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Before we begin, let me just say that the following all falls straight down into the #firstworldproblems mop bucket. I'm aware of this, so let's just pretend that we live in a world with no war or famine or disease or angry warlords and we all hold hands and dance around in circles every day because everything is awesome and we all have PERSPECTIVE, because people who don't have proper perspective should be thrown into jail and tortured. Good? Good.
I have three kids and one television. I have one television because we're trying to limit the amount of screen time the kiddies take in, a noble parenting endeavor that is, like pretty much every parenting endeavor, doomed to fail. As such, I can't always watch football whenever I would like. I know: The horror.
I have a DVR, and that means I sometimes tape games and watch them after the kids have gone to bed. And if you've ever watched a sporting event on tape delay, you know that it has its pros and cons. You can obviously cut through all the ads and replay delays and penalty delays and TV delays and lightning delays and halftime delays and Erin Andrews talking about how Colin Kaepernick once fostered a shelter puppy when he eight years old. That's all super duper.
The downside, of course, is that you aren't watching the game live, with the rest of the universe. You can't text a friend. You can't hop on Twitter and offer up your pithy one-liner. You have to spend hours before the game plugging your ears and going LALALALALALALA and pray the world doesn't ruin the game for you. Two weeks ago, I had to pick my kid up from a birthday party during the Colts' wild comeback versus the Chiefs. The game was on at the birthday girl's house and I had to plug my ears and then explain to the parents why I had to go stand in the hallway while my kid got her coat. Football will make you do weird shit like that.
Sports are a communal experience, and the beauty of the internet is that you can make it a communal experience even if you don't happen to be at a bar or a friend's house or staying on the Bud Light West Side Poop Cruise. Can being a NERDY BLOG NERD on Twitter during the game compete with actual human contact? No, but it's a nice substitute if you're in a pinch and looking for virtual company.
The problem is that having virtual company during the game can often prove to be a massive distraction. I'll watch some game and spend all my time thinking about some tweet to send or wondering what the Twitter folk think of that one fat dude in the stands and I'll completely gloss over what just actually happened on the field. Or I'll send a friend a text and I'll suddenly be like WAIT DID I TEXT THAT OR TWEET THAT? WHAT IF I TWEETED SOMETHING RACIST OH GOD I NEED TO STOP DRINKING. I'm not IN the game. I'm not in the moment. I'm in a kind of mental limbo, with one half of my brain tuned into the cloud and the other barely processing what's on the TV screen. I can feel my focus drift in and out, like a camera lens being constantly adjusted. And you can try to lay off the phone or laptop during live games, but if you're like me, you're pretty much powerless to resist.
Watching a game on delay, at least for me, usually ends with me absorbing more of the game. This is crucial if you want your scorching hot takes to be extra hot the next day. You're into the game, pretty much as if it's happening live. You jump. You scream. You see the shit that the announcers remarkably fail to notice (Dan Dierdorf REALLY doesn't like you taking that safety). You stand up during tense plays. All of the good sporty sports stuff is still there.
But there's nagging feeling to it, the idea that you've already missed out on the group experience and that you'll never catch up. I've been an hour behind on certain games and fucking sprinted with the remote to catch up. What's happening on the internet What's happening on the internet OH GOD WHAT AM I MISSING?! Knowing that you are utterly alone in experiencing the game in at that precise time in that precise way is oddly infuriating. I almost prioritize the conversation around the game more than the game itself, which is STUPID. You're supposed to be there to watch football, not stare at your phone like some kind of asshole.
But I can't shake the #FOMO when I watch a game on delay even though I wish I could. Sports, in general, have a short shelf life. This is why only crazy people watch game tape or full-on replays of old games on ESPN Classic. When you watch it live, you get the energy. When you don't, it's gone.
I belong to the last generation of world citizens to grow up in the pre-online era, which makes me older than I already am. I may as well have been a worker on the Transcontinental Railroad. The way I have personally digested football over the past four decades has changed and shifted in a dozen ways, and will continue to do so at an accelerated pace.
Obviously, I used to watch whatever game local TV gave me when I was a kid, which meant that I rarely got to see my favorite team play once my family moved from Minnesota. I took the rare prime time appearance of my team when I could get it and sucked it up whenever I had to watch the fucking Jets play. Then Sunday Ticket came to bars and I could see my team whenever I wanted, plus glance around at the other games whenever my team bored or annoyed me.
Then cell phones came (if I fuck up the chronology here, it's because I was and still am late to the party on many, many forms of technology) and I could call a friend during a game (I used to work on ads for AT&T Wireless and all of our sports ads were like CALL YOUR BUDDIES AND TALK SOME TRASH JUST FUCKING KILL IT BRO).
Then blogs rose up and I could check out live blogs of sporting events, which really helped improve shitty non-events like the Home Run Derby. You could leave your comments and hope Nibbles the Gawker server hamster didn't eat them, and you could dole out your +1's and pray that someone +1'ed you back because OH GOD I AM ALONE AND I JUST NEED SOMETHERE OUT THERE WHO THINKS NICE THINGS ABOUT ME. I slipped into Internet sports addiction so quickly that I barely noticed it happening.
Then came Red Zone and Twitter and Vine and internet fantasy scoring (Christ, I sound like David Brooks here, I am sorry) and now your viewing experience can be shattered into a zillion little pieces. Watching a game now can be a form of multi-tasking, and recent studies have all shown that people who multitask do every task poorly. I watched the BCS title game two weeks ago and dabbled in the Megacast and fucked around on Twitter and texted people and did all that shit. Imagine watching a game while sprinting back and forth between seven different house parties. That's kind of the feeling I get now, and it's hard not to suppress my inner old geezer telling me to shut everything off and just WATCH. Just sit there and take it all in and enjoy.
But I can't. I'm too far gone now. I'm gonna watch these awesome championship matches this weekend and it'll be a salad of live viewing and frantic DVR fast-forwarding and the constant nagging feeling that—no matter how I do it—I am watching sports wrong. There will come a day—if it hasn't happened already—when the sporting event will be subsumed entirely and act as wallpaper for the virtual activity I have placed on top of it. The same way people rarely just listen to music anymore. Like music, sports are a culture that annoyingly DEMAND purity. Guys that watch the All-22 film of NFL games are like assholes that brag about having an extensive vinyl collection. Watch any game in a distracted state and you will feel the sports guilt rise up within you. I can feel it now. I know I'm a worse sports fan than I used to be—whatever that means—but I like all this fancy new shit too much to stop. And as technology proliferates, the dilemma will continue to gnaw and gnaw at me until I realize, one day, that I really, really, really need more friends.
The Games
All games in the Jamboroo are evaluated for sheer watchability on a scale of 1 to 5 Throwgasms. And during the playoffs, I pick the games because that's STRONG BUSINESS.
Five Throwgasms
Patriots (+4.5) 40, Broncos 35: You have probably already heard far more about Manning and Brady in this lifetime than you ever cared to hear, so I'll spare you any horseshit about what it means. They're both awesome, and nothing that happens on Sunday will offer incontrovertible proof that one is better than the other. Oh, but who to root for? If you're a fairly neutral party, as I am (lying), allow me to help you make your choice by using this handy Manning/Brady Overplayed Narrative Generator...
• "OMG Peyton can't win the big one except that one big one but that was only one big one!"
• "OMG is Tom Brady the best ever because he got to six Super Bowls but he didn't win all those Super Bowls so maybe not?!!?!?!!?"
• "If Brady wins his fourth title, JEEM, he's definitely IN THE CONVERSATION for best ever!" (Being in the conversation is so, so key)
• "The Patriot Way wins out once again!" (barfffffffff)
• (random columnist pointing out that Bill Belichick's slogan is DO YOUR JOB)
• Random columnists telling you Peyton is the best ever no matter what
• "Win the Big One, Peyton. Then you'll have shown me something."—spoken by Pete Prisco and Colin Cowherd, in unison
• Extensive reports of Peyton's most freakish OCD tendencies. HE WILL NOT EAT BUTTERED TOAST BECAUSE THE MILKFAT COULD AFFECT HIS GRIP.
• "JEEM, Peeton Meeneeng is playing football at a whole different level right now!"
• "Holy shit, Wes Welker's got a bigass helmet!"
I'll be rooting for Denver.
