glare surrounding past heroes is vanished and the victims who have been considered no more than numbers are embodied. In this way we are able to understand how low and inhumane we have gone over the past 30-40 years. We finally feel the pain of the victims. We touch on our wounds to heal them, and remember the past in order to forgive each other. It is our hope that starting from the Kurdish issue, these commissions would investigate all the incident of the past that have created deep trauma, and share the truth with the Turkish people.


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The Feminist Case for Veganism
As someone who has been involved in feminist activism for years, I've observed that animal oppression is often a polarizing subject between vegan and non-vegan feminists. But it doesn't have to be. Veganism can and should also be viewed as a complex issue that is part of a much broader cultural standard of objectifying and dehumanizing certain bodies under the patriarchy.
The hostility along vegan lines in the feminist movement seems to happen for a few reasons. For one, feminists are busy trying to attain rights for themselves and some are put off by their interpretation of animal rights activists as having a pretty hostile, single-issue approach to their work. Others feel like that vegan feminists' attempt to tell others what they "should" be advocating for is…


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Last week, when forward Sean Avery had just been recalled from the Connecticut Whale of the AHL, I stressed that it would be crucial for Sean to take it easy and do the simple things out on the ice in his first few games in the NHL this season. After all, head coach John Tortorella did say there were better players on this team than Avery last month, so he couldn't afford to make any costly mistakes out there and prove Torts' theory to be correct right away.
In games one through three for Sean this season, he did exactly what I said he should. He made the most of his ice time, which wasn't very much at all, and played a hard-nosed game, leaving everything on the ice on every shift. He got pucks to the net, he forechecked, he defended and he played physical. Really, Tortorella couldn't have asked anything more of the widely known pest.
Quite honestly, I think his smartest move to that point was when he challenged Zenon Konopka to a fight after Konopka had made some comments about Avery's teammates prior to their match in Ottawa last week. I didn't have much of a problem with what Konopka said, because he was right, but the Rangers coaching staff did, as did the players. Avery then took it upon himself to defend the team and fight Konopka, and I think that right there was when he proved to everyone that he is here for the Rangers, not himself.
It was in game four, however, which took place this past Friday against the Carolina Hurricanes, that we saw Sean Avery do a little more than in his first three games. Right off the bat he scored a very pretty goal to give the Rangers a 1-0 lead, and from there he played a solid game all around. Afterwards he said that what he did on that night was exactly how he needs to play on a game-to-game basis, and he is absolutely right.
Tortorella, shockingly, even acknowledged Avery's efforts after the game...
"Sean played better. You could see right away his legs were going. He was pressuring the puck." - Torts to Andrew Gross
With that, Sean Avery is now ready to take the next step in the slow but sure process of re-securing a spot in the lineup here in New York. Last week, between the fight and the goal, Sean proved that he has a role on this team that no else could fill. What do I mean by that? Well, just look at his competition. Erik Christensen can score a pretty goal here and there, but he could and would never stick up for a teammate. Meanwhile, Mike Rupp will drop the mitts, but you won't see him roofing shots on breakaways anytime soon.
It is my belief that the spot is there for Avery's taking right now, because the coach is admittingly liking what he's seen from Sean, and that's evident just by the fact that he gave him over ten minutes of ice time last game, as opposed to the five or four he saw in the previous three. Avery is ready to take that next step and be the impact player he once was - he just has to do it consistently.
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Waiting in a Winter Wonderland
by Will Flemming (@WillFlemming)
Like much of New England, I got snowed in this weekend. More than two feet fell around my offseason home in Washington, D.C. Unlike New England, D.C. does not take massive snowstorms in stride. As of this writing the city is finally starting to dig its way out, but the weekend saw most residents holed up as the blizzard rolled through town. When we get a snowfall of this magnitude down here, you see some unusual things: cross-country skiers gliding down normally busy streets; snowball fights breaking out in traffic circles; and, for the first time in more than two decades, sledding on the hills surrounding the United States Capitol Building.
In many ways, baseball fans are on a similar ride – we are hurtling toward Opening Day 2016. With the PawSox' opener 72 days away, we welcome you back inside the broadcast booth and into the 45 Miles From Fenway blog. From now until April 7, we will be your source for Sox news; join us here for winter ball updates, roster projections and reporting from Spring Training in Ft. Myers. We're also a week or two away from a big announcement: we've created a new way to provide the very best Sox coverage to our fans. Stay tuned!
