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Here's an interview I did with the National Catholic Reporter (Reporter? Didn't even know her!). So now all you Cat'lics out there can justify doing some Zazen!
And don't forget to buy all my shit on eBay!
Here's an interview I did with the National Catholic Reporter (Reporter? Didn't even know her!). So now all you Cat'lics out there can justify doing some Zazen!
And don't forget to buy all my shit on eBay!
Posted by Brad Warner at 8:04 AM
great interview, not much else to say about it really.
Yeah, right. But "Shobogenzo, a mysterious 13th-century text"? It's not mysterious at all, it is very down to earth (well, okay, at least the early chapters are...).
Jeez, I took a look at your stuff on e-bay. Man, you're really a messy monk. But that brings me to a serious question: If one owns to much stuff, could it be that it blocks your look on what really counts in Zen (even if you sit down and shut up)?
come on Brad... move to Montreal!!!
Imagine my surprise when my mother (72 years old) told me about this punk-rocker Zen priest in her current issue of the Catholic Reporter. [laugh] I knew who it had to be right away. I think she was surprised that I also had both of your books. Take care and keep on keepin' on.
Shobogenzo is hardly a Saturay morning read.
Remember what I said about dialect, jargon, idioms, and slang? Add time. Words change colors over time. Hell, it was not even until the last 15 of 20 years that scholars (anywhere) could read Biblical Hebrew. Heretofore, they were just making (poorly) educated guesses.
So to with Pali Sanskrit.
12. THE ROOTS OF PECULIARITIES OF LANGUAGE USE IN BUDDHISM: Some of the peculiar characteristics of language use in Buddhism stem from its preference for the dialects and languages used by people as ordinary language, the resistance to the use of a standardized closed system like Sanskrit, the emergence of frozen expressions in languages and dialects originally used, the necessity to standardize the terms within the discourse, and the use of Sanskrit later on as one of the languages of Buddist expression and theological exposition, and popular currency of Hybrid Buddhist Sanskrit. Conze (1959) identifies several interesting characteristics of language use in Buddhism. First, the diction in Buddhism has its own peculiarities. These may be due to the belief that Gautama Buddha was no ordinary being. He is a "god-like being" and that there was something numinous about the diction he used. Such usage departed from the standards of normal Indian usage … Buddhist writings, with few exceptions, are full of the artificews of Sanskrit rhetoric. … Far more intractable is the difficulty presented by the technical terms which abound everywhere. In the original they are quite inconspicuous, but in all translations into non-Indian languages they stand out like so many foreign bodies. The Chinese either retained them in Sanskrit, or coined some strange neologism. 'Dharma', in particular, is deliberately ambiguous, with up to ten meanings. … In this respect, as in much else, they differ radically from contemporary 'linguistic analysts'. Buddhist thinkers had weighty reasons for preferring ambiguous, multivalent terms, … The authors of the Buddhist Scriptures were in fact unwilling, or unable, to state their message without a liberal use of technical terms. … The Scriptures as they stand cannot be read without some mental effort, and they demand a minimum of intellectual agility and attainment. … A great deal of Indian thought, on the contrary, is enshrined in memorial verses of almost unbelievable precision. (Conze, 1959:13-16). In other words, the Buddhist language use became obtuse over the centuries.
Sourced from HERE
I didn't say that Shobogenzo is easy to understand. I said it's not mysterious.
I hate to split hairs, Mysterion, but Hebrew texts have been studied continuously (and vigorously) by scholars for two thousand years.
You are 100% right that there has been some amazing work in the study of classical Hebrew in the past 30 years (thanks in part to Nag Hammadi & the Dead Sea Scrolls). But it's not fair to call everything before that guesswork.
After all, you can't judge the entire field based on people like John Dee or Alister Crowley. That's like saying modern Judaism is best represented by Madonna giving Britney Spears a book on Qabalah.
"I hate to split hairs, Mysterion, but Hebrew texts have been studied continuously (and vigorously) by scholars for two thousand years..."
True enough, but add a couple thousand years to that. Inter-biblical criticism, cross-references and such... y'know?
good call, Alan!
Do Buddhist use a moyle?
If one owns to much stuff, could it be that it blocks your look on what really counts in Zen?
No, you can keep all your stuff and still do Zen. Just don't spend all your time playing with it, or worrying about it, are chasing after more of it.
As a recovering Catholic, I would just like to say that dinosaurs are for the birds.
Intro to Ras Shamra (Ugaritic)
The evolution f Hebrew theism is here for those without a basic foundation.
Brad, you've been very busy on your blog and I thank you for it. The subject matter has been right where I need to be and what you've had to say has been just what I've been needing to hear.
I hate to admit it--I think anonymous at 10:46 am is right in urging you to go to Montreal.
In my most unselfish moments I think leaving is better for you--certainly better for whatever town you end up in and better for the folks who get to sit with you.
And while we're lucky to have you here--I'm glad of it!
I hope all gets cleaned up in the apartment plumbing situation. There are some good natural odor buster type things out there. I'll have to bring some to Hill St.
It has been proven that Smell does influence the attitude and well being of people. Bad and Offensive Odors will create uncomfortable situations and problems in our daily lives.
Brad, This is a good product for eliminating odors.
It's totally amazing to me, everyone is thinking the kitten on SC post is cute. The cat, being a predator, is trying to kill that toy! If we were mouse sized the cat will kill and eat us. I think the video goes better with the communitation article than the compassion one.
My pet parrot plays with cat toys, people usually just think he is weird.
you must be itching all the time..
Mr. Burke did a job good being with the interview. He didn't resort to cheap shots and didn't claim to be something he wasn't. there are enlightened christians and ignorant buddhists in this world as is apparent to any reader of this blog..
Guys, is it just me, or does anybody else think it's about time that "Dr." Mysterion (ahhhahahaha) start his OWN creepy cult?
Ahahahhahaa you're sooo mysterious ahahhaha. You Googling retard gimme a bagjob.
How do you spell "First-Class Ass Hat?" Hint: It starts with an "M"...and ends with an..."ysterion" (!) ahahahhaha slurp it dumm dumm
Deleting your comments won't salvage any respect for you on this blog. sorry.
Seriously. If you're gonna post something all shitassed, fucked up and *tard-a-licious, you mysterious prick, at least have the good sense to do it anonymously. Shit.
Brad - that was a good read. The guy asked some decent questions. Unless it was edited, it probably only took you guys a few minutes to do. I would love to read a long, in-depth PLAYBOY style interview. :)
Thought the interview was quite good... considering the publication. I had a different expectation on the way it would be presented. Nice surprise.
Your eBay stuff is even more impressive though!
"Thus, it has been demonstrated: the Abrahamic religions are contrived vehicles for the enslavement of the Mind. Void of reason, one resorts to anger - devoid of thought.
Buddhism alone liberates the mind and exposes fear to daylight."
Lol, that sounds exactly like something the Buddha would say.
Oh, wait...
Did that dude erase his earlier posts? So he wouldn't look so much like an asshole? Note the (not so) subtle disrespect and anger in that *mysterious post decrying anger. Hoist to your own dumpy petard again, after all these years. tee hee.
mysterion, but what IS your opinion on/attitude towards other religious pratices, other "ways"?
a) Different stuff works for different people (you were insulting me for assuming that this statement was Buddhist spirit).
b) Different stuff might work, but Buddhism is the best (and actually everything else is only some ancient rip-off of Buddhism, and you prove this with some quirky historic revisionism).
c) Only Buddhism works.
d) Only my special lineage and combination of pratices work.
e) I don't know, but I don't manage to keep quiet on these issues.
I would really like to know.
Define 'works'
Your interpretation is what I mean.
I hear religion was invented as a tool to spearate man against man.
Is my suggestion to at least ignore or perhaps ban anonymous started to warm the cockles of anyones heart yet?
The current posts are just more reason to ban or ignore them.
The hairy troll is in the house!
That is ban anonymous posting.
Every time someone posts anonymously without a signature it's like they're shiting all over the thread.
religions were invented:
1) as bedtime stories for children - classical folklore 'Childern's and Household Fables.'
2) to explain the patterns of stars in the sky (including the Great Ages like 'Adam & Eve' = Gemeni, etc.)
3) for an elite Priestly Class to claim power over 'mere mortals' (Buddha rejected the Brahmas)
By far my favorite is M44. The whole story of Jupiter (Dios P'ter - Heavenly Father) seeding the manger of Jesus Xmas fame is there...
To me religions are half astrology.
Is anonymous a.k.a.'Asellus Australis'? (drum roll, rumshot)
See also: HERE
Religions, like vampires, can't tolerate the light of day.
"Every time someone posts anonymously without a signature it's like they're shiting all over the thread."
No offense mate but I think you need to chill with the anti-anonymous posting thing. Just don't read them if they annoy you that much.
How would one define Zen in the context of religion and how it relates to religion?
Hi all--
Very cool (and quintessentially American) blog. I hope the following will be of some help: James' "Varieties of Religious Experience" provides an interesting introduction to pragmatism, going into why some may prefer particular paths. But it runs the whole gamut--and the answers we get depend largely on not only who, when and where we are (in all senses of the word), but upon the language(s) we have learned, the questions we are able personally at this point to ask within this bounded language, and on where we focus: the social, the economic, the family, the individual, the nation-state...historically, sociologically, psychologically, biologically, in terms of area, textual studies, rituals, and so forth. And then of course there are the epistemological questions--what can we know about, well, anything? For those of you with access to journals, check out jstor and others...there's more serious dialog (academia is like an awesome superblog, with peer review) than could be read in a lifetime. One can't possibly, of course, even begin to summarize it in this format, though I imagine I just attempted...
The Buddha was not as interested in those questions as he was interested in the causes of true happiness--in suffering (personal, mental, suffering) and the end of suffering. These require us to focus in different ways than the normal, untrained person--we see things in terms of the three characteristics (things--dharmas, emotions--being shot through with emptiness) and the four noble truths. The more this is done, the more the dharmas become transparent, and the more we can see...well, the more we see. I hope this has been helpful. It's just a matter of practicing as honestly as one can, and I hope I haven't appeared arrogant or anything; I'm not any sort of lineage holder, I just really appreciate a group of people impelled toward truth.
