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McCatty unconcerned with early 'pen struggles
By Bill Ladson / MLB.com
WASHINGTON -- The Nationals' relievers are off to a slow start, allowing 20 runs in 21 2/3 innings entering Wednesday's action against the White Sox. Ryan Mattheus and Drew Storen are the only pitchers in the bullpen with a 3.00 ERA or lower. After seven games last year, the relievers allowed just six runs in 20 1/3 innings.
The bullpen allowed six runs in Tuesday's series-opening win against the White Sox, with Tyler Clippard allowing a three-run home run to Paul Konerko, and closer Rafael Soriano allowing a two-run shot to Alex Rios.
But pitching coach Steve McCatty isn't worried about the bullpen and feels it will get its act together soon. All that matters to McCatty at this point is that the Nationals are winning. The team is 5-2 entering Wednesday's action and beat the White Sox, 8-7, on Tuesday, despite the bullpen's struggles.
"Yesterday was two mistakes, and we didn't hit our spots -- fastball in and a slider away," McCatty said. "Do I have any concerns? No. Could they do better? Sure, but it's still early. Clip didn't give up a run all spring, so something is going to happen. Sori has a little tweak in his leg, and that is not an excuse, but it was a pitch we knew you can't throw that kind of mistake -- breaking ball that spins over the plate. He left it in there.
"Everybody is looking at the first seven games that we are playing. Could we be sharper? Sure. Is there a reason to doubt it? No. There is going to be stretches during the season where everybody is going to have their moments where everything is clicking together. But fortunately, the offense has been good enough that we are still able to get the wins."
McCatty said he doesn't have any concerns about anyone in the bullpen, including Henry Rodriguez, who is coming off elbow problems. The hard-throwing right-hander allowed two runs and only recorded one out Friday against the Reds, but recovered to throw a quick scoreless inning two days later.
"Henry has done better. His arm is feeling fine," McCatty said. "With him, every once in a while, he has a tendency to overthrow. We know that. But the next time out [against the Reds] he threw nine pitches. So it's an ongoing thing with him. He is still a young kid and learning what he needs to do every time. Am I concerned about him? No. He has unbelievable stuff. He has to learn how to harness it."
Desmond delivers best game of young season
WASHINGTON -- Nationals shortstop Ian Desmond had his best game of the season Wednesday, going 3-for-4 with two runs scored, two doubles and a triple in a 5-2 victory against the White Sox. He saw his batting average climb from .222 from to .290.
Desmond said his success at the plate was a result of right-hander Jordan Zimmermann pitching quickly in his seven innings on the mound.
"It's starts with Jordan and he was working quickly, getting quick outs, getting us back in the dugout," Desmond said. "The other guys around here were hitting, too. It wasn't like I was the only one. Hitting the barrel is contagious."
Desmond also admired the work of left fielder Bryce Harper, who went 2-for-4, including his fourth home run of the season.
"He plays with tremendous energy," Desmond said. "He is definitely an electric ballplayer. Having him in D.C. is going to be great for the city. He is definitely entertaining, that's for sure."
Strasburg impresses old friend Peavy
WASHINGTON -- Stephen Strasburg has known White Sox right-hander Jake Peavy since Strasburg played for San Diego State University and Peavy played for the Padres.
Peavy said Wednesday he admired how Strasburg has handled the hype and the innings limit that curtailed the right-hander's season last year.
"I couldn't be prouder with the way he has handled his career, handled all the hype around him and has remained focused on the game of baseball. He is making himself better," Peavy said. "Stephen has a bright, bright future, as we all know. I'm a huge fan. It has been fun for me to watch."
Strasburg threw only 158 1/3 innings last year, when the Nationals ended his season early because of the Tommy John surgery he had in 2010. The leash will come off this year, and Peavy believes the sky is the limit for Strasburg.
"His preparation, his work ethic is key. I think we all know what kind of competitor he is and what he wants," Peavy said. "I can't see why he can't put together 200 innings just like everybody else. He is young, he is strong. His arm is good and intact as it could possibly be at this point in time. The sky is the limit. Washington has a prize along with a few other ones, too. That [Ross] Detwiler kid. the [Jordan] Zimmermann kid, obviously Gio [Gonzalez] -- they have some impressive arms."
Worth noting
• Manager Davey Johnson said that it will be a few weeks before relievers Christian Garcia and Cole Kimball pitch in a game. They are both in Viera, Fla., rehabbing from their injuries. Garcia is dealing with a forearm tendon injury, while Kimball has back issues.
Bill Ladson is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, All Nats All the time. He also could be found on Twitter @WashingNats. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, November 24, 2011, 11:04 PM
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ACLU lawsuit affects school field trips
Original post made on Nov 24, 2011
Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, November 24, 2011, 11:04 PM
Comments (70)
a resident of Midtown
on Nov 24, 2011 at 11:52 pm
It's about time that the schools are made to realize that they can't enforce fees for attending school activities. Yet, JLS had the nerve to charge a mandatory fee for a "binder reminder" this year.
a resident of Midtown
on Nov 25, 2011 at 3:49 am
Walter_E_Wallis is a registered user.
So if I chose not to feed my child,then the school is on the hook for three squares? Neato!
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 25, 2011 at 8:03 am
> A Jordan Middle School science trip to Costa Rica will continue
> to be school-sponsored, as will a Gunn High School Jazz Ensemble
> trip to the Netherlands, with help from a music boosters group,
> Hawkins said.
For most schools around the Country, a school trip means a ride on a school bus to the state capital, and possibly some historic sites.
Trips involving travel beyond a couple hours, and involving all of the class, should not be "school sponsored" (meaning paid for with public money), nor should the school be involved in setting up, or orchestrating, such trips. Booster clubs, or parents, should be totally responsible for all costs, and private funds should not be co-mingled with public funds in any way. The public should not be subsidizing vacations for the privileged, who have figured out how to game the system.
Clubs obviously need have access to classrooms for meetings, and Internet access. But beyond that, all expenditures should originate from private funding. Once totally private, the ACLU can go pound sand.
Some entity needs to monitor the schools so that they are acting legally. Most schools do not hire auditors, so it's really difficult to know when they act illegally. While the County Board of Education is supposed to perform some oversight, it's difficult to believe that they are acting as "auditors" in any meaningful way.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 25, 2011 at 9:08 am
I think this is a great shame.
Travel is one of the most beneficial educational experiences and lasts a lifetime.
Speaking as a parent who was not educated around here, chaparoning for the 4th grade gold rush field trip taught me so much about California's history and took me places I would never have gone otherwise. My kids still talk about some of their field trips and what they learned years later when such things pop up in conversation.
I understand the reasoning, but what does sponsoring really mean? Can the teachers still mentor a group of parents to arrange a trip during spring break?
Can a group of boosters be organized each year to keep these trips going and instead of paying individually, the cost be divided up as a group "donation" to the boosters.
A family trip to an educational venue may not cover as much as a school trip run by organized tour operators? Does this mean that these specialist tour operators are going out of business?
Why do the connections kids still get the opportunity when the other kids don't? Isn't this discriminatory too?
a resident of Los Altos Hills
on Nov 25, 2011 at 9:17 am
You need to read the article before commenting - it is pretty clear pubic money is NOT being used to send children on these extended trips.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 25, 2011 at 10:22 am
> You need to read the article before commenting
And you need look up the definition of the word "should".
a resident of Downtown North
on Nov 25, 2011 at 10:49 am
But the point is, you equated "school sponsored" with "paid for by public money" and the article clearly stated that it did not mean that, so your comment was meaningless after that point. Public money doesn't pay for these trips. That's what the lawsuit is about.
a resident of Midtown
on Nov 25, 2011 at 10:58 am
While once upon a time, the ACLU may have represented good causes for good reasons, I think that time has passed.
The ACLU prevents more good things from happening than it does the bad.
Not on my list of Christmas charities ...
a resident of Barron Park
on Nov 25, 2011 at 11:13 am
The Terman 8th grade Washington DC trip is outrageously expensive: $2,100 for 5days/4nights. Although it does happen over spring break, the trip supports the 8th grade civics curriculum. It should be an option for kids who want to attend, and money should not be an barrier to kids signing up. For us, who do not qualify for a school scholarship, and who are asked also to contribute extra for scholarships for kids who do, the cost was too high for us to consider sending our son. The result on this trip is that both low income and wealthy kids have the opportunity but for the middle class households, paying is much more difficult. I have thought that, if Terman or PAUSD can't pay the entire cost for each kid, there should be a fundraiser (ie car wash, bake sale, odd job team) so kids can raise money themselves toward offsetting the entire cost. Not only would this bring the cost down for everyone, but kids would have a sense of having contributed toward this expensive goal.
We would have felt so much better about paying towards this trip if the kids themselves were required to work for it, and also if it were at least in part subsidized by the district.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 25, 2011 at 11:28 am
Isn't this something the PTA and PIE should be looking at. I don't mean that money should come out of their general funds, but perhaps with their expertise in fundraising and organizing, they should be able to step up to make trips happen.
What is happening now is just as unfair. Parents may be willing to help but have no idea or experience on what to do. Even if one parent decides to try, how can a situation be prevented where two different groups are trying to organize something similar.
I think the PTA would be better doing something like this ahead of some of their other traditional activities. Not that these activities are not worth doing, just that some are more worthwhile than others and these definitely are worthwhile.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Nov 25, 2011 at 11:29 am
re: DC trip
40 kids @ $2100 = $84,000
Sorry - but you can't possible hold enough bake sales or car washes to raise that kind of money. It has to come from the families themselves. Typically the cost covers the 1 or 2 teachers to go on the trip. And then the parent chaperones also have to pay for their trip as well (net the cost to cover the teachers).
