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A resident of New Taipei City's (新北市) Shihding District (石碇) has brought a different sort of tourist attraction to the area, and hopes to make visitors aware that there is more on offer in the district than just the International Sky Lantern Festival.
In contrast with those who lack opportunities to leave their home towns, Lin Shu-fang (林淑芳) has had ample opportunities to move away, but has chosen to stay in Shihding and become a self-styled "guardian of the old streets."
Looking at her hometown, with its old street running parallel to a river overlooking a row of houses on stilts, and despite its damp climate and cold winds due to its proximity to the mountains, Lin said she could not imagine that tourists would not appreciate the beauty of the place.
Lin said she felt it was not right that young people all want to move to the cities to seek employment, leaving rural areas filled with children and elderly people.
"My staying here is in part an obligation; I was born and bred in Shihding, and I should do something for it in return," she said.
While volunteering to teach immigrants how to sew at a immigrant's learning center at Yongding Elementary School, Lin found a book on how to sew sock puppets.
"I remember the day I started sewing my first puppet by following the book's instructions — April 4, 2008 — and since that first one I've been completely hooked," Lin said, adding that it had marked the start of a new career in doll-making.
Believing that her creations could stimulate the tourist market in her hometown, Lin said, she set everything else aside, returned to Shihding, and cleared a section of her parents' house to set up shop. Lin spent a lot of time honing her skills.
"The needlework, materials and the design are essential to making a good doll," Lin said, adding that factors such as how much stuffing is used and the form of the stitches that make the eyes all affect the sort of expression the finished doll wears.
The pliability of the socks also poses difficulties in trying to stitch the required expression on a doll's face, Lin said, adding that she enjoys the challenge, as it stretches her creative skills.
As her parents' house sits on the town's old street, Lin put up a notice on the outside wall in the hopes of maximizing her products' exposure: "Here socks are more than socks; they have a life of their own."
Meanwhile, Lin's dream of promoting Shihding seems to be slowly becoming reality.
Shihding District Office head Wu Chin-yin (吳金印) said Lin's dolls have become a major attraction on the old street, adding that it is difficult for tourists to miss the brightly colored store.
The city government is also considering various plans to rejuvenate the town's historic streets, Wu added.
Looking back over the five years since she decided to return to Shihding, Lin said she has not regretted a single moment.
Even her parents — who at first questioned her decision — now proudly stand at the entrance to their house and entice potential customers, telling them: "These sock dolls are one of a kind; it is not easy to make them, and you will not find their kind anywhere else."
For every one of the more than 1,600 dolls that Lin has made in the past five years, each has a different purpose — such as a mobile phone dock — and she has a story for each of them. Lin also marks their "birth certificate" with their place of origin: "Shihding, Taiwan."


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The Fed Ex Cup's completion at East Lake this year definitely had the feel of a "Super Bowl". This week's lesson learned was evident in the final round and was easy to see; Nerves and controlling them. I agree with what was stated during the telecast of the final round "this is golfs version of the lottery". With the opportunity to win almost 12 million dollars the entire front page of the leader board spent a good part Sunday making golf look more like what we experience in a round. Hitting the ball into the water on a par 3, missing 70% of the fairways, hitting the ball into the bleachers and having to make 20 foot putts for par. So how did Brandt pull it all back together and win almost 12 million dollars.
Brandt was able to get back on track by sticking to his routine and continuing to grind. The routine is an area of golf that is sometimes over looked, but it plays a huge role in one's ability to play their best. The routine varies from person to person, but should not vary from shot to shot. The best golfers in the world have a pre shot routine for hitting shots and another pre shot routine for putting. When you are watching the telecast of a tournament and you notice a player back off of their shot it is because something was amiss. The player will then go through their entire pre shot routine again. It is amazing to me that the majority (probably over 90%) of amateurs do not have a pre shot routine. What is even more alarming though is that when you are standing over a shot or a putt and something feels a little off you will just "deal with it" and hit the shot anyhow.
A pre shot routine is used to both mentally and physically set up you up to perform at your best. The majority of routines for a normal shot will take a minute or two and for a putt usually two to three minutes. Often for putting a routine will start when it is not your turn to putt and of course culminate with you hitting the putt. So then what goes into the routine?
1. Club selection and shot shape
2. Point of aim
3. Gripping the club
4. Visualizing the successful shot and controlling your breathing
5. Taking your stance
6. The waggle
7. The trigger
Step 4 for the amateur golfer is usually replaced with "do not hit it……" and this negative thought almost ensures that you will hit it there. Step 7 is a point that is often over looked, but is crucial to starting the swing. In every sport that is not reactionary the athlete has to come up with something that actually starts the action. A forward press is a common "trigger". In Sunday's telecast they showed Brandt's trigger. His right thumb comes off of the club and then when he puts the thumb back onto the club he digs the nail into the grip and then away the club goes. The entire routine is repeated time after time. I have been fortunate to be around many golfers that have success and I always like to find out what put them over the hump and into the winners circle. They always come back to how nervous they were and how they relied on their routine to carry them through the round. So next time you go to the range or practice putting green set aside some time and develop a routine that gets you mentally and physically ready for success.
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Mischa Barton said she wants to step aside from the small screen.
The young starlet who gained fame on the popular television series "The O.C." said she wouldn't mind kicking her network television career to the curb in favor of more serious acting roles, according to People.com.
"I think I need to back away from the whole TV approach," she told People. "That whole world of network television probably isn't, for me, a good idea now."
"I need to start reading for more serious roles."
Barton's latest TV series the CW's "A Beautiful Life" was cancelled shortly after it began. The actress had also endured a much-publicized breakdown and subsequent hospital stint in Los Angeles before she packed her bags and moved to her hometown of New York.
The 23-year old said earlier this month she was eyeing some big screen roles, but nothing is certain yet.
"It's too early to tell yet," Barton told People. "I'm passing on all the [early] offers, because that's not the stuff you want to do. I want to go fight for interesting thing sand look for somethign that's going to be interesting for me ... as a role."


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Texans short-sighted in hiring Bill O'Brien so quickly
What's the rush?
The Houston Texans fired successful and well-liked (at least among his players) head coach Gary Kubiak during the season and pushed hard to make the first move of the 2014 NFL hiring cycle. It worked, as they agreed to terms with former Penn State coach Bill O'Brien shortly before the ball dropped on 2013.
The move has been roundly praised. In fact, it is pretty much unanimous. The Texans were aggressive and got their man. Both the fans and media like that type of decisive and definitive action. O'Brien was a hot commodity (supposedly) because of the amazing job he did at Penn State in the midst of insurmountable sanctions.
MORE: O'Brien voices PSU frustrations | O'Brien a win for Texans | NFL coaches rankings
To quote a well-known college talking head, "not so fast", both literally and figuratively.
As a former Penn State season-ticket holder and lifelong Pennsylvania resident, I follow the Penn State program pretty closely and think it may be time for someone to pump the brakes a little bit on the Texans' celebration and separate fact from fiction.
Let's start with what O'Brien is: he's a good football coach. He did a nice job as the Patriots' offensive coordinator and really excelled in two areas as the head man for the Nittany Lions -- public relations and quarterback tutoring.
Penn State was in a very bad place after the Jerry Sandusky saga and legendary head coach Joe Paterno's passing. O'Brien met the challenge head on. He was an incredible ambassador for the program and the university when the Penn State community, and really the entire state for that matter, truly needed it. He gave the fans someone and something to believe in. He was awesome in that role and they loved him for it.
