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Guerrero awaiting games to test progress
By Chris Gabel / Special to MLB.com
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Wednesday's Cactus League opener cannot come soon enough for manager Don Mattingly, who is searching for a starting second baseman.
The Dodgers signed Cuban Alex Guerrero to a four-year, $28 million contract in October with hopes of him being their second baseman. But after a hamstring injury kept the former shortstop from playing second during winter ball, his ability to make the transition became questionable this spring.
Mattingly needs the live-game situations to know for sure.
"It's hard for us to tell, to be honest," Mattingly said Sunday. "Everything we've asked of Alex, he's been wonderful. This kid has worked and worked. But I don't think until we get these games going on and get at-bats under his belt that we'll start to kind of see what it's going to look like. So that's the objective, to get him on the field as much as possible."
Guerrero made the only two plays offered him during the team's intrasquad game, including turning a 5-4-3 double play with Yasiel Puig sprinting down the first-base line.
"From the beginning, we talked about him playing second; our guys in international scouting think he can do it," Mattingly said. "But with that we know he's got a lot on his plate right now. He's in a new county; he's trying to get adjusted to us, a new position and all new teammates. He's got a lot going on. We'll be patient with it, but we feel like he's going to do it.
"When someone comes with the right attitude and works like this, it gives you the best chance of success."
Adding power to speed, Gordon bulks up
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Dee Gordon put on 13 pounds in the offseason. If that doesn't seem like much, it represented an 8 percent jump on the infielder's 162-pound frame of a year ago.
That extra muscle was on display Sunday when Gordon homered off Dodgers teammate Hyun-Jin Ryu on the second pitch of an intrasquad game at the team's Camelback Ranch complex.
"It was lucky. I just put a good swing on it, swung hard and it went where it went," said Gordon, who did not admire his blast and was rounding second base when the ball cleared the outfield fence.
"That's definitely not me; I was looking for a triple to be honest," he said.
Gordon weighed 135 pounds but listed himself at 150 when he signed in June 2008. He worked his way up to 145 pounds in the Minor Leagues.
"But I couldn't get to 150 to save my life until 2012," said Gordon, who played between 159 and 162 last season.
Gordon now sits around 175 as he tries to secure an Opening Day roster spot as a second baseman.
"I hit the ball a lot harder now; it shows," he said.
What would Sunday's home run have been a year ago?
"I only hit one last year, so I don't know," said Gordon, whose lone blast came in May against the Marlins. "It could have been a groundout to second, a double, whatever."
Gordon does not have a specific weight to work toward, and he will not risk any added mass slowing him down on the basepaths.
"As long as it doesn't mess with my speed," Gordon said. "Gaining strength is awesome, but my No. 1 tool is speed, so I want to make sure I'm ready to run. I also want to make sure I play 162 games."
Ryu also gave up a two-run homer to Hanley Ramirez as the White team, drafted by Matt Kemp, won the four-inning game, 3-1 over the Blue team drafted by Zack Greinke. The same two teams were expected to play three innings Monday.
"It was good to get out there, get some live ground balls with your teammates, talk trash," Gordon said.
Gordon came through the Dodgers' system as a shortstop. He was slated to play there every day in 2012 but struggled with a .228 average and .280 on-base percentage in 87 games. He fared a bit better (.234/.314) in 38 games last season.
But with second basemen Mark Ellis, Nick Punto and Skip Schumaker all gone, a new opportunity exists for Gordon.
"I like it. I'm getting comfortable every day," Gordon said. "The things I'm not as comfortable with, I'm working at all the time. The more comfortable I get, the better I'm going to play."
Being the Dodgers' starting second baseman on Opening Day is not a specific goal, Gordon said.
"My goal is to get on that airplane to Australia. That's it," he said.
It was pointed out that Gordon might be the only one looking forward to the transcontinental airplane ride.
"Yeah, everyone else has guaranteed money," he responded.
Experience at first bodes well for Van Slyke
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Manager Don Mattingly stopped short of guaranteeing Scott Van Slyke an Opening Day roster spot, but the 27-year-old corner outfielder and backup first baseman could take comfort in the manager's Sunday comments.
"He did a lot for us last year. It's what we looked for last year; we came into Spring Training looking for that right-handed extra outfielder that could spell us in different spots," Mattingly said. "He seemed to step up and take over that role."
Mattingly said he would look to give Adrian Gonzalez a few extra days off during the season. Often that will come against a tough lefty, which Van Slyke handled last year.
"Scott fits there; he fits for giving Carl [Crawford] a day and Andre [Ethier] a day now and then," Mattingly said.
Van Slyke, who hit .240 with seven home runs in 53 Major League games a year ago, is the only player on the 40-man roster besides Gonzalez with significant experience at first base, and he played first in Sunday's intrasquad game. Non-roster invitees Brendan Harris, Justin Turner and Miguel Rojas have seen very limited action there during their careers.
Worth noting
• Rehabbing pitchers Onelki Garcia and Yimi Garcia returned to the mound Sunday with bullpen sessions.
Onelki Garcia, the Cuban left-hander who reached the Major Leagues last year in his first full professional season, had minor elbow surgery in November and minor knee surgery in January.
Yimi Garcia, the Dominican right-hander who was added to the roster in November, had been sidelined by a bruised kneecap.
Neither was expected to make the Opening Day roster.
Chris Gabel is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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According to cbssports.com BJ upton has agreed with the Braves.
According to cbssports.com BJ upton has agreed with the Braves.
I am absolutely okay with this.
5/75, IMO is too much for his actual production. Also, this may get the ball rolling as far as the free agent outfielders and this is another outfield need filled. The more the demand goes down, the lower the price for guys like Victorino or Ludwick.
Indeed, this is good news... I cannot believe the Reds were even entertaining looking at him with his Strikeouts... I mean, we have the same player in Stubbs who can probably hit 25 HR if he could figure out how to cut down his own strikeouts by 25%...
So now, I hope the Reds trade for Justin Upton but I doubt they will.
Why is this good news? Atlanta fills a hole but doesn't that just create one in Tampa? And when a team overpays doesn't that up the market for other outfielders?
As far as the overpaying part, it does not necessarily set the market. Free agent values are often determined by comparables. Who is a comparable for Upton? Under 30 years old, 25 homers, 30 steals, below .300 OBP. I'm guessing they used Ian Kinsler's 5/75 extension as a baseline giving him points for playing a premium position but taking some away for his low average and OBP.
If the other OFers on the market were comparable to Upton, I'd be worried, but since guys like Hamilton, Bourn, Victorino, Ludwick, Ichiro, Pagan and Ross are different types of players, it should not significantly inflate their value.
I hope that doesn't set a precedent.
It probably will. Still, what this team needs is a consistent middle of the order hitter like Ludwick or a high-OBP leadoff hitter that doesn't strike out too much. Jay Bruce is nice, but a team can only have so many high-strikeout guys like him. I'm glad we didn't put up that kind of money for this guy.
Chip Caray will sure have fun with him. BJ is inconsistent and lazy, somebody that I'm fine with the Reds not having.
Glad it wasnt us, his ego doesnt match his actual production.
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Yes we need him, sign him up
Lets ride the season out with bibby & TD
Who's mike james?
This looks like another April Fools thread....
just playing, but lets be real...Baron Davis will get injured at some point assuming that articles false. I think Mike James would be a good player to sign
I have no idea whether it's true or not, but cutting Bibby and signing Mike wouldn't do any worse...
Douglas is the guy I would cut, Bibby still capable of 10 minutes a game
Bibby isn't even capable of few minutes bench warming. TD at least plays some defense (put aside bumping into screens) and is good enough to occasionally make a layup and hit a three... Bibby does nothing (well, he actually crosses the halfcourt mark, gives the rock to someone else and vanish but I don't think it counts as "something").
Bibby or td it doesn't matter to me. I just want somebody more productive.
Grunwald and Knicks scouts are not on their job....the DLeague have a few pass-first PG in NBA condition that would put Bibby, TD, and Davis to shame....The Kings PG-Isiah Thomas almost was a DLeague product being the last pick in draft.