The PawSox were well represented at the Red Sox Baseball Winter Weekend, as documented in Rollin' With Rick, Rick Medeiros's always entertaining blog. The week before, we hosted Moonlight Madness at McCoy and had a great time interacting with fans. Jackie Bradley, Jr. and Bob Kipper joined us and were as engaging and welcoming as ever. As The ProJo's Brian MacPherson pointed out, Jackie is a more confident and relaxed man; he seems ready to seize hold a full-time role in Boston in 2016. I had a chance to sit down with Jackie and explore his newfound peace of mind and trace its roots to a Sunday in Detroit:
Josh made it to the Sox Winter Weekend and caught up Don Orsillo. Donny had a lot to say about his new digs in San Diego and looked back on his years in Boston:
One other moment stood out from last weekend at Foxwoods – and it involved a pair of former PawSox. Wade Boggs will finally have his day in the Fenway sun this summer when the Red Sox retire his number 26. Before his number could hang in immortality the Sox had to overcome one last hurdle: Brock Holt currently dons the number. In an emotional ceremony, Brock graciously returned 26 to Wade, once and for all.
Dave Dombrowski turned some heads when he mentioned that Bryce Brentz has a chance to figure in the Sox outfield plans in 2016 if he stays healthy. Bryce is a newly married man and played eight games in Puerto Rico this winter for Criollos de Caguas, a club that is managed by Alex Cora. In eight games, Bryce went 7-for-27 with a homer, a double and a .375 on-base percentage. Rusney Castillo and Pat Light were Brentz's teammates with Caguas. Light tossed 11.1 innings with 10 strikeouts with eight walks.
Speaking of winter baseball, here is a look at some of the 2015 PawSox who took part:
Sandy Leon has played for Aragua in the Venezuelan Winter league, and his club is in the championship series. In that set, he is 5-for-20 with two RBIs.
Aneury Tavarez, who was a bit of a late-season revelation for Pawtucket, spent most of the winter playing in his native Dominican but has joined Santurce for the championship series in Puerto Rico.
William Cuevas was a starter for La Guaira in the DR and pitched to a 4.07 ERA over 24.1 innings with 17 strikeouts and nine walks.
Lastly, PawSox skipper Kevin Boles has led the Perth Heat in the Australian Baseball League. The New York Times ran this great piece on Kevin and the ABL.
A few other notes:
The Red Sox are expanding the protective netting at Fenway, and hope to have it ready by Opening Day.
The Sox have no plans to test Blake Swihart at other positions, even as Christian Vasquez works his way back to health.
No one has a more harrowing story to tell from the 2015 offseason than PawSox' ace Brian Johnson. Brian received encouraging news recently when an MRI of the left elbow that ended his 2015 season showed no structural damage.
I will leave you with this gem from last weekend. Apparently Carl Willis is a Billy Joel fan. Ruben Amaro? He may have some work to do…..
Until next time,
Win Some for the Kipper
by Will Flemming
What a weekend for the PawSox in Allentown. The fact that the ballclub snapped an 11-game losing streak and took three of four from the Lehigh Valley in the span of 40 hours took a back seat to all of the news off the field.
Just before batting practice on Friday, the news that rocked Red Sox Nation began to trickle in from Boston: John Farrell had been diagnosed with Stage 1 Lymphoma. The immediate reaction within the PawSox clubhouse was a mirror-image of the scene at Fenway: first shock, then confusion, and lastly a whole lot of questions. I was standing by Kevin Boles on the field as he prepared to hit ground-ball fungoes when the players trickling out of the visitors' clubhouse shared the news with the Pawtucket skipper.
You have to understand this about John Farrell: he has always been a great partner to Kevin and his entire staff. Throughout much of spring training, Boles and his coaches (Bob Kipper and Rich Gedman) are with the Major-League club. Farrell treats them with respect and accords them real responsibilities; he essentially acts as the patriarch of a big baseball family. Bolesy was a floored as anyone by the news, but as usual, he had the perfect way of articulating his feelings on the matter. Listen to what he shared with Josh before Saturday's game:
Everyone in the PawSox family is thinking of John and encouraged that the early detection seems to offer a bright prognosis.
Sunday morning, the PawSox had every reason to be dragging. On top of the lingering emotions over the big-league skipper, the Sox had played two nine-inning games on Saturday. Pawtucket took Game One 5-2 thanks to Quintin Berry's third home run of the roadtrip and a big two-run single from Allen Craig (more on those two later). In the nightcap, Berry scored again in the first inning Pawtucket fell behind 5-1 after three ininings as the IronPigs got to spot starter Mike McCarthy. But the Sox summoned an inspired rally in their seventeenth inning of a marathon day; they sent nine men to the plate, scored four times and had the bases loaded before striking out for the game's final out.
