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Tuesday, September 8, 2009
The Unbearable Meaninglessness of Brian Dopirak's Monster Season
In 2008, Arencibia hit 27 homers and drove in 105, posting a .322 OBP and a .527 SLG (.850 OPS) in a season split between Double-A New Hampshire and Triple-A Syracuse.
In 2009, Dopirak hit 27 homers and drove in 102, posting a .371 OBP and a .549 SLG (.921 OPS) in a season split between Double-A New Hampshire and Triple-A Las Vegas.
In spite of the promise that the Jays' (excuse us for saying this) Catcher of the Future showed last season, Arencibia's offense dropped off significantly enough to qualify as a disappointment. Despite the move to alleged offensive haven of the Pacific Coast League, Arencibia's tallies for 2009 fell across the board (21 HRs, 75 RsBI, .282 OBP, .444 SLG, .728 OPS).
It bears mentioning that some reports say that Arencibia has improved his defense, and it is possible that an increased emphasis on his position behind the dish contributed to some drop off at the dish. Also, Arencibia's numbers began to improve over the final stretch (.789 OPS in August, .920 OPS in one week's worth of September), including a red-hot final 10 games (6 homers and 15 RsBI), so maybe there is room to hope.
Dopirak's 2009 season was actually stronger than Arencibia's 2008 given his higher rate stats, and the much higher OBP would give you the impression that those are numbers that will be far easier to replicate in the coming seasons. Still, one great year in the minors isn't any sort of assurance that Dopirak could even reproduce the same numbers in a full season of Triple-A, much less in the Bigs.
We'd love to think that Dopirak could make that step, and become something resembling what Lyle Overbay used to be: A doubles machine and a run producer. But at this point, we just don't feel like we can put all that much stock in what Dopirak's done.
FML Update: Aww, fuck me. Of course the Drunks go down exactly the same road as me on Dopirak on the same day, and get their post up before mine.
Well fuck it: I don't have an infinite amount of time to convince the handful of anonymous jag offs that I don't just copy/paste their posts into my blog. So I'm not going to start from scratch, because chances are that whatever I write next will be covered off somewhere else.
If it bothers you that we're writing about the same fucking things all the time, then just read their blog and leave me alone.
38 comments:
- The Ack said...
"FML Update"....I like that. Works on so many levels this season.
So, yeah, I used my best commenting material "over there", but to paraphrase.....at this point, I'll even take false hope.
But whether he's Josh Phelps or, uh, "some late bloomer who came up and stuck around to enjoy a productive career", we'll never know. Not this year anyway.
One thing we do know.....he's not Kevin Millar.
- September 8, 2009 at 1:41 PM
- Drew - LtB said...
Is it wrong of me to consider those extra 50 points of OBP a big deal? An extra walk a week ain't nothing.
- September 8, 2009 at 1:45 PM
- Mattt said...
A walk a week is more than the total offensive production of Millar per week...
- September 8, 2009 at 1:58 PM
Yo all the advanced statistics (Davenport translations, etc) tell us that Dopirak would be worse than Millar if called up to the majors right now.
He is hitting 272/312/379 outside of the Las Vegas Comedy Launching Pad (tm). So he isn't even raking in AAA outside of the field that makes Coors look like Petco.
tl'dr Dopirak sucks always has always will
- September 8, 2009 at 2:16 PM
- plain_g said...
over the course of the season, it's been alarmingly evident that the jays need more pop in the lineup. since rios left, it seems like they're doing better (39 hr in aug, 5th in al), but they've also gone from the best fielding club in the majors, to a club that's made 24 errors in the last month. is the pendulum swinging too far the other way?
- September 8, 2009 at 2:17 PM
Yeah, but they include boner instructions while you reference a heady Czech novel...who wins? It's a toss up -- pun intended.
- September 8, 2009 at 2:20 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Yeah, those 50 points are significant. That's what I was trying to get at with the discussion of "rate stats". Arencibia's big K-rate and low-BB rate are a little scary when looking at him as a MLB catcher. (Would be interesting to see the numbers that Napoli or Doumit put up...will look that up.)
@Anonymous Davenport quoter
What do all of those systems say? It's one thing to say that they say he'd be worse...but I think you've gotta back that up.
Also, isn't the stadium in LV close to 440 feet in CF? I know the air is thin and what not, but I didn't get the impression that it is inherently a homer park. (Maybe lots of doubles and triples)...
- September 8, 2009 at 2:26 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Ok, so since anonymous commenters won't back their shit up, we'll go look for ourselves.
Davenport's regular translation for Dopirak puts him at .302/.434, so an OPS of .736.
Millar is rocking a stellar .297/.379 for an OPS of .651.
Now, maybe your math is different than mine, but I'd take a .736 OPS over a .651 OPS from a corner infielder.
- September 8, 2009 at 2:35 PM
Tao, we actually read your posts.
Over there I tend to just scan them for the general topic to bat back and forth. Stoeten in particular contradicts himself to the point where it's unreadable.
- September 8, 2009 at 2:36 PM
The outfield is giant for the same reason Colorado has a huge outfield: with the way the air is there the ball flies off the bat like it has a rocket strapped to its ass. LV isn't the only team like this in the PCL. Dallas McPherson a year or two again put up some silly numbers in the PCL but didn't get called up because being able to hit home runs in Salt Lake doesn't mean jack.
Here are BP's funky translations: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/statistics/minoreqa.php
Since I last checked, Dopirak has inched past Millar but is still in the realm of godawful. Millar is hitting 222/309/371. Dopirak's stats translate to a lovely 265/302/434 and a studly .251 EQA which only becomes worst when attached to a hitter who can barely even field first base.
I'd rather give the PAs to McDonald since he's been on the team the whole year and should finally get some, or to Casey Janssen for comedy value.
- September 8, 2009 at 2:41 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Again, repeating what I said above: given the option, I'd take the extra 63 points in slugging from Dopirak.
It's not a solution that's going to make the Jays a contender, but this team shouldn't feel like it can afford to keep extra production like that in reserve.
Whatever. They didn't even bother to call up Dopirak, so five years from now, he'll become someone else's Randy Ruiz.
- September 8, 2009 at 2:50 PM
- Darren Priest said...
You don't honestly think Randy Ruiz is going to keep it up do you?
If so, I hope you're right.
Never figured you for an eternal optimist, but I must say, I like it!
- September 8, 2009 at 2:58 PM
"Again, repeating what I said above: given the option, I'd take the extra 63 points in slugging from Dopirak."
Why Dopirak? On the same team, Kevin Howard, has an 11 points lead in EQA. Advocating Dopirak since he's better than Millar is like advocating Pol Pot because he's better than Hitler. Instead of weighing the two, the Jays should instead pursue a player whose offence isn't a crime against humanity. Dopirak doesn't belong anywhere near a major league roster, and the continued support for him is baffling.
- September 8, 2009 at 3:16 PM
And yes, Kevin Millar is literally Hitler.
You can quote me on that.
- September 8, 2009 at 3:16 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
No, actually, it's nothing like that.
And I don't think that 11 points of EQA projection merits such absurd and insensitive hyperbole.
Millar and Dopirak are baseball players. Let's keep things in perspective.
Reading that comment seriously, it just makes me want to shut the whole fucking blog down.
- September 8, 2009 at 3:26 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
And seriously, "a crime against humanity"?
Fuck you. Fuck you right in your smug fucking face.
- September 8, 2009 at 3:36 PM
- Mattt said...