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I bought the Wacom Bamboo Pen & Touch (CTH-460) and tried to install it.
I tried several wikis and read through some threads with similar problems without any success.
I tried the packages:
from AUR:
linuxwacom-bamboo-cth-ctl 0.10.10-17 (currently installed)
xf86-input-wacom-git (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=32033)
there was no difference in behaviour.
Here are some pastes:
- /etc/udev/rules.d/10-wacom.rules (unchanged from package)
- /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-wacom.conf (unchanged from package)
- /proc/bus/input/devices (tablet is plugged in)
- /proc/bus/usb/devices doesn't exist
The only thing dmesg shows when plugging in and out:
usb 1-1.4: USB disconnect, address 7
usb 1-1.4: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
in Xorg logs, Wacom is not mentioned.
lsusb | grep Wacom
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 056a:00d6 Wacom Co., Ltd
lsmod | grep -i wacom
wacom 30067 0
usbcore 139048 6 usbhid,uas,usb_storage,ehci_hcd,wacom
I tried also this:
- /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules
Mouse symlink is being generated but not the wacom:
which leads to the assumption, that none of the event* is my tablet, am I right?
Edit: I tried the tablet on another machine with Windows XP. It worked there without problems, so the tablet should be working.
I hope someone has an idea on what I'm doing wrong.
Thanks in advance
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No one has a clue?
Just a stab in the dark, do you have xf86-input-evdev installed too?
I have a CTL-460 that works now with 2.6.37 and xf86-input-wacom (without the AUR package, which I needed before 2.6.37)
yes, it's installed
Edit: should I try to remove it?
doesn't even work. xorg needs that package
Last edited by ChaozZBubi (2011-02-10 18:52:34)
Have you tried removing the two AUR packages (linuxwacom-cth-ctl and xf86-input-wacom-git) along with any changes/udev rules you made and install just xf86-input-wacom from [extra]? You're on kernel 2.6.37 too correct?
yes I'm on the 2.6.37 kernel.
When I got my tablet I first installed the xf86-input-wacom from the repo. It didn't work that time. After reading and trying I stumbled on those other packages, which are conflicting with each other.
I might try to install the xf86-input-wacom one more time.
Did you restart X after installing the xf86-input-wacom package? I'm pretty sure I had to do so before the tablet fully worked
I restarted my computer.
Nothing changed.
actually I don't think it's a matter of xorg here (just an assumption based on the data in my first post)
I'm not an expert so I'm just guessing
I think the problem is somewhere around that part, where the system should register the usb device as an input device, which is not happening.
It's showing up in lsusb, so it's being recognised as usb device, but somehow the wacom driver or whatever is not doing it's job how it's supposed to be...?
Edit: I'm using a 64bit system (and multilib repo). could there be a problem with that?
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True True...
Perhaps try modprobbing the wacom module after plugging it in?
Edit: nevermind, just noticed the module is loading on your system
I don't think that should be a problem, I'm also using a 64-bit system with [multilib] enabled.
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nope.. nothing
dmesg tells when modprobbing:
usbcore: deregistering interface driver wacom
usbcore: registered new interface driver wacom
wacom: v1.52:USB Wacom tablet driver
when I plug the tablet in and out:
usb 1-1.4: USB disconnect, address 5
usb 1-1.4: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
no matter in which order...
it's not showing up in /proc/bus/input/devices either....
I'm really becoming desperate... >_<
I'm really stumped :[ It should be working (found the commit for kernel 2.6.37, the CTH-460 should be supported)
Do you have any other custom udev rules that may be conflicting?
Last edited by sctincman (2011-02-10 20:28:49)
I don't think so..
- /etc/udev/rules.d/
the 70-wacom is from the package.
- /etc/udev/rules.d/
What is in /etc/udev/rules.d/99-evdev.conf ? (I don't have that in my system)
Also, the first listing is for /lib/udev/rules.d, correct?
Edit: By your id, it looks like you have the new Pen&Touch (461-CHT) which should still be supported, but might not be... Perhaps you should try installing linuxwacom-ctl-cth from AUR again, restart and see if it works
Last edited by sctincman (2011-02-10 20:45:23)
What is in /etc/udev/rules.d/99-evdev.conf ? (I don't have that in my system)
http://paste.pocoo.org/show/336068/ (edit, oh that pasting was unnecessary)
Also, the first listing is for /lib/udev/rules.d, correct?
yes of course. copypasta fail there
Edit: By your id, it looks like you have the new Pen&Touch (461-CHT) which should still be supported, but might not be... Perhaps you should try installing linuxwacom-ctl-cth from AUR again, restart and see if it works
well. It wouldn't be the first time... so I guess I might try it again ^^
Last edited by ChaozZBubi (2011-02-10 20:54:52)
hehe, of course it didn't change a thing.
the package uses different udev rules. the one in /lib/udev/rules.d disappeared, and /etc/udev/rules.d/10-wacom.rules showed up.
but still not working... D:
Edit: I'm now trying to download and install ubuntu on another machine, to see if it's working there.
If it works I'm trying to.. somehow make out the differences and hopefully be able to get it working... if not... well, I don't want to imagine a "what if not" situation.
Last edited by ChaozZBubi (2011-02-10 22:08:21)
usb 1-1.4: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
input: Wacom BambooPT 2FG 4x5 Pen as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0/input/input5
input: Wacom BambooPT 2FG 4x5 Finger as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.1/input/input6
So I downloaded the input-wacom kernel driver source from linuxwacom.sf.net, applied the patch mentioned here:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=de … tid=525124
and now I'm going to restart X to see if it worked.
Well it's showing up in /proc/bus/input/devices now:
and the Input devices are visible in /dev/input:
if I use cat on them there does not show up any raw data
that's at least a little bit of progress, but I still can't use it (mouse doesn't move, even after a restart)
Xorg logfile: http://paste.pocoo.org/show/336189/
that's showing up in kernel logfile:
Feb 11 02:15:20 localhost kernel: usb 1-1.4: USB disconnect, address 4
Feb 11 02:15:20 localhost kernel: wacom: wacom_sys_irq - usb_submit_urb failed with result -19
Feb 11 02:15:24 localhost kernel: usb 1-1.4: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
Feb 11 02:15:24 localhost kernel: input: Wacom BambooPT 2FG 4x5 Pen as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.0/input/input7
Feb 11 02:15:24 localhost kernel: input: Wacom BambooPT 2FG 4x5 Finger as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4:1.1/input/input8
I installed the package from AUR again (linuxwacom-bamboo-cth-ctl)
Now it's working!
Pen is just fine (at least up till now) only the touch function is a little bit odd. I'm gonna try to fix that tomorrow
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Welcoming 'Celestials': Lenox will read Karen Shepard's novel on Chinese mill workers in North Adams
LENOX -- Seventy-five young men, as young as 12 or 14, are looking out the train windows at fields and stone walls, and streets lined with elm trees. Sheep graze almost to the top of Mount Greylock. Pasture and charcoal have stripped the hills bare.
Everything looked and smelled and tasted new to them. Many of them would not eat the train food. These teenagers had all newly come from China, and only one spoke English.
"How could they trust anything from the hands of these foreigners with the complexion of the shark's belly, whose men and women sat across from each other, their shoes touching?
"... A woman at the first stop had touched her mouth by way of greeting another descending from the train."
Williams Professor Karen Shepard describes them in her novel, "The Celestials."
Her story is historical fiction, but the young men were real. They came to North Adams in 1870 to break a strike at Calvin Sampson's shoe factory.
Lenox will hold a community read of Shepard's 2013 novel this month, with readings and events. Lenox Reads chooses a story that concerns the community, said Sharon Hawkes, executive director at the Lenox Library.
"The Celestials" deals with questions wringing the country, she said, with immigration, assimilation and acceptance.
