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From modest hunting lodge to sprawling, three-winged palace. Few European regents were able to realise their absolutist dreams in as literal and grandiose a way as the rulers of Ludwigsburg.
In the 18th century the Palace of Versailles was the ideal to which every European ruler aspired. Duke Eberhard Ludwig had his modest hunting lodge converted into a palace from 1704. Between 1724 and 1733 it received the ultimate mark of prestige in the form of a fourth wing. This made it the largest baroque palace in Germany and one of the biggest anywhere in Europe. Inside the palace, suites of luxurious banqueting halls and apartments faithfully reflect the styles of three different periods. Dating from the baroque period are the toilet chamber, the staircase, the exquisite palace church and the games and hunting pavilion with its magnificent stucco marble. The young Duke Carl Eugen later changed the interior to suit his own taste, as the heavy ostentation of the Eberhard Ludwig era gave way to a lighter rococo style. Several rooms at Ludwigsburg Palace were then modernised in the linear classical and French Empire style by Friedrich I, the first King of Württemberg. Parts of the original baroque gardens were transformed into an English landscaped garden – the combination of strict symmetry and lavish floral planting is still very striking today. In a slightly raised position on the edge of the gardens is the 'Favorite' hunting lodge. This beautiful building is idyllically located amid 72 hectares of parkland and former hunting grounds – ideal for a leisurely stroll. Nearby attractions: The German Half-Timbered Houses Route runs for an incredible 2,000 kilometres throughout Germany offering a wealth of medieval charm. Pretty little towns steeped in history set the scene for captivating strolls down narrow, winding lanes. The Württemberg Wine Route has much to offer in the way of scenery, with miles and miles of walks through vineyards and glorious countryside. Close by is the medieval town of Marbach, the birthplace of Friedrich Schiller, which has a permanent exhibition displaying documents, portraits, everyday objects and personal effects belonging to Schiller and his family.
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As LPL Financial prepares to announce fourth-quarter 2012 earnings Wednesday, the country's largest independent broker-dealer is grappling with the consequences of its success—including rapid growth, operational complexities and hiring decisions that favor technology and research.
"LPL is on a journey. We've been the leader in the IBD space, but being the leader in 1995 was a very different experience from what it is now in 2013," Robert Moore (left), LPL's president and chief operating officer, told a crowd of about 200 affiliated advisors at the firm's alternative investments symposium in New York on Thursday.
Moore said a new level of competition and complexity requires LPL Financial (LPLA) to help registered reps and financial advisors understand issues such as:
- What regulation is coming out of Washington
- How to use alternative investments in client portfolios
- Where changes will occur on LPL's platform
- Why advisors need to embrace social media and branding
LPL currently numbers 14,000 affiliates, and while Moore said there are no restraints on how many more can join, he also spent some time assuring attendees at the alts symposium that LPL "will not sacrifice" the values it has built over time.
Plans for 150 New Hires
Moore fielded questions during his Q&A that involved frustrations over increased regulatory paperwork, conflicting opinions from compliance officers and operational delays. He acknowledged that LPL is looking to hire new talent in those areas as well as finding ways to "do a better job of harnessing content."
In a separate interview after his presentation, Moore said LPL plans to hire 150 new staff members, within "thematic areas where we're hiring human capital." He pointed to LPL's December hiring of ex-Dell executive Victor Fetter as its chief information officer. In addition to serving as CIO, Fetter will be managing director of the company's business technology services unit—called Tech Town East, in Charlotte, N.C.—and serve on LPL's Executive Management Committee.
Sixty positions are now open in Charlotte for tech talent, while 90 positions are available in areas such as research, digital marketing and human resources.
Moore's comments at the symposium conflict with an Investment News story, also reported on Thursday, that LPL plans job cuts in the second half of 2013, with a focus on outsourcing back-office ops performed by employees who don't deal directly with reps and advisors. "It is unclear how many of the company's 2,900 employees face losing their jobs," the story reported, citing a letter to reps earlier in January from LPL CEO Mark Casady.
Company spokeswoman Betsy Weinberger responded by saying that LPL's position of industry leadership and serving advisors "requires that we continually refine our own business practices."
Smaller IBDs Wilt Under LPL Shadow
As LPL grapples with growth, the larger IBD community is reeling from a report that Cerulli Associates discussed Tuesday at the FSI One Voice Conference. Cerulli reported that while IBDs such as LPL and Raymond James have the base of scale and can make the necessary investments in packaged platforms to keep advisors at their firms, smaller broker-dealers are getting crushed.