Niners (+3.5) 24, Seahawks 23: I still think Pete Carroll will do something stupid to blow this game. You can only hide the fact that you're Pete Carroll for so long. Onto the random crap:
• Unlike mayonnaise-slurping tyrant Albert Burneko, I think it's fine to use a fork and knife on your pizza on certain occasions. Sometimes you get a pizza loaded with toppings and if you pick up the slice the front will drop down, creating a toppings trap door that leaves you with a wet red triangle for the your first bite. If you gotta use a fork for that shit, then go for it. Or if you gotta use a fork because the pizza is still too hot, or because you got a runny pizza with 5000-degree cheese magma leaking from the front, so be it. Or if you've ever been to one of those strictly Neapolitan joints that won't cut your pizza into slices (I have to been to one of these miniature dictatorships and they are annoying) and you gotta cut it yourself, that's fine too. I won't judge you. I'll only judge you if you eat your CRUST that way. That would be fucked up.
• I also think women use the knife and fork more than men because women are so dainty. I prefer to pick up the slice with my hands, bite down all the way to the crust, throw the crust to the side, and continue onto the next piece. No time for forks getting in the way of my obesity.
• By the way, Twitterphobia is a very real phenomenon, especially ever since that one lady got shitcanned for making a bad AIDS joke. One night, after I drank lot, I got up in the middle of the night and double-checked my phone just to make sure I hadn't tweeted anything stupid (or more stupid than what I generally post). Because all it takes is one bad posting, man. One offhand joke about slavery or whatever and that's it for you, even if—like David O. Russell—your momentary bout of poor taste probably doesn't say much about who you are as a human being. It's like a man can't drunkenly joke about slavery in public anymore, I tell you! Such a pity.
• If you need a book to occupy you during the horrible two-week wait for the Super Bowl, I recommend Mary Roach's Gulp, a book devoted entirely to eating and pooping, which is right up my alley (or down it, as it were). Here's a fun tidbit from the book: Did you know that Elvis Presley may have died from constipation? Apparently, Elvis was born with an abnormally large colon (megacolons are a real medical thing), and when he was a kid, his mom used to have to jam her finger IN HIS ASS to work the poop out of him. Anyway, one of the working theories about Elvis' death is that while he was stuffed with drugs at the time, none of them were at lethal levels, and that he died on the shitter while trying (and failing) to push out an impacted stool, which can happen to people. I'm trying to think of a worse non-violent way to die, but I don't think I can top that. The poor King.
• Mike Pereira and Frank DeFord look exactly alike. They could be twins. Twin Hungarian vampire counts.
Four Throwgasms
Three Throwgasms
Two Throwgasms
One Throwgasm
Last Week: 3-1 (1-2-1 vs. the spread)
Playoffs: 3-5 (3-3-2 vs. the spread)
Pregame Song That Makes Me Want To Run Through A Goddamn Brick Wall
"An Infinite Regression," by the Animals as Leaders. From Casey:
Bit of personal background — stumbled upon this song while working from home one morning a few weeks back and, upon listening to it for the seventh time in a row and air-guitaring throughout, it immediately dawned on me that, if anyone were to see me, they probably would've assumed I was going into some weird kind of seizure or having a stroke. But seriously, try to air-guitar that intro and not look like a convulsing idiot.
Looking like a convulsing idiot is the BEST part of air guitaring! Let's take a moment to appreciate the heavy metal instrumental track. Most of the time, singing RUINS a good heavy metal song anyway. Best to just let the guitars do the singing for you. I remember when I was a kid, I used to listen to Metallica's "To Live Is To Die," and I would think to myself, Dude, this is classical music. Like, it's like classical music, but in a new whole way. James Hetfield is my Beethoven! I was not a smart child.
Gregg Easterbrook Is A Haughty Dipshit
At the end of last season, I swore that I would stop goofing on Gregg Easterbrook because that shit gets old and because, even though it's Greggggggg, you will feel like a bullying asshole if you pick on one person week after week after week, no matter who that person is. And so I will again try to end this part of the Jamboroo for good when the season's over. But it won't be easy. I mean, look at that tweet. Fucking look at it. Think about everything that went into making that tweet possible: a lousy sense of humor, arrogance, stupidity, general dipshittiness, etc. And this week's TMQ is like someone took that tweet and made a fucking encyclopedia out of it:
Who would have thought the West Coast, known for fads, high-tech, casual dress, laid-back evenings and now for legal marijuana, would be shining the light on traditional football?
I know! The West Coast is usually for pussies! It's the Finesse Coast. Frankly, I'm surprised they play ANY football over there.
TMQ notes hidden plays — ones that don't make highlight reels, but stop or sustain drives.
And by "hidden," he means plays that were actually perfectly visible on screen, but that he assumes you were too stupid and gullible to notice. You WHORES. I bet you didn't even finish college. That is why you must rely on TMQ to explain every game to you after it has occurred.
Last week Mike Munchak was fired as head coach of the Flaming Thumbtacks, after being offered the chance to scapegoat his assistants by firing them. Munchak refused, and was shown the door. Reader Jonathan Flanders of San Antonio writes, "This is the opposite of a weasel coach — perhaps, a bald eagle coach."
No. Please. No no no. No more fucking terrible nicknames or cognomen or Gladwellian terms for coaches. Yes, good for Mike Munchak for remaining loyal to his assistants, even though they all ended up getting fired anyway. THAT MAN IS A PATRIOT. The Football Gods smile upon he! One day, they shall reward him for making his players wear blazers.
Wade Phillips, recently shown the door by the Texans — his defense only finished seventh overall in 2013, get rid of the bum! — was fired by the Bills as head coach in 2000, after refusing to scapegoat assistants by firing them. Buffalo had been 29-21 with playoff appearances in its first two years under Phillips; the front office and fan base were furious because in his next season, the team "missed the playoffs for only the third time in 13 years." The Bills have not made playoffs since! Perhaps the football gods cursed Buffalo for firing a head coach who was a winner and who had the backs of his staff.
I can't. I just... This is Wade Phillips we're discussing, right? The one that's 1-5 in the playoffs? The one that benched Doug Flutie right before a playoff game? That one? That's your fucking Bear Bryant? Listen, I think Wade Phillips is really good defensive coordinator. If my team hired him for that post, groovy. Ol' Wade can do that in his sleep. But seriously, IT'S WADE FUCKING PHILLIPS. No team, not even the Bills, has ever regretted not being head coached by Wade Phillips. And then you're bringing your stupid football gods into it and CHRIST.
If so, the next few years for the Houston Texans may be unpleasant.
Yes, that's exactly it. They'll be haunted by the GHOST OF WADE and not the fact that they don't have a quarterback. That's dead on. What the fuck is wrong with you?
The Bills playoff drought is a league-worst 14 years, beginning with the dismissal of bald-eagle Phillips.
What if the reason the Bills have missed the postseason for 14 years is not the Phillips Curse but the TMQ Curse?
That makes more sense, because every theory TMQ touches on turns to shit. SERIOUSLY SOUR.
The Super Bowl will be played in New Jersey, but all the talk will be of New York. So TMQ will try to keep the focus on New Jersey.
The DUMBSTREAM MEDIA would have you believe that the Super Bowl is being played atop the Freedom Tower (where bald eagle coaches are said to nest). But TMQ sees through your ruse, NFL!
The Football Gods Chortled: Seattle leading 16-0 late in the third quarter, punter Jon Ryan dropped the snap. It might have been a huge loss for the Seahawks and a momentum swing for New Orleans. Except — the Saints had called a return, so no one rushed the punter. Ryan got the kick away.
So true. Clearly, the Saints should have known in advance that Ryan would drop the snap and called for a rush. The fact that they lacked ESP made the football gods chuckle quite a bit! Bald eagle coaches would have seen it. What. The. Fuck.
Great Moments In Poop History
People (poople?), we're only a week away from the annual POOPOROO, a collection of poop stories to tide you over during the Super Bowl bye week. So if you've got a good story for the anthology, send it on over. In the meantime, reader Eric has a story I call MAGIC POOPDOM:
Five years ago I was a junior in high school. In May the senior class ahead of us was on senior trip. Because I wasn't there physically, some minor details may be left out, but this is pretty much what happened. Our school's senior trip was a five day trip to Disney World. The last night they were there would be a day-long cruise that culminated in a luau at night. While on the cruise, something went horribly wrong. The cruise ship immediately turned around and everybody was forced to retreat back to their rooms for the night.