Unfortunately it's things like this that have more and more people considering private school so they can avoid the over-regulation of their kids' lives.
a resident of Midtown
on Nov 25, 2011 at 11:49 am
Actually, the $8 on the JLS form ("Purchase/Donation Form") for the binder reminder was called a donation. The form did go on to state, however, that the organizer is required for all students. I guess one would have been provided had a family chosen not to make the donation?
a resident of Barron Park
on Nov 25, 2011 at 11:52 am
Unfortunately, the DC trip is divisive, as it is not available to all. Some kids do feel bad that they can't go. It is my understanding that the trip can accomodate two busses, up to eighty kids, which is almost half of Terman 8th graders. One could argue that unless the trip can accomodate all 200 kids, it shouldn't be offered. This needs to be looked at from a philosophical as well as a financial perspective: is it fair for a public school to offer a trip to the whole class that not everyone can afford or attend?
Crescent Park dad, you missed the point about the bake sales. Obviously bake sales, etc are not going to raise much money. I was only saying that if kids want to go and are responsible for paying even a portion of the cost, they should, in middle school and high school, be organized (by a PTA, booster, or class club) to work toward making a contribution, however small. This, combined with school and parent support would be more egalitarian than the current dependence on parent-only funding.
But overall, I have been thinking that the DC trip has no place in our PAUSD public school for the very reasons discussed in the ACLU lawsuit.
a resident of Barron Park
on Nov 25, 2011 at 11:58 am
re: School-Trips-Should-Not-Be-Vacations
Your points were succinct, simple and sensible, and they are clearly meant to apply as generally as the ACLU lawsuit. Surprisingly, some people seem not to have understood them, focusing instead on who is paying for some trips from Palo Alto schools.
For those people who missed the basic points, I'll reiterate them:
(1) Long trips (say, overnight or farther than a 3 hour bus ride each way) should not be paid for with public funds. (That should make the ACLU lawsuit moot).
(2) Consequently, long trips (aka vacations) should be paid for entirely by private organizations and parents, and should not be organized by the schools.
(3) Schools are required to use auditing to enforce this separation of school trips and 'vacations'.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Nov 25, 2011 at 12:53 pm
Not trying to be argumentative, but why are "long trips" not appropriate for public funds? You seem to equate that with it being a vacation. Why?
If it is a trip to Hawaii to swim and surf and sightsee, then I agree. But if it were (let's say) a trip to washington, dc on which the kids met with their congressman, sat through a senate session, perhaps the supreme court, visited the smithsonian, etc - all a part of and tied to their civics curriculum (if there were one), then I'm not so sure that (substantial) school funds would not be appropriate for such a trip.
So I think that criteria other than "long" should be a determining factor.
For those people who missed the basic points, I'll reiterate them:
(1) Long trips (say, overnight or farther than a 3 hour bus ride each way) should not be paid for with public funds. (That should make the ACLU lawsuit moot).
(2) Consequently, long trips (aka vacations) should be paid for entirely by private organizations and parents, and should not be organized by the schools.
(3) Schools are required to use auditing to enforce this separation of school trips and 'vacations'.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 25, 2011 at 1:39 pm
Palo Alto High School students should not be allowed to leave the country on school projects (or without parents). During the last several years some high school students around the country have paid a terrible price when outside the United States. We have enough places in the US where high school students can learn.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 25, 2011 at 2:21 pm
"Shouldn't PiE and PTA pay for this". Are you a member or supporter of either? Where do you think the money for PTAs and PiE come from and go to? From donors. I'm pretty sure most donors wouldn't want to send a bunch of kids off to D.C. The activities that PTAs and PiE support are for all kids, in general. On the other hand, if you want to join the PTA and work for this at your site, I think that would be great. Please don't suggest work for others, however. I also think there was a typo in the article. Only the Spanish Immersion kids are allowed on the trip to Costa Rica.
a resident of Midtown
on Nov 25, 2011 at 2:42 pm
To "JLS Parent" who says "It's about time that the schools are made to realize that they can't enforce fees for attending school activities."
You're right. Sadly, our high quality Palo Alto schools that offer an exceptional education (far above what is considered by law to be a child's right to a "free and basic education") cannot enforce fees for school activities and staff that benefit ALL students. Hence, you are more than welcome to continue freeloading off all the other parents that support your child's education through their donations to PTA and PIE.
a resident of Barron Park
on Nov 25, 2011 at 2:47 pm
"I'm pretty sure most donors wouldn't want to send a bunch of kids off to D.C. The activities that PTAs and PiE support are for all kids." ...
If school PTAs don't value a trip (ie to DC) enough to provide funding for the good of all students, then the trip should not be sponsored by the school, and funds should definitely not be used to pay for teachers or scholarships.
The companies offering the DC trip have a built-in clientele and can charge what they like.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Nov 25, 2011 at 3:27 pm
I don't think there's anything wrong with having the kids raise money for trips. I remember selling chocolate bars (at 50 cents) a piece to raise money to go to Montreal with the French Club. It was fun and we all gained entrepreneurial experience! The club had to raise the money for everyone to go. We worked hard all year long. I do not feel that having parents or donors write a check for everything teaches the kids very much.
a resident of Midtown
on Nov 25, 2011 at 3:34 pm
My understanding of the middle school DC trips, perhaps a few years dated, is that they are run by teachers in conjunction with private tour companies, and made available to the students. Some kids go, others don't (mine never did). It is part educational, part social - the kids enjoy a trip with their friends (and without their parents). The parents of those who went paid for it (a high-ish price, but not ridiculous). My kids never felt they missed any instruction by skipping it, though they missed all the who-held-hands-with-who action.
Maybe things have changed, but I don't see how this was "school sponsored" or a "school activity" - it took place during spring break. Are things being done different now?
a resident of Barron Park
on Nov 25, 2011 at 4:22 pm
Not to split hairs, but the DC trip is marketed to kids through the school list and the teacher rep recruits kids on campus. Teachers attend (there are no parent chaperones) and scholarships are arranged through the teacher rep. I don't know where the funds come from, though paying parents are strongly encouraged to give more to subsidize others.
Enrichment trips with classmates are wonderful, but there needs to be a clear distinction between what is required as part of the curriculum and what is optional. The latter should be supported at all cost by the school and district. The other should be organized by parents or a club outside of school purview. As a public school district, as has been stated here already, it is very important that opportunities for school-sponsored trips and events are affordable for all.
a resident of Barron Park
on Nov 25, 2011 at 4:33 pm
Excuse me...Edit sentence in paragraph two above to: the "former" should be supported at all cost by the school...
a resident of Mountain View
on Nov 25, 2011 at 4:45 pm
As a teacher, my concern with this law is that in economically diverse communities like ours, the new approach to field trips will provide give some parents who can afford to pay a reason not to pay. This makes it more difficult for schools to focus on fundraising for the students who truly need financial help.
As a teacher, I organized voluntary field trips with my students every year, and I always make sure everyone can go no matter their finances. That was only possible when those who could afford to pay felt an responsibility to contribute if they wanted to go.
The intent of the lawsuit was good (schools should never bully parents into paying anything), but the overreaching results will reduce the kinds of enrichment offered to students. We want things to be state funded, but at the same time we are cutting state funding. As a result, children get less out of class opportunities, less lab experiments, less of anything that has expendables, that doesn't seem like progress to me.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 25, 2011 at 4:52 pm
To parent who misread my comment, I did not say PTA and PIE should pay.
I did say PTA and PIE should look into this and that funds should not come out of their general fund. They are a group with expertise in fundraising and organization and that expertise and fundraising could help with fundraising and organizing a trip.
Please read before getting upset. You have no idea of my involvement in PTA or PIE so accusing me of anything is just jumping to conclusions.
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Nov 25, 2011 at 5:00 pm
Surprise? The schools are getting around this ruling by insisting that only students who have been members of a club for a year or more may travel with that club. They are looking for other ways to circumvent the legal ruling. The "They" are administrators and some teachers. Disgusting? Unethical? ACLU - please look into this matter. You can start with Gunn High. Talk with Navarro or Habib.
a resident of Los Altos Hills
on Nov 25, 2011 at 6:04 pm
While at Gunn I went on one of these trips and it was very eye opening. There were 35 kids and we rode around on a Greyhound averaging about 200 miles per day - all over the U.S.. We saw most of the Country, we learned tolerance (from sharing a full size bed with bus mates many nights to accepting the scorn of some Southerners for treating Blacks better than they "deserved to be treated", and budgeting (our meal allowance was $5 per day). The cost of that 5 week trip was $600 which seemed like more at the time. Since then I have sent my kids on school sponsored trips to Washington DC, Paris and Costa Rica -they were all great!
a resident of Stanford
on Nov 25, 2011 at 6:57 pm
Posted by Concerned Retiree, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, 7 hours ago
While once upon a time, the ACLU may have represented good causes for good reasons, I think that time has passed.
The ACLU prevents more good things from happening than it does the bad.
Not on my list of Christmas charities ...
I agree completely, Concerned Retiree.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 25, 2011 at 9:23 pm
In response to the first person to comment: "JLS parent, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood . . . It's about time that the schools are made to realize that they can't enforce fees for school activities. JLS had the nerve to charge a mandatory fee for a "binder reminder" this year."
It's simple. There are givers and takers. I'm guessing you're a taker.