"religions were invented:"
I knew you wouldn't answer, old wise man, keeping cour secrets. We all just keep babbling. It all ends in a coffin.
"In my mind, Buddhism is NOT a narrow religion but rather a broad philosophy upon which some traditions have built religions. I adhere to no tradition (or religion) but rather question them all."
Mysterion -- if you visited a nearby synagogue, you'd meet some people who are tradition- and culture-bound. And you'd find others who understand that underlying the ten thousand things is one thing (ehad), and that existence is impermancence (eyeh-asher-eyeh, "I am/will be/am becoming whatsover I am/will be/am becoming." And that everything is to be questioned and examined. And that reason is a supreme faculty.
And if you visted your local zendo, you might find all those insights. And you might find people who are tradition- and culture-bound.
So is it really your way or the highway?
And are you as progressive as you'd like to think?
Or is your devotion to no-faith sort of a faith?
Please expand/explain.
Alan sed:
"So is it really your way or the highway?"
No. It is not about my way.
It is up to YOU to find your own way - whatever that may be.
"And are you as progressive as you'd like to think?"
No, I am what I am (and NOT what I think). Traditionally I am told I error toward Jodo Shu - conservative.
"Or is your devotion to no-faith sort of a faith?
Devotion is a hollow straw man. I read everything but believe nothing. The Secret Initiations of the Alawi on one hand or the Druze on the other - might come to mind. Druze test for knowledge of Egyptian mysticism, of which the Druze claim to be the guardians.
So too, Soto Zen be the guardians of Buddhism. I do not know.
Soto Zen Buddhism is a very stripped down efficient practical philosophy. Brad's version is even leaner than most. If you want to tie red ribbons on it and chant a lot you can make it a religion but at the core it's not one.
"As a recovering Catholic,..."
that line right there is golden, I love it and would like to use it myself - thanks!
take care,
I'm not sure I follow you, Mr. Mysterion. I thought you were about to call me out, but then you went all off topic on us.
You said that the Hebrew language "completely disappeared at least TWICE." (BTW, how can something "completely disappear" twice?)
That's simply not true.
(I so wanted to just explain my point, provide factual evidence, and stop right there. But I can't. Mr. Warner, if you read this, all I can say is that I was also born in Hamilton-- where we learn early on not to take shit.)
*You're not the only one who wrote a dissertation.
*If you're going to cite evidence, make it relevant. What the hell does theistic evolution have to do with the Hebrew language?
*Don't cite theories that were laughed out of scholarly circles sixty years ago. Such as theistic evolution.
*If said theories concern Sir Frazier, then at least link to his work and not some poorly researched internet imitation.
*But read Wittgenstein first and learn why nobody quotes Frazier.
*I said you're wrong to say that Hebrew disappeared. I didn't ask you how many bricks there are in my neighbor's garage. And I sure as all hell didn't ask for your manifesto.
*In fact, I'm not sure who did.
Mouths are flapping.
Once again it's on! Smack that coffeeshop philosopher down, Marty my man!
To help would-be speakers and readers of Hebrew, Ben-Yehuda began to compile a dictionary. Actually, he started the dictionary as an aid for himself when he was still in Paris, and at first it contained simply a short bilingual list in Hebrew and French written in the back of the notebook he used to write down his grocery lists.
oh, Mysterion.
Your first link is about the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language. That's a direct quote from the article.
"Spoken language" does not imply that no other form of the language is extant.
Hebrew has been read extensively for centuries. Some people read it as though their salvation depended on it.
Your second link doesn't work.
In any case, I know you're not actually going to look into this. You've already made up your mind.
That squawking you hear is the sound of people offended by willful ignorance.
After all, don't you squawk about the willful ignorance of the religious?
What was Ben-Yehuda reading when he compiled his dictionary?
Oh, right, he was reading Hebrew.
The dictionary helped other
people understand that Hebrew that he was reading. You know, that Hebrew that existed. The Hebrew that didn't disappear completely in 36 CE.
But I still don't understand what theistic evolution has to do with any of this.
This first paragraph is well off subject (ZEN)... The second attempts to restore focus.
If you were to go back and follow all my links, you too might learn that your scholars were looking at 'written hebrew' and making assumptions that turned out to be much less than accurate (e.g. a name place Bashan is NOT a serpent, viper.)
Idiomatic Yiddish, even when written in the Hebrew alphabet is not biblical.
In the spirit of this blog, me post was SPECIFICALLY about the loss of cognitive equivalents IN BUDDHISM through distortions of dialect, jargon, idioms, slang, and time. It turns out that Jedeo-Xtian scholars are painfully (albeit recently) aware of these common barriers and using this parlance was light support for the underlying problem with BUDDHIST writing.
PAX und LUX,
You don't get it. The fact that Hebrew kept being read by the learned doesn't mean that the language was still used. Like Latin some decades ago, people read it, but almost no one actually used it for normal everyday communication. That's what is meant here. At the time of Herod, and of Rabbi Yehoshua ben Yossef (jesus) no one used Hebrew in Palestine. They only spoke Aramaic. Which doesn't mean no one knew Hebrew. Some knew it. But it wasn't everyday use.
If you guys keep this up I'm thinking that Mysterion will attack you on the astral with the other mysterious Rosicrucian Mail-Order Ph.D.s...just a warning. Do what thou wilt ahahahaa
Mysterion, you spent a lot of effort defending something that you didn't intend.
So if this was all an ironic illustration of the difficulties of intent and translation, then I salute you.
Otherwise, don't act all hurt and wounded when someone calls you out for defending an obvious factual. I hope you didn't do that at your dissertation defense.
Yudo, what?,,the language is used but not used.
i would be careful. marty_o and mysterion are on a warpath. so hey everybody, how bout them Patriots.
Anonymous Yudo said...
"At the time of Herod..."
Caesarea: Ceaserea was built upon a Phoenician port called Strabo's Tower. After King Herod acquired it, Caesarea became the capital of Judaea. (Not Jerusalem? Another myth bites the dust.)
And the biblical account of Stonehenge?
Enough folklore for the tenth month - December.
BTW, RosieCrossers are like a lot of other religions - many could benefit from going on a diet and getting a little more exercise.
Ollie really looks like Spencer Lewis to me!
Have a quiet weekend.
haha there IS a resemblance...:)
Four Zen monks were meditating in a monastery. All of a sudden the prayer flag on the roof started flapping. The younger monk came out of his meditation and said: "Flag is flapping" A more experienced monk said: "Wind is flapping" A third monk who had been there for more than 20 years said: "Mind is flapping." The fourth monk who was the eldest said, visibly annoyed: "Mouths are flapping!"
"Don't become a member of the generation with instant gratification as a psychological need, learn to wait a time with patience."
It's sad to see how you limit yourself. Old people tend to act like that, we know it, we all have parents.
Always good to know, that you know so much about other people. Idolize my mysterion.
"I apologize if that seems like an evasive answer. I had no intention of being evasive but have no other words to apply to point to the point."
No intention? You did disagree with my statement concerning allowing different ways to different people. Evasive, yes. Explain intolerance with self-denial... I regret I was so selfish really caring about what you said.
SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN!!! Or we will banned the comments for a while.
Suzuki Roshi came to my house in Redwood City for meetings for a few months. On one occasion, he left his small emblematic stick. I thought that he might want it before the Sunday meeting in San Francisco, so I stopped by the Temple (then on Bush Street) to leave it.
He was there and when I handed it to him, I asked what the Japanese characters on it meant. "WHATEVER YOU SAY IS NOT THE TRUTH," he replied. Thinking that he had misunderstood me, I repeated the question, with the same result. I thought, silently, how true that is.
Shut up and Sit Down? Isn't it a bit ironic that nobody on this blog, including the author of that book, seem very interested in following that advice? Since Brad chose the title, I'm thinking he might have been giving some pretty good advice to himself (that he just couldn't take, said Alanis).
Also, I can't figure out if Mysterion is a reincarnation of Heidegger or Yeats with all that imponderable, thoroughly obfuscated non-sequituresque obsidian. Maybe we should ask our man The D-Lama... Anybody have any ideas?
"Shut up and Sit Down? Isn't it a bit ironic that nobody on this blog, including the author of that book, seem very interested in following that advice?"
there might be thousands of readers of this blog who just sit and watch the idiots without comment.
wowzers you're "right"! And i guess you and I can't count ourselves among them...
what i meant is that assfaces like yourself deliberately refuse to see others' points. I made a point that the fans and authors of a book called sit down and shut up were interested in anything but, and you studiously ignored my point. instead, you made a retardo-matic comment like a flunked-out community college loser. boy, it's a good thing we're both anonymouses standing up and screaming. Get it now puckerface?
I haven't read any of the comments on this post and I don't have time to right now so I apologize if this has already been mentioned:
Buddhist fashion show! Come on kids, buddhism is cool!
More buddhist punk fashion
Brad, Did you ever think about becoming a fashion designer? Lots of money, lots of hot chicks. You might not think much about fashion, but you dress with high style.
"I made a point that the fans and authors of a book called sit down and shut up were interested in anything but,"
It doesn't mean sit down and shut up 24 hours a day. it means sit down and shut up for 20mins to 45mins twice a day.
and ALSO...Mysterion and I are a little tired of you new kids dressing us down...why don't you dress us up instead! A nice pair of hose for a nice pair of ho's... (!)
Nobody gets it.
Maybe Brad's rants are sped arrows
Held anger released.
i hope nobody thinks that last anonymous is me...that's some weird shit right there. how embarrassing.
I just moved across the border from Ohio to Indiana, put my two weeks notice in at the shitty factory job I had been working at for years, and just finished fall the craziest fall semester I have ever had. I just hope I passed Japanese class, it was the most difficult class I have ever taken.