"I didn't plan that," Shepard said, "but while I researched it, I would listen to the news and think, 'Have we learned nothing?' "
As she wrote, her novel began to sound sharply, sometimes painfully familiar.
North Adams in 1870 was a sealed place, held in a valley, Shepard said. But the mills were running full-speed ahead. They were changing, as machines took on more work, and the mill owners no longer needed workshops of skilled craftsmen.
Sampson was facing off against the Knights of St. Crispin, the union persuading all non-union workers to leave Sampson's mill.
The strikers were mostly Scots or Irish, and newcomers themselves, and they had made enemies in the town. Shepard shows them refusing to work with any man who would not join the Crispins and driving men violently out of town.
Shepard felt the story take hold of her at a talk by art historian Anthony Lee, who teaches at Mount Holyoke College. Shepard had known about the strike breakers, but she had never seen the Celestials, as the Chinese workers became known. She looked at a photograph of young teenagers lined up against a brick wall on their first day in North Adams, while armed guards around them held guns, keeping the strikers away from them.
She left the talk thinking about the power of the Celestials' story.
It took her longer to feel that she needed to write it.
She and Lee shared research, she said. She could read accounts of what a shoe-making factory in the 19th century looked and sounded like, but the Celestials had not written their impressions.
She drew from the experiences of many people like them, from "How do you deal with Americans" books written for Chinese immigrants -- and from her own experiences.
Her mother is Chinese, and when she was 6, Shepard visited China with her mother. "My presence was so foreign to the kids there," she said. "I looked Chinese, but not enough. I had a camera."
She would be surrounded by children who wanted to touch her, to touch her hair. That feeling, that glimpse of what an unfamiliar world thought of her, stayed with her.
In North Adams, local families mentored the Celestials, taught them English and tried to convert them to Christianity.
The Celestials lived and worked in North Adams for 10 years, to the end of their contracts, and then most of them returned home.
But their leaving did not mean Sampson's idea had failed. He won. He broke the strikers and the union, and when his Celestials finished their contracts, he invited more to come. In fact, Sampson's idea worked so well -- for the mill owners -- that the U.S. banned Chinese laborers. White U.S. workers protested. President Chester Arthur signed the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882, deporting Chinese workers and forbidding them entry to the country. The act remained in place until 1943.
Shepard has given voices to the people this country kept out for so long, and she has made their stories her own.
In the photographs, she said, she could not put names to faces. Only in two cases could she look at a man and know his name or his story.
Charlie Sing, the foreman and the only Celestial who spoke English in the beginning, becomes a central figure in Shepard's story.
Lue Gim Gong also worked as a gardener for the Burlingame family in North Adams. They adopted him, and he moved with them to Florida -- where he developed a new kind of orange that could withstand Florida summer heat, and revolutionized all of Florida's orange orchards.
Fanny Burlingame, his adopted mother, was cousin to Anson Burlingame, Abraham Lincoln's U.S. diplomat to China. In a sad irony, Anson's work in the 1860s may have allowed Lue Gim Gong to come to the U.S. in 1870 -- and Lue Gim Gong's patient work in North Adams may have persuaded the U.S. to forbid his countrymen to come here for the next 60 years.
None of the Celestials are still here, Hawkes said, except as headstones in North Adams cemeteries. The Chinese characters carved into them have mostly faded away.
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SANTA CRUZ — Prosecutors described 42-year-old Veva Geraldine Virgil as a woman who has led a dysfunctional life punctuated by "methamphetamine induced psychosis" that led to the smothering death of her 3-year-old daughter.
In a trial that started Monday afternoon, Virgil was accused of murdering Isabella "Bella" Martinez, her fourth child, by suffocating her in a Watsonville motel room in 2008.
"Why did this happen?" Santa Cruz County prosecutor David Sherman asked the jury in a whisper. Then he yelled, "How did this happen?"
He said, "She doesn't have some big underlying mental illness. It's the drugs that make her do psychotic things. Her intent was to kill her daughter and she succeeded."
Virgil's trial had been delayed for years as court-appointed mental health professionals weighed whether she was competent to stand trial. She now faces life in prison if convicted.
Monday afternoon, prosecutors started but did not finish opening statements in front of Santa Cruz Superior Court Judge John Salazar. Defense attorneys are expected to make opening statements Tuesday morning.
Virgil appeared stoic in court as Sherman described her tumultuous upbringing in a broken home in Stockton.
By her early teens, Virgil was sent to group homes, where she ran away several times and eventually to San Francisco.
By age 15, she was living in vacant buildings in San Francisco and doing meth and heroin, Sherman said. Blessed with beauty, she met a man of about 25 who encouraged her to become a stripper to make money to support their drug addictions.
That man became her husband.
Virgil became a prostitute off and on for the next two decades, using drugs at times and other times staying clean, Sherman said. She had a son — now in his 20s and essentially raised by his father — and three daughters from other men including Bella Martinez, the youngest.
About 2004, Virgil cleaned up her act and worked as a receptionist in a radiology clinic in Santa Cruz for about a year, Sherman said.
By that time, Child Protective Services had taken her two eldest daughters from her. While she was pregnant with Bella, Child Protective Services leaders told her she would not get her two older daughters back.
She delivered Bella in March 2005 and quit her job. Distraught about not getting to see her two eldest daughters, her life spiraled downward, Sherman said.
She lapsed back into meth use. She had married a convicted felon, Richard Sullens, who had his own meth and alcohol abuse problems, prosecutors said.
Virgil's prostitution continued, luring johns through Craigslist ads, Sherman said. She and her husband had sex with them for money, and sometimes made movies of it. They shoved a rolled up carpet under the door to keep Bella from hearing them, Sherman said.
In the four days before Bella's death on Nov. 16, 2008, Virgil used meth, she later told police.
During a drug-induced psychotic episode, Virgil told authorities she believed she was sending her daughter to a better place through death, prosecutors said. She "decided that she would take a pillow and smother" Bella, Sherman said.
"She killed her own daughter and it was a terrible death," he said, noting that Bella fought back.
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Georgia Tech is located in an area of Atlanta known as mid-town. The campus sort of separates a decent part of town from a not so decent part of town. The students themselves regrettably make easy targets for the thugs who populate the surrounding area. The students carry desirable items and tend not to be as observant as they should be. Over the last few years crime has become a very big issue on and around campus.
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As you know neither of these positions is really new. However, what caught my attention are some comments from David Kennedy of the Center for Crime Prevention at Jon Jay University in New York who states that both groups are wrong. He goes on to say that such a small percentage of people actually get permits that the chance of them intervening in a crime is very low. However, on the flipside he points out that people who do go through the process of getting a permit tend to be very responsible gun owners and much less likely to commit an act of violence.
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So Thaddeus is reading the writing on the wall, and seems to understand that given Philly's "direction" he could easily be moved at some point this season.
Now, I'm undecided on this issue, so I want to see some opinions. Do people think Young would be a good fit in Toronto?
A couple of things to consider in this discussion.
-If you're a pro-tanker, don't just simply bash the deal because you want to lose. Depending on who's sent out, and what else happens with the team, acquiring him might not necessarily change the fate of the team that much...like we all know if Lowry goes down the season is likely in the crapper.
-So, it's more a discussion on whether you think he might be a good fit as a piece moving forward.
-Disclaimer that I don't think Thad Young is worth a 1st round pick....but I'd be ok with giving away a 2nd rounder.
->A deal could look something like Young + Wroten for Lowry + Hansbrough (or Gray if they want to get more capspace faster)...with a 2nd rounder maybe going their way.
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England v Wales, Twickenham, August 6
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Manu Tuilagi is set to make his England debut against Wales at Twickenham on Saturday © Getty Images
England stalwart Jonny Wilkinson has offered a ringing endorsement of Manu Tuilagi's ascent to the international stage - hailing him as the future of English rugby.
The 20-year-old Tuilagi is set to cap an outstanding first season in the senior ranks with his first Test cap having been named at outside centre for England's Rugby World Cup warm-up clash against Wales at Twickenham on Saturday. And having witnessed the Samoan-born Tuilagi's impressive skillset at first hand during England's training camp, Wilkinson has been left in no doubt as to his potential.