Turned out some kid shit on the poop deck and just left it up to the cruise attendees to find it. They knew it was a student because the only people on the cruise were the senior class and the people who work on the ship. This kid did not realize that his innocent poop gag would shape the entire senior trip for years to come. Being a year after, my class didn't get a goddamn cruise. Our replacement was a crappy dinner at Sea World and an after party that consisted of two DJs.
There would never be a cruise again due to this pooper. The funniest part of this is that to this day, nobody has come forward taking ownership of the poo. Our high school was relatively small, and with social media, everybody is friends with everyone one way or another. On the five year anniversary, some kid wrote an open letter on Facebook asking the Disney cruise pooper to come forward, show his face, but they never did. I never know if we'll ever meet this legend, but he has changed the landscape of future senior trips for years to come.
I just assume that piles of shit litter every last corner of Disneyworld anyway.
Emmitt Smith's Lock of the Week!
"For the NFC title game, I like the Saddle Seahawks (-3.5) to take care of bigness against the Niners and make it all the way to the Big Game! IN NEW DORK. I have played in Saddle before, and let me tell you, it is LOUD. Deathening! You can't even hear yourself drink! I tried everything when I played up in Saddle. I wore eardrugs. Coach had heavy mental music punked into the practice sneakers... Everything! And I still was not prepared for the high decimal level of Qwik Field. You can feel the stands vibratoring there! My cat's off to those Saddle fans.
Emmitt Smith 2013 record: 7-10-2
Player Who Deserves To Die A Slow, Painful Death
Poor Marques Colston. It's never a good thing when you throw a lateral and it looks like a lateral that YOU could throw. There's something endearing about an athlete making a mistake that occurs normally at the 6th grade level. It's nice to know that Colston can suck just as much as I can.
Fire This Asshole!
Is there anything more exciting than a coach losing his job? All year long, we'll keep track of which coaches will almost certainly get fired at year's end or sooner. And now, your updated 2013 chopping block:
- Gary Kubiak—FIRED!
- Mike Shanahan—FIRED!
- Leslie Frazier—FIRED!
- Jim Schwartz—FIRED!
- Greg Schiano—FIRED!
- Rob Chudzinski—FIRED!
- Mike Munchak—FIRED!
- Jeff Ireland—FIRED!
- Joe Philbin—NOT FIRED I THINK?!
- Dennis Allen—POSSIBLY LOCKED IN SOME KIND OF TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED CELLAR!
Here's one added benefit of winning all the time: You get to keep your assistants. The pressure to hire a new coach is so immense now that most teams feel like they can't sit there for weeks and weeks to wait out some Super Bowl assistant, unless you're the Browns and no one wants to work for you anyway. I guarantee that if the Niners hadn't made three straight NFC title games, Vic Fangio or Greg Roman would have a top gig by now. The rich stay richer. It's not right. I demand a dispersal draft of all championship assistants four days after the Super Bowl is over.
/puts hand out
Gametime Snack Of The Week
Maple bacon chips, offered by Chris. These are not at my store. They have every other kind of Kettle Chips flavor, but not this. I demand to know why. I want a Congressional probe. I need these inside me.
Gametime Cheap Beer Of The Week
Bear beer! From Ethan:
Found this beauty at a supermarket in Lithuania, though it's actually a Danish beer. It wasn't the cheapest beer on the shelf, but fuck it. Bear Beer.
If it's Danish, it was probably brewed with foraged peat moss and retails for five thousand dollars a can. But it sure LOOKS shitty. The polar bear lets me know it's cold! I MUST CHILL IT.
For the past couple of weeks, I've posted reader stories about Chibuku, the African beer that comes in a carton and sounds like the name of a monster that wants to kill you by breaking into your dreams. Reader Daniil says the story of Chibuku goes even deeper:
My fiancee worked in HIV clinics in Swaziland and Botswana, where the carton beer was widely consumed. She says the beer was foul-smelling, tasted bad, and was really thick. All things you generally don't want from your beer. HOWEVER, it was filling and had enough "nutrients" to keep a lot of starving people "alive." It was even given to malnourished and sickly babies when food wasn't readily available. Can it make the claim of being both, the worst beer ever made and the beer that has saved the most lives?
If so, that would be astonishing. At least give that starving baby a pint of Guinness.
Robert Evans's MVP Watch!
Time to start thinking about who the leaders will be for the NFL's MVP award. So every week, legendary Hollywood producer Robert Evans will join us to give us his assessment. Take it away, Mr. Evans.
"Baby, my favorite for NFL MVP is still Peyton Manning of the Broncos! You think Marty Scorsese knows about wolves of Wall Street? EVANS PARTIED WITH THE ORIGINAL. The year? 1970. The player? A big shot banker by the name of Hurley Ascock. Ol' Ascock was a legend in the banking game. They used to say that he could walk into any room and that room could be divided equally into the people he fucked and the people he fucked over. They say he had a cock that turned at a 45-degree angle. He called it THE BOOMERANG. Anyway, back in '70, Ascock brought aboard his sixteen-story yacht—The Montage—and told me that he had an investment that could triple my money within a year. Dangerous? YOU BET! Does Evans like to live on the edge? ALWAYS. My balls beat out my brain, and I cut Hurley a check for $200,000 in Paramount's cash that very same evening. He used it to cut our coke!
"Turns out that Ascock was using the money to fund a pyramid scheme for a Tunisian warlord named 'The Rude'. They would take the cash and literally put it into a hole! Then they would bomb the hole. Or so I was told. I don't understand economics. Anyway, I divested right before the Feds closed in and hauled Ascock off for good. Made $600,000 that I never had to give back! At least, I don't think I did. Was that wrong? TOO LATE IT ALL WENT UP IN CHAMPAGNE BUBBLES, GANG."
Sunday Afternoon Movie Of The Week For Texans Fans
Memphis Belle, submitted by Augie, which is a damn fine movie and features Harry Connick Jr., who has literally not aged a day since its production. His secret is called Pearl Cream and it's made from real pearls.
Gratuitous Simpsons Quote
"Nice beating, Lance. Especially around the eyes."
Enjoy the title games, everyone.
Drew Magary writes for Deadspin and Gawker. He's also a correspondent for GQ. Follow him on Twitter @drewmagary and email him at firstname.lastname@example.com. You can also buy Drew's book, Someone Could Get Hurt, through his homepage.


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When Scott Rosenbaum took the job to start the girls' tennis program at Hudson Catholic this spring, he didn't know what he was getting into.
After all, the program was brand new, starting from scratch.
"I knew that I did have one player," said Rosenbaum, a full-time tennis instructor. "Lorelei Tuozo played for the boys' team last year. After Lorelei, I didn't know what else I had."
Rosenbaum was encouraged by the girls' attitudes.
"The girls were almost over eager," Rosenbaum said. "Some of the other girls were on the boys' team, but they didn't get a chance to play. It turned out to be a great bunch of kids. We had six or seven, which wasn't enough to field a full team, but by the first match, we had eight kids."
Surprisingly, the Hawks won the first match in the school's history, defeating Marist.
"I didn't expect anything from a first-year team and we won our first match," Rosenbaum said. "It was pretty exciting for the girls."
After that first win, news of the program spread like wildfire.
"Soon after, we had 14 girls," Rosenbaum said. "I took them all on."
The Hawks managed to win six matches in their first season, which ended last Wednesday with a loss to North Bergen in the Hudson County Tournament quarterfinals.
"It's completely impossible to believe we could have won six times," Rosenbaum said. "We won in the first round of the county, before losing. It's amazing. The kids bought into what I was trying to teach them. I had kids who didn't even know which end of the racket to hold. So teaching them was a feat in itself."
Rosenbaum was thrilled with the team's first-year performance.
"It was actually really exciting for me," Rosenbaum said. "We had kids who didn't know a thing and took it all on."
Rosenbaum was encouraged by what occurred after the season-ending defeat.
"The kids love it so much that they're going to play now on their own," Rosenbaum said. "They found a love for the game. The good news is that they're all coming back next year. It's very rewarding."
Having a sure-fire No. 1 singles player in Tuozo helped the Hawks' cause.
"It was huge," Rosenbaum said. "Two days before the season started, I sent out an e-mail to the girls and asked them to pick a captain. Unanimously, they picked her. She's a very good player and right on par with the best players in the county. But she took the time to practice with the very last player on our team. I think the other girls grew a respect for her, an unspoken respect. We played our last match of the year and she was the one who won."