When the next morning dawned, the Sox girded themselves for the series finale – and sought a series win. But before David Buchanan and Wiliam Cuevas took the mound, the final domino fell from Boston: Bob Kipper would be joining the Red Sox as their bullpen coach after Dana LeVangie was named the interim bench coach for interim skipper Torey Lovullo. Kip's phone was ringing off the hook with congratulatory calls and he scrambled to iron out logistics. By the time the game began, the PawSox dugout essentially became a receiving line for Kip. Bob could be seen grinning ear to ear, shaking hands and hugging one Pawtucket player after another. Here's a view inside the dugout before the game (with Matt Spring and Noe Ramirez congratulating Bob):
As we have said many times in this space and over our airwaves, it is almost impossible to overstate how respected Bob is by his players, by his collegues and by yours truly. Bob's stint comes at a great time for the pitching staff in Boston; you can be certain that Eddie Rodriguez, Henry Owens and the many other pitchers with whom he worked in Pawtucket will benefit from time with Kip in the 'pen. Josh and I are indebted to Bob for his generosity, the information and time he shared with us and, more broadly speaking, for just being as great to be around as he was all season.
William Cuevas – one of Kip's newest pupils – gave Bob one last outing to savor on Sunday in Allentown. For the third time since joining the club, Cuevas went at least five innings and allowed two or fewer runs. We've quickly learned that Cuevas is a great kid to have around; his journey from Venezuela is a fascinating one and he brings a joie de vivre to the ballpark each day. Here is the conversation I had with Cuevas on Wednesday in Scranton:
Cuevas's start was just one element of an uplifting weekend in Pennsylvania; the PawSox offense really came to life, too. In four games, the Sox ripped 41 hits and plated 24 runs (in fact, in a span of the last five games, the PawSox have ten or more hits three times – that after they did not post double-digit hits from July 26 until Friday night, the 14th of August). Three names warrant extra mention: Allen Craig, Quintin Berry and Sandy Leon. Berry blasted his third home run in a six-day span, has gotten on base in 15 of his last 37 plate appearances and scored seven runs. Leon is 7-for-his-last-20 and belted a three-run, ninth-inning homer on Friday night. And then there's Craig, who looks more and more like the man who was a National League All Star in 2013. He is 7 for his last 11 with RBIs in four straight; over his last five games, Allen is 9-for-19 with one line drive after another; he has ripped three doubles, driven in five runs and scored three times. In his last eight games, Craig has raised his on-base percentage 22 points.
The Sox also played fabulous defense, highlighted by this incredible Berry grab:
A few other notes and links before the PawSox look for the second straight series win (which, remarkably, would be the first time they've won back-to-back sets all year):
John Tomase wrote this fascinating examination of the Indians' long road developing pitchers and explored how it may offer the Sox a guide in the year to come.
Jackie Bradley Jr. has made some spectacular plays in the last week, and yet none may have been more athletically jaw-dropping than the one he couldn't quite make last night:
Travis Shaw is certainly making the most of his opportunity in Boston; he blasted his fifth homer last night at Fenway:
Consider this: Shaw hit five homers in 77 Pawtucket games and posted a .249/.318/.356 slash line. He's matched the homer total in 21 Boston games and has slashed to the tune of .328/.365/.621.
Is there a scenario that sees the Red Sox break Spring Training in 2016 with Shaw the everyday first baseman and Bradley an everyday outfielder? That seemed virtually impossible a month ago; it is at least more plausible today, and that is a true credit to the work both have done.
Amazingly, the PawSox have twenty games remaining including tonight's. Josh and I will talk to you on the PawSox Radio Network at 6:50.
Oh, To Be 23 – Owens is Hot, Starts Today
by Will Flemming (@WillFlemming)
The PawSox close down their eight-game roadtrip today with the finale in Norfolk at 12:05. In many ways, it's fitting that Henry Owens will take the ball; other than the torrid hitting of Jackie Bradley, Jr. (who is 12-for-30 with four homers, ten RBIs and 5 runs on the trip), Owens has been the story of the Southern swing. In fact, you could argue that Henry's development has been the most important development of the last two months for the PawSox. Consider these numbers: over his last seven starts, Henry has tossed 46 innings, allowed only 26 hits and 14 runs. He's struck out 43 (including nine in consecutive starts) and, perhaps most importantly, has walked only 12 (five starts with two walks and a pair with just one). He continues to hold opponents to the lowest batting average against in the International League (.187) and has the third most strikeouts (94). Owens turned 23 on Tuesday, and we had a chance to sit down and chat with the lefthander. Here's that conversation:
A couple other notes from Norfolk before the pregame show kicks off on WHJJ:
On Tuesday night, the sky above Harbor Park looked like an oil painting; a spectacular sunset danced through cotton clouds that hung above the Craford Bay in right field. I was lucky to snap this picture, which instantly became the favorite I've ever taken in a ballpark:
As Josh has made his big league dream come true this week (and done a fabulous job even as the Red Sox have struggled) it's been a treat to work with Mike Antonellis. Mike, who is the voice of our AA affiliate in Portland, has displayed a great knowledge of the game, a sense of humor and a passion for broadcasting. When the Rangers or Padres call for Josh next, we will be on the horn to Mike.