As for quarterbacks, all he did was take a former walk-on named Matt McGloin, who had been inconsistent at best up until that point, and turn him into a record-breaking passer that ended up starting some games as an undrafted rookie free agent this season, including a win over the Texans. Think maybe that game video showed up on a TV screen at some point during the interview process?
This year he helped a freshman quarterback named Christian Hackenberg set a bunch of records. Critics would mention that Hackenberg was the No. 1-ranked high school passer in the country the year before and what he did should be expected in an era in which freshman signal callers have won back-to-back Heisman trophies. But this was a true freshman pocket passer operating a complex offense at a pretty high level.
Both of those skills, being the leader of an organization and maximizing quarterback performance can and should translate well to the next level.
That still doesn't mean the Texans needed to move at warp speed in order to secure his services or make O'Brien a slam dunk hire.
O'Brien benefitted greatly from extremely low expectations as a result of the Sandusky scandal and the NCAA sanctions that followed, but the reality is it's the next two years when the Nittany Lions will truly feel the brunt of those restrictions, when the scholarship limits affect the upper classes. He went 8-4 and lost to the likes of the Ohio Bobcats at home with a 2012 team that wasn't really impacted by the limits at all and had a pro quarterback at the helm, not to mention several NFL draft picks on defense. This year, O'Brien went 7-5, including a blowout loss to Indiana, the first time the Hoosiers had taken down the Nittany Lions in school history. No matter how many scholarships they lost or defections they incurred, Penn State has more talent than the Bobcats and Hoosiers. A lot more.
Those weren't terrible seasons. In fact, they were solid outcomes given everything that happened. People are acting like they were amazing accomplishments. They weren't.
That's not even the issue. In fact, O'Brien isn't the issue. The Texans' process is.
I'm a process-oriented guy because I believe that's the only part of the equation that is truly in an organization's control. To be fair, I don't know (does anyone?) all of the due diligence the Texans did, which I'm sure was significant. That's not the point either.
The point is the Texans declined to wait a week to interview a proven NFL head coach like Ken Whisenhunt because they were in a hurry to get O'Brien locked up.
So let's recap: the Texans declined to interview a coach that took the Arizona Cardinals to the Super Bowl (or any of the other coaches whose teams are in the postseason) in order to pay a buyout of close to $6.5 million for the right to give a guy who led Penn State to two decent seasons a five-year guaranteed deal?
I wouldn't like it if I were a Texans fan. Where did this huge sense of urgency come from? If there had been significant other interest in O'Brien it would've been reported. After all, the reports of O'Brien being the "front-runner" and a deal being "close" had been going on for days. Where exactly do you think reports like those come from and what do you think the goal of those leaks is?
So the Texans created an artificial deadline in order to pay extra money for a largely unproven commodity without interviewing any of the elite candidates on teams that actually made the postseason?
I hope it works out for them and O'Brien. Otherwise, the Texans will go through a much longer and more extensive process a few years from now when hiring the next coach.


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Indeed there is and it's often initially hard to put your finger on the pulse of what runs through mind mapping that impacts you to use it again and again after being introduced to it.
The individual experience is unique to every user, and if you ask a few of those users this will be verified. Yet: there's a common thread expressed by all users of mind mapping that allows us to measure the impact and power of its motivational drivers.
The motivational driver is one of epiphany after epiphany, and these personal revelations equate to an exponential increase in the ways and formats users create, manage and exchange data, information and knowledge.
For many; mind mapping becomes a way of life that impacts and changes their perceptions of the genesis of aggregated data, which is information and the contextualized information that becomes usable knowledge.
For a growing number of users; mind mapping has become a systematic framework that becomes their personal, academic and business layered database of knowledge that propels their definition of procedure, process and system. And in turn; their use of current technology to enhance the ways and formats of syncing their usable knowledge between devices has become of great importance to the mobile savvy generation of this portion of the 21st century.
So; there's something about mind mapping, and this can't be denied. What is the impact of mind mapping upon you? And how has it enhanced and improved the ways in which you create, manage and express your data, information and knowledge?
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Three Texas agencies adopt new CAD, RMS, and mobile software
Three Texas agencies adopt new CAD, RMS, and mobile software
Spillman Technologies' integrated, searchable system chosen to improve efficiency
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – June 28, 2013 – Three agencies in Texas have purchased Spillman for its tight integration and searching capabilities. The Lampasas Sheriff's Office, the New Braunfels Police Department, and the Greenville Police Department have each purchased Spillman systems for their Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD), Records Management (RMS), and mobile public safety software systems.
Lieutenant Chuck Starnes of the Greenville Police Department said that the integrated suite would help their agency improve efficiency with improved access to data.
"I think the biggest thing for us is the global nature of the software," Starnes said. "You take a call in CAD, and then that info is immediately available to the officer responding. In a real-time sense, Spillman is something that is going to improve processes."
At the Lampasas County Sheriff's Department, Jail Administrator Cathy Groothoff mentioned that Spillman offered them what they had been looking for with a public safety software system that featured robust searching capabilities and the ability to see connections between records.
"One of [Sheriff David Whitis'] main concerns in looking at software was record searching, person, property, or otherwise, and not being able to tie all those features together. [The Spillman system] is extensive, and the search engine is great, and we are quite excited about getting it in place."
At the New Braunfels Police Department, Captain John McDonald agreed that Spillman will help his department with easy access to records.
"We liked the availability to have a lot of information available to our staff," said Captain McDonald. "Giving them that information will also give them the power to better do their jobs. We are excited about having a partnership with Spillman to further enhance our policing capabilities."
Spillman Technologies is a public safety software provider headquartered in Salt Lake City, serving more than 1,000 police departments, sheriff's offices, communication centers, fire departments, and correctional facilities nationwide. Spillman specializes in integrated software solutions, including Computer Aided Dispatch, Records Management Systems, Mobile Data & Field Reporting, Mapping & GIS, CompStat & Intelligence-Led Policing, Jail Management Systems, Fire, Data Sharing, and Personnel & Resources. For more information about Spillman, visit www.spillman.com


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Abortion foes chip away at 'Roe': Our view
Forty years ago this week, when the Supreme Court made history by legalizing abortion, the vote was surprisingly lopsided — 7 to 2 — on a court dominated by Republican appointees. Though Roe v. Wade was controversial, it wasn't yet the political flash point that it would become.
OPPOSING VIEW:'Roe v. Wade' loses its grip
Four decades later, Roe is the leading symbol of the country's social division. Abortion is a wedge issue in most political campaigns and Supreme Court nominations. On Friday, thousands of anti-abortion protesters will descend on Washington, even as abortion-rights activists loudly bemoan a rising mountain of state restrictions.
Yet, for all the protests mounted, lawsuits brought, votes cast and violence committed over the issue since 1973, one thing has barely budged — public opinion. According to a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll last month, 28% say abortion should be legal in all circumstances; 18% believe it should be legal in none. The vast center, 52% of Americans, wants abortion to remain legal with some restrictions — virtually unchanged since Gallup first asked this question in 1975.
Statistics, of course, don't tell the whole story.
Unable to overturn Roe, abortion foes have waged a successful war of attrition. They have made abortion harder to obtain in many states and almost impossible in a few. Mississippi, North Dakota and South Dakota each have a single provider.