I think it would be a good idea to stick to the whole baseball thing here. Offensive analogies might make you feel smart but they definitely don't make you look it...
- September 8, 2009 at 3:49 PM
- stonedog said...
"And you can quote me on that."
You're a fucking anonymous commenter, douchebag. How are we supposed to 'quote' you? Do you find it intimidating to talk to preschoolers knowing that they outclass you in every conceivable way?
Yes, that was also a dick joke.
And I know, don't feed the trolls, but that was some repugnant shit.
- September 8, 2009 at 3:59 PM
- Voodoo Matt said...
You know what, Tao?
I just got back from Toronto where I took the family to two games, Friday and Saturday. It was a blast. It helped that some guy threw a really good game and handed out 0-fers like they were candy. Taking kids to a junior Jays Saturday is something I recommend to any parent.
I guess the point I'm shooting for is: This shit is supposed to be fun and if you get away from all the dick-bags on the internet and enjoy it for what it is (i.e. seeing Johnny Mac make a damn fine catch IN LEFT FIELD is entertaining), you can have a great time.
So keep up with the great posts and don't worry about the jerks. And try to enjoy some top quality baseball (No comments on this one, it beats the hell out of the Calgary Vipers)
- September 8, 2009 at 4:17 PM
- eyebleaf said...
I hate Millar. I think we all do. But I think we all know where to draw the line. That was some DJF shit right there.
You know what we need? A big Gay Jays Fan logo to flash across the internet, because we need our good pal to come on over and shut this thread down.
- September 8, 2009 at 4:17 PM
- Steve G. said...
... uh anyway.
Keeping in mind that PECOTA is from before this season, it pegged Dopirak at a .220 EQA, with a 90th percentile of .263 and a 10th percentile of .163. Although it is in a hitter's park and he is old for the level, I imagine his season this year would give him another quality season in his 2010 projection, canceling out one of his injured / subpar years.
For Millar, his PECOTA projection for this year was a .256 EQA, with a range of .144 to .288. His actual EQA is .241.
Small thing left out of previous comments - Millar makes $850k, vs. whatever the minimum is ($400k?) for Dopirak. Also, Dopirak is still young enough that he could continue to improve, whereas as Millar will just continue to degrade.
- September 8, 2009 at 4:28 PM
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- September 8, 2009 at 4:45 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Keep in mind that the whole point of my post was that I didn't know that we should get excited over Dopirak's great season.
I liked the Millar signing at the beginning of the year because it was a low risk thing. If he sucked, they could cash out and only end up owing him the rest of what he had left on $900K.
But he did suck, and they continue to use him in the MIDDLE OF THE LINEUP. Which is what is infuriating.
I'm not saying that Dopirak or Ruiz or whoever are necessarily the solution. But having unproductive players (Millar, J-Mac, Inglett) is a waste of the fans' time.
God forbid the Orioles have a hot week, and then we spend the rest of the season cheering for the Jays to stay out of the AL east basement.
- September 8, 2009 at 5:01 PM
- Darren Priest said...
In defense of the anon poster, I think his tongue was firmly in cheek with that analogy. Let's keep the fainting in check, ladies.
- September 8, 2009 at 5:12 PM
Kevin Millar is worse than Hitler.
He has the warmth of Goebbels, the charm of Himmler and the personal hygiene of Goering.
Like Hitler his dog has no nose and smells awful.
- September 8, 2009 at 5:38 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Fine. Everybody just post whatever the fuck they want.
Genocide! Ha ha! Murder! Wahoo! Holocaust! Stop! My sides are hurting!
I get it. Nobody feels anything anymore, because we're all dead inside, so we have to say shocking things to make people laugh.
So glad to provide an venue for you fuckers to push the envelope. You're welcome.
- September 8, 2009 at 5:46 PM
- Brad Fullmer Fan said...
Stop whining Tao. And stop sucking the fun out of everything.
- September 8, 2009 at 7:38 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Yo Fullmer fan: You Can't Break Me.
- September 8, 2009 at 9:19 PM
- JaysZone93 said...
Good read, I hope this kid pans. Clearly he is worth having up next season over half the scrubs on the Jays roster, at nearly half the price of most of them.
p.s. Just wrote a V.Wells blog - possibly (ok, definitely) the worst player in the league this year. Offensively, defensively... Just utter garbage!
- September 8, 2009 at 11:00 PM
- Brad Fullmer Fan said...
It looks like you already achieved that feat yourself.
- September 8, 2009 at 11:04 PM
- September 8, 2009 at 11:09 PM
- KP said...
Dear Tao,
You are better than DJF. It's like Arrested Development vs. Family Guy. Family guy is on more often and gets cheap laughs, especially when you're passing out in bed after a long night of inebriation.
But Arrested Development, despite being available less frequently is far more satisfying and enjoyable to the keenly adjusted sense of humour. Not to mention having an extra 25 or so IQ points.
You stay classy.
- September 9, 2009 at 1:07 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Hey man, don't slag the Drunks. They're good people. And all of them are probably smarter than me, at least when they're sober.
But if you want to compare me to Arrested Development, I'll take that.
(Or maybe the Wire...Can I be the Omar of the Jays' blogosphere?)
- September 9, 2009 at 1:25 PM
well that should get GJF to comment.
- September 9, 2009 at 1:27 PM
- KP said...
Hey I like Family Guy. It was a playful slag. I just hate to see the Tao get down on hisself.
- September 9, 2009 at 1:39 PM
- Brad Fullmer Fan said...
Except Arrested Development didn`t suck the fun out of everything.
- September 9, 2009 at 8:40 PM
hey my little bff, got any more totally awesome quips?
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hey there you are, hey, not to pissed are you??? dont want to piss off the only thread to my sanity here!!! LOLOriginally Posted by Tina
hey this is a great field, but the Shatner ball people was pissed off enough about EMR that i dont think they woulg go back to PA due to the backwoods thing. Manboobs was pissed. nothing to do out there. and it didnt get the people they had hoped, it was a disaster in thier eyes. i loved it, it was close for me!! and you i know!!!
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Why would I be mad Eric?
Markoger almost screwed up and leaked the info you gave me about the other stuff in texas, he went and edited it but i was affraid it was seen. i figured you saw it. if not then i am apologizing for nothing and getting myself in trouble for nothing, which is not unusual for me!Originally Posted by Tina
Originally Posted by Eric Of Extreme Measures
LOL So many people already know where the next game might be it's ridiculous. You can't keep secrets from hundreds of paintballers for long. As long as I'm not the one to blab it to everyone, it doesn't matter to me if it comes out or not. In fact, I think everyone should have a say on where it is. There's tons of vets here on the board that know what we need in the form of a field. Let the experts decide.
alright cool, as long as i didnt get you burned for the leak and get you pissed at me.Originally Posted by Tina
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I can't express to you how CORRECT Dave is on this point.
If you don't like to wear a mask on the field.
If you do enjoy shooting your gun at the cars in the parking lot.
If knowing the Refs don't give a damn.
If you find Chronographs to be a waste of time.
If you are out to "!uck-up some players".
If you demand your paint to be priced well over $100 per case.
Then you may find him to be wrong....but I don't think so.
If you don't like it then I hope you can see this, because I'm doing it as hard as I can.
I stand corrected and chastised. But love me anyway.
Not chastised at all... you just haven't had the "pleasure" of playing there yet.
Originally Posted by Cilio - Knightmare Tango
LOL Ah. So you're in my neck of the woods?
Yup... within a state away should be considered "your neck of the woods", correct?