Everything is changing. And like The Jeffersons, I'ma movin' on up.
Now I'll go check out this interview.
"i hope nobody thinks that last anonymous is me...that's some weird shit right there. how embarrassing."
How could you ever be mistaken for someone else..
That's hilarious, an anonymous poster worrying that he's going to be mistaken for another anonymous poster.
Everything is changing. And like The Jeffersons, I'ma movin' on up.
Glad to hear it. Hope things continue to go well, Keep us informed.
When I was in junior high school I believed I was the reincarnation of Alexander the great. I don't believe that anymore but I might have a tad of his DNA -)
I knew a lot about Alex and could tell you whatever you wanted to know about him (based on my reincarnated memories and the books and movies I saw).
The truth is I don't really know anything about Alex. Most of the subject matter of this thread doesn't interest me but the exchanges between participants and the way people communicate is interesting.
thank you
Thank you Rich. Yes, many people are amazed by the ghostly 'me.' However, I'm not so much the Grand Poobah as I am the Grand Poopbah.
Geez, I spent almost two minutes creating that "sped arrow" haiku.
So glad I killed my ego this past year or I would have been hurt or something.
Anonymous acts
like a ninja wordsmithee
Slaying with verbage.
Oops I did it again.
Just so everybody knows, that wasn't me either...
How about this:
Haiku's are dumb
They don't sound good in English
Get over it, fool.
(with thanks to south park)
as if i would stop


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Month 33: No Problem. I Got It Covered
And indeed she does. I only notice Itty Bitty's pottying habits when she calls upon me to assist with "Messy Poo" wiping, if the fan needs to be turned on because she left a toxic cloud, public toileting, or to clean up an epic mess she can't handle herself. There were two mishaps this month:
Jun 7
Itty Bitty had a gigantic miss today. The thing is she was in the bathroom in the middle of getting on the toilet when the sphincter let go on her! She removed her underwear, got in the tub, and called me. The girl can hold a lot of pee, but at least it was in the bathroom and she remembered not to wade through it like a creek. What can you do except be a little cross about waiting too long, but also be so pleased that she followed a planned protocol all her own! If I hadn't been so tired and on my last nerve, I would have been much less annoyed at clean up! Isolation can do that, because if another adult were around to take it all in with me, I would have been chest puffing and bragging while sopping up mega pee with a smile.
Jun 16
Itty Bitty had a big miss late in the day when we were home. She was on her way to the bathroom but miscalculated the distance to the door because she had to go the long way around since Daddy Man blocked the short way through the garage … again… with his tools in front of the door. We don"t have a back door direct to the backyard. She realized too late that she didn't have the extra 30 seconds and as the dam burst she leaped off the walkway into the flower bed! I have to commend her efforts for trying not to leave a big puddle in a walking path. She look a bit mortified, but I was proud of her just the same for trying to find a solution! I now know to bring out her potty seat so that she doesn't have to trek so far and I don't have to disrupt her brother to follow her because there is no direct site line to the front door (she can open the door herself, we just don't have a fenced yard and I don't like not being able to hear or see her exit or enter the house).
And that is all there is to report on Itty Bitty's potty adventures. She is still dry all night long, waits to go to the bathroom downstairs in the morning unless it is urgent and she uses the potty I have out upstairs for just such an occasion. She takes care of her clothing, wipes her self (unless it is really messy then she asks for help), empties her potty, flushes the toilet, washes and dries her hands. She also empties her brother's potty bowl, cues him when I do, and brings me fresh prefolds if I need them for him.
She is more…energetic and assertive…these days, but I know that's because she doesn't always get all her monkey energy out, misses her needed 3pm nap, or she wants more attention than I give or doesn't want to wait to nurse…so it can spiral into Destructo Girl. I am still working on finding balance in an unbalanced world. I'm working on my volume. Damn if I don't hear my mom's tone of voice flying out of my mouth sometimes! I try not to so hard, but it just slips out like diarrhea of the mouth. Ugh! I'm working on finding my own words to push these negative reflexes out of service.
And…I just made my mammaries leak all over by thinking about nursing. I am not sure whether to be amused or annoyed.
Itty Bitty has had some trouble learning about boundaries. She is very affectionate and is a Space Invader (hahahaha) and doesn't respect personal boundaries. I've had to talk to her daily about giving Mini Moose some breathing room because she wants to kiss him, pat him, hug him, touch him, stroke him, sing to him, and has discovered she can make him laugh. She's having trouble expressing her displeasure over being asked to control her physical contact desires and has begun razzberrying/spitting in response. I'm working on finding words for her to use, but man it sure gets my hackles up! She's only two and a half, I remind myself constantly. Itty Bitty recently encountered aggressive rejections of her overtures of hugs and kisses and pats and hand holding and overall "in your face" behaviors at our first "in house" play date. She got conked in the head by a toy and had her finger bitten. Of course, I'm not happy my Baby Girl got hurt, but at the same time it is an important lesson for her to learn about boundaries, reading body language, and accepting "no thank you" for an answer without crushing her loving spirit. She's a very physical being and she just needs to develop some self-control. The other day she poked me with a plastic piece from the stem of a silk flower (on purpose) and my instinct was to take it and poke her hard with it because it really smarted when she did it…thankfully I stopped myself and she got startled at how fast I yanked it from her fingers and growled. Yep, I growled. It really hurt! She looked really upset and distressed and didn't ask for it back.
Daddy Man barked at her once this month when she deliberately hit his laptop with a stick and scared her out of her skin (big voice he has…it can go right through you). I couldn't see her at the time but I felt the fear and knew the look on her face before the first sound escaped her mouth and I even got to say, "You scared the crap out of her you need to comfort her and apologize." before the most horrid horrified piercing cry escaped her mouth followed by fat tears! They made up immediately and Daddy Man has been very careful about his volume. It's very important to me that when we screw up, that we apologize for being butts. His patience needs some refining when he gets annoyed, and he needs to relieve me more often (or rather at the right time and for a good length of time) so that I can have a chance to refill my big, fast depleting tank–especially when I haven't had a chance to get out of the house (getting out is so important but it doesn't always happen). And for goodness sakes man when you strip when you get home from work, FOLD…YOUR…PANTS! Ahem…sorry…sometimes you got to let out a little nag. Anyway, when I get to recharge I have such an easier time heading off potential toddler troubles and I love seeing the two them interact listening to music, him showing her how they work, her helping him build one, or just when they hang out and play their special games. She loves her Daddy Man and I do too!
Anyway, I think we all have a lot of learning to do!
Visit Brother Blog: Pottytunities for Two
Quotes of the Month:
"No problem. I got it covered. Alright?"
*asking me a question like what my/dad/brother/her name is* "Yes, you're right!"
"The baby crying, feed him!"
"Pss Pss Pss" (to help potty her brother)
"No No. Naughty kitty not for you!"
"I don't want to right now, okay?"
"We will save the day!"
"It's my turn okay?"
"Play me mommy?"
"Listen eesic on your speakers daddy." (she still says eesic for music)
"Pick me up. Be careful I heavy!"
"You love me? I love you to."
I have to do a lot of translating but Itty Bitty can carry on a pretty long conversation.
Posted on June 21, 2012, in Parenting, Potty Training, Toddlers and tagged diaper free, ec, elimination communication, month 33, natural infant hygiene, nih, potty learning. Bookmark the permalink. 1 Comment.


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Back in the car I was able to finish my two easy projects. Both are cowls based on the Gloria cowl, but would be renamed later by their recipient. Here they are in their pre-gifted state:
I must say one of the joys of the cowl is that you really get to see what various fingering/dk yarns look like knitted up in something other than a sock. The result here was pure love, both on the part of the knitter and the recipient, who later redubbed these 'snoods' rather than cowls. This guy has a bit of a flare for the absurd and a gift for language, so I wasn't going to argue. 'Snood' is what happens when you make a scarf that looks like a hood with an extra 'n' thrown in for alitteration.
The Specs:
Pattern: Based on the Gloria Cowl
Yarn: Lucy Neatby Celestial Bluefaced DK in Bottle (the greenish one) and Hand Maiden Casbah Sock (no color given). Both are fabulous, for very different reasons. The former for the interesting, deep color variations within one skein and the latter for its unbelievable softness.
Needles: Size 9 and 8, respectively
Mods: Both have a garter stitch border rather than the seed stitch called for in the pattern. In retrospect I would have made this much longer as there is a bit of the dreaded curling, but it's not that big of a deal, right?


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The family sitcom receives a riotous send-up in these four, long-unseen TV comedy gems from the past.
THE DENNIS DAY SHOW: The Irish tenor and Jack Benny sidekick delighted audiences from 1952 to 1954 with his half-hour NBC variety show co-starring Cliff Arquette as Charley Weaver. In this blarney-filled episode, the singer's granddad encounters a leprechaun (Billy Barty) who makes the entire world sing exactly like Dennis Day!
DADDY-O: TV executives must have panicked when they saw this never-aired 1961 pilot whose sarcastic views of TV sit-coms was decades ahead of its time. Don DeFore plays "reluctant television actor" Ben Cousins, star of a highly-rated TV series whose skirt-chasing producer is addicted to overblown laugh tracks.
LITTLE AMY: It's 1962 suburbia and precocious Amy has convinced herself that accident-prone neighbor Arthur is future marriage material. Alas, the boy is too busy making a fool out of himself on the football field to take much notice, so Amy hatches several disastrous schemes to help him succeed. A young Jack Nicholson appears in a brief cameo as an assistant football coach!
TIME OUT FOR GINGER: She's just an angel in jeans in her terrible teens! That's Virginia "Ginger" Carol (Candy Moore), the feisty, boisterous, unstoppable teenage girl based on Ronald Alexander's hit 1953 Broadway play of the same name. Desperate to find a car for her sister's big date, Ginger considers buying her a new one! Margaret Hamilton joins in the fun as Lizzie the housekeeper.