Thankfully there are others in Palo Alto who are givers (to PTA & PiE). These are the residents and businesses keeping our schools top notch and maintaining your high property value. I applaud required fees (like JLS' mandatory fee for the binder reminder). I wish more fees would be required instead of "optional donations". Then every family would pay their fair share, and my family would not have to foot the bill for other family's school expenses. There are scholarships available for families who need assistance. Unfortunately, there are many families in Palo Alto who can afford to pay their fair share, yet choose not to and are comfortable letting others bear the burden of maintaining our above average school system. Just look at the number of families who donate to PiE (less than half of the families at the middle school level happy to let the other half make the donations). Again, there are givers and there are takers.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 25, 2011 at 11:43 pm
This is neither new nor limited to field trips. See Gov. Schwarznegger's Dec. 2010 letter re: state guarantee to a free public school education - Web Link
a resident of Mountain View
on Nov 26, 2011 at 12:18 am
The governor's memo posted by the writer above was very helpful. I encourage those interested on this issue to take a look.
It captures the the most important points:
-all fees should truly be voluntary donations
-and donations should never be a requirement for participation
Most schools in our area have always aimed for those two goals. It is my hope this lawsuit does not mistakenly chill teachers' ideas for innovative instruction, and yet at the same time it reminds us that while donations are still permitted for those innovate projects, they should truly be communicated as donations, and not as a requirement for participation. Any teacher would be proud to stand by those principles.
a resident of Barron Park
on Nov 26, 2011 at 1:25 pm
Bottom Line:
Life is not fair sometimes and kids who cannot afford to go can make it a goal of theirs for the future if they want to go that bad! Life is not fair and sooner kids can learn that the better off they will be and thus will hopefully learn that hard work and value of education evens everything out in the future.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 26, 2011 at 1:56 pm
@ Giving Parent
We are part of the families that can't afford those DC trips but also don't qualify for scholarships. We never made a big deal out of it. Our kids just did not go. End of story.
But what I wanted to say, it that, along the same lines, we can't afford to give to PiE. We already pay high property taxes to live here and finance our schools, so money donations are out of the question for us.
However, I have always generously given my time, ever since our children started kindergarten. Now, my last child is in high school and I still volunteer at the high school, a good 3 hours a week. Make a calculation. My donation of time is worth thousands of dollars. I find it sad that you recognize only money donations.
a resident of Downtown North
on Nov 26, 2011 at 2:22 pm
Dear I Give My Time - Thank you for all the years of service to the District - your time is a VERY valuable contribution! Not everyone can afford to volunteer or donate, to those that do, I am very appreciative. To those that can and don't - your students are benefiting from the gift of time and the gift of money from other parents and community members.
EVERY PAUSD student receives PiE money. EVERY PAUSD student benefits from the classroom volunteers, PTA volunteers, field-trip drivers, etc. One of the strengths of our district is its spirit of community and volunteerism.
To those who could give - time or money - and don't - at least express your appreciation to
those who do. YOUR child benefits.
a resident of Midtown
on Nov 26, 2011 at 4:46 pm
Walter_E_Wallis is a registered user.
Go whole hog and require equalization across all schools in the state. No one can go unless everyone can go. Even those who must travel with oxygen tanks or dialysis machines. And blind kids get to tour art galleries and deaf go to concerts.
This is just about the stupidest rule going.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 26, 2011 at 5:16 pm
The ACLU lawsuit is not about field trips per se.
It's about bringing many public schools back into compliance with the state's constitution (that guarantees a free public education and prohibits public schools from charging mandatory fees/tuition for core educational programs, classes and materials, text books, lab fees, etc. Field trips did not drive this suit.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 26, 2011 at 5:29 pm
If they are going to be so picky there are myriads of other charges that we have incurred during our kids' education at PAUSD.
To name a few, supplies for science fair materials, homework which involved cooking and taking into school, t shirts for science projects, lab fees for cooking and science classes, costs for language work books, special graph science notebooks, supplies for physics project, cost for expensive graphing calculators, and these are only the ones that come to mind.
On top of that, the 4th grade gold rush trip and 6th grade science camp was practically mandatory for every child even though there was supposedly an option for joining other classes.
I am not complaining about these costs, but to say that there are no costs towards our children's education is wrong.
Are all these things going to end also?
a resident of Stanford
on Nov 26, 2011 at 6:17 pm
[Post removed by Palo Alto Online staff.]
a resident of another community
on Nov 26, 2011 at 6:57 pm
Walter is one of very few people here who has common sense.
He also has a gift for pulling the chain on Liberals, which always results in a response of blathering that sane readers find humorous.
Keep up the good work Walter!
a resident of Stanford
on Nov 26, 2011 at 7:26 pm
Outside observer-, glad you find walters comments so enjoyable. Says plenty about you also. Making fun of blind and deaf children is not about politics. BTW, for ignorant people like you and walter, blind and deaf children can enjoy museums and concerts-it just takes effort to awe that it happens.
a resident of another community
on Nov 26, 2011 at 7:33 pm
You miss the point entirely. Walter is not making fun of the deaf and blind. He is, however, making fun of you ;)
a resident of Stanford
on Nov 26, 2011 at 8:20 pm
Nice try,OO. But trying to spin walters vile comments is too late. He has been exposed for what he is. I am not sure why you think it is amusing to stand up for disabled children and why you think that I deserve to be made fun of. You reminds me of rush limbaugh-he also denigrated people and then tries to spin it as fun and games.
a resident of another community
on Nov 26, 2011 at 8:25 pm
Ever thought of a career in politics? You're a natural!
Thanks for the laughs, and good night ;)
a resident of Midtown
on Nov 27, 2011 at 3:34 pm
Walter_E_Wallis is a registered user.
Disgusted, I was making fun of the ACLU! Granted THEY are disabled intellectually, but I was pointing out the flaw in their reasoning.
a resident of Stanford
on Nov 27, 2011 at 5:05 pm
Keep on tryingg to spin your way out of your vile comments. We know you by now. Nothing is sacred-now disabled children are your target. Plus you insult those that stand up for peoples rights. Uncle adolph would be proud.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Nov 27, 2011 at 5:17 pm
Yes, I was another "I give my time" since I couldn't afford to write a never ending series of checks. I did what I could.
We saved to spend a week's vacation with our children in Boston and Cape Cod one year and timed it to occur just before rents went sky high in July. Turned out it coincided with the annual Jordan trip to Washington and Boston the year our son was eligible. Needless to say we did many of the same things in Boston that his class ended up doing a week or so later, minus the drama of several of his classmates being sent home early because they felt the need to shoplift and got caught.
The children involved came from wealthy privileged backgrounds and were only doing it for the thrill. In the end stick to what you can afford and what works for your family and value system. Why is it that parents these days find it so hard to say no and push back against unreasonable demands?
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Nov 27, 2011 at 9:55 pm
The school can pay for these trips but can't help parents pay for summer school unless you are on free lunch.
That is crazy!
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 28, 2011 at 10:54 am
Dear I Give My Time: You are amazing for donating your time and should be thanked profusely. It's people like you that are unsung volunteer heroes in our schools.
Just be careful making assumptions. You say it's sad I only care about donating money and not about time. As a matter of fact, I too have donated over 3,000 hours of my time to the pausd school system as a VOLUNTEER for over ten years. But because we were talking about the aclu judgement related to money in this thread I didn't bring up the volunteer time factor. You're right. The volunteer time factor is huge. In man hours, the volunteer time parents invest in pausd schools across the board equates to millions of dollars per academic year (the PTA has actually calculated this number).
My point is that the school system also requires "financial donations" to PTA and PiE to stay high quality. My volunteer time doesn't pay the bills for field trips, spectra art, classroom aides, middle school electives, etc. It's just a fact. Therefore, even though I volunteer thousands of hours, my family also donates what we can. What's hard to swallow is the high number of families who donate neither time nor money (even though they are able) and are comfortable reaping the benefits from other families who donate both.
a resident of Los Altos
on Nov 28, 2011 at 11:25 am
Yes, public school should be free but until the state stops cutting its funding of our schools and delaying promised payments, parents have to contribute. A California elementary school with no parent donations for "extras" wouldn't meet most people's expectations of an adequate education. Your beef should be with state and federal government, NCLB and perhaps Prop 13. Don't go after the schools who are just trying to make up for what the state takes away.
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Nov 28, 2011 at 1:29 pm
The Costa Rica trip is for all Spanish class students, not just immersion.
D.C. is an expensive trip and making it a private trip makes sense because the school should not have to pay for those who cannot afford the price tag. My son went to DC in 8th grade at Jordan and had a great time. He had to decide between the DC trip and the Costa Rica trip because we did not want to pay for both (and do not qualify for scholarship money).
I agree with Voice of Reason, that people need to accept that life is not fair. Socialist thinking will hold back our country and dumb it down. What's great about America is that anyone who is willing to work hard can be successful. What's not so great is that lazy people are enabled by society and the government.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 28, 2011 at 1:43 pm
Concerned Retiree has it right. The ACLU should find better causes thas this one.
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Nov 28, 2011 at 4:19 pm
I am a card carrying member of the ACLU. The lawsuit is about equity in a PUBLIC school environment. Yes, life is unfair. But it is the duty of a PUBLIC institution to safeguard the rights of ALL the public.
a resident of Midtown
on Nov 28, 2011 at 4:41 pm
Walter_E_Wallis is a registered user.
If the ACLU insists on every student having equal rights, then they had better ask for equal family income. Even then, some families may decide not to participate; should we insist that all participate?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 28, 2011 at 9:01 pm
Hmmmm, so those of you critical of the ACLU lawsuit are comfortable with schools charging fees for textbooks, core classes, materials, etc. - items that are central to public school education (not "extras") - regardless of what California's constitution stipulates or guarantees?