Kind of central Jersey (Somerset County), about a half hour from the PA border.
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Originally Posted by Cilio- Knightmare Tango
well, howdy neighbor!
Hello Tina
... or should I say "Yo!" since I'm from Jersey
Originally Posted by Cilio - Knightmare Tango
Joiseee even.
You going to be at Sherwood on Oct 16th-17th or EMR at the end of the Oct?
ahhh yes the Tippmann castle I love playing on that field. With the right amount of people the games get real intense. The on problem is when the castle gets over run. Some attackers don�t pay attention to who they are shooting at inside and end up eliminating their own teammates. I would recommend going to a scenario game or just regular play. I'm sure you would enjoy it.Originally Posted by Tina
Originally Posted by Cilio - Knightmare Tango
I sure am... I think this might the first game this year that I will play the whole game without tanking and its going to be great!
I'll see you and your guys out there!


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Lila A. McKnight, 83, of Plattsmouth died at Bellevue Medical Center Feb. 13, 2013. She was born March 28, 1929 at Nebraska City to James and Florence (Gardner) Barta. She married Cecil McKnight on Aug. 27, 1950 at Nebraska City.
Lila A. McKnight, 83, of Plattsmouth died at Bellevue Medical Center Feb. 13, 2013. She was born March 28, 1929 at Nebraska City to James and Florence (Gardner) Barta. She married Cecil McKnight on Aug. 27, 1950 at Nebraska City.
She is survived by husband Cecil McKnight of Plattsmouth; children Dr. James and Sandy McKnight, Plattsmouth, Dr. Thomas and Dr. Evelyn McKnight, Fremont, Dr. Scott and Debbie McKnight, Liberty, Mo., and Jodi Traut of Omaha; grandchildren Rev. Debra McKnight and Mike Ramsey, Omaha, Dr. Douglas and Michelle McKnight, Plattsmouth, Dr. Luke and Dr. Erin McKnight, Columbus, Ohio, Dr. Dustin and Goldie McKnight, Columbia, Mo., Dr. Curtis and Dr. Holly McKnight, Columbus, Ohio, Greg McKnight, Seattle, Wash., Dr. Brett and Cassie McKnight, Temple, Texas, Dr. Jamie and Brandon Kuss, Kansas City, Mo., Dr. Alex McKnight and fiancée Kristen McLaughlin, Omaha, and Eric Traut, Omaha; great Grandchildren Samantha, Alden, Clair McKnight, Charlotte and Max McKnight and Lincoln McKnight; sister Lois Schultz of Nebraska City; and niece and nephew Kathy Schultz and friend Steve Bos, Lincoln, and Rick and Joy Weekly of Kansas City. Mo.
She was preceded by nephew Bruce Schultz.
She graduated from Nebraska City High School in 1946 and Nebraska Wesleyan University.
She was a rural school teacher, homemaker, Avon representative, and Cass County Arms executive director.
She was a member of Daughters of American Revolution, board member of Plattsmouth Senior Center, Cub Scout leader, and member of First United Methodist Church.
She enjoyed playing bingo, socializing, traveling with Marcia's Tours, Husker football games, and Plattsmouth Band Parents.
Visitation is Friday, Feb. 15, from 1-9 p.m. with the family greeting friends from 5:30-8 p.m.
Funeral service is Saturday, Feb. 16, at 10 a.m. at First United Methodist Church, Plattsmouth. Graveside service will be at Oak Hill Cemetery, Plattsmouth. Rev. Debra McKnight and Dr. Laura Felleman will officiate.
Pallbearers will be Rev. Debra McKnight, Dr. Doug McKnight, Dr. Luke McKnight, Dr. Dustin McKnight, Dr. Curtis McKnight, Greg McKnight, Dr. Brett McKnight, Dr. Jamie Kuss, Dr. Alex McKnight and Eric Traut.
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Vino Alan needs no introduction. The former "X-Factor" contestant, who is on his way to climbing the ladder of musical success, is about to release his debut single "My Summer."
Vino Alan needs no introduction. The former "X-Factor" contestant, who is on his way to climbing the ladder of musical success, is about to release his debut single "My Summer."
Vino Alan will perform at Fat Cats Entertainment Complex in Rolla Saturday, May 11. Doors open at 6 p.m., and the show starts at 8 p.m. The cost is $7 in advance or $10 at the door.
In anticipation of Vino's performance at Fat Cats Entertainment Saturday night in Rolla, we were able to "get the skinny" on Vino Alan, whose Rolla roots lie much deeper than most people realize.
Do you enjoy returning to Rolla to perform? What do you like most about it? I always think of my grandpa when I go through Rolla. He was proud to be a Miner (rest his soul).
Briefly describe your "X-Factor" experience. It has launched my career as a worldwide recording artist and I am beyond grateful . (It) was very hard to beat out 130,000 singers to get to top three.
What's going on right now, professionally? Do you have a new album? (The) debut single "My Summer" releases May 21 on Top 40 radio (available on iTunes and 700-plus outlets). My album is due in Dec. '13 ... titled "Painting Sunshine."
What do you miss most about central Missouri? Rivers and good people.
Who is your favorite band/artist? Stevie Wonder.
I know you used to host the open mic at C&M Billiards in Rolla. How long did you do that and what was that like for you? It felt good to be a part of opening an open mic night in Rolla. There's a lot of talent in (the) area.
How does success in music feel? Humbling ... (I'm) grateful to make music for a living and be able to give back.
What did you want to be when you grew up? Firefighter.
Who is your best friend? Mike Haney (a mechanic in St. Robert).
Who inspires you? Athletes/soldiers/artists.
What do you think is missing from music today that was there 15-20 years ago? Happy mistakes. Music today is expected to be so polished which can sometimes put distance between the listener and the artists' raw emotion (if there is any...)
Where do you see yourself in 10 years? As a Grammy-award-winning philanthropist/ activist.
If you could tour with any artist/band right now, who would it be and why? U2. I think they have fans of all ages, colors, shapes and sizes —like myself.
What time do you wake up in the morning, and what is the first thing you think about? Being in and out of different time zones, my schedule flips around, but when I wake up I make sure to take at least three minutes to think about nothing before starting my day (quiet the mind).
Favorite book? "A New Earth" - Eckhart Tolle
Favorite movie? "The Campaign."
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EDMONTON - After a standoff lasting more than nine hours, Edmonton police safely escorted a distraught woman from a Hazeldean residence shortly before 8:30 p.m. Friday night.
The woman is now in police custody. Residents in the area of 96th Street and 65th Avenue have been permitted to return home.
Southwest division members received reports that a woman was barricaded at a residence in Edmonton's Hazeldean neighbourhood around 11 a.m. Friday.
Police had asked people to avoid the area as they believed the woman was armed. After responding to the weapons complaint, police set up a command post near the residence and initiated discussions with the woman.
Jane Sterling, spokeswoman for Edmonton Public Schools, said Hazeldean School was put on security alert. All exterior doors to the school were locked and students were kept inside the elementary school.
Sterling said 46 students in an early education program who were to be dropped off at Hazeldean shortly after the noon hour were taken to Waverly school instead.
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Not long ago, the idea of Fleetwood Mac ever touring again seemed far-fetched at best. But as of this spring, not only is the band back on the road — according to drummer and founder Mick Fleetwood, they're having an easier time filling seats than in the past.
"We seem to have a band of angels up there organizing what we do down here. ... I don't know; maybe people think we're never gonna do this again, or we're all gonna drop dead or something," Fleetwood says. "But on a positive note, I think it's indicative of Fleetwood Mac's extremely interesting story — that just when you think it's sort of going into a ditch, it comes out the other side."