Freshman Kayla Santos was at second singles, with sophomore Isabella Bozkent at third singles. The two doubles teams are all comprised of sophomores, namely Kaylin Warren and Janelle Pichardo at first doubles and Sarah Lopez and Jasmine DeJesus at second doubles.
It definitely gives Rosenbaum and the Hawks' girls' tennis program hope for the future…
Here's a closer look at the local football teams' chances to get into the upcoming NJSIAA state playoffs.
In North Jersey Section 1, Group V, Union City (4-2) is currently fifth with 74 points and North Bergen (4-3) eighth with 64 points. The Soaring Eagles will have a tough time getting a home game in the playoffs, considering the fourth place team Ridgewood has 85 points and has only played five games. The forfeit loss to Bayonne is coming back to bite Union City in a big way.
In North Jersey Section 2, Group I, there are two local teams with solid chances. Secaucus (5-1) is the current top seed with 72 points, followed closely by Hoboken (4-2) with 70 points. Those two teams appear headed to the postseason.
In North 2, Group II, Lincoln (6-0) has already clinched a playoff berth. The Lions are now playing for the top seed. They currently are tied for the top spot with Mountain Lakes with 99 points.
In North 2, Group V, Bayonne (4-2) is currently second to Ridge, so the Bees appear headed to the postseason as well.
In Non-Public Group 4, St. Peter's Prep (6-1) is currently tied for the top spot in that bracket with Paramus Catholic with 119 points, but PC has played one less game.
In Non-Public Group 2, Hudson Catholic (3-3) is currently fifth with 43 points, three behind fourth-place Gloucester Catholic.
In Non-Public Group 1, Marist (3-4) is fifth with 44 points and St. Anthony (2-4) is eighth with 36. It looks as if both of those teams are also headed for the playoffs despite being under .500.
Marist and Hudson Catholic face each other this weekend in a game with gigantic playoff ramifications…
Among the top football performances last weekend, D'Ondre Robinson of Marist had the biggest game, going for 218 yards and two touchdowns in the Royal Knights' win over Snyder. Jonathan Castellano of Union City had 184 yards and two touchdowns, while the brilliant Devell Jones of Lincoln rushed for 182 yards and four scores.
Others to have great games include Sean Roesing of Secaucus (174 yards, two TDs), Jonathan Hilliman of St. Peter's Prep (147 yards, three TDs), Tamaine Boyd of Union City (115 yards, two TDs) and Herb Johnson of St. Anthony (108 yards, one TD).
Among the top passing leaders are Ryan Iyer of Secaucus (161 yards, one TD) and Darius Wade of Lincoln (139 yards, 1 TD).
Among the best all-around performances include Tyrik Darby of Lincoln, who had nine receptions for 126 yards and a touchdown. Darby also rushed for 32 yards and made six tackles.
Also Steven Harper of Marist, who had two touchdown receptions, forced two fumbles, recovered a fumble, recorded 10 tackles, including a sack…
Veteran baseball coach Buddy Matthews, who spent a quarter century heading the highly successful baseball program at Hoboken High School, has agreed to become the co-head coach of the St. Anthony baseball program this spring, along with long-time head coach Rob Duffy. Matthews is already the school's athletic director…–Jim Hague
Jim Hague can be reached at email@example.com.

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MARTA has apparently been 'drafted' by the new LA professional women's team. I have a pickup game to join shortly, so can't do my research on this just yet - but OH MY GOD, I am so HAPPY! I am going to pass out from excitement! FORMIGA - first pick (are they reading From A Left Wing?) - is going to the Bay Area!!! Look out, though - Cristiane will be (might be?) playing for the Red Stars, who really seem to have their shit together. Look for a full report from moi sometime over the weekend. If you don't know who Marta or Formiga are, just read my posts below on the Olympics, or search their names on this blog. On reading the press material a little more closely, though - who knows. This could be smoke and mirrors? Who knows anything about the LA team?Melissa from The Offside's WPS wing has done some of the homework to decode the WPS "international draft" statement. It's not a draft, it's a wish list. And it would be just like the top-down thinking at AEG to name Marta as their choice before they've, well, given the team a name and done any work to connect this future-team to the actual fans of the women's game in the region. My enthusiasm above is a sad, sad indication of how starved we are for information.
I tried e-mailing the contact address given for the LA WPS team on the WPS site, and got that query bounced back. Calls and e-mails to contact persons listed on the WPS LA website (which is, really, a virtual ghost town) are unanswered. Sure, it's just little ole me. Not the LA Times, or Sports Illustrated. But I don't see stories in those outlets which tell us what the hell is going on. Just this solid rant from Grahame Jones ("Hey Phil: Bring Marta to LA") on LA Times's new sports blog site, which is operating on just about the same level of information I've got. Which is nada.
The Offside explains why we don't see German players in the draft list. But why don't we see any of the Nigerian players either? Did anyone else watch those Olympic matches? The whole thing seems to be a lot of smoke and mirrors. Sigh. It isn't even worth getting angry about. The WPS announcement of teams wish list/declaration of intention to recruit doesn't seem to mean much of anything - beyond perhaps a warning shot to European clubs to start paying their better players better money.


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First of all I want mancave, scratch that, need a mancave. Although Arties house wasn't exactly a cave, this show is pretty damn cool and Artie was far more entertaining (and fat) on this show working clean than he was on Joe Buck Live. If you get a chance you should record or tivo or dvr or whatever the hell you do his episode, it was on the DIY network channel.
Has anyone else watched it? I am still trying to search for and record the one with Baba Booey but it wasnt on last time they did a mancave marathon (fathers day).


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"The poor man is not he who is without a cent, but he who is without a dream." –Kemp
Jacqueline "Jackie" Madden's 2014 wish list includes two high priorities: signing a title sponsor and having more rehearsal time for the city of Irving's award-winning, free annual performance honoring Rev. Martin L. King Jr.
Since 1999, Madden has been writing proposals and scripts, locating talent and other resources as director of Irving's MLK tribute, held on Martin Luther King Jr. Day or a date close to the federal holiday. Madden is special events supervisor for Irving's Parks and Recreation Department, which oversees the MLK series, a unique, thought-provoking, and creative experience in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
"We have a rehearsal on the day of the event. In total we get to have eight hours of rehearsal. And that's because of funding. It's kind of stressful because we don't know how something is going to look," said Madden during a telephone interview.
"The money comes from the city of Irving and this year we got $10,000" of which $3,500 paid for a facility (rental) fee to the Irving Arts Center, where the performance is held, she said. "Ideally I would like to get a title sponsor for this event. I would like a title sponsor to put its name on it because I think that is a good show." Each year the Greater Irving Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce provides a dessert reception after the show.
No Charge, 'Quality of Life'
"I have people tell me they can't believe it's free. The city provides a service and it is available to the general public. I think that's to be commended," Madden said.
Irving Parks and Recreation Director Ray Cerda wants it known that "this is not a revenue-generating program" because the purpose is to celebrate King's life. Assistant Director of Parks and Recreation Joe Moses backs him up: "When you look at the Parks and Recreation Department, we want to enhance the quality of life. What's more fitting than to honor the philosophy of Dr. King for our residents?"
Moses said the MLK program started in the mid-80s at what is now the Georgia Farrow Recreation Center. At that time it was community-based. In the mid-90s, the performance moved to the Irving Arts Center and became a citywide event, he said.
Madden gets ideas for the show from King's life.
"When I start reading about him I find something new to talk about. The script has already been preset. It's just a matter of researching his life and finding what new thing we are going to share. Isn't it amazing that we are still talking about this man and coming up with something new?" Madden said.
Back to King's Ministry
She said she asks for "divine guidance" each year in preparation for the MLK performance and believes Irving's commitment has generated "some good friends over the years such as Dallas Black Dance Theatre and (nationally acclaimed gospel singer) Brenda Ellis." The audience echoed Madden's belief by showing its appreciation for Ellis's dynamic performances.
Madden traveled to Memphis last April and for the first time toured the National Civil Rights Museum, which includes the Lorraine Motel, where King stayed during his efforts to help striking Memphis sanitation workers. King was assassinated on the Lorraine's balcony April 4, 1968.