Should the constitution be changed then? To say what...?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 28, 2011 at 10:24 pm
According to the board packet, (Web Link) the trip is for Spanish Immersion students. My 8th grader is in regular Spanish and can't attend this trip. The trip includes 3 days of school and would not be allowable under the ACLU rules unless the school was willing to pay for all students. I'm curious how they are funding the kids whose parents can not afford it. Does anyone know?
a resident of Midtown
on Nov 29, 2011 at 8:05 am
Walter_E_Wallis is a registered user.
Nothing, books are central, field trips are separate. I just pointed out that, to satisfy ACLU guidelines, everyone would be forced to participate in every school function, to hell with individual choice and interest.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 29, 2011 at 8:13 am
What it boils down to is that education in our public schools are not free, regardless of what the ACLU says.
We provide the supplies and some get the cool binders and others get the WalMart el cheapo ones. Homework costs money for supplies, whether it is cooking, science t shirts, physics projects or buying a particular graphing calculator or graph note book or poster for presentation of a book report.
At the beginning of the school year we write checks for school as well as PTA. Even the school library card costs us money.
I don't object to the cost of these things and I don't object to the cost of field trips. I do object to the ACLU telling us that we can't pay for an educational trip for our kids because some may not be able to afford it (not just an expensive DC trip).
If they want to make life fair, then they could start with making sure all students have free transport to school. No, that sounds like it would be too hard for them so they choose something that was never a problem in the first place.
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Nov 29, 2011 at 8:53 am
@Parent: Maybe it depends which school. Jordan allows all Spanish class students to attend the Costa Rica trip.
Agree with resident's posting. The disadvantaged kids who are from EPA get free transport and free lunches and don't pay for their field trips. That's not really fair.
Nor is it fair that my children are placed with dumb, non-resident, lazy, disengaged students for school projects who can't meet after school hours nor care to participate in the projects.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Dec 2, 2011 at 2:21 pm
The bottom line is that you can't charge for public education. We live under the rule of law, and if you don't believe in a free public education and would like to change the California constitution, then pursue that recourse. If you are unclear about where the lines are drawn, don't conjecture, read the case law. PAUSD needs to stop funding programs off-balance-sheet by charging parents, and live within our means with the substantial funds that we do have.
a resident of another community
on Jan 18, 2012 at 1:10 pm
We are struggling with this in San Diego also.
I agree with @Christopher Chiang. This is all extra effort extracted from busy parents and teachers simply to keep the few educational enrichments we still have.
The ACLU lawsuit is more about enforcing "a particular" interpretation about what is constitutionally written than aiding / discouraging any school activities. Sometimes the ACLU defends some really unpopular positions, but in general, I'd rather have them as a watchdog than not at all.
That being the case, I'd say we should all contact our local representatives and have the law amended. The rule about granting free education, as stated, was written in 1874. Everything has changed since then - people, population, education, opportunities. It's time the law evolved as well.
a resident of another community
on Feb 2, 2013 at 2:03 pm
As a parent and school board member of another California community, I found these comments interesting. But the most insightful, and easiest to ignore, was teacher Christopher Chiang's. In economically diverse communities, enforced fairness gives those who can afford to pay a reason not to. This makes it almost impossible to then fund the trips for those who can't.
Enforced equality sounds great, in the abstract. But besides lifting up those who have less, it allows those who have more to contribute less. The unintended consequence is that those who have less end up with even less, while those who have more shift what used to be public to private use. This is exactly what happened with Prop. 13, a response to Calif.'s Equalization mandate.
a resident of another community
on Jul 30, 2014 at 9:17 am
As a teacher I want my students to have certain experiences in my classroom because I feel it makes them more well-rounded. What this means is that I am going to have to pay out of pocket to ensure that all of my students get those experiences.
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Jul 30, 2014 at 12:59 pm
If a field trip enhances a curriculum than it should be paid by the district as part of education. I wish teachers would focus more on actually teaching and allowing parents to expose their kids to the wonders of the world. It costs me less to spend five days in DC with my entire family than what our middle school wanted for just one student - a required fee of over $2.2K for a five day trip. Are these kids housed at the Ritz and eat at fine dining establishments for this kind of money, no, this fee covers teacher's expenses, overtime pay and paid days off after the trip. I can take my kid to DC myself for far less money.
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Jul 30, 2014 at 4:44 pm
Note this is an old article. The DC trip at Jordan is no longer part of the school because of the ACLU socialists. Since most Palo Altans are struggling to pay their mortgage/rent, only about 200 or less students attend the 8th grade trip (less than half).
The trip occurs in April during Spring Break and costs $1950, flight included. And they are not staying at deluxe hotels and are eating at food courts and basic restaurants. Sure, one parent can take a child to D.C. for a little less ($550-$600 round-trip tickets, cheap motels, or drive a car), but it's much more fun and more of a learning experience for children when they travel without parents. Many parents don't "expose their kids to the wonders of the world" due to finances and taking an entire family to D.C. would cost more than $2000.
Life isn't all about academics and children should have these learning experiences to learn how to get along with others and prepare them to live away from home. In a job interview, it's more than just what's on paper that gets the person the job - it's also people skills. We are grateful that a public school offers this trip.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jul 30, 2014 at 10:52 pm
Teacher Guy, a resident of another community, said:
>> As a teacher I want my students to have certain experiences in my classroom because I feel it makes them more well-rounded. What this means is that I am going to have to pay out of pocket to ensure that all of my students get those experiences.
Experiences "in your classroom" should not require much in funding and should be included in your annual budget allocation from the district and PTA.
As a teacher, you may feel your students would benefit by going to the moon, but that does not mean the school district, state, or parents should fund "your vision." It is your choice to fund out of your own pocket or not, but certainly not a requirement in PAUSD.
You need to teach your students to the best of your ability within the budget you are allocated, including PIE and other PTA funds, as well as voluntary parent contributions.
Any person in any job can claim they could do a better job with more funds, but good teachers are able to do it with only their own skills and passion - particularly in one of the wealthiest school districts in the country!
Yes, please note this original article was written in 2011 and was only revived by "Teacher Guy" 10 hours ago...
a resident of Ohlone School
on Sep 9, 2014 at 9:47 am
1) Me is RIGHT... ACLU are idiots and over step their bounds, seeking headlines and fame.
2) OK... has never been in a classroom or understood classroom budgets. They are totally underfunded and approximately 132% all of teachers put their own money into the classroom. and don't forget the Millions they are paid....
I am researching this article as my child, who is in High School in California, has a "pleasure trip" to Disneyland which is in jeopardy of being cancelled because of this ACLU Action. It is not even a field trip. It is a High School Night held at Disneyland for seniors for kids all up and down the state of California and beyond. But because of this law, kids who can't afford to go must be Paid For by those who can afford to go. It is not a learning experience, it is a fun get away for the Seniors to remember their time in High School with. Unfortunately kids are claiming they can't pay for the trip. So the interpretation, is that they must be paid for and not denied the RIGHT to attend this activity. Underscoring the FACT that Many of these kids falsify their parents income to get Free Lunches. It is shameful how the "Underprivileged" are no less than scamming the system at the detriment of others. We are loosing these fun Privileges because of people like this. It is a Scool Activiy, although not Learning Experience, it is too bad that they can't / won't pay their fair share but.... If you can't afford to go, then sorry YOU CAN't Go. what about senior Prom ? or School Pictures? or GRADUATION cap and gown ? what do I know ?
a resident of another community
on Mar 17, 2015 at 3:53 pm
Hi My Name is Maria Rojas and i am the PTA President for a school in Greenfield CA. We are a little 1 school. I need help because our district last year charged us over $2,000 for each school field trip. PTA had to pay all that last year but I refuse to do the same this year.
Any advise will be great.
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Mar 17, 2015 at 3:58 pm
So what?
a resident of JLS Middle School
on Mar 17, 2015 at 4:56 pm
Regarding what "Parent" from Midtown said to "JLS Parent" ,
(By the way, I am a different "Parent" from JLS than the "JLS Parent" quoted above.)
Their exchange:
**To "JLS Parent" who says "It's about time that the schools are made to realize that they can't enforce fees for attending school activities."
**You're right. Sadly, our high quality Palo Alto schools that offer an exceptional education (far above what is considered by law to be a child's right to a "free and basic education") cannot enforce fees for school activities and staff that benefit ALL students. Hence, you are more than welcome to continue freeloading off all the other parents that support your child's education through their donations to PTA and PIE.
My comment:
People's taxes pay for most of the education, not PTA and PIE donations, which, valuable as they are, are dwarfed by the contribution from taxes. My own property taxes pay for my own child and other people's children far in excess of any ask by PTA and PiE.
To tell JLS parent that he was "freeloading" for expressing a concern about fees for school activities was just a petty thing to say. The fact is, the Midtown poster doesn't even know what JLS parent pays for taxes, PTA, PiE or anything else. Midtown's view of education is also legally wrong as well.
Education is not provided within a district or school in relationship to how much each of us pays, in taxes, PTA, and whatever other form. The child's right is to a "free and appropriate public education" and in many, many rules, it is to an "equal" education, not a "basic" education for all, with a better one for anyone who pays more in the same town, as Midtown described.
You can verify this by inserting "free and basic education" and "free and appropriate public education" into Google, and then even "free and equal public education". Really, do this. Midtown's interpretation comes up with a page of education links about Syria, Burundi, the Middle East, where the others come up with mainstream US educational policy links.