This week, Fleetwood Mac unveiled another surprise: a four-song EP of brand-new music, released digitally via iTunes and simply called Extended Play. Mick Fleetwood spoke with NPR's David Greene about the band's uncommon staying power. Hear the radio version on Morning Edition tomorrow (the audio will then be archived at the link on this page).
There have been drugs; there have been relationship ups and downs in the band. Does that mean you almost have to come to the edge, and then kind of come back from the edge to keep doing what you're doing? Is that necessary?
God knows I don't know whether it's necessary, but the fact is it happened. And without getting artsy-fartsy or therapeutic, the reality is you have to take responsibility — not only as a person within the group of people, but then you look at it as a collective, which is the band known as Fleetwood Mac. And we have.
A lot of your fans, I think, see you still out there — after all the roller-coaster and the soap opera — and a lot of fans are like, "Wow. Fleetwood Mac, through all the changes, all the years, different faces — they're still here." Are you surprised that you're still here as well?
[Laughing] Hmm ... no. I'm not. I think what I have to confess to is that I had nothing else to do apart from keep this band going. So I'm sort of not surprised.
It sounds like you're almost a prisoner to the band and the idea.
Well, that's an interesting phrase. And in truth, just as of late — the last few years, really — I've had to work at just not being this creature that almost gets obsessed: "It's gotta continue," and "What if ... ?" And I've truly done pretty good at letting go. And it's truly appropriate: We've done way too much, all of us, to be herded into my world of, "At all costs, Fleetwood Mac."
So now, what you see is really pretty much a version of a bunch of people that happen to want to do something. And they haven't been coerced or crafted, or sold their soul to the company store. ... All of that stuff is gone. Which makes this, again, a really, really clear vision of what we're doing. And I can't think of any other band that I know that has gone through the arc of all of these [changes], even before Stevie and Lindsey. It would make a great play, and I hope one day that we somehow do that.
And of course, you've played a role in the play. You've had the struggles that we all know about with drug addiction; there was a relationship with you and Stevie Nicks that a lot of people read about. Is there a song from Fleetwood Mac that you feel like kind of captures your role in the whole play?
I'd say "The Chain." [That song's message should] be written on my grave: "That's what he did. He half-killed himself keeping this bunch together."
Are you playing that song out on the tour right now?
Yeah. It's one of the songs, I think, that if we didn't play, we'd be lined up and shot.
You told my colleague Scott Simon, about four years ago, that you actually realized that the audience wanted the old ones. You were actually happy to report that you had no new songs to play, because you wanted to spare your audience — let them enjoy the oldies.
Well, that's true. People love to hear things that they tell their own stories to. Creative stuff that comes from the artist very quickly becomes the property, as it should, [of the audience] — to be reinterpreted and create a backdrop for parts of their lives.
Have you seen a change in the audience over the years?
Absolutely. There's retrospection involved, I'm sure. ... The lovely thing is, we truly are blessed with huge amounts of young people that are totally getting what we're doing. And that's why these new songs are hugely important. Lindsey would be the main flag-waver as to being really excited about the thought that we're not treading water, and that we are creative.
He's pushing for new material.
Yeah, and I think that's his epitaph, or would be. Stevie's is a bit of everything, including the blessing of truly and naturally being just so ... well, talented for sure; we know that. But she has a magic mantle that is very profound, and it comes only once in a while to certain performers, and she is one of them for sure.
That's her epitaph. Yours is, "Let's keep the band together," and Lindsey's is, "Let's continue being creative."
We've all had functions in Fleetwood Mac. And because of that, I think, it's not a stretch to [say] that's probably why we've survived all this.
One of the songs on the new EP, "Miss Fantasy," strikes me as something that could have been on Rumours in 1977; it's very much your sound from the '70s.
Whatever that is [laughs]. I think it's fair to say that that album has become tonally timeless.
It feels like you're not trying to break into some new sound in this new day. You're carrying on a tradition that you feel good about.
It's the band. The Stones did their Beatle thing, and they go, "Eh, we're The Rolling Stones. Let's just leave this alone." That's who they are, so whatever they do, you know it's them — and they're comfortable with it, and they're really good at it. ... So I take that as a huge compliment, what you're saying.
Stevie Nicks has said that she hasn't spent much time on the Internet, doesn't have a laptop. She's sort of said, "I guess we need to put songs out on this thing called iTunes." You don't seem like a band that's embracing all sorts of new technologies. You seem like you're kind of doing it the old way.
We know that this is really something we've never done — put out something on iTunes. And we're going, "Well, we don't have a completed album." And maybe we'll find out that people really, actually, seriously want us to do that. And if not, then this has been fun.
You said that you thought a lot of people might be coming out to your concerts right now because they're worried this might be the end; they want to say goodbye. Is that a possibility?
No, I think it's incredibly vibrant, the lifeblood of Fleetwood Mac. So you can pull that one out of your psyche.
This is not a farewell tour. Not even close.
No. We're just bowled over that something is showing itself in this funny, mysterious way — hence me talking about this bunch of angels up there, organizing what we do. I'm thinking they're very busy planning something into the future for Fleetwood Mac.
And let's move now to a band that has certainly dabbled in politics over its long career. Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop" was the theme song for President Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign. Twenty years later, they are back on tour with regular members, including Stevie Nicks and Lindsay Buckingham, and with their first new music in a decade.
GREENE: This is "Sad Angel," one of four new songs released on iTunes yesterday. Fleetwood Mac has stuck together through a lot: drug addictions, hookups, breakups, a changing cast of band mates. Their most famous album, "Rumours," from 1977, nodded to all that drama. Mick Fleetwood is a founding member and drummer of the group. He says keeping the band together, still going, has really been his life's work.
MICK FLEETWOOD: I've had to work at just not being this creature that almost gets obsessed with it's got to continue and what if. And I've truly done pretty good at letting go.
GREENE: One former member, Christine McVie, credited you with keeping the band together. She said this is his love, his baby. There's nothing he loves more than to do this, get up on stage and play with the band. Is all of that true?
FLEETWOOD: It is true, yeah. And I'm being reminded of that every night.
GREENE: Last night, Fleetwood Mac took the stage in Kansas City. Before that, Mick Fleetwood dropped by member station KCUR to chat. He told me it is nice for the band to be out there playing with all the drama behind them.
FLEETWOOD: It would make a great play, and I hope one day that we somehow do that.
GREENE: Well, of course you've had the struggles that we all know about with a drug addiction, a relationship with you and Stevie Nicks that a lot of people read about. I mean is there a song that you kind of feel like captures your role in the whole play that is Fleetwood Mac?
FLEETWOOD: I'd say "The Chain" would be written on my grave. This is what he did. He half killed himself keeping this bunch together.
FLEETWOOD MAC: (Singing) And if you don't love me now, you will never love me again, I can still hear you say you will never break the chain, never break the chain...
GREENE: Do you play that out on the tour right now?
FLEETWOOD: Yeah. It's one of the songs that I think if we didn't play, we'd be lined up and shot.
GREENE: Well, it's interesting, because you told my colleague, Scott Simon, about four years ago that you were actually happy to report that you had no new songs to play because you wanted to spare your audience and just let them enjoy the oldies.
FLEETWOOD: Well, that's true. And you know, people love to hear things that they tell their own stories to. Creative stuff that comes from the artist very quickly becomes the property, as it should, for the audience, where in many ways they are performing internally on a huge emotional level.