– Ben Cherington met with the media yesterday in Houston. As Tim Britton chronicles, he admitted the Sox will be sellers without saying exactly as much.
– Speaking of Owens, John Farrell intimated that Henry is going to make his big league debut in 2015.
– It's been a deflating road trip to day the least; Gordon Edes chronicles the carnage.
– On the brighter side, first-round pick Andrew Benintendi has now hit 4 homers and walked 14 times. He's been on a roll lately.
– Clay Buchholz will be out several weeks after receiving a platelet rich injection from Dr. James Andrews. How much the Sox will push him in what is an evaporating season remains a big question.
Mike and I will talk to you at 11:50 on WHJJ,
Holt and JBJ Are All-Stars, Listening Tours Begin
by Josh Maurer
With less than one week remaining until the Triple-A All-Star break, the PawSox certainly have the look of a team that could use the three days off. Perhaps they'll be able to gain some momentum before the mid-summer stoppage as they play the final six games against Lehigh Valley, starting with a three-game series at Coca-Cola Park on Tuesday night.
The last (and only) time these teams have met this season was the very first series of the year in which Pawtucket took three of four from the Iron Pigs. The final two of those games went a combined 29 innings and included an epic 16-inning affair on April 12 in which three position players pitched.
Has it really been nearly three months since these divisional rivals met? Well, the squads will certainly get well reacquainted over the next six nights. Entering the home-and-home series the PawSox hold a slim two-game lead over Lehigh Valley in the North Division for fourth place.
Speaking of the All-Star break, the Major League All-Star teams were announced Monday and the Red Sox will be represented in Cincinnati by a popular former PawSox infielder, Brock Holt. Brock spent most of 2013 and the beginning of 2014 playing in Pawtucket and has since turned himself into one of the premier utilitymen in baseball.
Holt is one of the great success stories to come up from the PawSox in recent years. He first proved his big-league value by learning to play all over the diamond (almost literally, everywhere but pitcher and catcher), then became an everyday player because of his consistency and productivity at the plate.
Holt hit .281 for Boston in 2014, and this season is batting .295 in 66 games played. The "Brock Star" made national headlines last month when he hit for the cycle in a game at Fenway against Atlanta, becoming the first BoSox player to do so in 19 years.
Brock is a relentless worker and a great clubhouse guy. A huge congrats to him on his well-deserved All-Star selection.
Also, you can now vote for Xander Bogaerts for the AL's "Final Vote" selection to the mid-summer classic. The young shortstop and former PawSox has had a breakout season for Boston, currently hitting .302 in 80 games in 2015. Many feel he should have already been included on the American League roster without needing a fan vote.
Back in the International League, it was announced Monday that Jackie Bradley, Jr., who was recently optioned back to the PawSox from Boston, has been named to the IL All-Star team to replace Brian Johnson on the roster.
I've written extensively about the fantastic season JBJ has had for Pawtucket, and I am happy he'll get an opportunity to be recognized for all of his accomplishments. Granted, I'm sure Jackie would rather be playing in Boston right now, but while he awaits his inevitable return to the Major Leagues this is certainly a nice honor to receive.
Starting this Tuesday, representatives from the new PawSox ownership group are beginning what they are calling "Listening Tours" throughout the state of Rhode Island to help facilitate dialogue about their proposal for a new downtown ballpark in Providence. Here is the information on those tour stops:
Representatives of the PawSox ownership group will embark on a 39-city and town tour of the State of Rhode Island this summer to engage in community conversations about the vision of the proposed Providence multi-purpose ballpark.
The "Listening Tours" will be a facilitated discussion between PawSox representatives andmembers of the community. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions about the design, function and any other aspects of the proposed ballpark.
The first of the community meetings begins next Tuesday, July 7th at 5 pm at the Smithfield Senior Center on William J. Hawkins, Jr. Trail in Greenville. That kick-off meeting is followed by two on Thursday, July 9th on Aquidneck Island, specifically at the Portsmouth Senior Center, 110 Bristol Ferry Road at 5 pm and the Middletown VFW Hall at 52 Underwood Lane at 7 pm. Dr. Charles Steinberg, Senior Advisor to Boston Red Sox President and CEO, Larry Lucchino, will facilitate all three.