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Cruise Ship Terminal Map Installation
- Download Cruise Ship Terminal Map
- This will take you to the Media-fire website where you can download the .zip, .rar or .7z file
- On Windows, use keys Windows+R and then typing "%appdata%/.minecraft/saves/" into the command line. (On a Mac, your save files are in: ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/saves/). This will open the saves folder.
- Drag your downloader map (after unzip or unrar) in the zip/rar folderMap into saves folder.
- Close windows and reopen Minecraft.
- Select your map and play.


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Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice received a warm welcome from a receptive audience at TD Ameritrade Institutional's annual conference in San Diego on Thursday morning. Introduced by Kate Healy, the company's managing director of institutional marketing, Rice began by noting the difference between working in the public and private sectors.
"When I left government, I realized I could get up in the morning, read the paper and say, 'Gee, isn't that interesting,'" she said. "It's nice to read the paper and not have to be responsible for what's actually in the paper."
Acknowledging that the world is in a "chaotic" state, she noted three major shocks that occurred in our recent lifetime that still are influencing events.
The first is Sept. 11: for anyone holding a position of authority on that day, she said, every day feels like Sept. 12. The second shock was the 2008-2009 financial crisis. What Sept. 11 was to the country's feelings about physical security, the financial crisis was to its sense of financial security. The last shock is what is happening in the Middle East.
Concentrating on the financial shock, she noted that the European Union has a common monetary policy but not a common fiscal policy.
"It makes it very hard to harmonize the two," Rice explained. "There really isn't any underlying political union either, which can cause tension. A newspaper in Germany recently suggested that Greece sell the Acropolis in order to help pay its debt. Greece said that if Germany wants the Acropolis they should come and get it, which was a not-so-nice reference to Germany's recent past."
Moving on to the so-called BRIC countries, she said she actually calls them the BIC countries, since she believes Russia's economy is really an oil and gas syndicate. "It's a 19th century economy," she said.
"Fully 80% of the economy is oil, gas and minerals," she said. "Vladimir Putin is the head of the syndicate."
She related the story of a dinner she attended with a deputy minister of Russia. She noted she was once on the board of Chevron. Her Russian counterpart asked her if she was still on the board of Chevron, to which she responded, "No, I am secretary of state."
"He was a deputy minister while at the same time he was also a director of Gazprom, so things work a little different over there," she said to laughter from the audience.
She added that Dimitry Medvedev once said Russia should lead the knowledge revolution because he claimed the country had the best mathematicians and engineers.
"I had to hold my tongue but thought to myself, 'Yeah, they are all in Tel Aviv and Palo Alto,'" she said.
India and Brazil have a lot in common, she explained; some good and some bad. Both countries retain the moniker of "potential," which is good. But they also suffer from extreme income inequality. India also resides in a neighborhood that isn't particularly safe, especially with Pakistan on its border.
Turning to China, she noted that the country came through the financial shock very well. The issue is that India and Brazil are large multiethnic democracies, while China is not. China is experiencing one of the greatest social revolutions in history, she said. "They have moved millions of people out of poverty and will move 300 million more out of the villages and into the cities in the next few years; that equates to a new New York City every few months. But, she added, they don't have the political system to accommodate that urban growth.
"They are having a lot of trouble with product safety; remember baby formula and bullet trains that are falling off the tracks," she said. "Their solution was to execute the guy in charge of product safety, so they won't have a lot of people lining up to take his place. Quite frankly, they don't have legal resources in place for recourse. They understand that they need to release some of the pressure, but also are afraid if they do they will lose control. They're afraid of a Gorbachev-type situation," referring to when the Soviet leader allowed some free expression, which then led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
She argued that a country so afraid of the Internet and its own population will not be in position to lead the information revolution.
So if China, Brazil, India, Russia and the European Union do not offer a serious challenge to American leadership, who will, she asked rhetorically.
"The only real competition to the U.S. is a U.S. gone bad," she said to applause from the audience. "It is a U.S. that does not deal with its debt, doesn't deal with its entitlements and one that doesn't realize it is the private sector that drives innovation and growth."
She noted three major periods of innovation in American history. The first was harvesting what came out of the ground. The second was all about how efficient a production line could be. The third is the innovation and creativity the country is now experiencing.
"It doesn't matter where you came from" in this country, she said, "it only matters where you are going. We have to remember that the founder of Google came from Russia to start his company here. But the country also attracts those that want to make $5 an hour instead of 50 cents."
Referencing the rumblings of bipartisan immigration reform, she said "We have to get immigration reform right; if we don't we won't lead."
Referencing the issue of leadership, she said that "today's headlines and the judgment of history are rarely the same. If we focus on the judgment of history long-term rather than short-term headlines, we will be fine."
During the question and answer follow-up session, Kate Healy asked about Rice being the first woman admitted to Augusta Nationa golf club.
"Thank goodness they made me a woman's green jacket," she said. "Augusta is doing a lot to bring kids into the game of golf. I am a big proponent of sports and exercise as a way to engage children."
She was then asked about Iran and North Korea. Calling Iran "the poster child for state-sponsored terrorism," she noted that 70% of Iranians are under the age of 30 and that the current repressive government regime—"It's the ayatollahs who in charge, not Ahmadinejad"—cannot last; "the only question is whether not they will get a nuclear weapon first."
She noted that the average height of a North Korean is 5 inches shorter than a South Korean, due to 50 years of malnutrition. She believes North Korea is a danger that can be contained. However, "Iran is a very reckless country. They have fired on our ships and they have fired on our planes. They could do something in the Gulf that would mess with the markets, but I think a bigger concern from a financial standpoint is Europe, which is still a mess. Europe with no growth will drag everyone else down."
Asked about energy policy, she said she is a big proponent of the U.S. energy platform.
"Oil is something that warps power; just look at Putin and Chávez. Even if we become energy independent, who will be able to avoid problems in the Middle East?"
Turning to her thoughts on the killing of Osama bin Laden, Rice said it was a 10-year, multi-administration effort. "It shows what we can get done if we work together over successive administrations."
She finished by offering advice for Republicans that are looking to re-establish themselves as the majority party. "We can't turn off large constituencies. We can't insult large parts of the population and expect to get elected. Republicans are on the right side of education; we can't continue with bad teachers that we can't fire" and put up with failing schools where there is "no choice for parents of children in low-income areas."
"Education was extremely important when I was growing up." As a child growing up in segregated Alabama, Rice said, she was taught that "we had to be twice as good. We couldn't sit around and say, 'That's not fair.'"


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The Pitch, Hit & Run (PHR) National Finals, which is a baseball and softball skills competition that provides boys and girls, ages seven to 14, the opportunity to showcase their pitching, hitting and running abilities, saw winners in four different age groups.
It did not take long after the final pitch of the 2010 All-Star Game for preparations to begin for the 2011 game, to be played at Chase Field in Phoenix.
This will be remembered as the year Brian McCann helped the National League end the longest drought in the history of Major League Baseball's All-Star Game. But we will remember Anaheim 2010 for so much more than that.
While he didn't stand out quite like he did in 2007, when he took home MVP honors, Ichiro Suzuki made his ninth start as a leadoff hitter in the All-Star Game, which set a new record.
The Yankees' 13-time All-Star, Alex Rodriguez, did not make an appearance in Tuesday's 81st Midsummer Classic, but the stars still shone in Anaheim from beginning to end.
With some help from right fielder Marlon Byrd, Dodgers closer Jonathan Broxton worked around a leadoff single in the top of the ninth Tuesday night at Angel Stadium and earned the save in the National League's 3-1 win, its first since 1996.
Jose Valverde always celebrates his strikeouts a little, save situation or not. He was definitely going to celebrate these -- the three that came in the ninth of Tuesday's All-Star Game.
For the NL pennant winner, Brian McCann's hit means home-field advantage. And the weight of that benefit wasn't lost on any of the Braves' five All-Star representatives afterward.
It was an emotional, roller-coaster day for Commissioner Bud Selig, which began early with a phone call telling him that Yankees owner George Steinbrenner had died and ended with him presenting the All-Star Game MVP trophy -- a glass bat -- to National League catcher Brian McCann.
The Junior Circuit's 13-game undefeated streak in the All-Star Game came to an end on Tuesday, and with it the NL clinched home-field advantage in the World Series for the first time since 2001. And nearly every key player in the win has reason to think that advantage might benefit his own team.
Matt Thornton's first All-Star appearance will put him in a special place in Midsummer Classic history, but one he probably would've rather avoided.
Three Blue Jays migrated to Angel Stadium for the All-Star Game, and while they might have come out on the short end of the 3-1 NL win, all three saw action and said they relished the experience.
Marlins right-hander Josh Johnson was able to participate in the All-Star festivities for the second consecutive year, but he calls this year the best for two reasons.
Brian McCann doubled in all three of the NL's runs in the seventh inning of the 3-1 victory in the 81st All-Star Game and was named the Most Valuable Player.
Fans voted Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina into the All-Star Game, but it was teammate Matt Holliday who came up with the biggest hit by a Redbird in the National League's 3-1 win on Tuesday night.
Winners laugh, it's often said. So it was a jovial Giants trio that reveled in the National League's 3-1 victory over the American League in Tuesday night's All-Star Game.
The clock finally struck midnight for Cinderella. The American League stepped out of its glass slipper Tuesday night and no longer owns the All-Star Game.
A night earlier, David Ortiz was in his element, swinging for the fences and carting home the trophy that crowned him the champion of the State Farm Home Run Derby.
All-Star Game MVP Brian McCann hit a two-out, three-run double in the seventh and the NL withstood an AL rally in the ninth to win its first Midsummer Classic since 1996, 3-1.
Cubs center fielder Marlon Byrd had not played in right field all season, but there he was in the ninth inning, with the 81st All-Star Game on the line. In perfect position to make a bit of history.
It was exactly the type of situation Angels center fielder Torii Hunter dreamed about heading into Tuesday's 81st MLB All-Star Game at Angel Stadium.