"Manu has that aura about him, that Jason Robinson uniqueness about his ability to impact on a game," said Wilkinson, who returns to the England starting line-up at fly-half. "When someone has that ability as an individual to change a game you know he has to be special. I saw it a bit in Toulon with Sonny-Bill Williams.
"He has the power, the speed and he reads the game incredibly well. His focus is very sharp, he doesn't drop off. You'd think he's all about running over people but he has got the footwork and the passing skills and he can kick a ball pretty well. You have to sit back and acknowledge that you are seeing the future of the game right here, with this breed of youngster coming through."
Wilkinson rarely offers such a bold statement which suggests Tuilagi, who is set to follow his four older brothers - Freddie, Henry, Alesana and Anitelea - onto the international stage, has made a significant impression on his more experienced team-mate.
England manager Martin Johnson has now selected 12 different centres for his 31 Tests in charge - but none of them have carried that same high-octane potential as Tuilagi. "Manu is an explosive player. He likes to come out of the line and hit people and he can carry the ball very powerfully," said Johnson. "He is not just a power runner. He has good skills and good rugby awareness. He is an exciting 20-year-old. He has all the talents to develop into a top player."
Tuilagi's story is a remarkable one. This time last year he was fighting deportation from the country he will represent at Twickenham on Saturday. It emerged in June 2010 that Tuilagi - by this stage an England age-group international - had arrived as a 13-year-old schoolboy on a six-month holiday visa.
After weeks of lobbying from Leicester, the Rugby Football Union and three MPs, the Home Office eventually gave Tuilagi special dispensation to stay. And that decision was the launchpad for an extraordinary 12 months.
Tuilagi was named Aviva Premiership young Player of the Year for his debut-season exploits with Leicester, although the season ended on a sour note when he was banned for punching Chris Ashton. Suspension ruled Tuilagi out of the final - but Johnson has no qualms about thrusting him into a Test match environment.
"Can he handle the pressure of Test match rugby? I think he'll be fine. That is the next step for him," said Johnson. "Dealing with the intensity of Test matches is big, guys have to be exposed to that spotlight but he has handled everything well. He hasn't looked overawed at any point."
Despite living with his elder brother Alesana, who is currently with the Samoan World Cup squad, Tuilagi had no qualms about choosing to play his international rugby with England.
"No it wasn't a difficult decision. I grew up here and all my rugby was here. I played England Under-16s, 18s and 20s and if you play for those age groups then obviously you want to get to the top," said Tuilagi. "I consider myself fully English as a rugby player - but that Samoan side to just come out the line and smash people, you never lose it. It's good fun."
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The franchise is almost 90 years old so we retire one every decade, on average. Strahan's 92 should be retired as should Carson's 53.
If people worry about running out of numbers, the best answer is to use non-official numbers (such as three digits, 156; or use alphanumeric numbers, like A6) when you are on practice squad or haven't made the team yet, and when you make the 53 man final roster you get a traditional 2 digit number. Problem solved for about 300 years or so.
As for unretiring a number, BLASPHEMY. It's there for people who left an indelible mark on the franchise, for all time.


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Horses impacted by a mudslide that obliterated parts of Snohomish County in rural Washington state are being cared for by area volunteers.
On March 22, a hillside collapsed near the community of Oso, resulting in a mudslide that divided the town and covered part of Washington State Route 530. The mudslide's human death toll is approximately 30 people, according to estimates released by Snohomish County law enforcement and fire authorities.
Along with the human casualties, 30 horses displaced by the mudslide are receiving care from volunteers, said Margie Bates of the Darrington Horse Owners Association (DHOA). When the mudslide and subsequent Stillaguamish River flooding occurred, the DHOA opened its rodeo grounds to horses and other domestic animals displaced by the mud and water. Bates said nine horses are currently residing at the rodeo grounds.
"Those are horses whose families are here, but who have been dislocated by mud and floor waters from the Stillaguamish River," she said.
Another 21 horses receiving care were owned or previously rescued by Summer Raffo, a local horsewoman and part-time farrier who was killed in the mudslide, Bates said.
"Summer had some horses of her own and rescued other horses," Bates said. "All the horses are being looked after by a volunteer."
Bates said Raffo was driving on State Route 530 when the mudslide hit.
In addition, the DHOA has established a food bank for the displaced animals, Bates said. So far, both feed companies and individuals have contributed to the food bank.
"We've had people just stop us and put money into our hands," Bates said. "The support has just been incredible."
Bates said the horses residing at the rodeo grounds will remain there until it is safe for them to return to their families. A volunteer will continue to look after Raffo's horses until a decision is made about their future.
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Dear an expert or a specialist of a dinosaur,
I wonder what this is. Please give me detail explanation about it.
I guess that this will be an egg of a dinosaur.
Is it true or not?
Here are enclosing five jpg-files.
flesung from Seoul Korea.
This looks like a concretion to me, not a dinosaur egg.
Dear UK Fossil Guy,
Thank you very much for posting your opinion about my question.
Recently I received an e-mail from a curator of "the Central Museum of Natural History" in New York. He said that my oval-shape big stone is a sedimentary concretion in his email.
May I have a question of that? What is meant by "Concretion"?
I'd like to appreciate your help.
Concretions are formed in sedimantary rock where suspended minerals precipitate around an object, these minerals accumulate causing the concretions that we can find now. They are commonly mistaken for fossilised eggs because of their spherical shape
here are some useful links to give you a bit more information on how concretions form
Dear aisling,
Thank you very much for posting your quick answer about my question.
I'd like to express my thanks to your guide on http://www.prib.org/ed/concretions.htm
It helped me understand the difference between a fossil of an egg and a concretion.
But I guess that my oval-shape big stone may not be a concretion, because it was discovered on the red-fine mud or soil of my cow-stable(pen) farm. Korean farmers are very diligent in rasiing vegetables and other grains around their houses. they didn't recognize why the queer stone like oval shape is located or not.
I think that someone who lived in the Old-Stone Age or New-Stone Age might have brought the strange stone his house from the basin of the small stream or river. Around the cow-pen I can't find any stone except for red-fine soil. Anyway I am thankful to you for your interest again. Bye.
Dear Flesung - I recognize these photographs and have written a letter to you regarding their identification.
I suppose the letter has not reached you yet? I agree with aisling and Fossil Guy, from the photographs, I do not believe these to be dinosaur egges, rather they are concretions which have undergone what we cann 'onion weathering'. (http://www.tads.co.uk/files/test/page_20.htm )
I have sent you some information about concretions and hope this is helpful to you.
All the best,
Dear Fiona,
Thank you very much for posting your answer about my question.
Your answer and recommending site helped me understand "concretions".
I'd like to trust your opinion, for you are serving at the museum as a curator.
May I have another question about my oval-shape big stone?
If it was made of concretion of stone, doesn't it have any value as educational or archeological material?
One of curators who are serving in the American Museum of Natural History in New York suggested to me that it is good for me to take the stone to the Hospital for taking X-Ray.
Please gave me a piece of good advice.
I'd like to express my thanks to you for helping me again.
flesung from Seoul Korea
Dear Flesung,
You are welcome, glad to have been helpful. To answer your second question, in my opinion, just about everything has an educational value, in this case, it shows us the effects of 'onion rock weathering'. As a geologist/palaeontologist, I find all aspects of natural history interesting.
I do not think your specimen is suitable for X-Ray scanning.
I hope this is helpful to you,
Best wishes,
Dear Fiona, thank you very much for posting your kind explanation. Is it Okay if I ask a question of you? Really I'd like to see the photos of an egg of a dinosaur. Please guide me the site or any other good materials. I hope that you will be happy and healthy. Bye.
Insung from Seoul Korea


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Andruw Jones is making believers out of his teammates on the Texas Rangers.