"From a general market stance, we are seeing IBDs lose headcount and market share to dually registered reps and RIAs," said Tyler Cloherty, Cerulli's associate director, in San Diego on Tuesday.
However, LPL officials on Thursday were quick to point to Cogent Research's October report, "Advisor Channel Migration Trends, 2012," which finds that LPL along with Raymond James "earn the highest consideration overall and are well liked by both advisors currently working for the firms, as well as current prospective advisors."
The Cogent survey of about 380 advisors likely to move to a new firm in the next two years found that 43% of potential breakaway advisors gave LPL their highest consideration as the firm of choice for wirehouse advisors currently dissatisfied with their existing firms.
Yet LPL is selective in choosing among breakaway candidates.
"Growth for growth's sake is not an aspiration of ours," Moore said Thursday. "In any given year for every two advisors who wish to join, only one is asked to join."
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This week in new hires, Tom Nides rejoined Morgan Stanley; Rob Brown went to United Capital; and Vanguard announced several investment management changes.
Also, Arthur Aybar joined Cetera Advisors, and Matthew Schreiber became president of WBI Investments.
Tom Nides Rejoins Morgan Stanley as Vice Chairman
Morgan Stanley announced Tuesday that Thomas Nides, former deputy secretary of state and former chief operating officer of Morgan Stanley, will rejoin the firm as vice chairman. In his new role, he will have a broad mandate focusing on global clients and other key constituencies around the world. He will also work with senior management on issues related to external and government affairs. He will be a member of the operating and management committees and will report directly to James Gorman, chairman and CEO.
Before joining Morgan Stanley, Nides served as worldwide president and CEO of Burson-Marsteller and as chief administration officer of Credit Suisse First Boston, the investment banking division of Zurich-based Credit Suisse Group. He began his career on Capitol Hill as assistant to the majority whip of the House and executive assistant to the speaker. He later served as a senior vice president of Fannie Mae and as chief of staff to the U.S. trade representative.
United Capital Names Rob Brown Chief Investment Strategist
United Capital Financial Advisers announced Friday that Rob Brown had joined the firm as senior vice president and chief investment strategist.
Brown brings with him more than 25 years of experience in portfolio management for large foundations, endowments, pensions and ultrahigh-net-worth investors. His past roles have touched on various facets of the financial industry. They include executive-level positions at Genworth Financial, SEI and Envestnet; director at the CFA Institute; and chief investment officer of the Arizona Public Safety Personnel Retirement System.
Vanguard Announces Key Investment Management Appointments
Vanguard announced five key investment management appointments on Friday. Separately, Vanguard announced new portfolio management assignments involving 15 equity funds, 11 fixed-income funds, two balanced funds and the Vanguard Target Retirement Fund series. The changes were effective Friday with the filing of prospectus amendments that detail the leadership and portfolio manager assignments.
Joseph Brennan, who served in Australia as Asia Pacific CIO since 2009, will return to the U.S. to lead the equity index group. Brennan, whose move was announced in Australia in November, will oversee those responsible for more than 80 U.S. and international equity index funds and ETFs. Prior to his Australian post, the 12-year Vanguard veteran managed the portfolio review department, which selects investment advisory firms, monitors funds, and develops new products.
Gregory Davis, head of the bond index group since 2007, will assume the Asia Pacific CIO role, as also announced in November. He will head the Vanguard Australia team that manages equity and fixed-income portfolios available to Australian and Asian investors.
Josh Barrickman, a 14-year Vanguard veteran with more than 10 years of experience in bond indexing portfolio management and trading, has assumed leadership of the bond index group. He previously managed bond index funds with aggregate assets of $90 billion and led the bond ETF management process since the 2007 inception of fixed income ETF shares. Barrickman has been named a manager or co-manager on 13 funds.
John Ameriks will oversee the active equity group within the equity investment group. He joined the investment counseling and research group (IC&R) in 2003, assumed leadership of the group in 2008 and has been closely involved in the structure and implementation of several active and index investment products and strategies.
Catherine Gordon, a veteran investment professional who created IC&R in 2001, will resume leadership of this group, as well as help to lead initiatives on advice methodology and focus on institutional investment thought leadership. She previously directed the firm's institutional advisory services group, which provides portfolio management and advisory services to defined benefit plans, endowments and foundations. Gordon, who joined Vanguard in 1994, also spent several years with the portfolio review department.