We are allowed to create as great an education for our kids here as we are able, but whatever education we provide must be - in a public system - provided on an equal basis without regards to income, race, etc. Every child is entitled to a "free and appropriate public education" and an equal public education. This of course leaves open the uncomfortable discussion about differences between districts, which is something the public continues to wrestle with. And maybe we will solve as more open source tools become available. But in the meantime, it is at least clear that children in the same district are not differentiated based on how each can pay.
I hope that's a little more clear.
a resident of another community
on Feb 3, 2016 at 3:34 pm
For 15 years I have been taking 8th graders on a Washington DC, Philadelphia, New York trip over a 7 day period. The trip is pricey (the 2016 price about $2600, which is all-inclusive); The district pays absolutely nothing for this trip, not even for substitutes to cover traveling teacher chaperones. We go at a specific time of year because I choose a time when a lot of veterans are in DC so the kids can interact with them; I also choose a time of year when we get to see the President of the United States give a public speech (we've seen Bush, Obama, and looked forward to a different face in 2017). My district is enforcing the ruling of no travel on school days, and the idea that kids who can't afford the trip, the district would pay for (which of course they will not do); thereby changing the trip to Spring Break (in March - ridiculous) or in early summer (early June). I'm actually pissed off that I cannot use these important dates in effect the way I see fit as its coordinator and teacher. This trip is NOT integral to their education, but it is enriching, multicultural, and life lasting. My big question: how do I side-step this ruling, keep my dates (where the kids miss 3 days of school, not including weekend days of course), keep the veteran interaction, keep the presidential speech, and no need to pay for those who can't afford it? Irritated? Do I stretch the days to include 5 school days so the kids can get "official" paperwork for homework while out; do I take official leave to be the chaperone (which could effect my retirement somehow... again a ridiculous side effect)? Where are the loopholes? How can I interpret the language differently?
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In his book No Easy Day, about the raid on Osama bin Laden, former SEAL Matt Bissonnette talks about getting ready for a combat deployment, meeting at Team 6 HQ in Norfolk, Va. and getting ready to go.
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Best cheesesteaks outside of Philly! ! They even have TastyKakes! ! !
Amazing food
Frankie's is the absolute best! Quintessential east coast sub shop right here in Tucson. The cheesesteaks are amazing, Whiz, add hot peppers!
Try to go when Frankie himself is there. Not only does he heighten the customer service experience ten-fold, but when the Cat is away the mice have been known to try and skimp on the cheese.
Oh, and the phone number isn't right.....
The chocolate babka on Fridays.....oh my god.
Sertinos Cafe closed May 2010.
Unless you are going to Philly to eat at Geno's or Pat's, handsdown Frankie's is the best and most authentic you will find outside of the Philly area. Yes, the rolls make a huge difference.
I may only be 24 and from Kansas, but this place has the best Hot Wings and Sandwiches I have ever had. They know how to make good food here, and will gladly provide without raiding your wallet. I haven't met a sandwich here that wasn't toothsome, certainly don't hesitate to venture away from the top ten. The Chicken Caccitore, Eggplant Parm, and Philly Phanatic are all worthy of your attention, if you order the Italian make it a grinder.
Be prepared to be nice to the servers, generally there's only one on staff (in addition to one of the owners), so they can get overworked if there's a sudden rush.
East Coast Super Subs (ECSS) produces excellent subs; there's no two ways about it.
This is where I go in Tucson for the best hot sandwiches. You'll see a ton of reviews on other aggregates like Yelp! -- but the hype really is warranted. Go here; you won't be disappointed.
The menu details a variety of subs, but highlights the top ten. The *Broadstreet Bully* and the *Jimmy McKenna* are exceptional and worthy of their #1 and #2 rankings.
However, even the sandwiches excluded from their most popular rankings are still righteous (i.e. The Philly Fanatic). The bread rolls ECSS uses on their subs really makes them special.
Always a treat to eat there when in town. Great sandwiches and soups, and the staff are very pleasant.
Absolutely the best Philly cheesesteak in the area. Try one with the cheese-whiz on it. Frankie himself recommended it (along with the garlic option) ... and it was FABULOUS! We stop there now on the way to the Univ of Arizona football games to pick up a couple of cheesesteaks to take along. Frankie's is well worth the experience!
Delicious, fresh-tasting sandwiches. Great variety of choices. Best bread.
Love it for breakfast! Will try it for dinner today. The food is great as is the service.
Closest thing you'll find to a Chicago hot dog in Tucson. Fries are excellent.
Good prime rib sandwiches, make sure you share because they are huge!
These places could use a good scrubbing, but must be ok with
the health department. Have been to Luke's on Ft Lowell as well
as the one on Grant. Big difference in the amount of meat put onto
the sandwiches. Ft. Lowell site knows how to load up the bun,
much more stingy at the Grant location. The Italian Beef is
We like the meatball subs. Really tangy red sauce. In fact, so tangy (acidic) you may find yourself reaching for the tums afterwards. Our only gripe is that a meatball sandwich should come with cheese. Come on Luke. Meatball parmigiana!
We agree with fuzzygoats comment. Another why to put is, all icing and no cake. In other words, the sandwiches are heavy on the bread and rather light on the main ingredients. Moreover, most of the sandwiches are bland tasting as well. But are they better than say Subway? Yeah maybe, but not by that much.
Bread is good but I don't want half a loaf for a sandwich. Maybe the build up was too much, but it wasn't the best thing since sliced bread for me.
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Irrelevant. Conceptual is essential even after these first two Paths acording to Tsong-kha-pa. Here a quote from Tsong-kha-pa Lo-sang-drak-pa's "Extensive Explanation of (Chandrakīrti's) "Supplement to (Nāgārjuna's) 'Treatise on the Middle'": Illumination of the Thought":conebeckham wrote: First, we need only discuss the first two Paths--as the Path of Seeing, and everything above it, is predicated on direct experience, rather than conceptual frameworks or "sets of teachings."
Since Superiors who have not been Buddhafied have not abandoned
the ignorance that is an obstruction to omniscience, they have
an alternation between conceptuality involving the appearance [of inherent
existence and/or conventional phenomena] in states subsequent
to meditative equipoise and the absence of [such] appearance in
meditative equipoise. Buddhas, on the other hand, have completely,
that is, entirely, become enlightened, that is, have realized actualization
of the ultimate and conventional aspects of all phenomena; hence,
all movements of conceptual minds and mental factors have utterly
vanished, due to which they have no alternation between having or not
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Sheffield activated from disabled list
Detroit slugger returns in time for Tuesday's Interleague opener
By Jason Beck / MLB.com
If that's the case, the Tigers could have Sheffield at his healthiest point since last summer. They hope they have another formidable hitter in their lineup with Sheffield activated from the disabled list Tuesday.
"I felt like my shoulder benefited the most out of all of this," Sheffield said Tuesday. "I was able to get that rested. When the oblique gave me a chance to exercise my arm, I was able to do that, and it bounced back pretty well. Now I'm so much stronger."
He didn't need long to show that strength. After looking at a called third strike and grounding out in his first two at-bats, Sheffield turned on a fastball on Cardinals starter Braden Looper and hit one of his typical hard-hit home runs. It went out on a line and in a hurry.
"That was a Gary home run, kind of a long line drive," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. "Hopefully we can get him on a roll."
Sheffield finished the night 1-for-4 with his fourth homer of the year.
"It's about getting back in the swing of things," Sheffield said. "I'm enjoying the game. The game slowed down for me tonight, and hopefully there's good things to come."
He's certainly stronger than he was on Memorial Day, when he strained his oblique coming out of the batter's box on a ground ball. He hobbled to the dugout and went onto the 15-day DL the next day. He spent the next week-plus essentially forced to rest, since he couldn't really move without feeling the oblique.
Long before the oblique, however, was the shoulder problem, essentially an issue since Spring Training. He underwent surgery to repair a torn labrum last fall, but struggled to strengthen it during the spring. He had more soreness once the season started, and underwent multiple rounds of cortisone shots. In the process, he struggled to a .213 batting average and .331 slugging percentage, hitting three home runs and 12 RBIs over 136 at-bats.
The one thing that he couldn't try was rest, not until he had to sit with the oblique problem.
"It's not a matter of me withstanding the long haul," Sheffield said. "It's a matter of me allowing my body to get healthy, and then I can do it. A lot of times, I never gave things a chance to heal. I'd have the surgery and go right back on the field without letting it heal, and that's a detriment to your body."
He noticed the difference when he began swinging at live pitches during his rehab stint last week for Class A Lakeland. He went 2-for-13 in five games, but both hits were solo home runs. He was pitched to so carefully that he drew six walks.
"They weren't throwing me a lot of strikes down there," he said. "When I did swing, I had to chase some bad pitches just to test the ribs. In doing that, I was able to test it well."
His swing, he said, was free and easy, and he was able to hit the ball around the field without starting his swing early. The challenge will be to try to carry that over to big league competition.
He got his shot Tuesday in a little lower-pressure situation than usual. Manager Jim Leyland wrote him into the seventh spot in the Tigers order.
The Tigers can afford to do that now with their offense rolling. Carlos Guillen entered Tuesday batting .320 with 13 RBIs in June, mostly out of the third spot in the order that Sheffield previously occupied. Marcus Thames' recent power tear has settled him into the fifth spot to ward opponents away from pitching around Miguel Cabrera.
"I don't want to tinker around too much with [the order]," Leyland said. "Plus, I think right now it's best to get Sheffield out of the limelight a little bit, let him get settled back in down there. If we get him going, our lineup becomes very deep."