Tuesday, July 7th at 5pm – Smithfield Senior Center, William J. Hawkins, Jr. Trail, Greenville
Thursday, July 9th at 5 pm – Portsmouth Senior Center, 110 Bristol Ferry Road, Portsmouth
Thursday, July 9th at 7pm – Gilbert-Burton VFW Post, 52 Underwood Lane, Middletown
Finally, below is the audio of an interview I did with PawSox infielder Travis Shaw for this past week's Insider show. Travis has had quite the past month, having had his first extended time in the big leagues following a red-hot stretch in Pawtucket. He is very candid about all of his recent experiences in the conversation:
Will and I look forward to speaking with you on the radio this week from Allentown. Lets hope the PawSox get a few back in the win column before the break. Thanks for reading!
Josh M
Three Men Up: Bradley, Marrero and Aro Get The Call
by Josh Maurer
On Thursday morning the Red Sox promoted three Pawtucket players – Jackie Bradley, Jr., Deven Marrero and Jonathan Aro – to replace Dustin Pedroia (disabled list), Joe Kelly (optioned) and Erik Kratz (designated for assignment). So today I thought I'd take a close look at the season all three of those players have put together for PawSox.
Jackie Bradley, Jr.:
Simply put, Jackie has been an MVP candidate in the International League (and perhaps the favorite for the award). He is the overall IL leading vote getter (among position players) for the Triple-A All-Star Game. Bradley is currently second in the league in batting average (.322), second in on-base percentage (.398) and fourth in slugging percentage (.468).
Mix all of that in with his usual gold glove-type defense and you can make an easy argument that Jackie has been the best player in the IL this season. Check out the catch Bradley made at McCoy Stadium on Tuesday night:
UPDATE: Here is a great column from terrific baseball writer Richard Justice speaking about Bradley's promotion. I agree with just about all of his points.
Here are the bullet points on Bradley from the PawSox game notes:
Had 6th 3-hit game of season on 6/23 vs. ROC…Has started 27 of team's 28 games since return from MLB (5/25-pres, day off 6/14), those 27: 32-for-106 (.302), 14 BB, 3 HR, 9 2B…Hit walk-off RBI 2B in 12th in on 6/12 vs. TOL…Had 19-game on-base streak & 9-gm hitting streak snapped 6/6 in SYR…15-game stretch from 4/27-6/2: 9 multi-hit, 26-61 (.426), 3 HR, 5 2B…Hit HR and 2B on 5/27 vs. M. Tanaka (SWB) in 1st 2 inn of game…Promoted to BOS on 5/10, played in 6 games, went 0-for-11 w.2 K, optioned back 5/22 (R. Castillo recalled)…Promoted to BOS on 4/28, optioned back 4/29 (DNP)…Hit leadoff in 18 of first 19 games (4/9-4/27).
Deven Marrero:
Marrero has had somewhat of an up-and-down campaign, both with his bat and his glove. He has gone through some extreme hot and cold streaks offensively, and at the time of his first big-league promotion was just 4-for-23 (.174) with five strikeouts in his last six games played for Pawtucket.
Deven has also made a PawSox-leading 15 errors, most of which have come at shortstop. It's interesting – Marrero has the ability to make spectacular plays at short but this season has shown some very atypical lapses in being able to complete the routine ones. I don't think the error totals are anything to worry about long term; I assume his recent defensive issues will be temporary.
Here is Marrero's in-season summary from the PawSox game notes:
Snapped a 0-for-8 with a 3-for-4 night on 6/23 vs. ROC; Has 5 multi-hit games over last 14 games played (only had 1 multi-H gm from 5/16-6/6)…Had 8 SBs on 5/16, only 1 since…6/7 at SYR: 3-for-4, BB, HR off D. Fister…9-game stretch from 5/29-6/6: 4-for-29, 2 BB, 4 K…Batted 2nd in 5 straight games from 6/1-6/6…IND/LOU trip 5/18-5/24 (5 games): 3-for-22, BB, 8 K…7-game stretch from 5/9-5/15: 10-for-23 (.435), 4 BB, HR, 2B, 4 RBI…Started 19 str games before off day 5/18 in Indy (4/28-5/17)…9-game stretch from 4/29-5/8: 3-for-32, HR, 2 RBI, 11 K…Batted above 6th in batting order for 1st 2 times in Triple-A career on 5/2 & 5/6 (2nd)…Played 3B for the first time in career 5/6 at TOL…Played first career game anywhere other than at SS when started at 2B on 4/25 at SWB…Reached base safely in 1st 9 games (4/9-4/19, .321 BA).