Aybar Joins New Business Development Team at Cetera Advisors
Cetera Advisors, formerly known as Multi-Financial, recently announced the addition of Arthur Aybar to its new business development team. Based in Boynton Beach, Fla., he will serve the east region, focusing his efforts on branch office development and attracting new advisors.
Aybar, whose financial services experience spans 17 years and a variety of roles, began his career as a financial advisor and equities trader before moving into business development roles with Cambridge Investment Research and Sterne Agee Financial. Most recently, he ran his own recruiting firm, BD Navigation.
WBI Investments Promotes Matthew Schreiber to President
Little Silver, N.J.-based WBI Investments, Inc. has announced the promotion of Matthew Schreiber to president. He will oversee the firm's operations, marketing, sales, and new product development.
Schreiber is a principal and owner and serves as a senior member of the investment committee. He joined the firm in 2005 and served as vice president of business development and as an advisory member of the investment committee from 2007 to 2012.
Read the Feb. 20 New Hire Roundup at AdvisorOne.com.


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Broiled salmon with cherry sauce
Makes 4 servings. This recipe assures that sometimes less is indeed more. Although this simple dish calls for just a few ingredients, it always makes a big hit with guests. As the fish cooks, I like to prepare buttered couscous and haricots verts to serve as accompaniments.
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4 (6-ounce) salmon fillets
Olive oil for brushing
Salt and pepper to taste
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½ cup fresh orange juice
1 teaspoon cold water
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon raspberry vinegar
1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil
Position the oven rack about 5 inches from the heating element and preheat the broiler.
Lightly brush the salmon with oil. Place, skin-side down, on a baking sheet or broiler pan. Broil for 4 minutes or until the desired doneness. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Meanwhile, combine the cherries and orange juice in a small saucepan over high heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 3 minutes, and then reduce the heat to medium.
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In the first section of the website, Geary overviews his thoughts on the process of increasing ab strength through the use of this exercise regimen. As he gives a detailed overview of the strengths and weaknesses of the program as a whole, he offers the reader a chance to make the decision for his or herself. Furthermore, he continues by outlining the entire training regimen so that individual sections can be dissected and analyzed. For people who are genuinely interested in learning more about fitness products that they can purchase, blogs such as this one provide the perfect outlet.
Many of the people within the fitness industry complain about the number of products that simply do not provide the type of sustainable routines that people need in order to maintain their health. Thankfully, individuals like Geary are putting their body through the rigorous tests in order to determine whether it is a good purchase for others. In the case of Truth About Abs, it would seem that the author has found the right routine for him. For him, the bottom line is "you cannot be serious about losing weight and getting the shape you crave if you've not yet got The Truth About Abs." That is a high bar for any competition to overcome.
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Noting the increasing incidents of elder financial abuse, the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards released Wednesday a free guide to help seniors protect themselves from fraud.
The 32-page guide, written by CFP Board consumer advocate Eleanor Blayney, describes 10 common situations in which older Americans are vulnerable to financial abuse and provides warning signs of such abuse and advice for guarding against it.
Kevin Keller, CEO of CFP Board, said in releasing the guide that "CFP Board remains deeply concerned about incidents of consumers—particularly senior citizens—being misled by those claiming to be trusted financial professionals." The guide to financial self-defense, he said, "will help protect seniors from abusive, fraudulent and unethical financial practices."
CFP Board says the guide draws upon CFP Board's 2012 Senior Financial Exploitation Survey of more than 2,600 CFPs, which found that more than half had personally worked with an older client who had been subject to unfair, deceptive or abusive financial practices in the delivery of financial advice or the sale of financial products. Participating CFP professionals estimated that only 5% of senior citizens actually report such financial abuse.
Last August, the CFP Board urged the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to thwart the rising use of misleading, fraudulent and deceptive designations and certifications—which it says are mostly used to exploit seniors—by creating a ratings system for such credentials.
Read on to see the top 10 red flags the CFP Board urges seniors to watch out for. 1. Look beyond the letters after a financial advisor's name.
Don't assume you're in the right hands just because an advisor says he is "accredited," "chartered" or "registered." After all, those terms don't mean that the advisor is regulated, just like a doctor or attorney. The fact is that there are more than 170 known designations and certifications used by financial professionals, with many of them little more than marketing tools, with no real education needed—much less an exam—to "earn" them. Unless those letters stand for a designation that has rigorous and enforceable standards of ethics and practice, the trust you place in the advisor could be on shaky ground.