GREENE: Have you seen a change in the audience over the years, the people who are out there right now?
FLEETWOOD: Absolutely. The lovely thing is that we truly are blessed with huge amounts of young people that are still totally getting what we're doing. And that's why these new songs are hugely important. Lindsey would be the main flag-waver as to being really excited about the thought that we're not treading water and we are creative.
MAC: (Singing) Maybe I've just been holding out too long...
FLEETWOOD: Certainly Lindsay has taken on the mantel of seeing some vision ahead.
GREENE: He's pushing for new material.
FLEETWOOD: Yeah, and I think that's his epitaph, or would be. Stevie's is a bit of everything.
GREENE: This is Stevie Nicks and Lindsay Buckingham.
FLEETWOOD: Yeah. She has a magic mantle that is very profound.
GREENE: That's her epitaph.
FLEETWOOD: She's magic to people.
GREENE: Yours is let's keep the band together, and Lindsey's is let's continue being creative.
FLEETWOOD: Yeah. We've all had functions, and because of that, I think, it's not a stretch to go, oh, that's probably why we've survived all this.
GREENE: One of the new songs, "Miss Fantasy," it strikes me that the sound could have been on "Rumours" from 1977.
MAC: (Singing) I had another dream of you last night, (unintelligible). You were grieving for someone else...
GREENE: It feels like you're not trying to break into some new sound in this new day. I mean, you're carrying on a tradition that you feel good about.
FLEETWOOD: It's the band. It's like, you know, like the Stones or something did their Beatle thing, and then they go, eh, we're The Rolling Stones. Let's just leave this alone. And that's who they are. So whatever they do, you know it's them, and I think people know it's Fleetwood Mac. So I take that as a huge compliment.
GREENE: Mick Fleetwood is the drummer and founding member of Fleetwood Mac. This has been a pleasure. Thanks so much for talking to us.
FLEETWOOD: You're so welcome.
GREENE: And you can listen to Fleetwood Mac's new music at our website, NPR.org.
GREENE: We're always thinking about tomorrow at MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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With less than 24 hours left before officers from the Hudson County Sheriff's Office officially evicted Carey [not her real name] and her daughter from the apartment they have lived in for more than seven years, Carey scrambled to find help, seeking anyone who might keep them from being locked out and cut off from their possessions.
Saddled with a number of issues, least of all the promised job that never materialized, Carey fell more and more behind on her rent. She kept hoping that the store she worked for earlier would re-open and call her back, or she could find another job elsewhere. But as the months passed, she found neither a job nor any other kind of help.
Even after being warned that she would be evicted, she hoped for a last minute reprieve, but when none came, she went to City Hall, where she was directed to the Bayonne Equal Opportunity Foundation. She hoped to take advantage of a state homeless prevention program, designed to keep people from being evicted.
But because Carey received monthly child support payments, she didn't meet the criteria of the program. She was also too far behind on rent.
"Not all of my employees are social workers." -- Ben Lopez
Carol Ann Wilson, director of Social Services for Hudson County, said her office sometimes will try and negotiate with the landlord to establish a payment plan to deal with the back rent.
But with no job or income, Carey wasn't likely to get anything negotiated.
At that point, she still hadn't reached any county officials, although several freeholders were already calling ahead on her behalf. She drove to Jersey City to plead her case before the directors of Family Services and Human Services departments, using up previous gasoline she still needed to seek work – only to find that when she arrived at County Plaza, the clerk downstairs would not let her upstairs to see either of the directors.
"This is not something new," said Freeholder Bill O'Dea in response to the circumstance with the clerk. "We had several complaints about the same thing."
By nightfall, Carey and her daughter were officially homeless. The apartment with their possessions in it was sealed off by sheriff's officers, leaving them with only the clothing on their backs.
Common problem
In the current economy, many families are struggling to survive.
At the Oct. 9 county freeholders' caucus meeting, O'Dea called for an outside auditor to evaluate and find solutions for the challenges of the county's homeless prevention system.
O'Dea said he knew a family that was likely being evicted on the very day of the caucus.
"They went to family services where they were evaluated and they were told they were eligible for $16 a month in food stamps," he said. "And they couldn't be helped with anything else. This person has physical limitations that limited how much he could work ... I'm not faulting the directors. I'm faulting the case workers, who say, 'Sorry, you're not eligible, have a nice day.' That's not what we should be doing when we have all this money that we're supposed to be using on programs. If that family becomes homeless, it is finding them a place to get into an apartment that is even more difficult."
O'Dea asked why county officials charged with homeless prevention aren't more proactive in identifying some other sources of funding someone might be eligible for. He said the agencies that oversee these programs should be seeking alternative ways to help them, especially when they do not meet the criteria for some programs.
Workers not helpful
Freeholder Jose Munoz said he's heard complaints in West New York as well. In one case, senior citizens called the city and were told that the person who speaks Spanish wasn't there and that they should call back.
"They then hung up on the person," Munoz said. "I have directed other complaints to [county welfare] Director [Ben] Lopez. Perhaps we should bring some professional to tell us what's wrong and what is wrong and what is right so we can fix it, similar to what we did in Hudson County Correctional Facility."
O'Dea agreed that have some group come in and do true efficiency audits on the programs and departments.
"These audits are very comprehensive and very detailed, they go in and they look to see if people are properly trained, are people providing all the services to client, and what they do when they are not able to address a client's needs."
Dublin said he had met with Lopez to discuss some of these issues and that Lopez has met with the staff.
"So there should be some improvement," Dublin said. "But people who come there for service aren't there because they want to be there. They are there because of their circumstances. We should always to take time to try and assist them as much as possible."
O'Dea all the case workers need to be properly trained about all the programs.
"Let's be realistic," he said. "Most of the clients are the neediest of the needy, most clients don't know what they are eligible for. They're desperate. They're just trying to get help and they expect when they come here to get every potential opportunity possible, whether it's in our agency or referred to an outside agency we fund or may be even one we don't fund."
What happened to Carey?
As for Carey, she was able to get some help after she and her daughter were evicted.
With the help of Assemblyman and Bayonne Public Safety Director Jason O'Donnell, the two were housed at the Hudson Motel for the weekend, as public officials scrambled behind the scenes to see what kind of help they could provide as far as a long-term solution.
Monday came without a resolution.
The county had moved Carey and her daughter to a motel along Tonnelle Avenue in Jersey City, one about which a Jersey City councilperson had complained about to Freeholder Jeff Dublin because it was not well maintained. The entire corridor over the years has been cited for other problematic issues such as prostitution.
Rather than subject her daughter to these problems and have to drive from Jersey City back to Bayonne to bring her daughter to school, Carey arranged for a family member to house her daughter while Carey continued to seek out a more permanent solution, hoping she would be able to get back into her old apartment.
After a week went by, Carey again faced the prospect of having no roof over her head as public officials scrambled to make calls finally to charity shelters, eventually finding a slot in a women's shelter in Jersey City.
Different areas
Lopez argued that not all county workers are trained to handle the issues.
"Not all of my employees are social workers," Lopez said. "If an individual is a general assistance recipient, if the client doesn't tell the worker what their problems are, the worker only does a calculation, based on what the regulations are. That's what they're trained to do. They are not trained to be case managers. If a person has a case manager, he's supposed to go to the case manager, not to the income maintenance worker."
Freeholder Chairman Eliu Rivera said the county should work with the unions to allow workers to explore more options for clients.