Jonathan Aro:
Aro is the most interesting promotion of the bunch. At this time last season the right-hander was pitching for Low-A Greenville in the South Atlantic League. After beginning this year with Double-A Portland, he earned a quick promotion to Pawtucket in May and after a couple of shaky early outings Aro has been unhittable.
Aro has not given up a run since May 18th, tossing eight straight scoreless appearances that spanned at total of 19 innings. Most impressive has been his strikeout/walk ratio: which in 22.1 innings pitched has been 30 punch outs and just 3 bases on balls.
He has shown the ability to miss a lot of bats despite not generally throwing his fastball harder than 92-93 miles per hour. Aro has advanced through the Boston system about as quickly as any player in recent memory. It will be interesting to see how fast he adjusts to MLB hitters.
Here are the Aro vitals from the PawSox game notes:
Last 8 appearances (5/21-pres): 0-0, SV, 0.00 ERA (19.0 IP, 10 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 27 K)…Recorded first Triple-A save with 3.0 scoreless IP on 6/19 at GWN (2H, 1BB, 5K)…Pitched multiple innings in his first 9 appearances with PAW…Made Triple-A debut on 5/15 vs. COL and allowed 3R and 4H in 2IP (inherited 5-0 lead in 7th inn)…Promoted to PAW on 5/14…Appeared in 8 games with Portland (all in relief) and went 3-2 with a 2.82 ERA (22.1 IP, 15 H, 12 R, 7 ER, 8 BB, 19 K)…Held opponents to a .181 batting average.
So there you have the information on the three newest members of the Boston roster. In other news, Pawtucket has announced that recently-optioned pitchers Steven Wright and Joe Kelly are going to join the PawSox rotation.
Wright will start on Friday night at McCoy Stadium against Gwinnett, while Kelly will make his Pawtucket debut on Sunday afternoon at 1:05 versus the G-Braves. They join Brian Johnson, Henry Owens and Zeke Spruill in the five-man rotation, with Jess Todd moving to the Pawtucket pen.
Thursday night is Armed Services Night at McCoy; one of the most moving and inspirational nights to be held at the ballpark annually. Make sure to get your tickets at pawsox.com, or come in person to the box office prior to the contest – first pitch is slated for 7:05pm.
Hope to see you at McCoy this weekend. If not, as always, Will and I will speak to you on the radio with all the broadcast coverage. Thanks for reading!
Josh M
It's Draft Day, PawSox Play Home Run Derby, My Brother and POTUS
by Will Flemming (@WillFlemming)
Draft Day
It's Draft Day in Major League Baseball. Assuming Kevin Costner doesn't take over for Ben Cherington tonight (which would mean the Sox will have drafted Mike Trout with the 7th pick, packaged their 10th and 12th round picks to move up and pick Gerrit Cole, and swapped an organizational bullpen arm for Andrew McCutchen), Boston will pick 7th in the first round of the amateur draft. Baseball is so different from the other major sports in two main regards: first, it is far more difficult to project what impact any of tonight's selections will have (since the body of work against high-level competition is so much smaller than in football or basketball); second, it will take much longer for tonight's draftees to make a measurable impact in MLB (on average, three to five years).
The difficulty of projection and longer incubation period does not mean we can't have some fun considering whom the Sox may take later tonight. Most of the speculation has centered around three main players: Andrew Benintendi, a centerfielder from Arkansas some describe as "a Jacoby Ellsbury clone with a strong power/speed combination"; Alex Bregman, the LSU shortstop who is a close friend of Blake Swihart's (who attended Blake's Boston workout in 2011) and the player most evaluators view as the safest pick in the top 10 with the longest track record of proven success; and Vanderbilt right-hander Carson Fulmer. Here's Keith Law's report on Fulmer:
"There are three guys from Vanderbilt who have a chance to go in the top 10 this year: the Walker Buehler, Dansby Swanson and Fulmer. Of those three, Fulmer has the most volatily, possessing the most explosive stuff/tools but the most question marks as well. Fulmer's arm is lightning-quick, and he uses his natural arm strength to sit 92-94 mph and touch the high 90s. The curveball is a swing-and-miss pitch, a power curve with very hard spin that he buries down in the zone. He also has better command of it than he does his fastball."
Cherington spoke earlier this week about the nuance involved in the draft and the club's approach, saying "I think the draft is really difficult. I think one of the hardest things we do is try to project amateur talent and (director of amateur scouting) Mike (Rikard) and his staff have been working hard, really hard, to do that all spring. "So whatever our selection is on Monday night, as Mike said before, is going to be based on what we feel is the best player for the Red Sox, not with any particular vision on when that player might get there."