With Sheffield's return taking away at-bats from Jeff Larish, the slugging first baseman became the odd man out on the roster, optioned to Triple-A Toledo to make room.
Larish went 8-for-40 in 15 games for Detroit, slugging one homer and driving in seven runs. He went out on a high note in his final at-bat, knocking in Saturday's tying run at San Diego with a pinch-hit single in the seventh inning.
Leyland marveled after that game about Larish's ability to get a big base hit after sitting on the bench for most of the night, something that can be hard for younger players. He'll go back to getting regular at-bats in Toledo, obviously, but Leyland sent him back with instructions to take ground balls at third base and work in the corner outfield spots on the side.
"I think he'll be fine," Leyland said. "He's played some third base before in college in a little bit. He's played some outfield. We're starving for left-handed bats."
Jason Beck 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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4,6 sur octobre 01, 2017
A beautiful place and a very friendly and helpful family with a great personal served breakfast. An ideal place to be when you want to visit the nearby Storm King Art Center !!
3,6 sur mai 27, 2017
Warm and beautiful old barn (1790) rebuilt for guests. Stunning location. Host is most congenial and a very interesting person. We had a lovely weekend and enjoyed our stay very much.
5 sur novembre 20, 2016
Beautiful grand house, great views, outstanding service, Michel
5 sur août 10, 2016
We had a delightful stay at Storm King Lodge which is very conveniently located for a trip to the fabulous Storm King Art Center. Hal is a wonderful host and a great conversationalist. He also makes great bacon!
4,6 sur juin 28, 2016
Congenial, easy and would stay again anytime I was in the area. Yellow room was cozy. Lodge large and comfy. Wonderful back porch for reading and relaxing in good weather. Best breakfast ever.
4,8 sur juin 26, 2016
Our first vacation in the Hudson Valley area. Wonderful accommodations and hospitality. Highly recommend to those who want a friendly environment with first class service. The breakfast was outstanding!
4,2 sur juin 16, 2016
The place is very nice. It truly reflects the country setting it is in. The innkeeper, Hal, goes out of his way to make things just right. The photos shown are as it REALLY is! The next time I'm in the Cornwall area, which is at least twice a year for 3 to 4 days, I will more than likely stay there again. (Marcel Francisco - NYMA '74)
4,6 sur juin 06, 2016
My stay was great. The lodge is in a beautiful converted barn with great views of the rolling mountains. The host was friendly, accommodating, and charming. The food was great. And I slept like a baby.
5 sur août 26, 2015
The very best, most unique, grand, comfortable second home you could ever ask for! Eight of us for a family reunion, Hal saw to all our needs...which were many, varied and....well... This is the place for meeting other thoughtful people from all walks of life! Rooms were spotless, filled with goodies, beds were comfey, breakfast bountiful and delicious. Hall saw to it tickets were purchased, cars repaired and just everything. Right on top of world class art, great American history and natural history which will make you want to change your major! BRAVO! ( not to mention the cottage! )
4,8 sur avril 24, 2015
I chose this B&B because of its proximity to Storm King Art Center, and it was wonderful! Very gracious host, Hal, who had written directions plus verbal advice about all the restaurants and "to do " items in the area. He personalized breakfast requests beautifully, plus an entire shelf and fridge full of snacks. His library had lovely art books, and that porch! Loved sitting there with coffee cup each am.
4,2 sur novembre 20, 2014
We rented the entire cottage (two rooms and common area) for a long weekend visit to West Point in Oct 2014. The B&B was convenient and the hospitality and friendliness of the owner, Hal, and his staff was heartwarming. We will come back.
5 sur août 26, 2014
Wonderful stay, stunning location! The rooms are wonderful, fully stocked snacks and drinks, Hal and Gay are beautiful hosts! Highly recommend this area for a visit and definitely stay at the Storm King Lodge! and the breakfast was incredible!!
5 sur août 12, 2014
My boyfriend and I had a lovely stay at Hal's place, just five minutes away from the Storm King Arts Center. Hal was accommodating, friendly and made us feel at home in his lodge. We look forward to going back to stay there again! This is a great place to have a relaxing time away from the city for a weekend, or for longer!
4,8 sur juillet 16, 2014
Great place to stay after a wonderful day at Storm King sculpture garden.
4,0 sur juin 11, 2014
Lovely setting and very homey, in the best sense, lodgings; Hal and Gay very welcoming and informative - we shared many laughs and good conversations.
4,0 sur avril 28, 2014
Great views, clean rooms, and close proximity to Storm King and West Point make this a great place to stay for the weekend. It's minutes away from Storm King Art Center. Breakfast was plentiful and tasty and Hal the inkeeper was helpfully armed with restaurant and activity recommendations.
4,6 sur novembre 06, 2013
I had a lovely weekend staying here. The nearby Storm King sculpture garden was awesome! Breakfast was wonderful. Rooms are clean and relaxing. It is a quick drive to West Point if you are there for West Point events or to see your cadet.
4,6 sur novembre 05, 2013
We had a wonderful time at the Storm King Lodge B&B. Hal was jovial and helpful! Breakfast each morning was delicious. The rooms were clean and the beds were comfy. A lovely escape from the city for the weekend. You must see the Storm King Art Center if you make the trip!
5 sur octobre 16, 2013
This is a beautiful and historic lodge, spacious, sunny and full of history. Our room was spacious, comfortable, the food was delicious and generous. They graciously accommodated my special diet.
5 sur octobre 08, 2013
My boyfriend and I really loved this place. Warm, friendly people (Hal is full of stories and recommendations for local restaurants, attractions, etc); very comfortable rooms; great breakfasts (french toast one day, frittatas the next); nestled amidst fields and trees with beautiful foliage this time of year, a few minutes' drive to Storm King sculpture park.
4,6 sur août 05, 2013
hal was a great host and good cook. the common room really was lodge-like; it made just sitting worthwhile. the open porch (with barn swallows) was almost as inviting. the 60-foot pool was just big enough for a desperate lap swimmer and a blessing. gay was away on weekend we stayed, but we expect she would have made the stay even better.
3,8 sur juin 30, 2013
It was in such a lovely area, far from the madding crowd, but close enough to sites and places to visit to make it interesting. And the pool was an absolute joy on a hot day!
5 sur juin 26, 2013
We recently stayed at the Storm King Lodge in Mountainville, NY just outside Cornwall and it was terrific. Great rooms, fantastic pool and a great breakfast. The innkeeper friendly and funny and is willing and ready to give you all kind of info on local things to or and places to eat. My wife and i will cant wait to go back. There are many, many Bed and Breakfasts in the Hudson Valley.....this one is a real gem. (the pool is fantastic.)
5 sur juin 25, 2013
Lovely relaxing setting with hospitable,companionable innkeepers. Would be hard to find a nicer combination. Breakfast was fresh delicious varied and available at the time we requested. Minutes from Storm King which is what took us to this part of New York.
4,6 sur juin 23, 2013
If you stay during the summer be sure to make time for the pool. It's big, clean, painted black to retain heat and looks totally bad-assed. The room was more than big enough and the food was unique and tasty. Great place.
5 sur juin 20, 2013
Wonderful location. Views and scenery beautiful.. Only outdone by the gracious and attentive inn-keeper Hal. He , not only prepared wonderful meals, but acted as a local tour guide, with maps and suggestions for day trips etc. We stayed 3 days and felt at home every single one. WIll return, and will recommend this Inn to each person we know. Especially visitors to West Point , as Hal has a special connection Matt and Colleen (Atlanta)
5 sur juin 10, 2013
Hal is extremely hospitable. The rooms are clean and comfortable. We had a terrific two days.
5 sur juin 06, 2013
Hal and Gay Janks, the innkeepers, are welcoming, friendly hosts to a comfortable, clean inn. Great breakfasts! Large, airy rooms!
5 sur mai 21, 2013
Had a great time at Storm King Lodge after going to Storm King Art Center nearby. If the weather had been better and warmer, we would have taken a dip in the lovely pool surrounded by trees! Hal provided a delicious breakfast and it was a great getaway only a little over an hour from NYC! Thanks again!
5 sur mai 14, 2013
We had a great one night stay here at the separate guest cottage. The space was clean and comfortable, and had it's own private bathroom. Hal was very welcoming and accommodating, and made a delicious breakfast in the morning too. We would love to come back again!
4,4 sur mai 02, 2013
Beautiful location and accomodations. The rooms were clean, comfortable and reasonably priced. Hal and Gay are great hosts.
4,2 sur avril 09, 2013
Wonderful B&B
4,4 sur avril 01, 2013
We had a very nice one-night stay at Storm King Lodge. Pretty, clean, and comfortable, with a friendly and helpful proprietor--and an excellent breakfast. We were there before peak season started and had the place to ourselves. The reasonable price makes it even better. I certainly recommend.
5 sur août 13, 2012
We just returned from a weekend trip to the Storm King Lodge. It was the most relaxing time we've had in ages. Hal made us feel welcomed from the moment we arrived. He's a fun and helpful host, and he made some mean blueberry/plum french toast! We were in town for the wedding, and we're so thankful that it gave us an excuse to spend a few days here. We took full advantage of the pool, and we're already planning our next trip. Highly, highly recommended.
5 sur août 01, 2012
Hal and Gay run a perfect place to wind down or, if you wish, use as a headquarters to run off to see all the many attractions in the area. The rooms are large with comfortable beds and you wake up i the morning to a sumptuous breakfast. My wife and I had a wonderful time.
4,6 sur novembre 01, 2011
We Loved Hal and Gay and their wonderful place. It is peaceful and set in a gorgeous location. The room and lodge were cozy, and the breakfast was delicious. The dogs are Awesome, too! They were very accommodating in an unusual situation. GREAT Value!!!