The Yankees brought their pinstripes to Angel Stadium for Tuesday's All-Star Game en masse, playing notable roles in the American League's 3-1 loss to the National League.
The National League decided it had suffered in the All-Star Game long enough Tuesday, and the pitchers took it into their own hands to snap a 13-year winless streak in the Midsummer Classic.
The 81st All-Star Game ended with the tying run at home plate for the American League and baseball's active home run leader on the bench.
The Reds had more than one reason to savor the National League's 3-1 triumph over the American League in Tuesday night's All-Star Game.
Los Angeles-born Ryan Braun is already an All-Star veteran, but he had one of those "is this really happening?" moments on Tuesday morning during a parade that carried players through Disneyland.
Ty Wigginton didn't get a hit or make a diving stop in his first All-Star Game, but he left Anaheim with a smile on his face and memories for a lifetime.
A numerical look at the 81st All-Star Game at Angel Stadium on July 13, 2010, won by the National League, 3-1.
Ubaldo Jimenez won a battle with his emotions and delivered two scoreless innings in the National League's 3-1 victory in Tuesday's All-Star Game.
Both Roy Halladay and Ryan Howard felt good to be part of the NL All-Star team that snapped the losing streak against the AL with Tuesday's 3-1 victory in Anaheim. Both were happy to see Charlie Manuel manage the team that did it.
Joakim Soria will have to be content with being the Major League leader in saves. He did not get to demonstrate what got him to the top of the list on Tuesday night in the All-Star Game.
Michael Bourn knew a couple of innings early that he would be entering the 81st All-Star Game in the eighth inning. Still, when you're participating in your first Midsummer Classic there are bound to be plenty of butterflies in your stomach.
The two days of thrills and excitement coming from Paul Konerko's fourth All-Star appearance and Matt Thornton's All-Star debut came to an end Tuesday night via the National League's 3-1 victory at Angel Stadium.
Asked about his assignment in Tuesday night's All-Star Game, holding onto a slender lead in a high-visibility, high-stakes game, Adam Wainwright grinned. He repeated the word "yeah" about three times. He laughed. Wainwright lives for situations like the one he faced on Tuesday.
In his All-Star debut, an elated Matt Capps picked up the victory as the NL defeated the AL, 3-1, at Angel Stadium on Tuesday night. The victory broke the NL's 13-game losing streak as Capps became the first NL pitcher to win since John Smoltz in 1996.
The Rangers are known for their big moments in the All-Star Game. The stage was set for one more on Tuesday night at Angel Stadium.
Now that he's gotten a taste of the All-Star Game experience, D-backs outfielder Chris Young cannot wait for another.
Angel Stadium was a destination point for Padres closer Heath Bell, who grew up in the area and watched Reggie Jackson, Brian Downing and Bob Boone. Bell retired the only batter he faced in Tuesday's 3-1 National League victory in the All-Star Game.
Andrew Bailey came up big for the American League ending the National League's decisive three-run rally in the seventh inning by fanning Brandon Phillips in the All-Star Game on Tueday.
Despite a 3-1 setback to the National League, all four Rays All-Stars left Anaheim with lasting memories.
Twins catcher and top All-Star vote-getter Joe Mauer went 0-for-2 and reached on an error Tuesday in the 81st Midsummer Classic before being pulled at the conclusion of the fifth inning for John Buck.
David Wright's two hits in two at-bats provided most of the NL's offense in the early innings. He reached on an infield single in the second inning to extend his All-Star Game hitting streak to five games.
Major League Baseball fans are starring in another commercial. Remember the "Priceless" spot that was filmed live by MasterCard Worldwide and Stand Up To Cancer during Game 3 of the 2009 World Series at Philadelphia? They did it again after the sixth inning of the 81st All-Star Game at Angel Stadium on Tuesday.
American and National League All-Stars mingling through a crowd of 30 People All-Stars Among Us could be the scene of the All-Star game, along with other events from the pregame festivities.
Players and their families were excited to ride in the parade during Major League Baseball's sixth annual Red Carpet Show.
Unsurprisingly, Torii Hunter drew the loudest screams from the Little Leaguers gathered on the diamond in Santa Ana on Tuesday morning, but they were excited to see all of the All-Stars.
With each home run, the total increased, and the donation to the Anaheim-area Boys and Girls Clubs became even greater, impacting countless youths throughout the region.
David Ortiz took his rebound to the national level on Monday night, winning the State Farm Home Run Derby with a confident display of power that recalled memories of when Big Papi was at his peak in the mid 2000s.
First and second place in the State Farm Home Run Derby were both taken by Dominicans, close friends covering two baseball generations -- veteran David Ortiz and young star Hanley Ramirez.
Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera finished fourth in this year's State Farm Home Run Derby with 12 home runs, but his tape-measure power provided some of the bigger home runs of the competition Monday night at Angel Stadium.
Capping his 32-homer night, David Ortiz launched 11 home runs in the final round of Monday's competition to outslug Florida shortstop Hanley Ramirez and claim the Home Run Derby crown.
Welcome to Angel Stadium and the 2010 All-Star Game, where the gap between the AL and NL appears to be narrowing to a razor's edge. Irresistible force, meet the immovable object.
Jose Valverde has become a star of sorts for his save celebrations. Come Tuesday, he could get a chance to celebrate a save in the All-Star Game.
Matt Holliday hit five home runs in the first round of the 2010 State Farm Home Run Derby on Monday, leaving him two long balls short of advancing to the second round.
Corey Hart finished third in the Home Run Derby on Monday in Anaheim. Hart belted a first-round high of 13, but then hit none in the second round.
If there had to be one person Hanley Ramirez didn't mind falling to in the Home Run Derby on Monday, it was his friend, David Ortiz, who beat the Marlins' All-Star in the finals.
Comedian and lifelong Angels fan Will Ferrell made a promotional appearance for his upcoming film, "The Other Guys," during the 2010 Home Run Derby at Angel Stadium.
Andrew Bailey and Trevor Cahill are glad to be sharing this year's All-Star experience, though their paths could diverge sharply as the game unfolds.
Nick Swisher smacked four homers into the far reaches of right field at Angel Stadium in the Home Run Derby on Monday night -- not enough to advance past the first round, but plenty to leave the Yankees' right fielder feeling good about the experience.
It's not just that Vernon Wells was knocked out of the first round after hitting just two home runs at Angel Stadium on Monday. Wells, battling the late afternoon Southern California sun and shadows, saw just 18 pitches during his time at the plate.
Part of what makes the All-Star Game great are the matchups or pairings you wouldn't see in the regular season. For example: Giants right-handers Tim Lincecum and Brian Wilson pitching out of the bullpen for the National League All-Stars on Tuesday.
Chris Young joked that his line-drive swing was intact after his one-homer performance in the Home Run Derby, but his modest performance did nothing to take away from the experience.
David Price is just one of the youngsters that have burst onto the scene in 2010 with their guns blazing, defining a season graybeards are calling "The Year of the Pitcher."
Troy Tulowitzki will miss Tuesday's All-Star Game with a fractured left wrist. He's mainly going to spend the time talking baseball with the game's greats, but in his heart he'll be on the field.
The Rangers, at least in the past decade, usually don't walk away from an All-Star Game without having a significant impact on events, and they are well-positioned to do so again on Tuesday night at Angel Stadium.
All-Star week is especially sweet for Chris Young, who only a year ago was searching for his confidence with a .196 average during the Midsummer Classic.
Owners of the National League's best record, the Braves saw five of their players earn All-Star selections this year, their most since sending seven to the 2003 Midsummer Classic.
Rockies right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez's historic first half earned him the start for the National League in Tuesday night's All-Star Game at Angel Stadium.
The People All-Stars Among Us, gathered in a ballroom in advance of their coming-out party Tuesday night before Major League Baseball's 81st All-Star Game are everyday heroes who are not out for this kind of publicity and attention.
Roy Halladay, who joined teammate Ryan Howard at the National League All-Star media availability Monday, is excited for the All-Star Game and optimistic for the second half.
As Dodgers manager Joe Torre says, it's an imperfect system. And up until Sunday, two days before the 81st All-Star Game, his players were on the short end.
They might as well call him Mayor Hunter for the next few days. "I'm shaking hands, saying `hi' to everybody, kissing babies," Angels center fielder and clubhouse centerpiece Torii Hunter said, beaming.
Three-fourths of the Cincinnati infield -- Joey Votto, Scott Rolen and Brandon Phillips -- will be fortifying the National League's roster for Tuesday's All-Star Game at Angel Stadium.
With three players in the starting lineup and their closer possibly pitching the ninth inning, the Rays could have a big say in the outcome of Tuesday's All-Star Game.
It seemed that Red Sox third baseman Adrian Beltre was off the American League's All-Star team and Texas' Michael Young was in as a replacement. But not long after, Beltre reclaimed the roster spot that he truly never lost.
As he looked around the ballroom during media day, Astros outfielder Michael Bourn felt like a rookie all over again, and the lack of attention did not bother Bourn, who was selected for his first All-Star Game.
Commissioner Bud Selig answered a variety of questions -- some submitted online, others asked by those among an overflow crowd -- during a his 10th annual Town Hall-type event Tuesday at All-Star FanFest at the Anaheim Convention Center.
Dustin Pedroia's crutches sat on the ground next to him, serving as a reminder of his spectator-only status at this year's All-Star Game. Victor Martinez held court with a bandaged splint still covering the fractured tip of his left thumb.
David Wright and Jose Reyes, the Mets' two representatives on the NL All-Star team, think it would have been nice to have more of their teammates with them in Anaheim.
While the Tigers ended up with three players at this year's Midsummer Classic, including Justin Verlander and Jose Valverde, much of Detroit's focus will be on Miguel Cabrera, who seems to be settling into the All-Star spotlight.
Matt Thornton was an unlikely pick as a setup man in a game for which few get selected to go; Paul Konerko needed an injury to another star to get in despite posting stellar numbers in his own right. But both have defied the odds like their White Sox and are ready to enjoy the All-Star Game.