"I got inspired from going to Memphis on a personal trip and visiting the Lorraine Motel. I got inspired that somebody had to talk about the preacher in him. At the core of everything he has done, he was a preacher. I proposed the idea in May after I figured out (how) to work it out. I wanted to go to Atlanta, but it didn't work out."
Last October, Madden met with Nycole Ray, Dallas Black Dance Theatre II's director and choreographer. Ray said Madden "wanted to go back-to-the-church aspect of Dr. King. She wanted gospel and high energy. I said I had the perfect idea."
Madden's research, travel and inspiration were delivered in the Jan. 19 tribute "The Ministry of Dr. King: From the Pulpit to the Nation." Throughout the event, video clips of King played explaining his ministerial and civil rights journeys. And, the opening act danced the show right into Madden's mandated "back-to-the-church" setting.
DBDT II's rip-roaring, foot stompin' performance to "Long as I Got King Jesus" by gospel recording artist Vickie Winans stirred things up.
"I thought it was fabulous (laughs). I thought the talent in the entire show was wonderful," said Ray, a 25-year veteran dancer who previously danced in Irving's other MLK programs with DBDT's main company.
"It is always a pleasure for us to come out to the collaboration. It's wonderful to have been a part of it for all these years. Jackie Madden is such a wonderful woman. We love her," Ray said.
It's been a busy month for DBDT II. On Jan. 12 at the Dallas Museum of Art, the company premiered a Ray-choreographed new piece based on the work of contemporary artist Jim Hodges. Dancers in Ray's opening sequence used colored flashlights to reflect her vision of Hodges' The Subtle, The Sum…Give More Than You Take. And the piece concluded in a flourish with members of the audience responding to Ray's request to speak aloud a word of their choice. Simultaneously this month, DBDT hosted the 26th annual conference of the International Association of Blacks in Dance, Jan. 16 - 19 in Dallas.
Martin and Mahalia
During Irving's MLK show, audience members jumped to their feet when award-winning DFW performer Sheran Goodspeed Keyton, portraying gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, sang and sang. Frequently, Jackson sang at King's civil rights events, and, also at his funeral.
The Mahalia Jackson set included speeches by actor Donovan Wheatfall, who portrayed King. Their performances were from The Upper Room by diannetucker.
"When the actor who portrayed Dr. King spoke, he brought awe through the audience," said Moses, who frequently sits in the audience and watches people's responses as part of his assistant director responsibilities on behalf of the Irving Parks and Recreation Department.
National Park Service Receives Civil Rights Award
Madden got the idea to give the National Park Service the city of Irving's 2014 Civil Rights Legacy Award after "reading that he (King) couldn't go to public parks (due to Jim Crow laws). Then I thought, 'isn't that something?' I went to the dedication (of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial) and realized how ironic it is that the National Park Service is running the site. We don't see a lot of stuff that's in front of us."
Russ Whitlock, superintendent of the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, accepted the award in an exuberant speech. Read his remarks.
Commemorative Gift
In 2012, attendees received an oversized poster that read "Love Not Hate." Madden said it is similar to the "I Am A Man" poster that (the sanitation workers used in Memphis).
This year's commemorative gift was a church fan bearing the same image as the cover of the program distributed to attendees.
"(When) I think of church, (I think of) back in the day when they had fans and they were just passing the fans out. I can't imagine any black person who didn't have a fan before we got air conditioning. The stained glass window represents the church. And we also found a photo with the reflecting pool and we are reflecting between the church and the nation," Madden said.
Irving's MLK series was honored in 2006 with an Arts and Humanities Award, Class II, by the Texas Recreation and Park Society.
The next year the Southwest Regional Council of the National Recreation and Park Association honored Irving with another Arts and Humanities Award, Class II.
Madden said she entered the 2013 performance "Letter from the Birmingham Jail" and expects to find out within the next month whether it won an award. Ray Cerda uses an essential barometer of success to measure the series' impact: attendees' praise and support.
"We survey our customers. The results we get from our survey shows people want to see this year in and year out. I give a lot of credit to Jackie and her team for raising the bar, year in and year out," Cerda said.
Madden may be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Regina L. Burns, M.A., Project+, is an award-winning multimedia editor and journalist, specializing in Black history and African American stories at Harvest Reapers Communications. Her work has been published in Texas Highways magazine, WFAA-TV, The Dallas Morning News, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram as well as The Commercial Appeal, the Tri-State Defender and The Flyer, among others.
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Kathy Bates can officially turn down any pending movie offers. Her TV series, Harry's Law, has been renewed for a second season by NBC.
Harry's Law centers around Harriet "Harry" Korn (Kathy Bates), a cranky former patent lawyer. She's forced to make a fresh start and ends up assembling an interesting new team; college student Malcolm Davies (Aml Ameen), legal hotshot Adam Branch (Nate Corddry), and a footwear-obsessed assistant named Jenna (Brittany Snow).
Debuting mid-season, the series started out decently with a 2.2 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 11.07 million viewers. While those aren't great numbers, they are significantly better than the other shows that NBC has had in the Mondays at 10pm timeslot. Unfortunately, the ratings slid downward as the season progressed and the last original episode, on April 4th, registered just a 1.4 in the demo and 7.75 million viewers.
The season ended up averaging just a 1.8 in the demo and 9.39 million viewers. That's just a bit more than NBC's struggling (but now renewed) Chuck. So much for Harry's Law being a hit.
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Roster weaknesses: Every team has them, and the draft is often the best way to address them. With the 2014 NFL Draft fast approaching, NFL Media's Daniel Jeremiah will be taking an up-close look at the main areas of weakness -- and the prospects who could fix them -- for all 32 squads in the league. Be sure to catch "Path to the Draft" on NFL Network at 7 p.m. ET Monday through Friday for more in-depth analysis.
In his first year with the Tennessee Titans, head coach Ken Whisenhunt has a decision to make at a position he knows very well: quarterback. Last week, the team predictably opted against picking up Jake Locker's fifth-year option. The writing's on the wall: This is a make-or-break season for Locker. (Just ask Whisenhunt.) The question is whether it's already high time to spend valuable draft capital on a viable backup plan.
How about the offensive weapons surrounding this iffy quarterback situation? Well, Whisenhunt did inherit some solid young talent at wide receiver: Kendall Wright piled up 94 catches for 1,079 yards last season, while Justin Hunter showed great promise in the second half of his rookie season, posting a pair of 100-yard games. Meanwhile, the backfield needs an upgrade. Following the release of Chris Johnson, Tennessee's backfield depth chart looks like this: Shonn Greene, Jackie Battle, Leon Washington. That's not going to cut it.
The Indianapolis Colts clearly sit atop the AFC South at present. Beyond that, the division's wide open. What can the new regime do to get this franchise back in contention? Here are four positions of need for Tennessee -- and some prospects who could fill them:
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Following the free agency departure of Alterraun Verner, the Titans have a hole opposite solid CB Jason McCourty. Remember, Verner was this team's lone Pro Bowl honoree last season, so the loss certainly hurts. Fortunately, Tennessee picked the right draft to be in the cornerback market -- this is a very deep class at the position. The Titans could address this need immediately with the No. 11 overall pick.
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The internal cleanliness of steel is determined by the composition, size, number and distribution of its inclusions. It should be strictly controlled to ensure the castability of the liquid steel as well as the functional properties of the final product. The inclusions are formed during converter tap, ladle treatment and continuous casting of the steel and they can be oxides, sulfides and nitrides.
The oxides are formed by the reaction of dissolved reactive metals and oxygen, either dissolved in the steel or originating from the atmosphere, refractories or slags. Erosion of the refractories and slag dispersion can also be sources of new inclusions.
The internal cleanliness of steel is determined by the composition, size, number and distribution of its inclusions. It should be strictly controlled to
ensure the castability of the liquid steel as well as the functional properties of the final product. The inclusions are formed during converter tap,
ladle treatment and continuous casting of the steel and they can be oxides, sulfides and nitrides. The oxides are formed by the reaction of dissolved
reactive metals and oxygen, either dissolved in the steel or originating from the atmosphere, refractories or slags. Erosion of the refractories and slag
dispersion can also be sources of new inclusions.
Most of the oxide inclusions are formed during deoxidation and subsequent reoxidation processes. Liquid steel processing includes measures that remove
the inclusions to the slag, such as argon stirring of the ladle and flow pattern control in tundish. Therefore, the composition of the ladle, the tundish
and the mould slags should be optimized to pick up and dissolve inclusions, although a compromise with the other functions of the slag is necessary.