A little on Mike Rikard – in his first year as the Red Sox' director of amateur scouting – from NESN's draft preview:
"Rikard, who was promoted to Red Sox director of amateur scouting over the offseason when Amiel Sawdaye was promoted to vice president of amateur and international scouting, is entering his first draft in his new position. He, like Cherington, noted Boston's open-mindedness, saying the Red Sox are "still considering a lot of options" with their first-round selection. "I think this draft class may be a little non-typical, just because there still is some uncertainty in front of us," Rikard said. "There maybe hasn't been those guys at the top of the draft that have kind of solidified themselves. So there is some gray area as far as what maybe the teams may do in front of us, but we're trying to just continue to weigh out all the options and we'll continue to do so for the next few days."
No matter what happens tonight, remember this: pay no attention to the immediate grading of drafts. In my opinion, nothing could be less valuable – we simply DO NOT know what these players will become. A quick glance back at knee-jerk draft grades uncovered a B- grade for Oakland selecting Addison Russell (who has emerged as a young star for the Cubs), and an A+ for the Mariners after they selected Dustin Ackley with the second pick in 2009 (Ackley is a career .242/.305/.342 player who has faced demotion back to AAA). Having said all that, one scout reviewing the 2009 draft 3 hours after the completion of the first round certainly nailed on thing:
25. Los Angeles Angels — Mike Trout (OF) from Millville Senior High School (NJ); Trout hit .531 with 18 HR's this season, and is an extremely good switch hitter that could possibly turn into the best position player of the draft in 5 years. At this pick in the draft, Trout is an absolute steal.
Grade: A+
One other thing to remember: As hard as it is to project and develop young baseball players, you need look no further than yesterday's box scores to underscore the impact the draft can have on big-league teams. Gerrit Cole (the first pick in 2011) pitched the Pirates to a series win; Kris Bryant (the Cubs' top choice in 2013) has set the NL ablaze and was a homer shy of the cycle yesterday; Joe Panik (the Giants' first choice in 2011) extended his hitting streak to 12; and Matt Wieters (the 5th overall pick in 2007) came back from Tommy John and hit his first homer since May.
Homer Happy
Even though the PawSox won just two of six on their most recent three-city roadtrip, the ballclub enjoyed a tremendous power surge. Pawtucket blasted ten homers in the six contests (including two three-homer games). If you missed any of the homers, here is a mashup of all ten radio calls:
If you include the final two games of the last homestand, the Sox have ripped 13 big flies over an eight-game stretch. Pawtucket leads the International League with 46 homers, but has scored the fourth fewest runs in the circuit (209). Ten of the Sox' 44 hits in June have been homers, including four two-run shots, Cecchini's slam and five solo blasts.
Kevin Boles has to be particularly encouraged by Cecchini, who hadn't homered (or driven in a run) since April 13th and has now left the yard in consecutive games.
Last week also featured Allen Craig's first homer of the season, and the continuation of his surge since he was outrighted to Pawtucket. In the 21 games Craig has played with the PawSox, he has at least one hit in 17 and two hits or more in eight.
I had a chance to sit down for an extended conversation with Allen over the weekend. You can listen here:
In spite of all the homers, the best play of the week came when the PawSox were in the field. We've grown accustomed to special defense from Jackie Bradley, Jr. But this play took our breath away:
One last thing: my brother David – the voice of the PawSox from 2001-3 and now a broadcaster for the San Francisco Giants – had a special week. For the third time in five years, he had the honor of visiting the White House with the World Champion Giants. I thought Pawtucket fans might enjoy a couple shots from his day.
The PawSox begin a seven-game homestand tonight at 7:05 with the Charlotte Knights in town. Josh and I look forard to talking to you then.
Thanks for reading,
JBJ Destroying IL Pitching
by Josh Maurer
While casual Red Sox fans may not have noticed based upon his limited at-bats at the big league level in 2015, Jackie Bradley, Jr. has made incredible offensive strides since last season. He is, at present, one of the best hitters in the International League and I think a candidate for league MVP.
In 31 games played for Pawtucket, Bradley is hitting a robust .349 with three homers, ten doubles, 17 runs scored and 12 driven in. He is only two plate appearances shy of qualifying for the league leaderboard in batting average, in which he would currently rank third among all IL hitters.
In recent weeks Jackie's offensive numbers are even better. Since April 25th, Bradley has reached safely in 16 consecutive games he has played for Pawtucket. During his last 14 PawSox games (beginning 4/27, with a two-week MLB stint mixed in the middle) he has gone 24-for-57 (.421) with eight multi-hit efforts, 4 walks, 3 HR, 4 doubles, 6 RBI and 9 runs scored.