He belted home runs in each of his first three at-bats in the Rangers' 8-1 win over the Angels on Wednesday night, prompting third baseman Michael Young to remark, "Andruw's got a lot left in the tank. He works hard. He's got a good idea of what he wants to do. He's got monster pop."
Jones, who had a three-homer game earlier in his career, hit a two-run shot in the first inning and then added solo home runs in the third and fifth innings.
"It's just good to go out there and perform well and get a win," Jones, who now has 14 homers this season, told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. "I was patient enough to put good wood on the ball and drive it."
Inge, Victorino claims final two bids to St. Louis: Brandon Inge and Shane Victorino were awarded the final roster spots for the All-Star Game.
Inge won the American League fan vote to become an All-Star for the first time in his career.
"Excited would be the smallest statement I could make about it," Inge told MLB.com on Thursday evening from his previously scheduled charity function at Comerica Park, benefiting Mott Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich., and other local charity. "I'm so happy about it. It's been a dream of mine since I was a little kid. And to be able to be voted in by the fans around here and all over, I think it's been a blessing. And on a good night, too, when we're having a function that's benefiting kids."
Victorino won the last spot on the National League All-Star team, picking up a record 15.6 million votes.
"To be the guy that comes out of the pack is an honor," Victorino told MLB.com. "Again, playing in a city like Philly and coming up with a championship in a city that's hungry shows us again what Phillies fans are about."
Astros players raise funds for slain officer: Ivan Rodriguez, Miguel Tejada, Wandy Rodriguez and Astros first-base coach Jose Cruz attended a fundraiser for the family of a slain police officer on Thursday at a Houston restaurant.
The event was held by the Organization of Spanish Speaking Officers to raise funds for the family of officer Henry Canales, who was killed on June 23 while on duty.
"It just shows you the appreciation they have for law enforcement and the commitment to the individual who made the ultimate sacrifice," David Torres of the Department of Justice told the Houston Chronicle. "We're doing a benefit for Henry Canales. I talked to the ballplayers, and they agreed automatically to attend."
Delgado begins fielding grounders: The official timetable for Carlos Delgado's return to the Mets remains no sooner than Aug. 15, but the slugging first baseman is taking grounders and hitting in "soft toss" drills.
"It was good," Delgado told Newsday after fielding 25 to 30 ground balls on Wednesday. "I didn't have any problems. The balls were hit right at me, so there wasn't a whole lot of movement but no pain."
Upton adds another steal of home: With speedy Carl Crawford causing a distraction on first, B.J. Upton became the latest Major Leaguer to steal home this season.
Noting the first-and-third situation, third base coach Tom Foley concocted the plan with Upton. When a pick-off throw was made to first, Upton dashed home.
"I had nothing to do with that," Maddon told the St. Petersburg Times. "That was all 'Fo' and B.J. putting that together."
"I gave myself a big enough lead to where, if I wanted to go, I could, and I got a good read on him and went," said Upton, who has now stolen home three times in his career, the most in franchise history.
De La Rosa effective with new two-seamer: Rockies left-hander Jorge De La Rosa has added a two-seam fastball and hopes to get more ground balls in double-play situations.
"Aaron Cook showed me," De La Rosa told the Denver Post. "He taught me the grip. It's a good pitch."
Cook took the time to show De La Rosa how to throw the sinker three starts ago while the club was in Oakland. Since that little session, De La Rosa has thrown 17 consecutive scoreless innings at Coors Field.
Meche hopes to stay with Royals: Gil Meche says he's content to stay with the Royals.
"I don't want to go anywhere," Meche told the Kansas City Star. "I know this is the last year of the no-trade [clause] in my contract, but I would like to be here to win. That's why I signed to come here in the first place."
Getz finds success with new approach: Chris Getz, whose made some adjustments at the plate, had the first four-hit game of his career Thursday.
"I had become kind of one dimensional with my approach, and I opened it up," the White Sox second baseman told the Chicago Tribune. "I talked to [Scott] Podsednik about what he's trying to do -- stay inside the ball -- and I'm trying to work on a little bit of a different approach, similar to his."
New number provides results for Wolf: Randy Wolf changed to uniform No. 43, the number he wore his first seven seasons in the Majors, and broke a seven-start winless streak by beating the Mets, 11-2, on Thursday.
"There's not a baseball player that's not superstitious," Wolf, who previously wore No. 21, told the Los Angeles Times. "The ones that tell you they aren't are liars."
No. 43 had belonged to Will Ohman, who has been sidelined since May 28th and is recovering at the Dodgers' Spring Training complex in Arizona. Both pitchers played at Pepperdine University.
"Being the older Pepperdine guy, I just took it," Wolf said.
Lincecum joins Cain with 10 wins: Tim Lincecum took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and picked up his 10th victory of the season on Thursday. He and Matt Cain became the first Giants duo to each get 10 wins by the All-Star Break since Bill Swift and John Burkett did it in 1993.
"What a tremendous half for [Lincecum]," manager Bruce Bochy told the San Francisco Chronicle. "To start the season, he wasn't at full strength. That was evident. Once he got that back, he went on a serious roll. He has to be considered one of the best -- if not the best -- pitchers in the game right now."
Bailey remembers how he got to All-Star status: When Andrew Bailey heard he made the All-Star team, the A's closer contacted Gil Patterson, the team's roving Minor League pitching coordinator, to share the good news. Patterson taught Bailey the cutter that turned him into a Major League pitcher.
"He showed me everything, and I took it and ran with it," Bailey told the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Swisher's struggles don't concern Francona
By Jordan Bastian / MLB.com
CLEVELAND -- The last thing Indians manager Terry Francona is going to do is make too much of a slump roughly two weeks into the season. That is especially true when it comes to a veteran player such as Nick Swisher.
Heading into Friday's game with the Blue Jays, Swisher was hitting just .164 (10-for-61) with two home runs, one double and seven RBIs in 15 games. The switch-hitter had 14 strikeouts compared to eight walks to go along with a .261 on-base percentage and .279 slugging percentage.
"For whatever reason, some players get off to a cold start," Francona said. "It always happens, and you dont have a remedy, or a pill to take. You have to ride it out and work hard. The good part is, you look at the back of their baseball card.
"I'm telling you, they're going to get to their level, the guys that are struggling. As hard as it is now, when they get hot, they're going to get real hot."
For his career, Swisher has turned in a .255/.358/.462 slash line over 1,354 games, with at least 20 home runs in nine consecutive seasons. He had a prolonged cold spell to open last season, when he hit .229 over the first 65 games. When the season ended, Swisher turned in a .246/.341/.423 line with 22 homers, 27 doubles, 63 RBIs and 77 walks in 145 games.
Francona said he has been pleased to this point that Swisher has not let the early struggles affect his attitude.
"I just think Swish wants so bad for us to be good," Francona said. "That's probably the biggest [thing]. Even [on Thursday], he was having a pretty tough day at the plate and, when we were showing signs of getting that tying run on or trying to get the tying run to the plate, he was about as loud as anybody.
"He wants to win. I've never seen Swish, on a personal bad day, not be excited when we win. And I mean that about as complimentary as you can say it."
Francona: Giambi will be activated Monday
CLEVELAND -- The Indians have decided to give Jason Giambi a few more days of rest before activating the veteran slugger from the disabled list.
Indians manager Terry Francona said the ballclub will wait until Monday to add the 43-year-old Giambi to the active roster, giving the team the weekend to consider its corresponding transaction. Cleveland might option a reliever when Giambi returns, but Francona wanted to keep the bullpen intact for now.
"We were thinking about Sunday," Francona said. "And then, just trying to keep our bullpen, our team in order, I think if we shoot for Monday, that will make things a little bit easier as far as moving forward with our team."
Francona said Giambi was more than willing to go along with that plan.
"Every manager should have the luxury of having 'G' once," Francona said. "Unfortunately, no other manager is going to, because he's going to stick with us. But he gets it. I've been fortunate. I've been around a lot of good players, but man, he gets it. He just wants to help."