This is the second straight season the Marlins are represented at the Midsummer Classic by two of the top young talents in the game. Hanley Ramirez and Josh Johnson -- both 26-years-old -- are the faces of the franchise.
Still a hit machine at age 36, Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki is just as excited to play in his 10th straight All-Star Game as he was for his first.
Albert Pujols chartered the jet that carried the five Redbirds west on Sunday. It's the largest cadre of Cardinals All-Stars since the reigning National League champions sent six players to Detroit in 2005.
Marlon Byrd will be representing the Cubs in the 81st annual All-Star Game on Tuesday night in Anaheim in his first appearance in Major League Baseball's Midsummer Classic.
Adrian Gonzalez and Heath Bell, representing the Padres in the All-Star Game for the second straight year, are both hoping they can be part of helping the National League break its losing streak.
Corey Hart was not in the Opening Day lineup and left off the All-Star ballot. Ryan Braun has struggled at the plate. Yovani Gallardo is injured. But all three are All-Stars.
Nationals closer Matt Capps was having brunch with his family and friends Monday when he saw several All-Stars walking in and out of the restaurant. It was at that moment he was thinking about his dad, Mike.
During a news conference on Monday, Phillies manager Charlie Manuel announced his National League starting lineup and starting pitcher for Tuesday's All-Star Game at Angel Stadium.
The Orioles' Ty Wigginton might be the club's lone representative at this year's All-Star Game, but Tigers outfielder Johnny Damon is glad the utility man was selected to his first Midsummer Classic because he "plays the game the right way."
Some people will look at Fausto Carmona's numbers (8-7, 3.64 ERA) and wonder what he's doing in the All-Star Game. But as far as the Indians are concerned, the 26-year-old Carmona has earned this first visit to the Midsummer Classic.
David Price's numbers, combined with his high-octane stuff and maturity, made him the logical candidate to start for the American League in Tuesday night's All-Star Game.
Tuesday's All-Star Game and all the preceding festivities are a celebration, and for the eight Yankees All-Stars -- seven of whom are soaking up the sunshine, with Mariano Rivera out due to injury -- there's no reason not to love a few more days on the West Coast.
Joakim Soria is thrilled to be an American League All-Star for the second time. The only downside is that this time he won't get to sit in the bullpen with the Yankees' Mariano Rivera.
A little more than five hours before Sidney Holland was to throw the first pitch of Monday's State Farm Home Run Derby to Chris Young, the eight participants gathered for a brief, yet jovial, press conference.
Vernon Wells was held back by a right wrist injury that was corrected with offseason surgery, and now he is once again an All-Star, joined by teammates John Buck and Jose Bautista in Anaheim. It is their first All-Star experience and the third for Wells.
Surrounded by the game's best, Evan Meek said it was all beginning to sink in. Still, as Meek spoke to reporters on Monday afternoon, there were plenty of reminders that this was, indeed, a first-time experience.
Bob Sheppard's voice lives on with Derek Jeter at Yankee Stadium. Now it will travel with him to Southern California.
Under the bright lights of the Marriott ballroom on Monday morning, American League manager Joe Girardi and National League skipper Charlie Manuel made their tough calls a matter of record, revealing the starting pitchers and starting lineups for Tuesday's Midsummer Classic.
The Senior Circuit heads into the 81st rendition of the Midsummer Classic with a rather large monkey on its back, one that comes in the form of a seven-game losing streak to the American League, which is actually 12 if you discount 2002's 7-7 tie at Miller Park in Milwaukee.
Even before the 2010 All-Stars got going in their morning news conferences Monday, Joe Mauer was on his game. The cover boy of MLB 10 The Show on Playstation 3 was at the Playstation Patrol Truck at 8 a.m. PT, getting the day's FanFest off to a quick start.
It was perhaps the most difficult assignment that Joe Girardi had on his plate in preparing for Tuesday's All-Star Game, and it happened to be the same task that he tackles each day as the manager of the Yankees.
The All-Star Game returns to Anaheim for the first time in 21 years and the third time in the Angels' 49-year history on Tuesday. But this one is particularly significant to Arte Moreno, who has enjoyed a great run of success since he purchased the team from Disney in 2003.
If we, the Home Run Derby fans, had our way, this haven for home runs would be inhabited by only the creme de la creme of competitors and would have all the drama of Game 7 of the World Series.
As the rosters came together for the 2010 All-Star Game, to be played July 13 in Anaheim, a few more names appeared to be etching their way into being annual fixtures on the game's most prestigious guest list.
Bo Jackson knows about home runs. Especially right here at Angel Stadium, where the State Farm Home Run Derby now takes center stage Monday night amid a fabulous All-Star Week in Anaheim.
Hank Conger, Mike Trout and Luis Jimenez all took full advantage of their time in the Futures Game, combining for four hits, three RBIs and three runs scored Sunday in the 9-1 U.S. triumph.
MC Hammer's American League team beat the National League, 15-11, and former Angels slugger Tim Salmon took MVP honors with two home runs. But that really wasn't the point on Sunday.
Grant Green might have had the biggest cheering section among any of the participants in Sunday's XM All-Star Futures Game. But that only partly explained why the A's prospect enjoyed himself so much.
Padres pitching prospect Simon Castro has made great strides the past two years, and his progress has not gone unnoticed.
Carlos Peguero, the Mariners' outfield prospect and power prodigy, went the distance for the World in Sunday's XM All-Star Futures Game.
Rays prospect Jeremy Hellickson pitched on his biggest stage yet on Sunday when he started for the U.S. Team in the XM All-Star Futures Game at Angel Stadium -- and again he shined.
Both of the Giants' prospects who participated in Sunday's XM All-Star Futures Game distinguished themselves in their brief exposure.
The moment CC Sabathia in Seattle and Jered Weaver and Trevor Cahill in Oakland delivered their first pitches on Sunday, the AL's pitching staff for Tuesday night's Major League All-Star Game at Angel Stadium began to take its final form.
Domonic Brown said he simply felt some tightness coming out of the batter's box on an infield single in Sunday's Futures Game, and that he did not want to push it.
Hank Conger gave Angels fans a sneak preview of his offensive potential with a three-run homer in the fifth inning, turning a Futures Game pitchers' duel into a U.S. runaway for a 9-1 victory Sunday afternoon at Angel Stadium.
Angels prospect Hank Conger captured the XM All-Star Futures Game MVP on Sunday at Angel Stadium.
Willin Rosario was one of two Rockies prospects to appear in the game -- a 9-1 USA victory. Left-handed pitcher Christian Friedrich, pitching for the USA, faced one batter and coaxed a fly ball in the ninth inning.
In lieu of injured rookie Jayson Heyward being one of the youngest to play in an All-Star Game, Dodgers pitcher Hong-Chih Kuo will carry a different distinction to Anaheim: the first Taiwanese All-Star.
Pat Corrales, a senior assistant in player development for the Nationals, made a bold statement. He said shortstop Danny Espinosa is the best all-around prospect in the organization.
After Brett Lawrie emerged from an early season slump in his first season at Double-A Huntsville (Southern League), a second trip to the Futures Game was, in a sense, a reward for responding to some adversity.
Mike Moustakas and Eric Hosmer in the same lineup. It's something that Kansas City Royals' fans hope to see in the near future at Kauffman Stadium.
As he donned a black and gold hat and took the mound at Angel Stadium in Sunday's XM Futures Game, Bryan Morris did so as arguably the Pirates' most promising pitching prospect.
After missing the entire second half of last season with soreness in his pitching elbow, Reds Minor League reliever Philippe Valiquette has come back strong, with a performance that landed him on the World Team for the XM Futures Game held Sunday at Angel Stadium.
Reds prospect Yonder Alonso doesn't look at who is blocking him on the big league depth chart anymore. It seems he has finally found the perfect position: diplomat.
Tanner Scheppers, who pitched in Sunday's 2010 XM All-Star Futures Game at Angel Stadium for the U.S., knows there is a possibility he could be next pitcher with relatively little Minor League experience to debut with the Rangers this season.
Austin Romine, who played in Sunday's Futures Game, knows he sits second in line among Yankees Minor League catchers, but he tries to keep his focus on the field.
Sixteen starts into his professional career, Shelby Miller has already packed several seasons' worth of high-profile experience.
Don Baylor, now the Rockies' hitting coach, accomplished a career first on Sunday, when he handed in the lineup card as manager of Team USA at the XM All-Star Futures Game.
The All-Star FanFest kicked off Friday with a record total of 24,917 tickets sold. It's sure to get even better on Monday and Tuesday with several Hall of Famers and current big leaguers scheduled to make appearances.
Sunday's All-Star Game Charity 5K & Fun Run near Angel Stadium raised over $200,000, as more than 9,000 runners joined together to fight cancer.
Of the eight sluggers participating in Monday's home run derby, six of them will be bringing along a hand-picked hurler for the event, including Matt Holliday, who'll try to take his brother deep.
It's no secret that the 81st All-Star Game on Tuesday will feature some of the best talent in the Majors. But it will also feature a star-studded cast of musicians and entertainers on hand to help cap the festivities.
Billy Wagner was appreciative Saturday night, when he received an invitation to compete in this year's All-Star Game. But the Braves' closer has decided he'd rather spend the next couple of days resting his sore right ankle.
Despite being a scratch for Tuesday's All-Star Game, Jose Reyes still plans to make the trip to Anaheim. Reyes, who missed the 2006 All-Star Game with an injury, expressed his desire to savor the unique experience with his family.
Despite coming up short in the Final Vote contest, White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko is still going to be on the American League All-Star team it was announced on Saturday.
Dodgers shortstop Rafael Furcal was named on Saturday to the National League All-Star team as a replacement for injured Mets shortstop Jose Reyes.
Chris Young's All-Star experience just became a little more exciting, as the outfielder has been tabbed to participate in the State Farm Home Run Derby on Monday night at Angel Stadium.
Major League Baseball and the Angels teamed with Starlight Children's Foundation to donate a "Starlight Fun Center" to the Children's Hospital of Orange County on Saturday.