The formation of new oxides is to be avoided because entrainment of these particles by the steel deteriorates internal cleanliness. The steel is therefore
protected from reoxidation as adequately as possible, e.g. by shrouding the steel stream from ladle to tundish and tundish to mould using nozzles, by using
stable refractory materials and by utilizing slags low in FeO+MnO content.
In ladle refining processes, (FetO + MnO) content in slag should be lowered less than 1 wt% for the effective desulphurization and the suppression
of the steel reoxidation. This brings about an increase in production cost and processing time because of the excessive injection of raw materials.
Decreasing the activity coefficients of FetO and MnO is an alternative solution for controlling the activities of the reducible oxides while maintaining
high (FetO + MnO) content.
As an illustration of the reoxidation of steel by adding the usual deoxidizers (Si and Al) are showed in this article.
Silicon is a strong deoxidizer. If [%Si] ≥ 0.2, [%C] ≤0.15, and the temperature of the melt is 1873 K, then the following reaction is possible:
The equilibrium constant of the reaction (1) is
If the standard state is solid silica, then in the thermodynamic calculation of deoxidation of steel by silicon aSiO2 is taken as being
equal to one. According to Kramarov if the slag is saturated with silica then:
So the deoxidation ability of silicon depends on its concentration and the temperature of the metal, but also on the activity aSiO2. At high temperature
and the some value of [%Si], [%Mn] and [%C], its deoxidation ability is something smaller than that of carbon, but considerably higher than manganese.
At some point during the increase in the concentration of silicon in the Fe-Si melt the minimum concentration of oxygen [%O]min is obtained; any further increase
in [%Si] results in an increase of [%O]. At first sight this suggests that the product of the activity coefficients (foSi)2
fSiSi decrease faster than the increase of [%Si]. In agreement with the expression for the equilibrium constant (2), the extreme value
for the concentration of silicon [%Si]extr. corresponds to the minimum concentration of [%O]min.
When calculating the critical value of [%O]min. and [%Si]extr., it is necessary to express equation (2) in the following way
ln[%O] = ½ ln aSiO2 - ½ ln KSi-O - ½ ln [%Si] - ½ ln fSiSi - ln fOSi .......... (4)
The logarithms of the coefficients of activity are:
and the interaction parameters are eOSi = -0.133 and eSiSi = 0.098. The interaction parameters
eO0 and eSi0 are neglected because the concentration of oxygen is relatively small
(log fOO ≈ 0, log fSiO = eSiO [%O] ≈ 0, and follows
fOO ≈ 1 and fSiO ≈ 1), and the activity aSiO2 = 1.
To obtain [%Si]extr, it is necessary to take the first derivative of the concentration of oxygen divided by the concentration of silicon and
set the equation equal to zero under specific conditions:
The second derivative is greater than zero:
Consequently, the function has a minimum. The concentration of silicon at which [%O] is a minimum:
On the basis of the quote d value of the interaction parameters for T=1873 K and aSiO2=1 [%Si]extr. a value of 2.59% is obtained.
In that case fSiSi = 1.794 and fOSi = 0.452. For steel melts there is also the influence of the
other elements on fSi and fO. At 1873 K the equilibrium constant KSi-O = 25099. The minimum concentration
of oxygen in the melt is:
By inserting reasonable values into equation (10) a minimum concentration of oxygen [%O]min = 6.5 x 10-3 % is obtained.
The deoxidation of steel by aluminum proceeds according to there action:
The equilibrium constant may be determined from:
At 1873 K, the equilibrium constant is KAl-O = 4.9 x 1013. In the calculation it is assumed that aAl2O3 = 1, because at
small values of [%Al] (0.001-0.01) the equilibrium concentration (%FeO) in the slag is neglected, so the products of deoxidation are solid Al2O3
or an oxide phase saturated with alumina.
The coefficient of activity of aluminum fAl = fAlAl fAlO = O ≈ 1,
and the coefficient of oxygen fO = fOO fOAl = ≈ fOAl,
which is an approximation, because the influence of the other elements present on fO is very strong, and fO is <1.
The equilibrium concentration of oxygen in the melt may be expressed with:
An analysis of the equation (13) shows that at some increment of the concentration of aluminum the activity factor fOAl decreases
faster than [%Al]2/3 increases. The result is that at some value of [%Al] the [%O]min. is obtained. A further increase in [%Al] results
in an increase of [%O]. To obtain [%Al]extr., the first derivative of the logarithm of the concentration of oxygen divided by the concentration
of aluminum must be set equal to zero:
According to Kulikov, interaction parameter e0Al = -1.17, which corresponds to [%Al]extr. = 0.248. According to formula
(13) the minimum concentration of oxygen [%O]min = 1.35 x 10-4 % is obtained.
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Bolton shifts Clinton critique
John Bolton, the former United Nations ambassador, said Monday that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's handlers have offered few details about her illness to protect her potential 2016 ambition — softening his earlier criticism following Clinton's hospitalization.
"I didn't think that (protecting Clinton from Benghazi testimony) was the effort to begin with," said Bolton, who accused Clinton just this month of having a "diplomatic illness" to dodge hearings on the deadly Sept. 11 attacks in Libya.
Bolton, turning to 2016 rumors, continued: "I think that they're trying to walk a fine line that does not affect the potential presidential candidacy that we expect Sen. Clinton to enter into in the near future, after she leaves the State Department. I think it's the too cute by half approach that's reflected in the absence of transparency that's going to end up damaging her and damaging her credibility."
( PHOTOS: Who's talking about Hillary, 2016?)
In another Fox interview earlier this month, Bolton said, "You know, every foreign service officer in every foreign ministry in the world knows the phrase I am about to use. When you don't want to go to a meeting or conference, or an event, you have a 'diplomatic illness.' And this is a diplomatic illness to beat the band."
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland rejected Bolton's claims after his first interview, saying he and other conservatives who questioned Clinton's condition "are people who don't know what they're talking about."


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Purchased the contract of RHP Jose De La Torre from Triple-A Pawtucket. [5/9]
Transferred RHP Joel Hanrahan to the 60-day disabled list. [5/9]
Boston swapped Brent Lillibridge for De La Torre last July in a minor trade. Lillibridge is in someone else's system now while De La Torre is enjoying his first days in the majors. The small right-hander throws in the low 90s with a good slider and a changeup. His groundball rates are pleasant, which hints at the quality of his command, and he seems to hide the ball well throughout his delivery. These types don't always succeed in the majors, but if De La Torre does it'll come in middle relief.
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Released OF-L Rick Ankiel. [5/8]
Big-league baseball is about production. Those who produce keep their jobs, those who don't don't. Ankiel did not produce this season, and so he's without a job. Nonetheless it'll be a shame if this is the lasting memory of Ankiel. To reach the majors as a pitcher or a hitter requires a lot of talent and work ethic; to reach the majors as both requires even more. You can understand why his teammates are sad to see him go. (Ankiel signed with the Mets on Monday.)
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Purchased the contract of 1B-L Daric Barton from Triple-A Sacramento. [5/8]
Placed OF-L Josh Reddick on the 15-day disabled list. [5/8]
Released LHP Jordan Norberto. [5/8]
The base-on-balls machine returns. Barton is a one-dimensional hitter with a religious devotion to drawing free passes. From 2010-2012 he walked in 15.5 percent of his plate appearances while recording a hit in an additional 20.4 percent. The success of walk-only batters often feels fleeting. Pitchers have no reason to avoid the strike zone when the batter can't burn them with thunder or lightning. Barton's continually high walk rates are a testament to his eye and patience. He has a nice glove, too, though a first baseman with more glove than bat is likely to be as solvent as a dentist with more molars than patients.
Norberto, a moderately sized piece from last year's bullpen, gets the heave-ho after three minor-league appearances. A sprained left elbow is the reason. While the injury will not require surgery, it will sideline Norberto for a few more weeks at the minimum. Perhaps the A's will bring him back afterward. Or maybe some other team will let Norberto heal on their dime in exchange for his future services.
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Placed C-L A.J. Pierzynski on the 15-day disabled list. [5/9]
Recalled C-R Robinson Chirinos from Triple-A Round Rock. [5/10]
An oblique strain sends Pierzynski to the DL and Chirinos to the majors. Texas acquired the 28-year-old infielder-turned-catcher in early April for cash considerations. Though he missed all of last season, due to a concussion, there have been no ill effects at the plate. In the field Chirinos remains rough behind the plate, yet he's expanded his defensive responsibilities to include the corner-infield positions. The new-age Tyler Houston? Only if he hits.