Giambi, who is coming back from a non-displaced fracture of a rib in his right side, finished a Minor League rehab assignment with Double-A Akron on Wednesday, having gone 0-for-8 with two walks in theee games. On Friday, Giambi said he felt completely healthy, but added that the extra days will give him a little more time to make sure his swing is in order.
"It gives me a few more days to take more swings and get acclimated and kind of get things right before I get in there," Giambi said. "I'm excited to get back and be part of the club and do my part, not only on the field, but off the field as well."
Francona will likely use Giambi in a similar manner as last season, when the veteran of 20 seasons filled a role as a part-time designated hitter and pinch-hitter. In 2013, Giambi hit .183 with nine home runs and 31 RBIs in 71 games. He posted a 1.181 OPS in the ninth inning and hit .271 with a .960 OPS with runners in scoring position.
While the Indians had only played 15 games heading into Friday, Francona said Giambi has undoubtedly been missed early on this season.
"It's a nice teammate to have around," Francona said. "He can be a settling influence. He can kick somebody in the pants. It's a great guy to have around. Believe me, I wouldn't say all these things if they weren't true."
Gomes remembers time with Toronto fondly
CLEVELAND -- Hours before the Indians hosted the Blue Jays on Friday, Indians catcher Yan Gomes headed to the field during an early round of batting practice to chat with a few of his former Toronto teammates. Gomes will always cherish the brief stint he had north of the border.
Gomes debuted with the Blue Jays in 2012, but Toronto then traded him, along with infielder Mike Aviles, to the Indians in exchange for pitcher Esmil Rogers on Nov. 3 that year. In 2013, Gomes emerged as Cleveland's everyday catcher and he earned a six-year, $23 million extension at the start of this season.
"I'm extremely happy being here in Cleveland," Gomes said on Friday. "It's not just from being the starting catcher. I love this team. I love the way they've treated me here. But I've got a lot to thank from Toronto, man. They're the ones who called me up. They're the ones who gave me the chance to play professional baseball.
"They're always going to have a special place. They're the ones who gave me that opportunity and trusted me right from the beginning. Even from that trade, I don't think I even had enough time to say it was a bad thing or anything. It was just a part of the business. I moved on and I'm excited to be here in Cleveland now."
At the time of the trade, the Blue Jays still had a pair of promising catchers -- J.P. Arencibia and Travis d'Arnaud -- above Gomes on the depth chart. Both catchers are with different teams now, but at that point in time, Toronto viewed Gomes as a utility player. He bounced between first and third base, caught some and played a little outfield for the Jays.
"I wasn't a [full-time] catcher then," Gomes said. "I was an anywhere kind-of-guy. From that first year in 2012, I was looking to be a super utility guy for my career. I was excited for just being a part of a team. They called me up and it was definitely a neat experience being up there in Toronto. I learned from it."
Gomes -- the first Brazilian-born player to reach the Major Leagues -- also enjoyed playing in Toronto due to it being such a multi-cultural city.
"And I'm a multi-cultural guy," he said with a laugh. "It couldn't have worked out more perfect. They're the only team out of the country and I was the first player from a different country. It was exciting. They welcomed me in really well."
Quote to note
"You still have to be able to play. If you can't, you make a guy a coach. But 'G' can change the game in the batter's box, and again, he's not here to hit .300. If he did, that'd be great, but he's here to change the game with one of his swings. He has the ability to do that."
--Indians manager Terry Francona, on veteran Jason Giambi
Smoke signals
• Indians third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall churned out a career-high four hits in Thursday's 7-5 loss to the Tigers. Entering Friday, Chisenhall was batting .522 (12-for-23) on the young season. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Chisenhall is one of just four Indians hitters since 1935 to post at least a .500 average through their first seven games (minimum 20 at-bats). That short list also includes Sandy Alomar Jr. (.581 in 1997), Bill Glynn (.522 in 1954) and Lou Boudreau (.517 in 1948).
"I do think Lonnie has gone about his business in a really professional way," Indians manager Terry Francona said. "And I think he's got a little bit more calm in the batter's box. There's not as much panic maybe, when things aren't going right. And I do think, because of that, you're going to see more success."
• Entering Friday's game against the Blue Jays, the Indians bullpen had posted a 3.04 ERA (17 earned runs in 50 1/3 innings) with a .215 opponents' batting average (both figures ranked fifth in the American League). The Tribe's relief corps led the Major League by stranding 95 percent (20-for-21) of inherited runners.
• Indians outfield prospect Clint Frazier (taken with the fifth overall pick in the 2013 First-Year Player Draft) made his season debut with Class A (low) Lake County on Thursday. In the Captains' 6-3 win over Burlington, the 19-year-old Frazier went 1-for-5 with an RBI single and one run scored. Frazier's debut was delayed due to a hamstring issue.
Jordan Bastian is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Major League Bastian, and follow him on Twitter @MLBastian. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Home Run Derby start delayed by rain
By Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com
MINNEAPOLIS -- With intermittent rain showers hitting the Twin Cities on Monday, a rain delay was announced for the 2014 Gillette Home Run Derby at Target Field.
The announcement came at roughly 7 p.m. CT, which was when the event was scheduled to begin. The weather delay pushed back the festivities indefinitely.
The sky cleared up by the time the announcement was made, but several showers hit during Gatorade All-Star Workout Day, forcing both the American League and the National League to cut their batting practice sessions short.
Rain remains in the forecast throughout much of the night in Minneapolis. It's not the first time rain has affected the Home Run Derby, as the event was cancelled in 1988 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. That remains the only Derby to be cancelled due to weather.
Rhett Bollinger is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Bollinger Beat, and follow him on Twitter @RhettBollinger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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U.S. Under-20 head coach Tab Ramos named his 21-man squad for this summer's U-20 World Cup in Turkey and the LA Galaxy -- and the Galaxy Academy -- are well represented.
LA Homegrown Players forward Jose Villarreal and right Oscar Sorto were named to the squad, but they will be joined by several former members of the club's Academy in center back Javan Torre and forward Mario Rodriguez. In total, there are nine players from the state of California, five of which are from Southern California
The U-20's are coming off a disappointing 1-3-0 showing at the Toulon Tournament in France, but the tournament tune-up will likely be far from the team's mind when they begin the U-20 World Cup against Group A rivals Spain on June 21. The U.S. will then take on France on June 24 and Ghana on June 27 to round out group play. A complete quote sheet from Ramos explaining his decisions can be found here.
The complete roster is below.
GOALKEEPERS: 1-Cody Cropper (Southampton FC; Maple Grove, Minn.), 12-Kendall McIntosh (Santa Clara; Santa Rosa, Calif.), 21-Zach Steffen (FC DELCO; Downington, Pa.)
DEFENDERS: 13-Eric Miller (Creighton; Woodbury, Minn.), 3-Juan Pablo Ocegueda (Guadalajara; Riverside, Calif.), 5-Shane O'Neill (Colorado Rapids; Boulder, Colo.), 18-Oscar Sorto (LA Galaxy; Los Angeles, Calif.), 4-Caleb Stanko (SC Freiburg; Holly, Mich.), 14-Javan Torre (UCLA; Santa Monica, Calif.), 2-DeAndre Yedlin (Seattle Sounders; Seattle, Wash.)
MIDFIELDERS: 16-Kellyn Acosta (FC Dallas; Plano, Texas), 10-Luis Gil (Real Salt Lake; Garden Grove, Calif.), 8-Benji Joya (Santos Laguna; San Jose, Calif.), 15-Mikey Lopez (Sporting Kansas City; Mission, Texas), 6-Wil Trapp (Columbus Crew; Gahanna, Ohio)
FORWARDS: 20-Daniel Cuevas (Santos Laguna; Sacramento, Calif.), 17-Danny Garcia (North Carolina; Dallas, Texas), 7-Victor Pineda (Chicago Fire; Bolingbrook, Ill.), 19-Alonso Hernandez (C.F. Monterrey; El Paso, Texas), 9-Mario Rodriguez (1. FC Kaiserslautern; North Hollywood, Calif.), 11-Jose Villarreal (LA Galaxy; Inglewood, Calif.)