The field for the State Farm Home Run Derby is set, with the D-backs' Chris Young and the Yankees' Nick Swisher accepting the final two spots for their respective leagues.
The XM All-Star Futures Game is set to take place Sunday afternoon, and it's a staple in the weekend, a known quanitity, something every player in the Minor Leagues is familiar with and strives to participate in.
After reaggravating his strained right oblique and leaving Saturday's game against the Braves at Citi Field, Mets shortstop Jose Reyes will miss Tuesday's Midsummer Classic in Anaheim.
Twins first baseman Justin Morneau will not be taking part in this year's All-Star Game due to lingering concussion symptoms.
Nick Swisher couldn't believe what he was hearing. When Major League Baseball invited him to participate in the State Farm Home Run Derby, the Yankees slugger couldn't say no.
The State Farm Home Run Derby will introduce some new sluggers to the masses on Monday, when five players take part in the annual exhibition for the first time.
Major League Baseball, the Angels, Rebuilding Together and Bank of America celebrated the grand opening of the rehabilitated facilities of non-profit organization Mary's Kitchen on Saturday, as part of the festivities of MLB All-Star Week.
The 2010 Major League Baseball Jr. RBI Classic officially kicked off Friday night with a skills session and opening ceremony at Chapman University.
About 30 young children with special needs played a one-inning game in the outfield at Angel Stadium on Friday, hearing their names called and receiving cheers from the crowd as they rounded the bases.
Swinging for the fences won't mess up Hanley Ramirez.
Justin Morneau's headache still had not gone away by Friday afternoon and the first baseman is now questionable for not only the rest of the Twins' series against the Tigers this weekend, but also for next week's All-Star Game due to his lingering concussion symptoms.
After a long recovery from a hamstring tear and a thyroid condition, Jose Reyes was named to his third All-Star team, a testament to not only his stats this season but all he's overcome.
Of the nearly 500 players who have played in the Futures Game, over 80 percent of them have gone on to reach the Major Leagues, including 73 that have become big league All-Stars.
Each year, Futures Game players wow fans with their bats, their speed, their gloves and their arms. This year will be no different, with many young players sure to thrill with their on-field exploits.
The 2010 Major League Baseball All-Star Week officially is arriving in Anaheim on Friday with the start of MLB All-Star FanFest at the Anaheim Convention Center.
While any hopes for a Triple Crown season were dashed by a finger injury, Andre Ethier's 2010 campaign is a success nonetheless, as he'll start in his first All-Star Game on Tuesday.
When the final out is recorded on July 13 at Angel Stadium, the American League All-Stars will be shaking hands and slapping backs in the middle of the infield.
Yankees outfielder Nick Swisher and Reds first baseman Joey Votto were chosen by fans on Thursday for the final two roster spots in Tuesday's All-Star Game.
Though 2010 has garnered acclaim as the "Year of the Pitcher," it's more accurately the year of a few particular pitchers. More specifically, it's the year of a few particular pitchers in the NL.
On Thursday, Major League Baseball announced that Hanley Ramirez has committed to participating in the 2010 State Farm Home Run Derby on Monday, July 12, at Angel Stadium in Anaheim.
Hall of Famer and All-Star FanFest spokesman Rod Carew hosted children from the local Boys & Girls Club on Thursday for a special sneak peek at Major League Baseball's All-Star FanFest at the Anaheim Convention Center.
Major League Baseball's 81st All-Star Game will be played on Tuesday night at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, and now at last it is time to find out who you chose as the 34th and final players on the American and National League rosters.
MLB, the host Angels and the Angels Baseball Foundation will host a series of community events leading up to the 81st Midsummer Classic, and will donate about $5 million from Gatorade Workout Day ticket sales to local and national charities.
As the countdown continues to the 81st All-Star Game, daydreams of anticipation grip the 68 players and field staffs chosen to represent the American and National Leagues in Major League Baseball's annual midsummer blowout.
Robinson Cano might always wonder how he would have performed in the State Farm Home Run Derby, but the Yankees slugger has accepted the reasoning that he drop out of Monday's competition.
Rays closer Rafael Soriano was named to the American League All-Star team on Wednesday as a replacement for Yankees closer Mariano Rivera, who had to withdraw from the Midsummer Classic so he can rest his ailing left side and right knee.
In a conference call, MLB analysts Aaron Boone and Bobby Valentine along with ESPN vice president of programming and acquisitions, Mike Ryan spoke about the Home-Run Derby, the Padres' unexpected first half and of course, Stephen Strasburg.
An anti-counterfeiting task force will crack down on the production and sale of counterfeit merchandise and tickets during the 2010 MLB All-Star Week in Anaheim.
The first five sluggers are ready to swing in the State Farm Home Run Derby. Miguel Cabrera, David Ortiz and Vernon Wells will represent the AL, and Corey Hart and Matt Holliday will compete for the NL.
For the first time in team history, the Rays had two players elected by the fans to the All-Star Game -- Carl Crawford and Evan Longoria. In addition, David Price was selected through the players vote.
Billy Wagner pitched for Phillies manager Charlie Manuel before and the two are longtime friends, but the Braves closer needs help in the Final Vote to become the 34th player on the National League All-Star roster.
Once viewed as a Los Angeles bedroom community with no central identity or focal point, Orange County's diverse towns have rallied around the Angels as a form of civic pride.
Nick Swisher regained his lead over Kevin Youkilis on Wednesday, setting the stage for a frantic final day of online fan balloting in the 2010 All-Star Game Final Vote Sponsored by Sprint.
It was hard to hide the smile on Delmon Young's face Tuesday as he watched one of his teammates walk by in the visitor's clubhouse at Rogers Centre wearing a t-shirt with the slogan "Drive in Delmon Young" sprawled across the front.
Robinson Cano is among six Major Leaguers who have committed to participating in the 2010 State Farm Home Run Derby, Major League Baseball announced on Tuesday.
Yankees closer Mariano Rivera has removed himself from the All-Star Game, citing injuries to his left side and his right knee.
The sixth annual MLB All-Star Red Carpet Show presented by Chevy will give fans the opportunity to see their favorite All-Stars, plus a couple of Hall of Famers, up close on the streets of Anaheim.
Matt Holliday might not seem like the most obvious choice to participate in the State Farm Home Run Derby, unless you've ever seen him take batting practice.
After a 2009 season in which he hit only 15 home runs with 66 RBIs, Blue Jays outfielder Vernon Wells was not only named to this year's American League All-Star team, but he will now also represent the AL in the State Farm Home Run Derby.
Miguel Cabrera wasn't exactly calling his shot on Tuesday when he confirmed his spot in next week's State Farm Home Run Derby, but he made it clear that he isn't just doing his part for All-Star festivities.
Red Sox slugger David Ortiz always swings for the fences, so it won't be much of an adjustment for him to participate in Monday night's State Farm Home Run Derby.
Corey Hart has tabbed Sandy Guerrero, the hitting coach at the Brewers' Triple-A Nashville affiliate, to serve as his pitcher in Monday's Home Run Derby.
Twins first baseman Justin Morneau will not participate in this year's Home Run Derby.
Team marketing departments have decorated their websites, created T-shirts, started creative ad campaigns, planned giveaways, put together videos and even made alliances for the Final Vote.
The Brewers placed right-hander Yovani Gallardo on the 15-day disabled list with a left rib-cage strain and officially removed him from eligibility to participate in next week's All-Star Game.
Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis caught and passed right fielder Nick Swisher of the rival Yankees for the AL lead, while Joey Votto of the Reds maintained his NL edge.
With the 81st All-Star Game just a week away, the Angels are excited about hosting the event for the first time in 21 years.
The first All-Star experience of Clay Buchholz's career will be purely as a spectator. The righty will now officially be replaced on the American League squad, as the Red Sox placed the 10-game winner on the 15-day disabled list Mondaywith a left hamstring strain.
Yankees right fielder Nick Swisher and Reds first baseman Joey Votto are your early leaders after more than 10 million votes were registered in the opening 24 hours of the 2010 All-Star Game Final Vote.
Andy Pettitte walked out of Yankee Stadium on Sunday expecting that he'd at some point be named an All-Star. As he climbed a mound for his scheduled bullpen session a coast away the next afternoon, he knew for sure.
Rangers sluggers Josh Hamilton and Vladimir Guerrero both reiterated on Monday that they will not participate in this year's Home Run Derby. Guerrero won the 2007 Derby in 2007 and Hamilton was the star of the 2008 affair.
Red Sox slugger David Ortiz said before Monday night's game against the Rays that he will participate in the State Farm Home Run Derby on July 12 at Angel Stadium if he's asked.
Home runs are a big part of why Jose Bautista found his way onto the American League All-Star team, which was revealed on Sunday. His power showing currently has him atop Major League Baseball's home run leaderboard, leaving just one question for Bautista to answer: Would he be willing to slug it out in the State Farm Home Run Derby?
Brewers ace Yovani Gallardo will not pitch in the All-Star Game next week in Anaheim, manager Ken Macha said Monday.
If this truly is the last season of Billy Wagner's stellar career, his final opportunity to gain an All-Star selection now rests in the hands of the fans.
After a scintillating All-Star Selection Sunday, baseball fans are gearing up for the 2010 Final Vote, eager for their chance to punch two more tickets to Angel Stadium for the Midsummer Classic.
The Angels, host team for the 2010 Major League All-Star Game at Angel Stadium on July 13, will be represented by center fielder Torii Hunter in a reserve role on the American League squad.
The 2010 All-Star Game MLB.com Final Vote Sponsored by Sprint is underway, lasting until 4 p.m. ET on Thursday, and this one is set up as a real playoff-picture passion contest.
If you are a Major League Baseball player who needs a little extra boost from some of your friends -- and occasional enemies -- to be selected for the 81st All-Star Game on July 13 at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, it's all about the Player Ballot.
Matt Thornton is no longer simply a talented left-handed specialist working out of the deep White Sox bullpen. The hard-throwing southpaw has been anointed as an All-Star.