4,0 sur octobre 23, 2011
Storm King lodge is a delightful place and one that I would recommend to others. The surroundings are beautiful and numerous activities are easily assessable from the Lodge. However I have one comment and one that if you are there for a lesiurely stay may not matter to you. As guests of the lodge, we requested our breakfast seating for 0900 and planned our day accordingly based on leaving the lodge right after eating. Unfortunately, breakfast wasn't ready for us at 0900 and we had to wait until 0925 which caused us to have to shorten our day in the area. I believe with additional help and/or planning, breakfast seatings might go smoother in the future.
5 sur août 27, 2011
My wife, son and I stayed at the Storm King Lodge for one night as we were traveling south. Wonderful place (cozy room and private bath), warm hosts, great breakfast (frittata, etc.), satisfying sleep... Great room allowed us to lounge around and read/talk... We'll be back!!
4,2 sur août 16, 2011
Great weekend at the Storm King Lodge. Hal was a joy to be around and was very helpful with information on the area. We will visit again!
5 sur février 04, 2011
We arrived with a scant three hours notice and were warmly welcomed by Hal, our stellar host. Our room had a lovely fireplace, the ambience was perfect. The post and beam barn had been converted beautifully and was a great space to relax in front of the large fireplace in the great room with the Sunday Times. When you stay there ask for the frittata, it is delicious! We look forward to going back in the summer to enjoy the gorgeous gardens and pool. We travel constantly and Stormking stands out as a "we must go back" place to stay, a rare thing in our lives.
4,6 sur janvier 04, 2011
We had a wonderful experience staying in the guest house adjacent to the main house. My family including my 80 year old parents and two sons found the accomodations to be absolutely comfortable, clean and most relaxing. The breakfast and service along with the attention to detail from the owners and staff was outstanding. We're going back!
5 sur décembre 03, 2010
What a fabulous place for a getaway! The rooms were clean and charming. The gourmet breakfast was served with exceptionally delicious choices in a dining space just brimming with history, warmth, and great hospitality. Enjoying the warmth in front of the grand old fireplace was our favorite gathering place. A wonderful experience!
4,6 sur décembre 01, 2010
The Storm King Inn was the gem of the Hudson Valley, and gave our romantic getaway loads of charming memories. Biggest regret??? Stay was too short. Innkeeper Hal, was the the absolute best. Although quite the entertaining gentleman, he gave excellent recommendatios ( and directions )to superior dining establishemants. Would definitley stay again.
3,8 sur octobre 22, 2010
My husband and I have visited the Storm King Lodge three times and plan to return soon. Coming from the big city, we are always happy to find a place where we can sleep soundly and awake to birdsong and fresh air. The lodge is surrounded by trees and green grass, featuring an outdoor pool for summertime swims and a well-tuned grand piano in the common room. We also love visiting in the winter when snow blankets the fields. The Storm King Art Center is located just minutes away, and Dia:Beacon is also conveniently close. This is a great place to come home to a cozy evening in front of the fire with a good book after a day of walking among breath-taking artworks outside. The rooms at Storm King Lodge are spacious, clean, and homey. Each one has a slightly different feel. Our favorite is the Pine Room with its wood-covered floors, walls, and ceilings - like a private log cabin, but more comfortable. Hal and Gay Janks are kind and discreet hosts, providing a delicious home-cooked breakfast buffet and interesting conversation without being too intrusive. Highly recommended!
4,6 sur octobre 20, 2010
Our experience at Storm King was wonderful. The setting is beautiful and peaceful, and the hosts were lovely. They were knowledgeable of the area and eager to help make our experience the best. The Pine room is more charming that the pictures depict. Plenty of nice dining and shopping in the area and the Storm King Sculpture grounds are a must see! We spent a large part of the day there. Local wineries, and incredible hiking nearby were other highlights of our weekend.
4,0 sur octobre 19, 2010
I stayed at the Stormking Lodge last weekend with my girlfriend. Upon arrival at this charming renovated barn, Hal, the owner, greeted us with a glass of wine to go with his cheesy orientation. Just kidding. It was a great orientation, because he help us pick out which restaurants (out of his spot on recommendations) we wanted to eat at during our stay, and then provided us with copies of detailed directions, which was a nice touch. We chose to eat at the River Bank on Friday night, which was wonderful and only five minutes away. Great food, great drinks, and great service. Came back to the lodge that night and cozied up to a romantic fire in our bedroom (the Pine Room). The next day we woke to hot coffee and a wonderful breakfast; fruit, granola, gourmet French toast, and apple chicken sausage. We went to the Stormking Art Center to see the Caulders in the morning, and then stopped at the Brotherhood Winery in the early evening. Unfortunately, we chose not to eat dinner at Hal's recommendation of Cena 2000 that night, but chose to eat at Torches in Newburg. Torches was okay at best. We'll definitely try Cena 2000 the next time. Back to the lodge for another romantic fire in the bedroom, and another wonderful breakfast the next day; fruit, granola, frittatas and bacon. Yummm. On our way home that day, we stopped at Harriman State Park for a great day hike to see the fall colors. It turned out to be a very special weekend.
4,4 sur octobre 13, 2010
Stayed in a spacious guest house with all the amenities. Outstanding breakfast.
3,8 sur octobre 12, 2010
Hal Janks caters to every detail of his guests needs. His breakfasts are outstanding and made to order, with special diets no issue. If there's anything you need or need to know, he's got all the details to guide you. Well worth a stop just to visit with Hal and Gay!
4,4 sur octobre 12, 2010
The hosts are congenial and very knowledgable about the area. They gave us good advice about local restaurants and directions to various sites. The location has natural beauty and is convenient to the area's attractions. The conversation around the breakfast table was interesting and varied, and the atmosphere all around the inn was relaxed.
5 sur octobre 12, 2010
When we arrived Hal was coping with his wife's recent illness. Well all the guests pitched in and supported Hal. His charm and good humor caried the day and by the end of our stay everyone agreed that we all had a fine time. Food was great.
4,8 sur octobre 12, 2010
Hal was a delightful host. Breakfast was excellent and we loved our stay. As we were leaving we were already discussing the possibility of bringing our extended family back for a visit!
4,2 sur octobre 11, 2010
We've stayed with and without our teenage kids. Loved it every time. Highly recommend a stay. Hal and Gay are wonderful folks. The place is gorgeous, the surroundings beautiful and the breakfasts are just what you'd hope for in a comfortable unfussy B&B. Go and see what I mean!


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Back StoryHis gig at Second City Communications is the culmination of a 15-year career in video production, which began in his junior year at Columbia University. It was the mid-1990s, a technological turning point when editing video on a computer was farily new. At Columbia, Greg trained on an Avid system, also using versions of Premiere and After Effects that were still in their infancy. "It's hard to remember a time where I wasn't using some form of an Adobe product," he says.
In 1999, while he was still in school, Rollingstone.com offered Greg a job as webcast director/editor/shooter. "My professors all told me I would be stupid to not take the opportunity!" So he left Columbia to produce live-streamed shows of major concerts. It was an exciting time to be streaming live, back in the day of 56K modems. At this time he traded his Windows-based machine and Premiere 6.5 for a Mac, and gave Apple's Final Cut Pro a shot. With no decent Adobe solution for Macs at the time, Final Cut was all the rage for desktop editing.
Shortly thereafter, Greg decided to officially register the businss he had started in high school, Presto Productions, as a bona fide business and acquire a steady sream of clients. Presto Productions was a company named for its main clientele: professional magicians. A former pro magician himself, Greg intended to produce a better quality video than the dry instructional and promotional videos that were being put out by magicians at the time.
Then, as always, Greg felt the pull of challenge of innovation. He recalls thinking, "It's being done one way. How can we flip it and do it differently?" He brought a cinematic feel to the videos and created DVD trailers that looked like real movie trailers. While editing video in Final Cut, Mulvey was still taking advantage of other Adobe appliations to create additional marketing pieces for magicians, such as Dreamweaver for websites. "Parts of Adobe were integrated into my career from the beginning," he says, because of their accessibility and usability. "Once I knew one program, it was pretty easy to figure out the others."
In 2004, now the owner of a Mac Pro, Greg was still using Final Cut Pro as his default editing tool, and he continued to use After Effects and Photoshop, almost on a daily basis. "Once you get used to something, you get in the habit of using what you know."
Greg's next stop was Las Vegas, where he lived and worked from 2004-09. Through Presto Productions, he consulted for a company called Penguin Management. There he produced training and promotional DVDs for magicians in addition to many magic-related television specials, including one 13-episode series that was shot internationally.
Second ComingHaving moved back to Chicago in 2009, Mulvey branched out his business to include wedding videos as a service. In the summer of 2010 he launched Presto Wedding Films, shooting with DSLRs. By now, due to its lack of integration with his other go-to apps, editing in Final Cut Pro was becoming too time-consuming. Adobe Production Premium, on the other hand, freed him to focus on being creative and telling the story. "At the end of the day, it's about telling stories. I am a visual storyteller, and Adobe gives me the tools to tell the story without getting in the way of my creative process."
What he appreciated most about his go-to suite at the time, Adobe CS4 Production Premium, was its Dynamic Link integration, especially with the amount of After Effects work he was doing. "I could do my work in After Effects and not have to deal with the whole importing, exporting, and rendering thing." It was a big creative block to get his edits out of After Effects and into Final Cut, since they didn't talk to each other. "I would do motion graphics, export them out as a QuickTime, bring them in to Final Cut, and hope that the client didn't have any changes," he says, adding, "which is rarely the case."