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Mike Leach
If you gave an award for the worst Pac-12 coaching job this football season, Mike Leach would win so convincingly that you'd have to name the dishonor after him.
How's the Empty Corpse Award sound?
Leach, the ever-insulting, never-refraining Washington State coach, ruined a chance to be immediately competitive in his first season in Pullman. He blew it in stupefying fashion, with the kind of fireworks that you thought you'd only see from his renowned offensive scheme. For all the justified celebration that his hiring caused 11 months ago, Leach's honeymoon period ended quicker than it took his Texas Tech teams to drive 80 yards.
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Chapter 04 - Giant African Snail
24.0401 Authority.
The rule codified in this chapter is adopted under the authority of 24.0102 (1) A.S.C.A.
24.0402 Finding of public health nuisance.
It is specifically found that the giant African snail, in view of increasing numbers and the numerous infested areas listed in Appendix A to this chapter, is harmful to agricultural products, food items, and water supplies and thereby endangers health and contaminates the environment, and constitutes a public health nuisance as defined in 25.0101 (19) A.S.C.A.
24.0403 Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to control the spread of the giant African snail from the infested areas listed in Appendix A to this chapter to uninfested areas in American Samoa, and to facilitate the abatement and removal of the snail from these areas.
24.0404 Moving materials to and from infested areas.
(a) No person shall move by any means whatsoever soil, rocks, lumber, pipes, cinders, or any other material to or from the infested areas listed in Appendix A without providing the director of agriculture at least 7 days prior notice of the intended movement. The director of agriculture is authorized to inspect the materials prior to movement and to determine and carry out such treatment or other means as is necessary to remove and destroy the African snails found in the materials.
(b) For purposes of this chapter, "person" means any natural person, whether a private individual or public employee or official, partnership, or other association, corporation, or government agency.
24.0405 Violation-Penalty.
Pursuant to 25.0110 A.S.C.A., any person who violates 24.0404 (a) shall, upon conviction, be subject to imprisonment not to exceed 1 month or a fine of not more than $100, or both.
24.0406 Abatement and removal.
The director of agriculture is further authorized to exercise the authority of the direc¬tor of health to abate and remove giant African snails under the provisions of 25.0107, 25.0108, and 25.0109 A.S.C.A.
24.0407 Appendix A-Giant African snail-infested areas.
Giant African snail-infested areas include all of the central part of the island of Tutuila from Leone Village to the west and Laulii to the east, extending to the north toward the mountains. Heavy concentrations of African snails are found in the. following areas:
1. Auma-Leone;
2. Futiga ASG Dumping Site;
3. Aasufou-Aoloau;
4. Mapusaga Fou-Tafeta;
5. Pavaiai;
6. Faleniu;
7. Mesepa;
8. Community College-Malaeimi;
9. Ottoville-sludge dumping area;
10. Airport Road-public works construction;
11. Tafuna Housing-correction facility;
12. Fagaalu;
13. Mt. Alava;
14. Satala-Atuu;
15. Onesosopo Public Dump.


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Bad timing? Feldman slowed Angels' offense
By Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com
HOUSTON -- Angels manager Mike Scioscia felt Astros starter Scott Feldman may have been taking a little too long between pitches while throwing seven innings of one-run ball against the Angels on Sunday, though he doesn't believe his pace was ultimately an issue.
"He's certainly more deliberate," Scioscia said. "And the umpires were aware of it. I don't think there was an issue. It seemed like there was a lot of miscommunication with the catcher, and we looked at the catcher and definitely he was shaking a lot of signs off."
Rule 8.04 states that when bases are empty "the pitcher shall deliver the ball to the batter within 12 seconds after he receives the ball." Each time the pitcher goes over the allotted time, a ball is supposed to be called.
That rule, however, is rarely enforced. And pitchers are pretty much free to take as long as they'd like with runners on.
"Chris Guccione, the home-plate umpire, he tried to keep it going as best he could," Scioscia said. "I think you're going to have those times. He was working slow, no doubt about it."
The Angels have seen Feldman a lot from his time with the Rangers, from 2005-12, and know he's among the pitchers who usually takes a while. C.J. Wilson, who started Monday's series finale for the Angels, is similar.
Did Feldman's pace affect the Angels hitters in Sunday's 7-4 loss?
"I think if guys let it become a distraction, it could," Scioscia said. "But I don't think it was an issue."
Baylor hoping to return to team within six weeks
HOUSTON -- Don Baylor was getting wheeled into the operating room last Tuesday afternoon, about to undergo the five-hour surgery that would repair a broken right femur, and already the Angels' hitting coach was bargaining for a shorter recovery time. He has a follow-up doctor's appointment on Tuesday, and his quest will continue.
"His timeline and my timeline are two different things," Baylor said on a conference call after the Angels' 9-1 win over the Astros on Monday, "but I'm going to listen to the doctor."
The doctor's timeline: Six weeks until Baylor can put weight on his right side, which would allow the 64-year-old to move a little bit more freely and perhaps lead to him being with the team at home.
Baylor's timeline?
"I said maybe four."
"But I won't know until the doctor signs off on my rehab and things like that," Baylor cautioned. "I just have to kind of see how that goes. I wish I could give you the date, but I don't know just yet."
Baylor was discharged from UCI Medical Center late Friday afternoon and has been resting comfortably in his home in La Quinta, Calif., ever since, using a walker if he has to get around.
"I'm working on my upper body," Baylor said, laughing.
"I haven't had a lot of pain, really," he added. "A little discomfort maybe last night, but the medication took care of that."
Baylor's injury, common among skiers, was sustained right before Opening Day on March 31, while catching the ceremonial first pitch thrown by Vladimir Guerrero, when Baylor shifted all of his weight to the right side and couldn't get up on his own. He doesn't believe a previous bout with multiple myeloma, a cancer that attacks plasma cells in the bone marrow, was the cause.
"I'm trying to relive it in my mind," Baylor said. "I don't want to watch the replay, that's for sure. I felt like I just got drilled by a Nolan Ryan fastball. Just the impact that it felt when you try to stand up and it won't let you stand up. I've never had a dislocation or anything that hurt on the field like that. So it was pretty much a shock. You can't feel your leg and it's moving all over the place. You think it's a dislocation. I never thought it was a break, but that's what it was. We'll get through it, get through the rehab and get back on the field."
Baylor thanked UCI Medical Center for a "pretty wonderful" experience, called all the outside support -- from Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig to former teammate Bobby Grich to Ryan himself -- "uplifting" and said "the Angels fans and family have really been unbelievable."
"I knew I had a lot of friends in baseball," Baylor said, "but I didn't know I had that many."
Adjustment at plate paying off for Hamilton
HOUSTON -- C.J. Wilson said it, and he would know.
"This," Wilson believes, "is the real Josh."
The Angels' starter was referring to Josh Hamilton, the power-hitting outfielder who's starting to look like the five-time All-Star in Texas -- where the two played from 2008-11, until Hamilton joined Wilson again via a five-year, $125 million contract in December 2012.
Hamilton was named the co-American League Player of the Week on Monday -- along with Twins first baseman Chris Colabello -- after an opening week in which he batted .500 and homered twice. Then, during Monday's 9-1 win against the Astros, he drew a career-high-tying three walks, reached base all five times and hit an RBI single, keeping his batting average at .500 (12-for-24).
The key so far, Hamilton said, has been getting back to bouncing around before starting his load.
"It's just rhythm, not staying still," Hamilton explained. "Hitting is rhythm and timing. If one is out of synch, you are going to struggle."
Hamilton didn't do it at all last year, or while struggling in the second half of 2012.
"I completely forgot about it," Hamilton said. "Who knows why you forget about something you've done your whole career. It's something small, but something small can go a long way sometimes."
So can plate discipline and strike-zone awareness.