An assortment of restrictions has been imposed. Some, such as parental notification or consent for minors, are just common sense. Others, sold as safety precautions or informed consent, are designed to dissuade a woman from getting an abortion. Under laws enacted in Texas, Oklahoma and North Carolina, an ultrasound screen must be turned so women can see the image and the doctor must describe the fetus. The government, not the doctor, dictates what patients should be told.
Abortion-rights activists have had victories, too, though mostly on defense. After battles in Mississippi and Colorado, voters rejected amendments that would have defined "personhood" as starting at fertilization.
If you believe, as we long have, that abortion should be legal, safe and rare, then some encouraging trends have emerged amid all the contentiousness. The abortion rate, which peaked in the 1980s, has fallen drastically and remains steady at just over 19 abortions per 1,000 women. And, nearly two of every three abortions occurs in the first nine weeks, up from fewer than 40% in 1973.
The new "morning after pill," which can block pregnancy when taken within 72 hours, could keep abortion numbers declining.
So after 40 years, what lies ahead?
Chances that abortion will be outlawed are close to nil. Even if Roe were reversed, the decision would just revert to the states, where a total ban appears to be political poison. In November, two Senate candidates, Todd Akin in Missouri and Richard Mourdock in Indiana, were considered shoo-ins until they said abortion should be banned even when pregnancies result from rape. Both lost — in conservative states.
Nevertheless, there's still the potential that abortion could become a right without meaning for many. In addition to state restrictions, efforts to defund Planned Parenthood and block Medicaid funding threaten the poor.
Forty years after Roe, the nation is no closer to a consensus, virtually ensuring that the debate will still be raging 40 years from now.


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As focus turns to the cost of the damage wrecked by Sandy, one of the biggest storms to hit the U.S., experts say the economy is set for a significant boost from the spending that will result from the need to rebuild homes and infrastructure.
The positive multiplier effect of reconstruction after Sandy could be as much as five times, according to Frank Holmes, CEO and CIO of money manager U.S. Global Investors. If the cost of the damages comes up to $20 billion, the economic boost in terms of spending and activity could be $100 billion, he said.
"America is great at rebounding and it will reinvigorate the economy. When you have committed infrastructure projects by governments, you get this automatic multiplying effect …every dollar is worth $4 to $6, so I think the positive part is going into 2013," Holmes told CNBC Asia's "Squawk Box" on Wednesday. "We're going to get a lot of infrastructure spending."
A boost from reconstruction spending in the months ahead would help the U.S. economy, where a recovery has been slow. The U.S. economy grew a weak 2 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier and last month the Federal Reserve unveiled an aggressive monetary stimulus program to help get the economy get back on track.
Holmes' views echo that of Mohamed El-Erian, Co-CIO of PIMCO, who said on Tuesday that an initial decline in U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) and the destruction of physical wealth will be offset over time by greater economic activity. ( Read More: El-Erian: Sandy's Market Impact—From the Known to the Uncertain)
IHS Global Insight, a forecasting firm, said the storm could end up causing about $20 billion in property damage and $10 to $30 billion more in lost business, making it one of the costliest natural disasters on record in the U.S.
EQECAT, a catastrophe risk modeling firm, estimates that the economic losses from Sandy could amount to $10-20 billion, and insured damage would be about $5 to $10 billion. Insured damage does not include what would be covered by federal flood insurance.
Corelogic, a firm that analyses data, estimates that 284,000 residential properties, valued at $88 billion, were at risk from the storms.
This compares with the $108 billion in damages caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the most destructive storm to hit the United States. The economy slowed in the quarter after Katrina before bouncing back quickly. (Read More: Katrina—Five Years Later)
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This means that there will have to be a lot of spending needed to rebuild homes and buildings, especially by the private sector and households, said Uwe Parpart, head of research with Reorient Financial Markets, a dealer and fund manager based in Hong Kong.
"In New York, the subway system is down and in a total mess. There is not going to be electricity in parts of New York City, let alone the outlying suburbs for quite some time," Parpart said on CNBC Asia's "Cash Flow." "So there will have to be some spending on the government side, but the major effort here will be a private led effort and it will be successful and it will actually give a boost to the economy in the first half of next year."
Sectors that will benefit will be homebuilders, construction and engineering firms, materials suppliers, and manufacturers of durable goods, analysts say.
Another area that could receive a boost, at least in the short term, is the jobs market as construction activity ramps up, according to Tim Condon, head of research for ING Financial Markets in Singapore.
"Frankly, the (damage) numbers that are being tossed around are not that large so I'm skeptical that there's going to be much of an impact on the macro numbers," Condon said. "One area that could show up could be employment so that's clearly a positive. That will only be for the fourth quarter, though."
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This week, "The Amazing Race" gives us bushmen and scorpions in Africa, which is just what we all needed, right?
The first clue tells teams that they must go to the city of Maun in the Kalahari desert. They have to find out what country they're headed for before a security guard will let them into a travel agency to buy tickets.
He has one job, let him do it!
The travel agency is a small place and the doors are plate glass. Basically, people on the outside can see and hear people on the inside.
The Fearless Friends check a hotel computer and discover that they are headed to Botswana. They succeed in buying tickets for flights in the morning; all the teams will eventually be on the same flight.
The Newlyweds check the same hotel computer and get into the travel agency. While they're inside, the Singers arrive and tell the security guard that they're going to Kenya. He rejects them, but then Katie shouts "Botswana" through the door. So he lets them in.
The Moms arrive on their own merit. The Hockey Players arrive and also guess Kenya. As the security guard tries to turn them away, one of the Singers literally leans out of the door and tells them the correct answer. They are totally disrespecting the authority of the security guy.
About three hours later, Team Mullet arrives at the travel agency. It's empty now, with no one to help them. They guess Kenya, but they're rejected. So they pull out guide books, Chuck puts on his reading glasses, and they start shouting out country names! "Australia? Turkey? Bangladesh? Republic of Paraguay?" At least the guard gets to work for his screen time. Chuck and his glasses finally guess Botswana, so they make it!
Before the leg really begins, Max interviews that he doesn't want people to think he's carrying the team all on his brain power. "Big Hair Big Brain Katie has it going on right now!"
I established last week that I finally get Max and kind of like him, but I'm still not sure about Katie, so I'll pretend that he doesn't like her that much. She interviews that she wants to keep her Ph.D. brains secret. Hope that non-strategy works out for her.
Chuck, meanwhile, interviews that they've had a hard time on the race but "we're not throwing in the towel or getting divorced." Anyone would be a fool to let go of that mullet.
Safari time!
At the airport in Maun, teams sign up for one of three charter flights that leave 15 minutes apart. The small planes take them on a safari where they see elephants. They probably see other animals as well, but the show doesn't give this safari much screen time.
It's all about the bushmen
They end up on the edge of the Kalahari Desert and meet a group of bushmen. These bushmen are traditional, yet media savvy.
First up is a Roadblock: the Racer follows three bushmen to look for a scorpion hole. Then they have to dig it out. The bushmen will grab the scorpion but the Racer has to touch it and put it in a jar.
Hockey player Bates gets there first and seems pretty good at digging the hole. Singer Caroline, who is used to scorpions since she's from Texas, also digs. Newlywed Max, wearing the hated pink plaid shirt again — but also wearing bright turquoise sneakers that I don't understand but I love anyway — wears a glove to dig.