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Australian Scientists Close to Finding AIDS Cure Using HIV Virus
Australian researchers have found a way to turn HIV against itself -- potentially putting an end to the deadly virus.
The Queensland Institute of Medical Research announced on Jan. 17 a group of its scientists has been able to modify a protein in HIV, so that instead of replicating in the human body the modified protein protects human cells from the immune deficiency virus, ABC Australia reports.
"I consider that this is fighting fire with fire," Associate Professor David Harrich, one of the researchers involved in the breakthrough, told ABC.
"What we've actually done is taken a normal virus protein that the virus needs to grow, and we've changed this protein, so that instead of assisting the virus, it actually impedes virus replication and does it quite strongly."
While HIV would still be contagious, this would allow the immune system of infected people to function normally, eliminating any of the current risks of living with the virus.
Harrich said that animal trials are scheduled to start this year. A treatment could be available in about a decade.
"I think what people are looking for is basically a means to go on and live happy and productive lives with as little intrusion as possible," he said.
"You either have to eliminate the virus infection or alternatively you have to eliminate the disease process and that's what this could do, potentially for a very long time."


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Emeka Okafor Wizards 57% owned
Okafor has managed to stay relevant for some time now and had 15 points and 16 boards on Saturday. He's averaging 9.6 points, 13.2 rebounds, 1.0 steals and 1.4 blocks over his last five, and I'm surprised he's not owned in more leagues right now. Especially given the Wizards' four-game schedule this week.
Tiago Splitter Spurs 39% owned
Splitter is hot and finally looks like a reliable option despite playing for the Spurs. He's locked in as the starting center in San Antonio and has scored in double figures in 10 straight games. He's averaging 12.4 points, 7.9 rebounds, 0.8 steals and 0.8 blocks over those 10 games while shooting a magnificent 62 percent from the floor, and 80 percent from the line. The downside is that the Spurs only have two games this week, but Splitter should be owned in a lot more leagues, regardless.
Elton Brand Mavericks 59% owned
Brand started at center for the Mavericks on Friday, sending Chris Kaman to the bench, and had eight points, 13 boards and two blocks. He's been playing well for a couple weeks and is averaging 12.6 points, 9.6 rebounds and a block over his last five. Dallas is another three-game team this week, but it's clearly time to move on Brand if he's still available.
Andre Drummond Pistons 30% owned
Drummond is seemingly on this list every week and is still available in 70 percent of leagues, despite averaging 10.4 points, 8.4 rebounds, 1.8 steals and 1.6 blocks over his last five, while hitting 69 percent of his shots (not a typo). Yeah, he's only at 50 percent from the line over that stretch, but also hit 6-of-8 from the line last Sunday. The Pistons are going nowhere and I still think of him as a serious breakout candidate for the second half, if Lawrence Frank is going to cooperate. Here's to hoping he does.
Spencer Hawes Sixers 50% owned
Hawes moved into the starting lineup on Saturday and disappointed with just four points and five rebounds, but also had four blocks. He had 21 points and 12 boards in his previous game and is averaging 11.6 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.6 blocks over his last five on 57 percent shooting. If he sticks in the starting five for Philly, he's going to be worth grabbing in many leagues, at least until Andrew Bynum finally shows his face.
Bismack Biyombo Bobcats 17% owned
Biyombo had a big game against Greg Stiemsma and the Wolves on Saturday with 10 points, 13 rebounds and two blocks, but is still averaging just 3.6 points over his last five games. But he's also averaging 7.8 rebounds and 2.8 blocks over that stretch, and has gotten between 27 and 36 minutes in each of his last three games. I don't trust him, nor do I enjoy owning players who can't score, but Biyombo might be able to help your team if you're dying in blocks and boards.
Marreese Speights Cavaliers 7% owned
Speights is coming off the bench in Cleveland, and should continue to do so for the rest of the season, but he's played very well in his two games for his new team. He had 17 points, five boards, a steal and a block in 27 minutes on Saturday, and had 10 points, six boards and two steals in 18 minutes in his Cavs' debut on Friday. He's far from a must-own player, but is a guy owners in 20-team leagues will want to take a serious look at.
Injured Players
Derrick Rose Bulls 83% owned
I still don't think Rose will be back before the All-Star break, which means the first game I think he could play in would be February 19 at New Orleans. And it's also possible he may not be ready until March. Either way, the bulk of his rehab should be behind him and this may be one of the last weeks that he'll still be available in a few leagues. If you've been thinking about making a move for him, now is probably the time.
Danny Granger Pacers 77% owned
Granger's rehab from knee surgery is also progressing, but his target date is still up in the air. He's another guy I'd be surprised to see before the All-Star break, so a return date of Feb. 20 against the Knicks could be a possibility. It's hard to predict what kind of shape he'll be in, or if he'll even be a focal point of the Pacers' offense, but he's another player owners might want to start thinking about stashing.
Byron Mullens Bobcats 21% owned
Mullens is hoping to return this week and the Bobcats are desperate to put him back in the power forward spot. His ankle injury was no ordinary sprain and he's still not in game shape. I'll predict a return date of Feb. 6 at Cleveland, and once he's back, if he can stay healthy, he's going to be a player you'll want to grab.
Andrea Bargnani Raptors 52% owned
Bargnani is still a week or two away from returning from his elbow injury and wasn't exactly a beast when he went down. Amir Johnson and Ed Davis have both filled in very well in his absence, but Bargnani will still be worth a pickup in most leagues once he's back. And now is the time to start thinking about stashing him.
Andrew Bogut Warriors 48% owned
Bogut is still at least a month away from returning from his ankle injury and has seen such limited action over the past year, I would just leave him on waivers and let someone else deal with him.
Andrew Bynum Sixers 76% owned
As of our last update, Bynum still hasn't done any lateral movement, and while all the chatter has him returning sooner than later, I'm not sure I believe it. He is hoping to play around the All-Star break, but it will all depend on how things go once he starts working on his lateral movement. His conditioning was a huge concern even before the injury and my gut tells me this will be a lost season for the big man who was taken in Round 1 of many drafts. Grab and stash him if you want, but be prepared for a bumpy ride the rest of the way.
Games Played for Week 14
4 Games – Chicago, Detroit, Golden State, Lakers, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Orlando, Sacramento, Toronto, Utah, Washington.
3 Games – Brooklyn, Boston, Charlotte, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Indiana, Clippers, Memphis, Miami, Minnesota, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland.
2 Games – Atlanta, Oklahoma City, San Antonio.
Check out last week's Waiver Wired column and Saturday's Dose for more of my ramblings, and take a look at me on Twitter for the latest lineup changes on game nights that I'm working (and some that I'm not). Click here to follow me on Twitter.
Avery Bradley Celtics 32% owned in Yahoo! Leagues
Rajon Rondo is out for the season due to a torn ACL, which was announced just as I was posting this column on Sunday. Bradley could become another version of Eric Bledsoe, only better, while it's also possible that Doc Rivers could end up leaning on Courtney Lee to play the point instead. Leandro Barbosa and Jason Terry will also see big bumps in playing time, meaning all four of these guys are going to be worth a look in many leagues. I'd rank them Bradley, Lee, Terry, Barbosa, but we'll have to see what Rivers has in mind going forward. Tough break for the Celtics, and you have to wonder if they'll try to make a play for a guy like Jose Calderon if Bradley and Lee don't get it done. And CBS' Ken Berger is suggesting that Paul Pierce could be traded because of Rondo's injury.