The obvious benefit to using Premiere was a time-saving one. "I could change things more quickly, especially on deadline. If a client wanted a last-minute change, I could jump into After Effects, make that change, and it would be updated in Premeire instantly."
At the time, Greg's workflow went like this: He would edit in Final Cut, then use Premiere Pro CS4 like a conduit or plug-in to get the footage out of Final Cut and into Premiere Pro. Once there, he used the Dynamic Link feature with After Effects. This allowed him to select, say, a clip from an opening graphic title sequce in wihin Premiere Pro and send it to After Affects. After Effects would open, he could make his changes, and then instantly switch back to Premiere to see the updates.
The benefit he hadn't anticipated was the creative freedom that it gave him. Now he could test out edits to see how they worked without having to go through that whole rendering, exporting, importing process.
When Adobe released CS5 Production Premium, making the switch to editing in Premiere Pro was a no-brainer. There was no waiting to ingest footage from P2 or DSLR, as with FCP.
By now Greg had made a name for himself. Last summer at WEVA Expo 2010, he took a call from Second City Communications, the corporate arm of the famed improv theater, who offered him a job, beginning in September 2010.
Second City Communications hires out their comedians to companies to inject humor and fun into workplace team-building activities, to sales training initiatives, or to just lighten up a meeting. "We do a lot of corporate work that you would think of as dry and boring, and we spice it up."
Three or four years ago they added video to the mix. So now rather than the actors actually going to a company's location, Second City Communications offers a full-service video production team including professional writers, actors, directors, sets, recording studios, DPs, and editors to create funny, custom corporate videos. These include both external, advertising-type videos and internal training videos. "We take topics like ethics and compliance and make them funny."
When Mulvey arrived at Second City Communications last fall, it was primarily a Final Cut-based studio. Since then he has shifted the studio to more of an Adobe-integrated studio. "Almost by accident I discovered how much more efficient the workflow was, how much faster Premiere Pro CS5 was than ever before." Most impressive was the ability to play things back in real time. In Final Cut, on the other hand, the same footage-especially greenscreen work or full HD-could take 25 minutes to render out. "When I'm compositing and color correcting, it's a big hit to wait and see what that looks like." In contrast, he says, "85% of the compositing I was doing in Premiere was perfect. The Ultra Key effect in CS5 allowed me to key so fast. I wouldn't have to make any other adjustments and it would play back in real time."
CS5.5 First ImpressionsA beta tester for Adobe, Greg has been able to put Premiere Pro CS5.5 through its paces over the last few months with Second City Communications' latest productions. One one these, a live stage show called "Sex and the Second City, Version 2.0," featured interactive elements (a satellite appearance by Fred Willard), all done with CS5.5. Mulvey and his team also edited Nine Inch Nails' Another Version of the Truth 3-disc release in Premiere Pro CS5.5 and edited it in Adobe Encore.
With CS5.5's Mercury Playback Engine and its native 64-bit operating system support-along with its XML interchange with Final Cut-editing his projects exclusively in Premiere Pro CS5.5 just made sense. Greg was also thrilled to find that CS5.5 had added Dynamic Link integration for Adobe Audition. While he sends most of his work out to professional audio mixers, he appreciates being able to remove offending noises, like a whirring fan in the background of a production. With this new version, he can make his edits in Premiere Pro, send it to Audition via the Dynamic Link feature, remove the noise from the entire audio track, and send everything back to Premiere Pro.
While the rest of the editing team at Second City Communications is still most comfortable editing in Final Cut, Greg is fine with it since he can simply import their Final Cut edits right into Permiere Pro. "We use Final Cut at the initial, rought-cut phase and finish everything in the Adobe ecosystem."
Now that word has spread about Second City Communications, the company is starting to do more forward-facing, B2C work with ad agencies. One recent project was a social media collaboration with Seattle's Best Coffee, a Starbucks subsidiary. Facebook users who "liked" Seattle's Best gained access to a live 24-hour Second City improv comedy event. They were able to feed suggestions to the improv performers. Mulvey and his team immediately cut, edited, and posted the sketches to the user's Facebook page.
Mulvey prides himself on using tools for good reason, not just because of a brand name. "I've always tested the waters to see what's out there and what will let me tell stories better and faster, what will give me more creative control," he says.
"At the end of the day," Greg says, "I'm a storyteller. And I'm going to use those tools that will help me tell those stories." Today, that tool is Adobe Creative Suite CS5.5 Production Premium-which, he adds, runs seamlessly on his Macbook Pro. "Teamed up with my Matrox MXO2, I have a powerful portable edit station with all the I/O I need, as well as super fast H.264 creation." Whether editing an improv sketch or a wedding, he says, "This setup is perfect for doing same-day edits when fast turnaround is important."
Liz Merfeld (www.lizmerfeld.com) is a freelance writer and editor based in Madison, Wis.


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Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) power systems, which convert heat into electricity using a photovoltaic diode to collect thermal radiation, have attracted increasing attention in recent work. It has recently been proposed that new optical structures such as photonic crystals can significantly improve the efficiency of these devices in two ways. First, the electronic bandgap of the TPV diode should match the photonic bandgap of the emitter, in order to ensure that the majority of emitted photons can be converted into electricity. Second, a photonic crystal short-pass optical filter can be added to the front of the TPV diode to send long wavelength photons back to the hot emitter, which is known as photon recycling. This filter can consist of a quarter wave stack of two materials, or many materials blended together into a so-called rugate filter. Here we present a tool, freely available through nanoHUB.org, that allows one to simulate and optimize TPV performance when using these components at a system level. A graphical user interface (GUI) was developed using the Rappture toolkit that allows one to specify the materials and the geometric structure of the selective emitter, filter, and TPV diode. This information is subsequently supplied to two simulations: a finite difference time-domain simulation, known as MEEP, which yields the thermal emission spectrum of the photonic structure; and a Fourier modal method simulation, known as S4, which outputs the filter spectrum. Both of these results are then combined with other data provided in the GUI to yield the overall TPV system efficiency. Finally, we explored a constrained range of design parameters to find optimal values that warrant further theoretical and experimental investigation.
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Less than two months into his Major League career, Nolan Reimold was named the American League Rookie of the Month for June. The Orioles' 6-foot-4 left fielder, a second-round selection out of Bowling Green in 2005, batted .320 and hit four home runs in 26 games last month. While Reimold has cooled off in July, he remains the top run producer among AL rookies this season with nine homers and an .804 OPS. In 2008, Reimold hit .284 with 25 home runs and 84 RBIs for the Double-A Bowie (Md.) Baysox, then batted .412 with another four home runs and 11 RBIs in the Eastern League playoffs. The 25-year-old recently answered some questions from MLBPLAYERS.com:
MLBPLAYERS.com: What has your rookie season been like so far?
Reimold: It's been a lot of fun. I've come up here and had a little success. I'm enjoying the moment and having fun with it.
MLBPLAYERS.com: At the time of your callup, you were hitting nearly .400 at Triple-A Durham. Has it been a case of you carrying over that success?
Reimold: Yes, it was a good time to get called up. I was put in a good situation to succeed. I was pretty hot at the time, and I came up and was able to contribute to the team.
MLBPLAYERS.com: What has been your role with the Orioles this season?
Reimold: I came up, and they told me as long as I was up here that I would be playing. I have gotten a day off here or there, which is different from the Minors. There you never get a day off. It's nice to get a day off here or there, but it is better to be in the lineup the majority of the time.
MLBPLAYERS.com: You're joined in this Baltimore outfield by Adam Jones and Nick Markakis. What can you say about those two guys?
Reimold: They are both solid all-around players. They're five-tool players who do it all. I'm looking to fit in as a left fielder to help make a solid outfield.
MLBPLAYERS.com: You are also getting your first experience at this level with a couple of other rookies. What can you tell us about catcher Matt Wieters and starting pitcher Brad Bergesen?
Reimold: It's been awesome. I came up about the same time as both of them. We've come through the Minor Leagues together, and we're all good friends. It's helped with the transition. I think Matt is an outstanding player. He is going to be a good player in this league for a long time. Bergy has pitched well this year. He's been solid if not spectacular. They are both doing great jobs.
MLBPLAYERS.com: You were named the A.L.'s Rookie of the Month in June. Do you get an award or trophy with that honor?
Reimold: I don't know. I heard somebody was going to check into that for me. Maybe it is just a piece of paper. Either way, it's good to get.
MLBPLAYERS.com: How do you hear about that type of news for the first time?
Reimold: I was sitting in the clubhouse, and our manager, Dave Trembley, called me in his office and told me. It caught me off guard, but it was good to hear.
MLBPLAYERS.com: Defensively, are you naturally a left fielder, and how is your overall game with the glove?
Reimold: I pretty much have played right field since college. This is really my first year in left. I played left in Spring Training this year and last year in the Fall League. I think over time you get used to it. It becomes more natural to you. I'm getting better and better with the more experience I get. I feel good about my defense now.
MLBPLAYERS.com: You spent five years in the Minors. Has your career progressed as you thought it would?
Reimold: I had one season where I was pretty much out the whole year due to injury, and the year before that I was pretty banged up. That delayed me a little bit. I think this year I have taken off some. I guess you can call it a breakout year. I started well, and I hope to continue it throughout the year.
MLBPLAYERS.com: You're only a rookie once. How have you been received off the field by your teammates?
Reimold: I think everyone here is good about taking new guys under their wings. There are so many of us. Everybody is accepting of the new guys and it's fun to play with them.
Jeff Moeller is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles.
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