For reasons not entirely clear, the bushmen play with the scorpion and put it in their mouths for a bit. I can't tell if they're sucking some venom, or pretending their mouth is a cave so it falls asleep? The captions for one bushman say, "He's our friend so we're cleaning him." These bushmen are just having fun with the tourists.
Wynona does the Roadblock for Team Mullet. In case you were wondering, which I was, Chuck has done five Roadblocks to her one, so it is definitely time for her to step up.
Max almost wins for most impressive freakout. When the scorpion is in the bushman's mouth, Max's mouth gapes open in shock. Then he forces it closed so he doesn't end up with a scorpion in his own mouth.
Joey takes the prize, though, for shaking and scampering and squealing.
This is the part where I tell you that my brother, his wife and their four children live in the Southern Arizona desert. They hunt scorpions for fun. For even more fun, they bake scorpions, dip them in chocolate and eat them. Or put them on cakes. I think they do it just to freak me out, even though I am several states away from them, because there can't be any other reason. I wish I could show you the pictures.
Doesn't anyone watch "Survivor"?
After the Roadblock, the teams put their three bushmen friends in the back of their SUV and drive to the Detour. This is where I love the bushmen, because they've got a long job and they really know what they're doing. It's not like a random security guard who just has to hear the correct word to open a door (sorry, security guard!). They are in charge for the whole leg, with so much to teach, and they just do it.
Anyhow, the Detour choices are to either build a fire using some manure, grass and sticks, or set a trap to catch a guinea fowl.
Hockey and Singers choose Fire, and Hockey has skills. They finish pretty quickly, and then follow the bushmen on foot to the Pit Stop. Hello, Hockey, you are Team Number One!
The Singers are not so good at fire. The Moms, Newlyweds and YouTube soon join them. Four teams trying to make fire, four teams failing.
Real-life skills related to race success
Newlywed Max interviews that he is in cigar sales (of course he is). He's around smoke and fire all the time, and somehow thought that would help him make fire with sticks. Turns out it does not help at all.
Chuck, meanwhile, wins this category again. His entire life is made to be on the Race, so it's sad that he's not dominating it. He tells us, "In high school, I didn't really have a job. I got up every morning, set traps, caught the animals, cashed them in at the fur exchange. It's just kind of the way I grew up." He chooses the trap side of the Detour, obviously.
The Great Switch
The Fearless Friends also choose to set a trap because, unlike those other teams, they have watched television and know that it's hard to make fire with sticks.
The Friends and Mullet are building traps at the same time, realizing that they are the last two teams. But wait!
The Singers choose to switch Detours. They set off a chain reaction; YouTube switches and then the Moms switch. They lead a parade over to the trap Detour.
The Newlyweds cling to their firesticks, hoping to jump ahead. Katie's PhD Big Hair Big Brain is no help in making fire, by the way. And her manicure is holding up way too well.
The Friends finish their trap and make it to the Pit Stop in second place.
Just as Chuck laments that he's in last place again, the conga line of Teams Who Can't Make Fire snakes its way over.
Team Mullet finishes their trap and arrive in third place. Wynona looks ready to drop, but they are safe for another week.
The Singers and the Moms are having trouble with their traps, but YouTube is not. Remember, they are crafty people. They finish their trap and meet Phil in fourth place.
The Newlyweds have finally switched tasks, but they're nervous and it's not going well.
The Singers take fifth place.
The Moms finish their trap and head out, but they lead their bushmen instead of follow. They head back to the parking lot instead of towards the Pit Stop. You fools!
The Newlyweds finish their trap, and there is running. Running.
One Mom cheers another Mom, "You've birthed three kids, you can do this!" I've only birthed two kids, but I think if anyone tried to use that as a motivating cheer it would fail. I focus on future rewards, not past success. That's my subtle way of saying I can be motivated with cupcakes.
So the Moms make it to the Pit Stop in sixth place! Which means…
Max and Katie are the last team to arrive. I blame Katie's fingernails. But wait! It's a non-elimination leg! I''m kind of happy, because I want to figure out Max more. "The honeymoon is continuing in Africa," says Katie. Max answers with, "Yeah, that tent's gonna be rockin'." OK, I don't need to figure that out.
Next week! I will be on vacation, but my intrepid friend Amy Watts, recapper of "Dancing with the Stars," will guide you through another episode in Africa. There will be donkeys. Have fun!


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Game #89: Blue Jays at Red Sox pregame
Toronto (43-45) at Boston (54-34)
at 7:05 p.m. ET at Fenway Park
Today's lineups:
Vernon Wells, CF
Reed Johnson, LF
Alex Rios, RF
Frank Thomas, DH
Troy Glaus, 3B
Lyle Overbay, 1B
Aaron Hill, 2B
Gregg Zaun, C
John McDonald, SS
PITCHING: RHP Shaun Marcum
J.D. Drew, RF
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
David Ortiz, DH
Manny Ramirez, LF
Kevin Youkilis, 1B
Mike Lowell, 3B
Jason Varitek, C
Coco Crisp, CF
Julio Lugo, SS
PITCHING: RHP Julian Tavarez
NOTES: RHP A.J. Burnett threw on flat ground again prior to Friday's game and expects to move his throwing distance up to around 90 feet on Saturday. It'll likely be another two weeks before Burnett begins working off a mound, meaning a return by the end of the month is unlikely.
94 Comments
Burnett threw off flat ground and didn't hurt himself, AMAZING!! He will have more trips to the D.L. in his Blue Jays career as wins he will have in a Jays uniform. Every year I here about how the Jays will contend in the A.L. East and every year they don't. Now that is quite the shock, NOT!!! Memo to the Jays get rid of J.P., if they ever do that they might be going in the right direction for a change. Why in the world would they hold onto Glaus?????
what is your deal man? if you dont like the jays that is your opinion but you dont have to write your **** on this blog everyday. apparently your a sox fan; you say we dont contend. may i remind you who finished in second place last year? also who has more world series titles the past, hmmm, 80 YEARS?
You finished second last year, wow congrats!!! When was the last time your team the Jays made the playoffs???? I'll give you your 2 titles back in the day, they were very good teams that I respected but this recent **** your g.m. has put on the field, wake up. I live about 5 miles or so from where the Jays hold there spring training and there a good bunch of guys there, especially Vernon Wells but J.P. must go!!! You can't be too happy there ukgocats3.
To bosox Mister ***** if you dont like us it's okay we like you just as much as we like the Red Sox. LOL-LOL.To gsummer you may be right because if JP had waited he would have been the only GM in baseball who would have given him 100.m over 5 years. I agree with you on most things but I'm sorry I cant agree with you on Burnett.
I still think that the jays should have picked up Mark Redman. He still had a winning record even though he was on the worst team in the majors. We could have also picked him up for cheap considering the only contract he got was for playing in the minors.
I actually like Toronto fans, there nice people, almost too nice. Your g.m. has done a terrible job with this team. Burnett was just a TERRIBLE signing. B.J. Ryan has been healthy so when he went down with the elbow problem that was a surprise to me. Signing Wells to that 118 million dollar deal, I don't really agree with it but he is a good player but not a great one. I believe the great ones should get the killer $$$$. If I give anyone a 100 million dollar contract he better be one of the greats in the game and Wells isn't one of them in my opinion. What is the guy saying about Burnett for 100 million dollars, are you a *****!!!
to freedom What drug are you on I want some. Mark Redman /07/o-4 11.63 ERA.dont you think we have enough problems now.