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Placed RHP J.J. Putz on the 15-day disabled list. [5/8]
Recalled RHP Will Harris from Triple-A Reno. [5/8]
The timetable for Putz's return is vague but it appears he'll avoid surgery. Putz underwent elbow surgery in 2009, and made one other trip to the DL with an elbow-related malady in 2011. Otherwise he's held up better than expected. Were Putz to return and accumulate 38 more innings it would mark the fourth-consecutive season he's topped 50, matching a career-best. In the interim look for Heath Bell and David Hernandez to split the ninth-inning duties. This is the classic young-versus-old, future-versus-past scenario. Still, give Bell some credit: he's pitched fairly well this season save for his Opening Day meltdown.
Harris makes his first trek to the majors this season. Diehards may remember him as the guy who was designated for assignment twice during the first week of the season, once by Colorado then again by Oakland. Kevin Towers is the master of building cheap bullpens, and he seems to like Harris' low-90s fastball and good curveball combination. If all goes well Harris could blossom in middle relief.
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Purchased the contract of INF-L Derek Dietrich from Double-A Jacksonville. [5/8]
Placed INF-R Chris Valaika on the 15-day disabled list. [5/8]
Transferred 1B-L Casey Kotchman to the 60-day disabled list. [5/8]
Dietrich came to Miami by way of the Yunel Escobar trade. The Georgia Tech product has some questions to answer about his overall profile. He generates some power from the left side, but his approach is raw and he's going to strike out a considerable amount—not to mention he's unproven against same-handed pitching. Defensively Dietrich owns a good arm, yet his range leaves a lot to be desired, meaning he's going to wind up at second or third base. Fans of Dietrich, who comes complete with a gamer reputation, see a potential second-division starter. Others see a platoon or reserve player.
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Activated LHP Francisco Liriano from the 15-day disabled list. [5/11]
Optioned RHP Duke Welker to Triple-A Indianapolis. [5/11]
Released LHP Jonathan Sanchez. [5/8]
Liriano made a strong Pittsburgh debut on Saturday, and he'd be hard-pressed to perform worse than Sanchez. The statistics impart how poorly Sanchez pitched over the past two seasons. He made 20-big league appearances, 19 of them starts, and completed 78 1/3 innings—or fewer than four per appearance. He allowed 107 hits and 78 runs, of which 76 were earned, good for a 8.73 ERA. He walked 61 batters—two intentionally—and hit seven others while striking out 60, giving him a 0.98 strikeout-to-walk ratio. He allowed 18 home runs and recorded just 16 one-two-three innings. The basic stats lie a lot; not here. Sanchez earned his 1-12 record and 48 ERA+. It's hard to fathom he'll get another shot anytime soon.
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Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Green Tea Ice Cream
Ever since I bought my ice cream maker back in February, I have a mile long list of ice cream flavors I want to make this summer. Now that I finally got a copy of "The Perfect Scoop" that list has tripled, maybe quadrupled. I'm jumping on the bandwagon a little late here but man that book is a-ma-zing! When Meeta announced the theme for this months Monthly Mingle, I had a hard time deciding which ice cream flavor to make. I finally settled on green tea ice cream (and whatdoya know David has a recipe for it!) with the intention of wrapping them in mochi, ala Mikawaya. Unfortunately, the mochi making turned out to be a disaster. It stuck everywhere and to everything. I could not get it off my hands let alone wrap it around ice cream. They weren't kidding when they said that stuff is sticky. (I read that not even the Heimlich can dislodge it!) Thankfully the ice cream was delicious so I didn't dwell long on the failed mochi.
- I changed the milk/cream ratio because I didn't have enough cream and I felt almost guilty using as much as the recipe suggested, though I'm sure it would have made the ice cream even more delicious! I stuck with the recommended number of egg yolks, though I only had extra large eggs so the end result was a tad eggy, but again it was really delicious so no complaints.
- I also divided the recipe in half
- And since my matcha was ancient, I had to increase the amount from the recipe's 2 tsp and regrettably I didn't achieve the brilliant green of the photographed ice cream in the book.
Green Tea Ice Cream
Adapted from David Lebovitz "The Perfect Scoop"
3/4 C milk
3/4 C heavy cream
3 egg yolks
6 Tbsp sugar
2 tsp matcha powder
1/8 tsp salt
Heat the milk and salt in a saucepan over medium heat until it is hot but not boiling. Meanwhile, whisk the egg yolks with the sugar until it's pale yellow and ribbony.
Anchor your mixing bowl by placing a damp kitchen towel around the base of the bowl. Slowly drizzle in the hot milk into the egg yolks while whisking continuously.
Return the custard mixture into the saucepan and heat over medium heat. Stir continuously with a heatproof spatula while making sure to scrape the bottom. Cook until the mixture is thick enough to coat the spatula and a line drawn across the back of the mixture on the spatula stays clear. If the line blurs then continue to cook it a little longer. Don't boil the custard.
Add the matcha powder to the heavy cream then slowly whisk into the custard. Whisk the mixture until all the matcha powder has dissolved.
Chill in the fridge for a few hours. Then freeze in an ice cream maker according to the instructions.
13 comments:
wish i can make green tea ice-cream but I don't have an ice-cream maker. :(
- July 5, 2007 at 8:43 AM
- Lydia (The Perfect Pantry) said...
Does green tea ice cream really taste like green tea? I've never had it but now want to pull out my little ice cream maker and try some.
- July 5, 2007 at 10:26 AM
- Amy said...
Cooking Ninja,
Aw that's a bummer. :( Put one on your wishlist for xmas. :D
I could definitely taste the matcha in the green tea ice cream. As for matcha vs. green tea, I think matcha has a stronger fruity and grassy flavor than the green teas I've brewed at home and it's also less bitter. It's hard to say because I'm not sure about the quality of my matcha and green teas and I'm not very good at describing flavors.
- July 5, 2007 at 2:36 PM
Just in time for the hot days! But I don't have an ice-cream maker as well :( ....*need to head out for my ice-cream fix*
Wonder if adding some azuki red beans will work to make it more Japanese...maybe it's an silly idea...hmmmm
- July 5, 2007 at 6:45 PM
- Patricia Scarpin said...
You and your delicious recipes with green tea are making me curious, Amy! I have never had green tea. :)
- July 6, 2007 at 10:03 AM
- Amy said...
I think I would make the two ice creams separate but eat them together. :) Red and green on the same cone, would seem a bit like Christmas in July hehe.
Do try it sometime, some people don't care for the flavor but some really love it! :)
- July 7, 2007 at 10:02 PM
- Wandering Chopsticks said...
Are you done with the bag of matcha? What else you've got up your sleeve? This looks delish but it's not portable. You need a "mailable" green tea recipe. ;)
- July 8, 2007 at 5:50 PM
- aka Rachel said...
mmm love the 'green' taste and smell of matcha. i modified a recipe for matcha fortune cookies for a theme dinner awhile back. everytime i opened the oven i got a green tea blast. can't wait to try the ice cream recipe!
- July 11, 2007 at 8:45 PM
- Amy said...
Not yet! I still have three things I plan to make, green tea angel food cake this week! :)
Oh wow matcha fortune cookies, that sounds awesome. (maybe now there are 4 things I have to make.)
- July 13, 2007 at 6:23 PM
You don't need an ice cream maker to make delicious home-made ice cream!
The old-fashioned way is not too labour-itensive: simply put the mixture into a container and place in the freezer. ~Goff and do something else, then give it a stir after half an hour or so... then again up to an hour later, and once again after that.
Bingo. Ready. And you didn't need another gadget clogging up the kitchen. The texture is maybe a tad thicker, but I actually prefer it to the commercial 'perfection' of an ie cream maker.
Try it. It really works.
- December 8, 2007 at 7:29 AM
- Dr.Gray said...
I love green tea ice cream. Sorry the mochi didnt work out. Yeah your matcha must have been really old the color is almost not there. How was the flavor, was it strong enough?
- June 22, 2008 at 7:30 PM
- Amy said...
Yes it was definitely very, very old and not as green as matcha powder. In fact I think it might be generic green tea powder and not matcha. Hm not sure since I can't read the japanese, hehe.