Rangers third baseman Michael Young has been named one of the five Final Vote candidates for the 2010 All-Star Game, which fans can vote for either online or on their cellphone.
Padres first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, who swings one of the most prodigious bats in the NL, is headed to his third consecutive All-Star Game.
Heath Bell has saved 23 games this season for the surprising Padres and finds himself a candidate to return to the All-Star Game by way of the Final Vote.
Joe Girardi will have familiar faces in the home dugout at Angel Stadium on July 13, and the American League manager should have confidence in his middle infielders, as Robinson Cano and Derek Jeter have been voted into the starting lineup.
Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman has a chance to make his second All-Star appearance, as he was named one of the finalists in the 2009 All-Star Game Sprint Final Vote on Sunday.
The State Farm Home Run Derby is one of sports' great opening acts, and the climax of next Monday's All-Star Workout Day activities will be suitably star-studded.
Nick Swisher has been selected as one of the five 2010 American League Final Vote candidates, needing one more push from the public to help him make his first All-Star roster.
Add the phrase All-Star to Matt Capps' resume. For the first time his in career, Capps is heading to the Midsummer Classic, as he was named to the National League squad on Sunday afternoon.
Joe Mauer, who was named the starting catcher for the American League on Sunday, was the leading overall vote-getter in Major League Baseball for the first time in his career, receiving 5,372,606 votes.
The Blue Jays will have a trio of players at Angel Stadium in Anaheim for this year's All-Star Game. Outfielders Vernon Wells and Jose Bautista, along with catcher John Buck, will represent Toronto on the American League's elite squad as reserves.
Justin Morneau will be a first-time starter for the American League at this year's All-Star Game on July 13 at Angel Stadium in Anaheim and his teammate, Joe Mauer, will start behind the plate.
The Tigers missed out on an All-Star starter, but they didn't miss out on All-Star firepower. While first baseman Miguel Cabrera earned his first All-Star selection as a member of the Tigers, Jose Valverde became the first Detroit closer to make the Midsummer Classic in 10 years.
Joining starters Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina, pitchers Adam Wainwright and Chris Carpenter and outfielder Matt Holliday will represent the Cardinals at the All-Star Game.
Delmon Young may be considered by some of his teammates to be a star, but to earn his first trip to the July 13 All-Star Game at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, he will need the help of the fans, as he's one of five American League Final Vote candidates.
Brewers slugger Corey Hart says he'll be swinging for the fences in the State Farm Home Run Derby.
The 66 All-Stars revealed on Sunday included 27 first-time selections divided nearly equally between the NL (15) and the AL.
Joakim Soria, the Royals' premier closer, on Sunday was named the team's only representative on the American League team for the July 13 Midsummer Classic at Anaheim, his second All-Star selection.
To get through the first 81 games of the season tied for the Major League lead in wins, the Red Sox needed contributions from a lot of different players. Six of them were recognized as American League All-Stars on Sunday.
While Kevin Youkilis was not selected as a starter or a reserve during Sunday's All-Star selection, he is one of five American League candidates for the Final Vote.
Ryan Braun has been voted an All-Star Game starter for the third consecutive season, while Brewers pitcher Yovani Gallardo and outfielder Corey Hart were also selected to the NL team.
Reds first baseman Joey Votto was named as one of five players that can make the National League All-Star squad via the 2010 All-Star Final Vote.
This is by no means an exhaustive list, but here are six players in each league who undoubtedly were at least statistically deserving of All-Star berths for the 2010 game.
Ty Wigginton is headed to his first All-Star Game. Wigginton was selected as a reserve, and will be the lone O's representative at the 2010 All-Star Game in Anaheim. It marks the fifth straight year Baltimore has had just one player selected.
Twins catcher Joe Mauer, the leading vote-getter overall, and Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols, who claimed the top spot in the National League, are among the All-Star starters.
Online voting has dramatically changed the balloting for the All-Star Game, and in this case the term "changed" basically means "improved."
One of the best starts to a season in recent baseball history was rewarded Sunday when right-handed pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez was named to the National League squad for the 81st All-Star Game. Shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, hitting .306 with nine home runs and 36 RBIs before suffering a fractured left wrist, was also picked.
Trevor Cahill's name wasn't even on the A's Opening Day roster. Rather, he was on the disabled list, where he spent a couple of weeks nursing a stress reaction near his left scapula. Now, less than four months later, he's on the All-Star roster.
Pirates right-hander Evan Meek has been among the best relief pitchers in the Major Leagues this season, and on Sunday he was rewarded with a spot on the NL All-Star roster.
Ichiro Suzuki extended another one of his streaks on Sunday and left-hander Cliff Lee was rewarded for his impeccable control and finish-what-you-start mentality.
Injured second baseman Chase Utley was voted in as a starter for the fifth straight year, and he'll be joined on the NL All-Star team by ace Roy Halladay and first baseman Ryan Howard.
Jason Heyward, Martin Prado, Omar Infante, Tim Hudson and Brian McCann have all been elected or selected to represent the Braves at this year's All-Star Game, which will be held July 13 at Angel Stadium.
In July 2009, Chris Young was nearing the low point of his Major League career. One year later, the D-backs' outfielder is an All-Star, selected on Sunday as a reserve on the NL team.
Hanley Ramirez is the people's choice to represent the Marlins as the National League starting shortstop at the All-Star Game. Josh Johnson, meanwhile, was picked by his peers.
Tim Lincecum and Brian Wilson were named Sunday to the National League's pitching staff for the July 13 All-Star Game at Anaheim.
There is still a chance that Jason Heyward will be able to take advantage of the opportunity to be in the National League's starting lineup for the July 13 All-Star Game at Angel Stadium.
Speedy Astros center fielder Michael Bourn was named to his first All-Star team on Sunday.
After a late surge over the final two weeks of online voting, David Wright was named the starting third baseman for the National League All-Star team. He will join Jose Reyes, the Mets' other representative on the NL squad.
Dodgers outfielder Andre Ethier will start for and closer Jonathan Broxton was named to the National League squad for the 2010 MLB All-Star Game, to be played July 13 in Anaheim.
Third baseman Scott Rolen, second baseman Brandon Phillips and lefty reliever Arthur Rhodes were selected as reserves to the National League All-Star squad.
Cubs center fielder Marlon Byrd was named to his first All-Star team on Sunday, selected in the balloting by the National League players, managers and coaches.
Fans are voting online at a frenzied pace ahead of the 11:59 p.m. ET deadline for the 2010 All-Star Game MLB.com Ballot sponsored by Sprint. Here is a look at the races going down to the wire.


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ICD-10 Diagnosis Code M87.343
Other secondary osteonecrosis, unspecified hand
Diagnosis Code M87.343
Short Description: Other secondary osteonecrosis, unspecified hand
Long Description: Other secondary osteonecrosis, unspecified hand
This is the 2018 version of the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code M87.343
Valid for Submission
The code M87.343 is valid for submission for HIPAA-covered transactions.
Code Classification
Information for Medical Professionals
Information for Patients
Also called: Aseptic necrosis, Avascular necrosis, Ischemic necrosis
Osteonecrosis is a disease caused by reduced blood flow to bones in the joints. In people with healthy bones, new bone is always replacing old bone. In osteonecrosis, the lack of blood causes the bone to break down faster than the body can make enough new bone. The bone starts to die and may break down.
You can have osteonecrosis in one or several bones. It is most common in the upper leg. Other common sites are your upper arm and your knees, shoulders and ankles. The disease can affect men and women of any age, but it usually strikes in your thirties, forties or fifties.
At first, you might not have any symptoms. As the disease gets worse, you will probably have joint pain that becomes more severe. You may not be able to bend or move the affected joint very well.
No one is sure what causes the disease. Risk factors include
- Long-term steroid treatment
- Alcohol abuse
- Joint injuries
- Having certain diseases, including arthritis and cancer
Doctors use imaging tests and other tests to diagnose osteonecrosis. Treatments include medicines, using crutches, limiting activities that put weight on the affected joints, electrical stimulation and surgery.
NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
- Osteonecrosis (Medical Encyclopedia)
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ICD-10 Footnotes
General Equivalence Map Definitions
The ICD-10 and ICD-9 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
- Approximate Flag - The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
- No Map Flag - The no map flag indicates that a code in the source system is not linked to any code in the target system.
- Combination Flag - The combination flag indicates that more than one code in the target system is required to satisfy the full equivalent meaning of a code in the source system.
Present on Admission
The Present on Admission (POA) indicator is used for diagnosis codes included in claims involving inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals. POA indicators must be reported to CMS on each claim to facilitate the grouping of diagnoses codes into the proper Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG). CMS publishes a listing of specific diagnosis codes that are exempt from the POA reporting requirement.


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Right Proper, the forthcoming Shaw brewpub run by brewer Nathan Zeender, Rocklands founder John Snedden and former Brasserie Beck general manager/beer director Thor Cheston, officially applied for its liquor license on Friday.
"Things are moving ahead smoothly, surprisingly," Cheston says. "We expect our building permits to come in in a few weeks. We're on schedule to open in October."
The brewpub, which will be located at 624 T St. NW,
S St. NW, has an official capacity of 115. The owners told the Food section's Daniel Fromson Right Proper will specialize in Belgian-inspired farmhouse ales and aged sour beers.
This is a busy year for D.C. brewpubs. Gordon Biersch opened at the Navy Yard on April 1, and Bluejacket, from the team behind ChurchKey, plans to open in the same neighborhood in late summer. The onetime Arlington staple Bardo is plotting a comeback on Bladensburg Rd. NE, a few blocks north of H Street.
All this activity flies in the face of recent history. Between 2001 and 2012, Washington lost three of its five brewpubs: John Harvard's and the Capitol City Brewing Company at Union Station closed, and the Cap City location at 11th and H Street NW got rid of all its brewing equipment. (Its beer is now produced at the Capitol City Brewing Company in Shirlington.)


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