Well he probably wouldn't have been that good. But I would have rather have given him a shot. He wasnt as vulnerable to injury as those other 3 pitchers that we dont have any more.
Hey Bosox. Last year your guys came in 3rd. We came in 2nd. Have you forgot about that?
By the way it's they're not there. Of course I know it's hard to spell when you're a 5 year old. ROTFLMAO
Bosox-one last thing
You nevger have to worry about giving anyone a 100 million dollar contract. You can't do that when you can't count that high.
Know what I mean dude? ROTFLMAO
You came in 2nd last year, WOW. What a great season that was there buddy. Did you folks drink alot of Labatt's on that great season of 2006? Then again you were probably shoveling snow that day eh.
Learn how to spell never–you spelled it nevger, is that the Canadien way? I can't count that high, very impressed with your comeback there buddy. Maple Leafs, Raptors start soon, Jays season is OVER buddy. LOL….
It's not Canadien-it's Canadian, dumbo. And I'd be really quiet about the Raptors if the alternative was the Celtics.
I heard the Boston dumpster company set a new standard in covering the Celtics. They've never dumped trash that low.
Isn't it time for your beddy bye? Is your mommy aware you're still up youngster?
When the Blue Jays get over .500 then we can talk baseball until then see ya. LOL….What do you think about that gsumner? LOL….
Of course if the Celtics don't do it, you always have the Bruins-huh?
What a bunch of lossers!!!!!!!
Like yourself of course.
This is about baseball buddy. Your making me laugh here gsumner. I will give you credit. Have you paid your hydro bill yet this month eh?
Burnett hasn't gotten hurt in the last 48 hours, what has this world come to?
hey you're the one who brought up the Raptors and Maple Leafs, not me dumbo.
Hey at least in Toronto we have hydro-all you dudes have is the big dig.
So tell me about Shilling, genious!
When your team gets over .500 I will respond to you.
I'm sure you said the same thing on the Celtics blogs. Oh, hold on The Celtics haven't been above 500 for what 10 years. Almost as bad as The Bruins.
Hey Bosox-how many titles have the Red Sox won in the last couple of hundred years?
One you say-wow!!!!!
Must make you proud son!!!
Bosox, so let me get this right
You Bosox fans have only had 1 winner in 200 years?
How do you guys deal with that level of failure??????
No wonder you guys are all sort of touched-know what I mean?
You are cracking me up here. I will say you are very funny. Is it snowing up there tonight?
No it's not snowing in Boston. I know you can't tell that cause you don't have a tv to watch the game.
Too Sad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The following is a peice of a Jeff Blair Q&A from globe&mail.com
Stu Lomchuk from Toronto writes: Hey Jeff: So, what is the deal with Sergio Santos? He was a top prospect with Arizona, but seemed to drop way down the depth chart after he was traded to the Blue Jays, all the way to Double A. But, he seems to be doing alright at that level, having been named to the All Star game. Is he a possible September call up? Is he a future third baseman?
Jeff Blair writes: The Diamondbacks didn't think he was a prospect; some of the publications that purport to know this stuff did. My sense is the Blue Jays view Santos as a trade chip or possible corner bench guy. Not an everyday player. Nothing I've heard suggests otherwise.
robert lee
Didn't you post that same message a couple of days ago?
What's the problem, have you not got anything else to post?
For the record, Santos was injured last year-this year he's not which is why the HR production is back to norm.
This gsumner is one angry person. You have some issues there buddy. Why are you picking on robertlee13, he wrote his opinion, he is entitled to it.
Please tell me why that's your concern?
I have an opinion on Santos too. Do you have a problem with that?
Go back to Tampa Bay laddy-and tell your mommy to keep you out of the sun!
gsumner you are a very angry person and you need some help. Please get some for yourself. Did your parents love you???? Did they beat you???? What has happened in the past??? You can talk about it…LOL….
bosox.Remember the season is not over A HEX on the Red SOX now what if this works and your players get hurt one after the other and we have the same half you had in the first will you stil c-rap on us.If you can't say something nice about us SHUT YOUR CAKE HOLE.
The advice you give, is the advice you should take, trust me you need it.
On the other hand, it's understandable considering how the Celtics and Bruins have done last year-and the fact the sox have won once in what is it 200 years or so.
No wonder you're touched-not surprising really.
Nice reply there Garry. Toronto fans are angry people. What happened to all those nice folks from there????? The Jays are a JOKE and you know it and I know it. Get rid of J.P. and you might do something there buddy. Go shovel some snow there pal.
The only angry one here is you dude. It comes with your limited intelligence-too bad really!!!!!!!!!!!
Reason I posted it again is because you were to ashamed to respond to it the first time.
Who said anything about his HR's? Even before being injured the D-backs didn't view him as a prospect, nor do the Jays.
thanks for the d.
some of us are inteligent and nice, we know are team ***** and management should be fired but we cheer for the team anyway because it's our team and the sport we love.
but easy on the snow lines seriously whenever an american says that it just makes your whole country look ignorant.
last piece of advice: be careful messing with gsumner, in total stalker style he looked up and posted slanderous info an another poster who insulted him.
he's nuts, and not just when it comes to his absurd belief that he knows anything about baseball.
lol, now Robert
A different email address but the same jerk. ROTFLMAO
Some folks on here no nothing. I don't even have too mention any names because you know who they are. This gsumner is just someone that still lives with his mother in the basement. J.P. to me should be fired, he has given out blank checks to the wrong people. He has been hard on Burnett to take the heat away from himself.
gsummer.Mabey this bosox guy has no friends and he wants to be our friend by the way we just beat Boston. Okay bosox friends it is.
Check again dude.
My email address hasn't changed. You can go back to old comments I've made all year long to see that.
Your not a very smart person. I don't like responding to people like you. Your just a frustrated person and it comes across.
Hey Bosox
We won-you lost-you're out of here
Please be very careful aboutcalling anyone a stalker-that is a very slanderous statement. I expect an apology
Please don't apologize to that guy that lives with his mother in the basement. I wonder if she lets him out???? Does he stay down there all day??? I wonder, on that note Robert don't let him get to you. That is all he is trying to do, nothing but a child is this gsumner. He needs serious help and real soon I hope.
Did you appologize to the guy you slandered on here?
Some guy who apparently owns a company with bad business practices.
A guy who hasn't posted here since, because of what you did.
Don't worry bosoxbrian,
I've been dealing with this guy since long before you started posting here the last few days.
BTW, how'd you find the blog?, hopefully lots of people hear about it, Jordan does good work. He's by far the youngest of the writers on the Jays beat, and certainly the most tech savy (though that's not hard compared to the other guys).
I slandered no one, I posted public facts-but you just slandered me.
I expect an apology.
This guy gsumner needs to get laid or something. I really think he needs serious help, he is a very angry person.
Can't take the debate heat and resorts to insults. It only shows your low intelligence level son-nothing more.
You know what, you want an apology?
Offer one to Jordan, I like his work, but it's not worth dealing with you.
Consider me one less reader of your blog Jordan.
That's 2 people who gsumner has scared/annoyed away from your work.
Insults, that is all you have written about me. Your a total ***. I think it is time for you to go back to your cave there kid.
Jordan does some good work. This gusmner is nothing but a fool. He needs to be taken off here. I am sure there is a way he can be blocked and I will find out how soon. Robert don't let one fool ruin it for you. Always stand tall and better.