And on another Celtics note, PF Jared Sullinger started over Brandon Bass on Sunday, and while he's not guaranteed to keep the job, or be able to stay out of foul trouble, he's at least worth keeping a close eye on in case he keeps the job.
Raymond Felton Knicks 84% and J.J. Redick Magic 73% owned
Felton was terrible in his return on Saturday but immediately moved into the starting lineup and saw heavy minutes for the Knicks. Redick has started at shooting guard for the Magic in two straight games and could stick there for the rest of the season, or until he gets traded. These two aren't available in many leagues, but if they're available in yours, it's either a very small one, or you should pick them up. And the same goes for Atlanta's Kyle Korver, too.
Alan Anderson Raptors 19% owned
Landry Fields is starting but Anderson is the one playing well for the Raps. He's scored between 13 and 27 points in each of his last six games and is averaging 16.4 points, 2.8 rebounds, 3.6 rebounds, 1.2 steals and 1.8 3-pointers over his last five. Fields could turn it on at any time and hurt Anderson's value, but the Raptors play four games this week and Anderson looks like a great way to use one of your pickups.
Luke Ridnour Timberwolves 49% owned
Ridnour put up a ridiculous line on Saturday with 22 points, seven boards, seven assists, a steal, a block and three 3-pointers, and is averaging 15.4 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 1.2 steals and a 3-pointer per game over his last five. Ricky Rubio finally had a solid game last night, as did J.J. Barea, but for now, Ridnour hasn't show any signs of slowing down.
Eric Bledsoe Clippers 26% owned
The Clippers keep saying Chris Paul's knee isn't a big deal, but try telling that to his owners, who locked him in for five games this week and got one exhibition that featured him just kind of hobbling around. No, Bledsoe hasn't played like an All-Star, but did have 11 points, nine boards, five assists and two steals on Saturday night, and will continue to start for as long as CP3 is out. In other words, he's worth owning until we see Paul come back and make it through an entire week.
Jarrett Jack Warriors 62% owned
Jack just keeps churning along for the Warriors and has double-doubled in four of his last six games, despite playing with Stephen Curry and coming off the bench. We touted him as a hot pickup for most of the season and he's responded, even with Curry healthy, and is averaging 15 points, four boards, nine assists, a steal and a 3-pointer over his last five games, and 13 points and seven assists for the entire month of January. As usual, I still don't understand why he's not owned in more leagues, especially with the Warriors going four times this week.
Nate Robinson Bulls 20% owned
Robinson also keeps plugging along despite a bench role and has even been playing well on the same nights that Kirk Hinrich somehow gets hot. Robinson scored 11 points in four straight games, then had 22 on Friday and 19 more on Saturday. He's averaging 15 points, 4.4 assists and 1.6 3-pointers over his last five, and just 2.4 TOs, which isn't bad for Lil' Him. He's also shooting it at a 47 percent clip over that stretch, but just know that he'll cool off once Derrick Rose is back in action. More on Rose, and other injured players, at the end of the column.
Gerald Henderson Bobcats 28% owned
Henderson looks to finally be over his back injury and had 15 points, four boards, two assists, a block and a 3-pointer on Saturday. He's scored in double figures in six of his last eight games and is starting at shooting guard for the Cats right now. He's not a lock for success, but I do get the feeling that he's ready to get hot again.
Nick Young Sixers 17% owned
Young started at shooting guard on Saturday and 20 points, four boards, four assists, a steal and three 3-pointers on 5-of-12 shooting, and also had 20 points, three boards, three assists and two 3-pointers in his previous game on Tuesday off the bench. With Jason Richardson's knee a mess and Dorell Wright not even on Doug Collins' radar, it looks like Young could continue to start going forward. And if you're in a deep league, he might be the best player available on your wire.
Michael Beasley Suns 55% owned
I don't trust Beasley much at all, but he's at least seeing some new life under his new coach, scoring a season-high 25 points with six boards and a 3-pointer on 11-of-16 shooting in 23 minutes on Saturday. He's played 22 or 23 minutes in each of his last three games, and checks in at 14 points, six boards and nearly a 3-pointer over his last five games. He's still not a must-own as long as he's not starting, but is at least worth a look now that he's relevant again in Phoenix. Jared Dudley and Shannon Brown are also playing pretty well for the Suns, and both players are worth owning in most leagues.
Carlos Delfino Rockets 30% owned
Delfino has managed to stay healthy lately and has finally shown some consistency, scoring between 13 and 17 points in eight of his last nine games, and has drained 27 3-pointers, an average of three per game, over that stretch. I see no reason that he shouldn't be owned right now in all leagues, and the Rockets play three times this week.
Kawhi Leonard Spurs 50% owned
As you know, I'm not a huge Leonard fan, but he's healthy again and starting to rack up some serious steals and 3-pointers lately. In his last four games he's averaging nearly 12 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.3 steals and 1.8 3-pointers as the starting small forward for the Spurs, and he could just be getting ready for takeoff.
Carl Landry Warriors 45% owned
Landry had a double-double on Saturday with 13 points and 14 rebounds, and is averaging 11 points, 8.4 rebounds and nearly a steal per game over his last five, despite coming off the bench. Starter Harrison Barnes might be hitting a wall, or is just falling out of favor, and Landry appears to be coming on. With four games this week he looks like a good player to roll the dice on right now.
Thomas Robinson Kings 21% owned
T-Rob had 10 points and 10 rebounds in garbage time on Saturday and has double-doubled in two of his last three games. Garbage time is a factor and came into play on Saturday, but Robinson is a guy deep-league owners should have their eye on right now. He's averaging just 5.6 points, 6.6 boards and 0.2 blocks over his last five games, but those numbers jump to nine points and nine boards over his last three. Jason Thompson isn't playing well and Robinson could see a boost in minutes the rest of the way for the lowly Kings. And we still don't know whether they'll be playing in Sacramento or Seattle next season.


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DURHAM, N.C. – On senior day, senior Henrique Cunha won his doubles match and followed it up with one of the top performances of his Blue Devil career in singles, as the No. 10 Duke men's tennis team completed its regular season with a 7-0 win over No. 38 N.C. State Sunday at Ambler Tennis Stadium. The Blue Devils conclude the 2013 regular season with a 21-4 record and an 9-1 mark in Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) play, while the squad finishes the home portion of their schedule undefeated at 13-0.
"I am really excited that we have finished undefeated at home for the season," said head coach Ramsey Smith. "It is a tribute to the team and guys being prepared and ready for everyone's best."
A native of Jaú, Brazil, Cunha capped off his final regular season at Duke with an undefeated 16-0 record in singles play, while also going unbeaten, 10-0, in the ACC in doubles. He was honored, as the squad's lone senior by a brief ceremony for senior day, after the Blue Devils were able to fight off a pesky N.C. State squad to sweep the doubles portion of the match.
"It was a fitting senior day today," Smith said. "It was a nice recognition after doubles and Cunha played one of the best singles matches of his career. It has been very special to have him a part of this program."
Freshman Michael Redlicki and sophomore Jason Tahir captured the first win of the day in doubles at the No. 2 spot in the lineup, as the duo downed Thomas Weigel and Robbie Mudge, 8-5. After the Wolfpack tandem of Weigel and Mudge were able to break Tahir's serve to tie the match at five-all, Tahir and Redlicki responded by taking the next three games to win the match, 8-5. Tahir and Redlicki close the regular season with a 23-6 overall record and a 10-2 mark in the conference.