- July 3, 2008 at 12:27 AM
- Sanjaya said...
Hmm,i can't wait to try one of your recipe. I want to proof to my friend that green tea can be made to be nice food
Green Tea
- September 11, 2009 at 5:34 AM


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Democrat and Jack Conway supporter Tyler Clay Collins went to the Kentucky Fancy Farm Picnic this past weekend (a big deal in Kentucky) and began mouthing off some vile and offensive racist sentiments.Tyler Clay Collins also held up a sign disparaging immigrants to the country. Tyler Clay Collins wanted everyone to know how much he hates non-white immigrants to the United States. Tyler Clay Collins is a HUGE Jack Conway supporter. Conway is the Democrats' Senate nominee for Kentucky against Rand Paul.There's just one small fact I left out. Tyler Clay Collins, a Democrat supporter of Jack Conway, spent his time mouthing off racist sentiments while pretending to be a support of Rand Paul's.But, sadly for Tyler Clay Collins, a number of Democrats and other Jack Conway supporters couldn't keep a secret and identified Collins as working for or volunteering for the Jack Conway camp.Conway is now denying Collins is affiliated with the campaign.
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Will Baseball Hall of Fame Decision Strike Out Local Business?
Baseball fans and former players are not the only people frustrated by the decision of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) to not elect any members to the 2013 Class of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Many local business owners in rural Cooperstown, N.Y., where the Hall of Fame is located, are similarly frustrated by the Jan. 9 decision.
However, businesses in the small town say they are prepared to withstand an induction weekend with potentially low attendance. This year's event will be held on the weekend of July 26 and will induct three members from the Pre-Integration Committee.
"When nobody is elected, you are not going to have the crowds you normally would, so it has an adverse effect on Hall of Fame weekend," Jeff Idelson, president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, told BusinessNewsDaily. "Fortunately, the Cooperstown season is more than just that weekend. For that weekend we will be doing what we can to enhance the ceremony and add other aspects that will enhance travel. We are confident that we can continue to have a good year this year."
Local businesses share a similar feeling, despite the fact that induction weekend draws on average 15,000 to 20,000 people to the town of just more than 2,000 full-time residents. Businesses are optimistic, however, because they are prepared to take advantage of the spike in visitors for induction weekend, but are not reliant upon it.
"We don't have specifics on economic numbers, but in general, the chamber members I have been speaking to, feel that it is not going to make a huge impact on their business," said Patricia Szarpa, executive director of the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce. "However, I say that with the qualification that some of the businesses that are only open during the summer will experience a bit of a downturn. It may be a disappointment, but it is not going to make or break anything that they have going on."
One business that is not expecting to see a downturn is the Cooperstown Bat Company, which has been making competition and souvenir bats in Cooperstown since 1981.
"For us, Hall of Fame induction weekend can mean a spike in business, but our general, business is not focused around the Hall of Fame," said Tim Haney, owner of the Cooperstown Bat Company. "Our business is national and international so it doesn't affect us as much as some of the mom-and-pop stores. It's a bummer that no one is being inducted from current ballot, but it won't affect our business."
Local businesses and the Chamber of Commerce both credit the strong tourism appeal of Cooperstown for allowing it to be able to withstand a slow induction weekend.
"That weekend is not the only thing that fills restaurants and stores," said Szarpa. "We have many events that go on all summer long that continue to bring people to our region. The Hall of Fame itself will bring people to the region all year."
In addition to the Hall of Fame, Szarpa says that the Cooperstown Dream Park, located six miles from the town, brings thousands of people to the region throughout the summer. The park, which hosts baseball tournaments, can bring as many as 104 baseball teams and their families to the region any given week of the summer. Szarpa also credits festivals held throughout the year with bringing people to Cooperstown.
"It is one of those places that will continue to do well despite the fact that this year will be a downer in excitement," said Szarpa. "It will be more of a downer in excitement, though, than a downer in business.
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Whisky refers to a group of alcoholic beverages (liquors) distilled from fermented cereal grains such as barley, rye, wheat or maize. The word derives from the Gaelic uisge beatha - water of life. (c.f. eau de vie for French spirits, aqua vitae in Italian, aquavit or akvavit in Scandinavian and okovita (vodka) in Poland and the Ukraine). The conventional spelling is whisky for spirits distilled in Scotland, Wales, Japan, Australia and Canada while whiskey is used for spirits from Ireland and the USA.
Scottish Whiskies
Known as "Scotch" there are two main types, Malt and Grain. Many popular brands are a blend of each type.
Malt Whisky
Malt whisky is made from malted barley and distilled in a pot still.
Malt whiskies may be single and come from one distillery (such as Glenfiddich, Glenmorangie or Highland Park) or vatted - a blend of malts from several distilleries (Johnny Walker Blue Label). Single malt whiskies are normally the choice of whisky connoisseurs with different regions of Scotland producing notably different styles and a range of complex flavours.
Grain Whisky
Grain whiskies are made from unmalted cereals and fermented in a continuous distillation process.
Generally grain whiskies are blended with unnamed malts to supply the cheaper end of the market (Bells, Teachers, Famous Grouse, Johnny Walker Red Label). Blended whiskies are mostly used in mixed drinks, for example a "Scotch and American" (Whisky and dry ginger ale).
Drinking Scotch
Connoisseurs of fine malt Scotch will drink their whisky in a heavy based glass (usually lead crystal) either neat or with a very small splash of cold still water to help release the flavours. The addition of ice ("Scotch on the rocks") is frowned upon as it destroys the flavour.
Moonshine Whiskey
Moonshine, or home-made whiskey, has been a fixture of life in the Southern U.S.A for centuries. However, there was a surge of illicit moonshine production during prohibition throughout the entire country. Moonshine did, and continues to, cause many health problems, aside from alcoholism itself.
Bourbon Whiskey
Bourbon Whiskey is a uniquely American spirit, distilled from corn. True Bourbon can only be made in Kentucky but Bourbon-style Whiskey is made across the United States, and even across the world.
See also
Further reading
- Downard, William L. Dictionary of the History of the American Brewing and Distilling Industries. (1980). 268 pp.
- McGovern, Patrick E. Uncorking the Past: The Quest for Wine, Beer, and Other Alcoholic Beverages (2009)


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"Vaccines protect your child and everybody else with whom they come in contact with against serious and often deadly diseases," said Dr. Jill Ratner, assistant medical director at CareMount Medical.
According to Ratner, vaccinations work through a form of biological subterfuge. During a vaccination, particles that resemble proteins of an infection fool the immune system into creating a natural defense to the ward off the invasion. "As a result, vaccines leave the body with antibodies that can recognize and fight off actual diseases should a person be exposed to them," she said.
Thanks to the success of vaccination programs in the United States, few Americans today have experienced devastating disorders such as diphtheria and meningitis, which historically kill thousands of children and adults. And despite some parents questioning the safety of vaccines, Ratner assures patients that forming these antibodies is both safe and important.
"With school back in session, it's important to check your child's records to determine what additional immunizations may be needed," she said. "No federal school-immunization law is in place; rather, each state manages its own required vaccination guidelines."
In New York State, every student must be vaccinated against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, measles, mumps, rubella, poliomyelitis, hepatitis B and varicella. Students attending grades 7-12 must also be immunized against meningococcal disease.
"Preteens (ages 11-12) should receive Menactra®, which protects against meningococcal meningitis; Tdap, to prevent tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis; and the HPV vaccine, to minimize risk of developing cancers caused by the human papillomavirus," said Ratner. A common virus, HPV is spread through sexual contact and can cause various types of cancers in both men and women. When administered during the preteen years, the vaccine offers a higher level of immunity.
"Parents play a crucial role in empowering their older children to become willing participants in the vaccination program," said Ratner. Before a wellness visit, Ratner suggested adhering to the following steps:
- Record your child's immunization history; bring that information to your pediatrician's office.
- Check your state's website for the required vaccination schedule.
- Prepare your child by reminding them what to expect and why vaccinations are important.
After the visit, she recommended that parents take the following steps:
- Review vaccine information provided by the doctor.
- Use a cool, wet cloth to reduce redness or swelling that may develop at child's vaccination site.
- If pain develops and the doctor approves, offer your child a non-aspirin pain-reliever.
- Ensure your child drinks plenty of fluids following vaccination.
- Contact your pediatrician should your child develop any unexpected reaction.