Robert-please what do you want a crying towel? I asked for an apology for a slanderous remark.
You slandered me dude. People pay prices for that.
I ask one last time for an apology.
get lost-you have no idea what Jordon does here or what this site's abou7t.
You're here to be a **** disturber nothing else.
Go back to the hole you came from.
This guy gsumner is gutless and he deserves to be locked up. Your the one that needs a crying towel there pal. You don't ask again for an apology from anyone on here gsumner. You are officially NUTS!!!
gsumner your the one disturbing people here. Your the one that people hate on here. You need help and you need it soon there pal. I don't know why you come on here. You come on here to insult what they write and you are a very angry person and you need serious help. You need to get off this site because you know nothing about baseball. I was wondering does your mother let you out of the basement?????
bosox Stay off Jordans blog you started all this garbage not gsummer now your acting like a hero.Robert don't be a baby gsummer likes Santos you don't big deal everybody has their opinion we can't always be right all the time. If Jordan blocks anybody it should be bosox.
Too bad you're so inmature or we could have had a great debate about Boston versus Toronto.
But, you have to bring up the standard American response-lock then up or isn't the other-shoot them-how inmature that is.
Really-I guess the next step is a big time threat right?
That's about your intelligence level.
By the way Bosox
Expect me to be a regular poster on the Boston site.
Remember-you started this-not me
If anyone gets blocked it should be the Toronto stalker. This guy gsumner is a nut and he knows it and we all know it. You don't have to be too smart to figure that one out. Hey this just in, Burnett did not get hurt while I wrote this. HA!!! HA!!!! Garryguy your sticking up for gsumner and that speaks volumes of your intelligence there pal.
If you don't like Americans that is your problem there gsumner. Your intelligence shows again.
Stick to baseball there gsumner. They are under .500, wake up because your great g.m. J.P. is asleep. The Jays are a bad team and if you don't look out the Rays will pass you next year. LOL…
Be very careful with your slanderous comments bosox; there are always reprecussions to nasty statements made to someone else.
You're here strickly as a ****disturber nothing more.
Your guys lost tonight-so get lost and leave Garry out of this, your argument is with me no one else.
I like most Americans-I just don't like loud mouthed ***holes like you.
Please tell me what's wrong with the American educational system; don't they teach you how to properly write a sentence?
"Your intelligence shows again."
I hope you realize that is not a sentence. Have you considered coming to Canada for extended English training-it might help?………..
Wow, has my blog hit an all-time low? Thanks for the props from the few of you who threw out some nice comments about my work and the blog, but let's try to keep the trashtalking and explitives to a minimum on here. I created this place for fans to come and talk baseball and talk smack…about baseball, not each other. I'm not going to block anyone, let's just try to get back to basics here. If you guys have some personal stuff to vent, you have each other's e-mail addresses there. Don't flood the comment field with personal attacks. Also, keep the American comments to a minimum, too! I'm one of them, remember? I know it's all in good fun, to a certain extent, but yeesh. I guess the same goes for any anti-Canadian comments. Just unnecessary. Anyway, I'm heading back to my hotel. This was a very long, brutal game.
SORRY JORDAN also I apologize to anyone I insulted tonight I think we all need to apologize to Jordan.But I know one thing we beat a good team tonight.
Hey bosox:
Before you get on someone, you should be aware of all the facts. How would you like to build a team where your payroll is half of the Yankees or the Sox, and still compete in our division? Jeter and A-Rod make more than the entire Tampa payroll, and Boston just spent more than our entire payroll for one Japanese pitcher. We don't mind, though, because when they beat us, we can say "gee, I wish we had a payroll like that", but when we hammer them–it's magic!
The other thing I would like to know is where would Boston be if they had their 1,2,3 starters, their closer and setup guy, their 1 & 2 hitters, and their starting catcher on the DL all in the first half. And that's only half the list.
All I can say is, they opened up a 9-12 game lead early, but it hasn't been getting any bigger for some time. We have most of the help back now, with more on the way shortly, and there is another half of the season to go.
Actually, Boston would likely have been better off than we were, because Theo could have reached a little deeper in his pockets and bought another pitcher, of whatever. We didn't have that luxury. We had to depend on our farm system for help, which came up very big, and helped a lot. And that's Riccardi's doing too.
There is no way that the Jays will even catch the Red Sox. The Jays are still under .500 as I write this. If the Yankees won 9 out of 10 they could pick up about 4 or 5 games on Boston because the Red Sox in the last 2 months have been basically playing .500 ball. I would rather see the Red Sox start gelling in late August like they did back in 2004, never peak too soon because as we all know the season is very long. J.P. has been given $$$$$ to spend the last 2 seasons and well let's say he hasn't spent it well. He gave a guy who is always hurt, Burnett 55 million for 5 years, not a good signing. Has J.P. developed any good young pitching?????? Boston loses Pedro to the Mets and with that pick they got from the Mets they took a kid with alot of promise named Clay Bucholtz. Look at the Yankees there payroll is the biggest in baseball and there under .500, so money doesn't buy everything. A team like Toronto needs to have very good scouting and obviously that is lacking with J.P. at the helm. J.P. in my opinion has done a poor job as g.m. of the Jays, have they improved since he has shown up????? He has been giving some $$$$ to spend but doesn't have a clue of what to do with it.
Some interesting comments by everyone. I find it tiresome at all the personal attacks and juvenile name-calling but as we say in one of our official languages "C'est la vie." J.P. has not done a terrific job at the helm. The Chris Carpenter fiasco is testimony to that. He has made some good moves B.J, Accardo, and signing Vernon Wells. I believe Wells is a terrific player who is struggling recently. Much betterthat Johnny Damon who was offered a lot of money by Boston and only went to NY because they gave him more money. Once again money talks in baseball. With the structure of baseball as it is now: it is unfair to claim that money is not an advantage by citing teams that are successful on lower payrolls. Yes, this happens but it is an amazing accomplishment (like the US Miracle on Ice defeating the Russians with their 'amateur' athletes). Claiming that money is not advantageous diminishes the accomplishments of those amazing teams and excuses the riduculous money the Red Sox and Yankees are allowed to pay. The schedule is also unfair when you consider that the Jays must play the Yankees and Red Sox so many times. MLB should have a balanced schedule.
I am glad that you thought my comments were interesting. Alot of people complain and cry about the $$$$$ in baseball, Sox and Yankees have the advantage. Let's go back to 2001–D'Backs champs—2002 Angels–2003–Marlins—04–we all know who—05 Tigers—06 Cards–How many of those teams had the high $$$$ payrolls???? 2004 Red Sox is the answer of course. For small or medium sized markets scouting is key and let's say the A's have done a very good job there. Giambi signs with the Yanks and with the pick Blanton goes to the A'S—Tejada to the Orioles–Street there great closer to Oakland. J.P. held onto Delgado why????? Why didn't he deal Delgado to anybody???? I am not sure who the Jays drafted with that Delgado pick but chances are J.P. screwed that one up. I am not saying that everything with baseball is great and it is not a even playing field but your g.m. just can't throw silly $$$$ around.
Sheesh. I was excited to see over 60 comments on this blog, expecting lots of good baseball talk. Instead there's just a bunch of juvenile name-calling between 2 or 3 people?
Grow-up, fellas. This is a public forum meant for discussion, not some on-line version of recess.