The match featuring the junior tandem of Fred Saba and Chris Mengel against Beck Bond and Austin Powell remained on serve until Saba and Mengel were able to win the first break of the day to take a 6-4 advantage late in the match. The Duke duo went on to seal the opening point for the Blue Devils three games later with an 8-5 victory. Saba and Mengel close the regular season with a 23-6 overall record, including an 18-4 mark in the dual season.
At the top position, the second-ranked duo of Raphael Hemmeler and Cunha completed the sweep with an 8-5 win over NC State's Sean Weber and Dave Thomson. The dynamic duo of Hemmeler and Cunha took control of the match after breaking Thomson to take a 6-4 advantage. Cunha served the duo to victory three games later and the 8-5 win, as Cunha and Hemmeler conclude the regular season perfect in the ACC in doubles at 9-0 and a 31-3 record for the fall and spring.
"It is just so much fun playing with [Cunha] on the court, we enjoy playing together," said Hemmeler. "[Cunha] is just the perfect example for our team on the court and off the court."
After being honored in a brief ceremony following the doubles point, Cunha put together a strong performance in his final regular season home match of his career. The senior quickly won the first three games of his match on his way to overwhelming Mudge, 6-1, 6-0, at the top position. With the win, the senior concludes the regular season with an undefeated 16-0 mark in singles.
"I couldn't have asked for a better senior day," Cunha stated after the match. "I have high expectations for the next few weeks going into the tournament, we are pretty confident right now and everybody is playing well. We just beat a very good team, 7-0."
At the No. 5 position, Hemmeler gave the Blue Devils a commanding 3-0 lead in the match after he downed Weber, 6-3, 6-2. The sophomore was able to win early breaks in both sets to take a lead that he never relinquished, as he concludes the regular season with a team-high 31 wins in singles. At the second position in the lineup, Saba was able to break Powell late in the first set to take a 5-3 advantage, before winning the frame the following game, 6-3. A product of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Saba went up a break in the first game of the second set on his way to clinching the match for Duke with a 6-3, 6-2 win. He finished the regular season with a 26-8 overall record.
Redlicki concluded his first regular season at Duke with a 29-8 record, after he defeated Thomson at the third position, 7-6 (5), 6-4, while Mengel put the Blue Devils ahead 5-0 following his 7-5, 6-4 win over Weigel on court four. A native of Pittsburgh, Pa., Mengel finishes the regular season with a 26-8 record and an 8-2 mark in the ACC. In the closest match of the day, Tahir edged Bond in a third-set tiebreak, 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (10-6). Tahir heads into the ACC Tournament with a 19-1 mark for the dual season.
Up next, the Blue Devils will play in the ACC Tournament as the No. 2 seed on Friday, April 26 at Cary Tennis Park in Cary, N.C. Duke will face the winner of Thursday's first round matchup of No. 7 seed Florida State vs. No. 10 seed Georgia Tech at noon Friday.
Tennis Match Results
NC State vs Duke
Apr 21, 2013 at Durham, N.C.
(Ambler Tennis Stadium)
#10 Duke 7, #38 NC State 0
Singles competition
1. #5 Henrique Cunha (DU) def. Robbie Mudge (NCSU) 6-1, 6-0
2. #32 Fred Saba (DU) def. Austin Powell (NCSU) 6-3, 6-2
3. #47 Michael Redlicki (DU) def. Dave Thomson (NCSU) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4
4. #99 Chris Mengel (DU) def. Thomas Weigel (NCSU) 7-5, 6-4
5. #70 Raphael Hemmeler (DU) def. Sean Weber (NCSU) 6-3, 6-2
6. Jason Tahir (DU) def. Beck Bond (NCSU) 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (10-6)
Doubles competition
1. #2 Henrique Cunha/Raphael Hemmeler (DU) def. #12 Sean Weber/Dave Thomson (NCSU) 8-5
2. #17 Michael Redlicki/Jason Tahir (DU) def. Thomas Weigel/Robbie Mudge (NCSU) 8-5
3. #60 Fred Saba/Chris Mengel (DU) def. Beck Bond/Austin Powell (NCSU) 8-5
Match Notes:
NC State 13-9; National ranking #38
Duke 21-4; National ranking #10
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (1,5,2,3,4)
Senior Day


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Editor's note: The drunken driving charge was continued without a finding and dismissed after one year. The leaving the scene charged was dismissed.
Weymouth police say a drunken driver left the scene after striking a police officer directing traffic Sunday night.
Police said officer Steven Shalno was taken to South Shore Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and was later released. The driver, 34-year-old Mark T. Laramee II, 34, of 559 West Water St., Rockland, was arrested and charged with drunken driving and leaving the scene of a crash with personal injury.
Police said Shalno was directing traffic around a car crash near Main Street and Shea Memorial Drive around 12:30 a.m. Monday when he was hit by a car driven by Laramee. Witnesses told police that Laramee kept driving after hitting the officer.
Laramee was due to be arraigned Monday.


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Finance example for a MINI One 5-Door Hatch
with optional MINI Ready Fuel Go^.
You may drive up to 10,000 miles per year, any excess mileage will incur a charge of 3.33 pence per mile.
Your initial rental in the first month will be £262.00 with 47 further monthly rentals of £262.00.
At the end of the agreement you return the vehicle, excess mileage and vehicle condition charges may apply.
Your quote is indicative and may vary if the details of the offer alter before your application for finance.
The Cooper Group Limited, trading as Cooper Sunderland is a credit broker.
Price shown is for a 48 month Personal Contract Hire agreement. Applies to new vehicles ordered between 29 December and 31 March 2018 and registered by 30 June 2018 at participating MINI Retailers (subject to availability). Retail customers only. At the end of your agreement you must return the vehicle. Excess mileage, vehicle condition and other charges may be payable. Hire available subject to status to UK residents aged 18 or over. Guarantees and indemnities may be required. Terms and conditions apply. Offer may be varied, withdrawn or extended at any time. Hire provided by MINI Financial Services, Summit ONE, Summit Avenue, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 0FB. The Cooper Group Limited, trading as Cooper Sunderland , commonly introduce customers to a selected panel of lenders including MINI Financial Services. We may receive commission or other benefits for introducing you to such lenders. This introduction does not amount to independent financial advice.
^1 years' inclusive comprehensive insurance available when you finance your vehicle through MINI Financial Services for the MINI One 3-door and 5-Door Hatch and MINI One 1499 GT Hatch models ordered between 29 December and 31 March 2018 and registered by 30 June 2018 (subject to availability) at participating retailers. Customers must have held a current, full UK or EU licence for a minimum of at least 1 year (3 years for the MINI One 1499 GT) and been a resident in the UK for a minimum of 2 years. Retail customers only. Subject to eligibility. Telematics device or telematics app may be required. Policy is subject to cancellation in the case of poor driving. Terms, conditions and exclusions apply.
MINI Ready Fuel Go Insurance is arranged and administered by Carrot Risk Technologies Limited, registered in England and Wales No: 07771243 (registered office: Global House, Westmere Drive, Crewe Business Park, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 6ZD). Carrot Risk Technologies Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, registration number: 610895. MINI Ready Fuel Go Insurance is underwritten from a limited number of Insurers. MINI Financial Services, a trading name of BMW Financial Services (GB) Limited, and Carrot Risk Technologies Limited are not part of the same corporate group.
Fuel Economy Figures
Official Fuel Economy Figures for the MINI One 5-Door Hatch: Urban 47.9 mpg (5.9 l/100km). Extra Urban 67.3 mpg (4.2 l/100km). Combined 58.9 mpg (4.8 l/100km). CO2 Emissions 112 g/km.