Hamilton, who finished last year with a .909 OPS in his last 45 games, has drawn six walks through his first seven games. Last year, when he started the season with only one hit in his first 21 at-bats, it took Hamilton 26 games to draw his sixth walk. Monday was his fourth career three-walk game and his first since May 13, 2009.
"Plate discipline is not always going to lead to a walk," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "It's a function of trying to get better pitches to hit. Josh is not going up there with the idea of taking pitches, and that's what's exciting. You're seeing him ready to hit, he's seeing the ball well, laying off some pitches that are not there, and that shows a comfort level in the batter's box."
Angels' bench not lacking for experience
HOUSTON -- Angels manager Mike Scioscia has a little bit more seasoning off his bench this year, with utility infielder John McDonald (39 years old), corner infielder Ian Stewart (29) and backup outfielder Collin Cowgill (27) combining for 1,645 career Major League games.
Stewart got his first start of the season at third base on Monday, Cowgill replaced Kole Calhoun in right field on Saturday and McDonald also started at the hot corner that day. Their tenure in the big leagues -- particularly McDonald, who has spent 16 years as a backup infielder -- certainly makes them better equipped for spotty playing time.
And their presence on the club increases the Angels' depth, with outfielder J.B. Shuck and infielder Grant Green, among others, currently in the Minors and ready to contribute at any time.
"We have the potential, I think, to add to our bench at times within the organization, which is going to help," Scioscia said. "But I think overall we're deeper with some of the guys, as you can see with Grant Green and J.B. in Triple-A. We're a little deeper in some areas than we were last year, which helps."
Worth noting
• Dane De La Rosa (right forearm strain) still looks on track to be activated for Friday's game against the Mets, but Scioscia didn't want to commit to that, since De La Rosa still had at least two more rehab outings to make on Monday and Wednesday.
• Raul Ibanez made his first start in left field on Monday. The 41-year-old designated hitter won't come close to matching the 832 1/3 innings he spent in the outfield with the Mariners last year, but Scioscia has said he'd like to get him some time out there periodically.
Alden Gonzalez is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Gonzo and "The Show", and follow him on Twitter @Alden_Gonzalez. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Retro City Rampage
Retro City Rampage Latest News
Retro City Rampage gets mod support, graphic upgrade option
Vblank has announced a major update for the Steam version of their retro-styled open world game Retro City Rampage, which will add official mod support and a new graphics mode featuring real-time shadows.
PC version of Retro City Rampage getting 8-bit bonus
Retro City Rampage is getting a release on the Wii, and to celebrate, both the Wii and PC versions of the game are getting a bonus: ROM City Rampage, which is an 8-bit "demake" of the game.
Retro City Rampage finally available for Euro PSN
PlayStation 3 gamers in Europe can finally enjoy Vblank's Grand Theft Auto parody Retro City Rampage, as the game has finally reached Euro PlayStation Network. The game had already launched in the US PSN back in October.
Retro City Rampage hits XBLA on 2nd January 2013
Vblank Entertainment has announced that Retro City Rampage, which already saw release on Steam and PlayStation Network in North America, will be arriving on Xbox Live Arcade on the 2nd January 2013. Euro PSN will also be getting the game sometime in January.
Retro City Rampage gets launch trailer, shameless in 8-bit and 16-bit tributes
If you feel that 'retro' gaming has let you down before, then perhaps Retro City Rampage is the answer. It borrows without remorse from a whole host of 8-bit and 16-bit classics, and packages them in one.
Don't let its heavy Grand Theft Auto flavour fool you, there's plenty more hidden within as the launch trailer shows. It's due for release on PSN and PC this week, and XBLA later.


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No thread so I made this.
We're draining 3s like crazy and barely ahead.
Lovely model for success. Play above your heads chucking 3's and pray to god reality doesn't set in.
Good start but dammit play the kids man
Love the intensity!
When Harrington is hot and stays hot we move. Gotta keep the intensity up and hope Gallo can get it going.
Could be bad for this game, but could be good for the franchise. Either way, all the clamoring about what-if-Nate-started and ran the point could finally get played out.
Normally it takes us 3 quarters to score 60 points.
Sweet jesus.....Gallo is having a bad game.....
Loving this so far!
I have faith in Donnie Walsh
We gotta get it together... I love Melo.. How I long for the days that we can have a player of his caliber..
I have faith in Donnie Walsh


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Players tab Kershaw as NL's Outstanding Pitcher
Cy Young Award favorite takes home honor in Players Choice Awards
By Ken Gurnick / MLB.com
LOS ANGELES -- Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw was named winner of the Players Choice Award for the National League's Outstanding Pitcher.
Kershaw was also a finalist for the Player of the Year Award that went to Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers.
Presented since 1992, the Players Choice Awards are voted on by the players in balloting conducted in September.
Kershaw, also favored to win the NL Cy Young Award that will be announced later this month, beat out Jose Fernandez of the Marlins and Francisco Liriano of the Pirates for the NL pitcher award.
Fernandez was named Outstanding Rookie, beating L.A. phenom Yasiel Puig.
Kershaw (16-9) became the first Los Angeles pitcher to win three consecutive ERA titles with a 1.83 mark -- the first Major Leaguer since Greg Maddux (1993-95) to accomplish the feat. Kershaw led the Major Leagues with a 0.92 WHIP and led the NL with 232 strikeouts. He also ranked among NL leaders with 236 innings pitched (second), 16 wins (tied for third), .195 opponents' batting average (second), three complete games (tied for third), two shutouts (tied for first) and seven pickoffs (second).
His 1.83 ERA was the lowest for a Major League starter since Pedro Martinez's 1.74 in 2000, and the lowest in the NL since Maddux's 1.63 in 1995. It's the lowest for a pitcher with at least 220 innings since Doc Gooden's 1.55 in 1985. The only other Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher with a sub-2.00 ERA is Sandy Koufax (three times).
Kershaw also was selected to his third NL All-Star team in 2013, and he won the Roy Campanella Award for the Dodgers player that best exemplifies Campanella's spirit and leadership.
Ken Gurnick is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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UC Davis lab monkeys go insane, says watchdog
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UC Davis, U.S. lab monkeys are insane, charges group, confirming 'ABC Nightline' video; government documents show nation's primates killing and hurting themselves and others.
Washington, DC ' A national research watchdog organization ' on the heels of the "ABC Nightline" airing an undercover video showing mistreatment of primates in the nation's largest primate colony ' said today it has evidence that the majority of tens of thousands of primates held in labs across the U.S. have gone insane.
The Humane Society of the U.S. undercover video shown Tuesday night showed primates at New Iberia testing lab near Lafayette, N.C. being mistreated by workers, and acting insane.
SAEN ' a watchdog group based in Ohio ' said it has internal government documents to prove it: that the majority of primates, for example, at University of California, Davis experience traumatic pathologies, and they are hurt or killed by their own hands of other primates.
Of 400 primates that died recently, 247 (61 percent) experienced a traumatic pathology of some kind resulting either from self-injury or violent attacks by cage mates. Documents show 83 (20 percent) of the primates had an appendage amputated, 117 (29 percent) had bite wounds, 105 (26 percent) had major lacerations and 27 of the primates 10 or more traumatic pathologies.
"The UC Davis primates illustrate the problem of insanity in U.S. lab primates," said Michael A. Budkie, A.H.T., Executive Director, SAEN. "Most of these animals are literally self-destructing, and the same can be said of monkeys
Internal documents from labs across the U.S. reveal that insanity is rampant.
Primates at the Medical College of Virginia are so strung out by drug addiction experimentation that they lay on the floors of their cages and clutch their tails.
Veterinary records from the University of Minnesota disclose that the primates rip fur out of their armpits while screaming. Health records from the University of Michigan are self-mutilating and losing weight due to deranged behavior. University of Wisconsin primates escaped from their cages and attacked each other.
"The abusive situations for primates across the U.S. are endless," added Budkie. "And the USDA, as the video at New Iberia and our documents show, does virtually nothing." These pages provide information, news releases, and announcements obtained from communication and public relations offices from around the world.
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