It is good to here that they're are some Jays fans here. I don't live too far from there spring training site in Dunedin and the guys they have on there team are a good bunch of guys from what I can tell. J.P. is the reason for this team's failure, look no further than him. That is all my point when it comes to the Jays. I want to here what some of you Jays fans think of J.P. Is he doing a good job with the organazation? Does he have a plan? Is there a plan? Is he creative enough to get the job done? After being on the job for a few years he should have some idea of what is going on and leading the Jays down to greener pastures but I don't see it. J.P. is a Massachusetts guy like myself and I would like too see him do well but he isn't.
Jordan I apologize and I am a big baseball fan so I thought I would go on here and give my opinions/thoughts about the Jays. I enjoy reading your work, you do a great job.
I'm not a JP or Gibbson fan but I am a Blue Jay fan and I can't understand why a Boston fan cares about our GM ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.As for Chris Carpenter only one other player came back from that type of surgery and JP when he came in as GM was told to cut the payroll back to 50m no big $$$$ to spend.I dont like AJ but at the time there was no one else out there with millions of fans screaming for pitchen. JP went out and put up some $$$$ yes it was a gamble so far it's a bust but we still have 3 1/2 more years to go. Last night was a great game we played a great team but we also have a great team and when we are healthy the results will be there. JP and Gibby will be with this team as long as uper management is happy with them and so far they are.
I'm not going to get on J.P. for the Carpenter situation, there was alot of risk regarding Carpenter. Look at the team that J.P. has put together, where is the pitching????? Roy Halladay is a rock and I love watching him pitch but where is the other part of the rotation? J.P. is totally responsible for this mess that the Jays are in right now. He is the one that is making the moves with this team. He got on Burnett recently to take the heat off of himself. Burnett was nothing but damaged goods and to invest in 5 years and 55 million, not a good baseball/bussiness move. Not too many pitchers I would give 5 years to. The Jays problem is not the Red Sox, the Jays for some reason seem to play very well against them. Look at last year the Jays owned the Sox. When I here people complain that the Jays have to play Boston and N.Y. to me that arguement is not valid. They seem to do well against them but the rest of the league that is a different story. Some will say because the Sox and Yankees take alot out of the Jays, some truth to it but that to me is not the whole story.
I'd like to apologize. I'd also like to let you know, I've visited most of the other team blogs and this one-ran by you is the best by far.
I for one appreciate your information.
Hey look I think just like everyone else I am also entitled to my opinion. If you don't agree with what I say, I fully respect that because there are alot of times that I don't agree with what somebody else or you say. So I would appreciate next time you don't agree with me to not say I am on drugs. Besides I live in America so it is very hard being a bluejays fan. My whole family loves the yankees so they are always giving me a hard time about that and critisizing the blujays. So when talking to another bluejays fan, I would like some respect. Thank you.
JP Riccardi had no room to move what so ever when he came to this team. He was told to get the payroll down below 50 mill (I think) and the team had committed 18 mill per year of that payroll to Delgado on a no trade contract.
Personally, I think JP's done a good job in rebuilding the minor league system. Auburn our ss team (mostly made up of rookies/draftees) has won the league championship a number of years in a row and is currently in 1st place. Lansing (-A), Dunedin (A+)and New Hampshire (AA) are all 2nd in their division. To me, that shows he's drafted as well or better than his piers, and the development of players is producing results.
JP signed Burnett and Ryan as free agents in contracts that now all look under market value. He also resigned Halliday and Wells with the Halliday contract way under value. I also think Wells contract will look under value next year. In my view Ryan, Halliday and Burnett could all get close to double the money JP signed them for.
His trades bringing Glaus, Overbea and Accardo here have been good ones. The Accardo one, which also dumped Hillebrand was the steal of the year.
So all in all, how can you knock him-he's done a great job.
The team has balance, power and good pitching. The pitching will only get better from here with Chacin, League and Burnett on the mend. And imagine our bull pen next year with a healthy Ryan and League back-who's will be better.
I don't know how you could be happy about the job that J.P. has done. Reading your blog there gsumner you would think this was the Jays of the early 90's, looking at the team thru rose colored glasses. This team in under .500 as I write this, I ask again where is the pitching after Halladay? What has Glaus done? Overbay is a good pickup because of his age, Glaus should be dealt before the trading deadline. He does not fit in there longterm plan, I certainly hope he doesn't fit in there long term plans. Getting rid of Hudson was not a good move. He is one of the best defensive 2b in baseball and you get a very aging Glaus who can't stay healthy. Why get older? J.P. signed Thomas as well, why? Who is next for J.P. to sign, Eddie Murray? Rickey Henderson? Mike Piazza? Accardo was a good move because you got rid of that malcontent Hillenbrand and got a YOUNG arm in return. For some reason he didn't trade Delgado, to me that was a dumb move by J.P. You knew you couldn't afford him so get rid of him. Does J.P. go over medical reports when he is looking at guys???? Does that make you Jays fans wonder???? The pen before Ryan is not good, just plain old average. The Jays are nothing but a .500 team and that has been going on for a while now. It sounds to me gsumner you are accepting it.
To Freedom read back in the postings I said I was sorry what more can I say.
When our guys get all healthy, I'd stack up our starters and relievers to Boston any day.
All Glaus has done is hit 38 Hr's and knock in 104 RBI's last year. He's off to a lower start this year because he's missed 24 games,but I'd bet he's close to these numbers when it's over. Your guy Lowell only hit 20 Hr's and knocked in 80 RBI's last year. By the way Lowell's fP this year is .940 by comarison to Glaus's .965. So if you want to complain, I'd complain about Lowell if I was you.
For the record, here's the current comparison between Hill and Hudson.
Hill: .984 FP
7 errors
297 assists
444 Total chances
49 runs
48 RBI's
9 Hr's
2007 salary-395K
Hudson: .979 Fp
9 errors
256 assists
426 total cances
.298 Ba
40 runs
47 RBI's
7 Hr's
2007 salary-3.9 mill
Hill beats Hudson in all but two categories-salary and BA. Seems like a great trade to me.
Delgado had a no trade clause and wouldn't accept a trade. It's not what the pen used to look like pre Ryan, it's how it looks now and next year with everyone healthy.
And the standings in the minors is today not 1990. Take a look at where your guys are-they're right behind ours in AAA and AA.
As reported by BOB ELLIOTT in Saturdays Toronto Sun.About Brandon League.What a MLB scout says:"I think he has a future as a setup guy in the big leagues. League is the best they have in Syracuse. "He has a sinker/slider type arm with plus stuf.He sometimes fights with his command but he has recovered most of his velocity he lost when he was hurt in spring training when ,I think, he was down seven or eight miles per hour on his fastball."I like his upside.bigtime.I told my guy we should try to acquire him,it's not that we have a dire need.But i'm not sure he is a fit with Toronto.
One last point. Where do you think Boston would be in the standings if they lost Papelbon and Okajima for the season; Manny for 89 games, Beckett for 6 weeks, Wakefield for 100 games, Lopez for the season and Ortiz for 24 games.
I'd bet they wouldn't be close to .500 as we are
the garry
Imagine our pen next year with League, Janssen and Accardo for late inning guys and Ryan closing.
Sounds awfully good to me.
To gsummer Sounds good to me to.How about you bosox.One thing i will admit you have a good pen this year but so will we next year.