What's been perhaps most impressive recently has been the rejuvenation of Jackie's power stroke. Bradley belted his third home run of the season on Monday night in Scranton.
Just a few days earlier, he took MLB-rehabbing Masahiro Tanaka deep on an impressive swing at McCoy Stadium. He also doubled against Tanaka in that outing on May 27th during which he collected one of his five three-hit games for the season.
As always, Bradley is playing a gold-glove caliber centerfield that is a joy to watch. Despite two largely unsuccessful MLB call-ups thus far in 2015, Jackie has kept a great attitude about him during his time in Pawtucket and the results are speaking for themselves.
Bradley has proven just about everything he can at the minor league level. Now the next step is for him to get another regular shot in the Majors and to produce to his potential. Only time will tell if and when that happens, but I'm betting that it will sooner rather than later.
Here are a few other notes as the PawSox get set to play game two of a seven-game road trip Tuesday night in Scranton:
-Kudos to Allen Craig for his great offensive work since being optioned to Pawtucket. Craig has hit safely in 14 of 17 games played since joining the PawSox on May 12, with multiple hits in 6 of those games. In his last 10 games (5/21-pres), the MLB veteran is 13-for-32 (.406) with 9 walks, a home run and 3 RBI.
Craig has really turned on some pitches over the past few days. He has found a home in the Pawtucket cleanup spot in the order where has batted the past four games.
-Veteran Luke Montz has come back this year from missing nearly two full seasons due to injuries. After showing a bit of rust at the outset of the year, Montz's bat has sprung to life recently. In his last 8 games (5/20-pres), Luke is 8-for-28 (.286) with 4 BB, 1 homer, 4 doubles and 8 RBI.
Here is an interview I did with Montz for last week's PawSox Insider show, in which he discusses his long road back to full health:
Tuesday night Keith Couch takes the ball for the PawSox at PNC Field in Moosic, PA. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35pm, while our radio coverage begins at 6:20. Talk to you on the radio!
Josh M


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Gohmert Gives Netanyahu Book From End Times Fanatic
Family Research Council president Tony Perkins today had Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) on his radio show Washington Watch Weekly to discuss their recent trip to Israel with a delegation that also included congressmen Louie Gohmert (R-TX), John Fleming (R-LA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO) and Randy Forbes (R-VA). Perkins and Jordan recounted their meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which included Gohmert knocking over Netanyahu's coffee cup when he "presented the Prime Minister with the latest novel from Joel Rosenberg":
Joel Rosenberg is a Christian author who primarily writes about the End Times and frequently shares his thoughts with Glenn Beck. His latest novel describes a future time when Iran has a nuclear weapon and "[m]illions of Muslims around the world are convinced their messiah—known as 'the Twelfth Imam'—has just arrived on earth." Christianbook.com says that Rosenberg's novel "combines the action and exquisite detail of Tom Clancy with the tense religious drama of Left Behind."
Gohmert's choice of Rosenberg's novel as a gift for the Israeli Prime Minister is odd for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that Rosenberg actively works to proselytize to Jews and convert them to Christianity. On his website, the author revels, "Jews are turning to Jesus in record numbers, and they are getting excited about His Second Coming." Rosenberg has also told Glenn Beck that he believes that we are in the End Times and headed into the Apocalypse as a result of an emerging Islamic caliphate.
During GodTV's 9/11 Wake Up Call, Rosenberg claimed that God let the attacks on September 11, 2011 happen "to shake America, to get our attention, to wake us up," later pointing to America's abortion rate and pornography industry as national sins. He said that through earthquakes and hurricanes, "God is trying to shake us" because "He is trying to get us to let go of anything else, any form of ideology, philosophy, political belief, religious belief, material position, anything or anyone that we are holding onto other than Jesus Christ."
This begs the question: is it really appropriate for a representative of the United States to give the Israeli Prime Minister a gift from an End Times fanatic who works to proselytize to Jews?
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Lumineers are very thinly shaped porcelain that is bonded to your tooth. The fact that they are very thin allows us to minimize the preparation of the tooth to create beautiful transformations of your teeth
Due to the fact that there is minimal preparation, there is often little to no discomfort in this procedure. The procedure often requires 1-2 visits.
Give us a call today to see if Lumineers will work for your smile!


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A presidential candidate is making a stop in Colorado.
Presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney will be in Aspen for several private fundraisers Monday, including a dinner for people donating between $2,500 and $50,000.
Romney's campaign says it has been working with national and state party officials for months to build field operations across Colorado.
Colorado is considered a crucial battleground state in the 2012 election.