I can't agree with your analysis of the Jays' bullpen and starting rotation. You say the Jays have nothing beyond Halladay in the rotation, yet Marcum and McGowan have made huge strides this year and are looking like solid 3-4 or even 2-3 guys in the rotation. Marcum, minus one start, has been our most consistent starter all year.
The Jays' bullpen, too, is one of the top 5 (I believe) in the American League WITHOUT BJ Ryan. Imagine what the Jays will be like next year with Ryan and League back next year?
If anything, the Jays' major weakness is their hitting. The lineup is one-dimensional: i.e. filled with too many slow guys who rely on the long ball. I'm not sure what the exact stat is, but I bet the Jays might be in the top three in the league in solo HRs. They're capable of hitting them, they just need people getting on base in front of them.
With that said, though, the Jays also really need to solidify the back-end of their starting rotation. Towers is shaky, Chacin's permanently injured, Burnett (even when healthy) is inconsistent, and Litsch is still a question mark.
We have Selig to thank for the salary discrepancy . He refuses to cap player salaries claiming the luxury tax placed on those teams that are over 117 mil a yr compensates those teams that can't afford to pay more . Yes it has helped some teams but its far from being equal. Another thing I have a big problem with is "bidding for the right to offer a japanese player a contract. We do not do this with our own players or with players from any other country , does this make our ball players less valuable… less desirable . Yes the GM plays a valuable roll , they all make mistakes . Dice-k is still in his learning yr but is he really worth over 100 mil for 5 yrs . You complain Burnett was overpaid yet here is a pitcher who cost twice what Burnett did and has not been the power they believed him to be . Igawa is the same for the Yanks. As for who do the jays have after Halladay , i think you met one last night , incase you forgot his name is Shawn Marcum. His first yr as " thrown into the pot pitcher " he has outpitched Dice-k just has not had the run support. He is followed by another extremely good pitcher McGowan . We may only be around .500 but with all the injuries etc the Jays have endured we are still winners . We did not stop playing even though all 5 starters have been out at some point not to mention losing our left fielder, our third baseman, our first baseman, our catcher, our closer and set up man for extended periods of time . Then add in the numerous minor things like flu and the usual aches and pains . I don't pretend to know everything about baseball but one thing i do know , this team does not quit so I am behind them 100%
Also, I've got to agree on gsumner on this one, the emergence of Aaron Hill makes the trade of Orlando Hudson seem inconsequential.
If there's a trade available, though, I think Glaus should go. He's a great ballplayer, but he's running on borrowed time with those legs and knees of his. Might as well sell high now while team's still think he has some value.
I to would like to see Glaus traded only because he's lame. But what can you get for him every team in the majors knows he's lame.The Dodgers or Angels may take him off our hands and give nouthing in return.Also will we have to eat some of his salry I for one am sick and tired of the Jays paying other players to play against us when they could use the money for other players.You might say thats the only way JP could get rid of them then why sign them in the first place.
A hot link to all Blue Jay minor teams is now up at
This link now includes the two Dominican Republic teams and The Gulf Coast Blue Jays.
Thank you, Jordon
You seem to know a lot more than I do about the Jays' farm system, which is great, but I wouldn't place a lot of emphasis on team placings in the Minor League standings. If anything, I would argue the opposite: Major League teams with good farm systems often have basement dwelling teams in the minors. I think often teams with good records in the minors are filled with Lee Gronk types — guys who will likely never have more than a cup of coffee in the majors, but who have maxed out and perform consistently at AA or AAA.
Teams with bad records in the minors, on the other hand, are always being disrupted because their top prospects are constantly moving through the system to higher levels. As a result, the team can't gel and they plummet in the standings.
Hope that makes some sense. What are your thoughts?
You seem to know a lot more than I do about the Jays' farm system, which is great, but I wouldn't place a lot of emphasis on team placings in the Minor League standings. If anything, I would argue the opposite: Major League teams with good farm systems often have basement dwelling teams in the minors. I think often teams with good records in the minors are filled with Lee Gronk types — guys who will likely never have more than a cup of coffee in the majors, but who have maxed out and perform consistently at AA or AAA.
Teams with bad records in the minors, on the other hand, are always being disrupted because their top prospects are constantly moving through the system to higher levels. As a result, the team can't gel and they plummet in the standings.
Hope that makes some sense. What are your thoughts?
hem.gold.I read your posting twice lol.I think you may be right about AAA ball-some in AA ball but not in A. ball and lower I think you need a good farm system at those levels and yes as they move up through the system some never make the Bigs.But thats what its all about watching these guys and hopeing that they make it.
thegarryguy: Yeah, after I posted that (twice!) I started thinking I might be wrong when it comes to lower levels because, like you said, there's less moving around at 'A' ball and lower.
I stick by my comment, though, when it comes to AA and AAA. You only want so many Lee Gronk and Chad Motolla types hanging around at those levels!
I agree with you on the upper levels like AA and AAA. Most of the guys that would have been at AAA are up here. I do think, though, that the standings in the lower levels like the rookie and short season league teams show how well the team has drafted since they're pretty much stocked with draftees.
Auburn, our short season league team has won the league title-I think 6 years in a row-so when someone states Riccardi hasn't done a good job of rebuilding the minors-I disagree with them.
I also like the fact we placed 5 players from New Hampshire on the All Star team. Dunedin-A+ didn't do as well as that,but we do have some good prospects coming up.
The web site I previously posted is a good site to check all these kids out. You can check team standings, all kinds of personal and league stats and read some interesting news items-like Santos winning a tractor for winning the home run derby in the AA all-star game.
I enjoy tracking these kids as they go through the system, and it certainly gives you some perspective of how good a job the front office is doing.
Only a few will make it up here, but it's great to see an Aaron Hill, one of our draft choices fill a position all Jays fans would never be filled by anyone after Orlando left.
The Garry
If you think Bosox got a rough ride here last night, you should check out both the Boston and NY sites and read some of the posts. Looks like he's warn out his welcome all over.


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Hale said he didn't bid on the arena contract because he viewed the request, which included requirements to care for surrounding grounds, as onerous.
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Hale said he has moved the Blast's practices to the Baltimore County-owned Northeast Regional Recreation Center in Parkville.
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(Portland, OR) – This fall, Portland State University (PSU) will launch the state's first minor in Persian language and literature.
Persian has been spoken for centuries throughout Asia and is an official language of Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Today there are approximately 110 million Persian speakers.
Students earning a minor in Persian at PSU gain proficiency in oral and written communication while learning about Iran and its diverse perspectives, traditions and culture. Persian has been identified as a critical language due to the demand for (and lack of) English-Persian bilingual speakers within the U.S. Students studying Persian find professional opportunities in business, communications, education and government.
"Iran is among one of the least understood countries in the world," says Anousha Sedighi, associate professor and Persian section head at PSU. "For example, few people know that the first charter of human rights was written by Cyrus the Great of Persia, in 539 BC. The Persian minor provides an opportunity to learn about Iran through its beautiful language, literature, and culture."
Professor Dick Davis, a renowned Persia scholar, joins the program this winter as a visiting scholar to teach "Introduction to Persian Literature" and "Iranian Women Writers." In spring, Davis will teach "Persian Literature in Translation" and "Persian Mythology and Folklore." Davis is an accomplished poet in his own right, and is recognized as the preeminent translator of Persian poetry. His translation of Ferdowsi's eleventh-century epic Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings was chosen as one of the "ten best books of 2006" by the Washington Post.
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