Cut through the designation confusion and simply ask the financial professional if he is required to provide advice under the "fiduciary standard of care."
2. If you don't understand what's being sold, don't buy it.
Financial products are similar to prescriptions: good for what ails you, but there's so much fine print! Being able to read it all is one thing; understanding it quite another. Do not be embarrassed if you do not understand a financial product that is recommended to you. Get a second opinion just as you would for a serious medical diagnosis. Ask a competent financial professional, and make sure this professional will give you his or her opinion as a "fiduciary"—in your best interest, not theirs.
3. There's no such thing as a free lunch.
After receiving an engraved invitation to dine at a nice local restaurant, at no cost to you, you say, "Why not? I'd love to get out a bit, and enjoy a good meal. What's the harm?"
There may be none whatsoever, but there also may be a lot. Often these free meals aren't free at all, but are hard-sell investment product promotions. If you decide to attend these events, be prepared for what follows the meal. Don't confuse a sales pitch for good advice or education. In addition, be extremely skeptical of recommendations made from a podium. 4. Just because a so-called expert recommends it doesn't mean it is right for you.
Never buy anything over the phone or provide any personal or financial information to a phone caller or seminar provider. If you are pressured in any way to answer questions or accept any offer, simply say "No thanks." "Goodbye" also works quite well. Remember this cardinal rule of financial planning as upheld and enforced by CFP Board: any recommendation of a financial product, strategy or investment without a complete understanding of an individual's needs, goals and circumstances should not be accepted.
5. If it sounds too good to be true, it's probably not legitimate or safe.
Be extremely skeptical of the words "guarantee" or "safe" when applied to any investment. Regulated brokers and advisors are precluded from making such claims. Get a written description of the benefits AND risks of any investment product you are considering.
6. Don't confuse familiarity with trust.
Be aware that there are unscrupulous people who target ethnic, religious or age groups to defraud or mislead them. Called "affinity fraud," these people prey upon our human tendency to feel more comfortable with others who are in some way like us. Conduct a background check on any advisor you are considering working with, no matter how personable or highly recommended. Check into his business practices, his disciplinary history and how long he has been in business.
7. The final sign-off should always be yours.
A broker used forged forms to transfer $720,000 held by a 70 year-old blind man to the broker's own personal accounts, and then sent falsified investment statements.
Regardless of the paperwork burden, do not leave blanks that can be filled in without your knowledge or consent. If you need help with paperwork, you can ask your financial professional or a trusted friend or family member to fill in the information, but ALWAYS with the proviso that the form comes back to you for a final review and sign-off.
8. Make sure the money others are making isn't yours. A man, age 72, lost more than $120,000 in a scheme set up by a real estate agent, supposedly to invest in timeshare properties for high returns. He invested $50,000 initially and started to receive sizable income checks, so he invested $70,000 more. The checks then stopped and his investment was lost. Ask questions about the business model underlying the investment: will it be profitable and over what time period? If the answers are vague, or if you do not completely understand how the investment works, do not invest, no matter how enticing the promised "returns." Make sure you receive regular statements from independent third parties on the performance of the investment.
9. Get the full story: who gains the most—you or the financial professional?
A widow held several annuities. Each time one of the annuities was about to run out of surrender charges, she was advised to replace the annuity with another, effectively re-starting the surrender period with much higher costs.
Whenever a transaction is proposed, make sure you know what it will cost you. Ask if you will pay to sell the investment at a later point. Ask about loads, commissions, internal expenses or other transaction costs. The existence of charges is not an abuse, but not being told about them is. 10. You have rights as a homeowner. Know them.
An elderly woman asked her housekeeper to drive her to the bank to apply for a reverse mortgage. The banker was the housekeeper's boyfriend. The woman signed papers not for a reverse mortgage but for a conventional mortgage. The woman lost her home.
Unfortunately, there are con artists out there who know, even better than homeowners themselves, the value of the houses and how to manipulate the reverse mortgage process to get that value into their own pockets.
Make sure that any reverse mortgage you consider is backed by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA).
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This week on Fossil Friday, I gave you what looked like a plate full of ramen noodles—or maybe it was plain old spaghetti. Nope. Raymond King knew it almost right away: it was a slew (a herd? a flock? a murder?) of brittle stars. Meanwhile Dan Coleman guessed that it came from the Miocene—good call!
From the UC Museum of Paleontology:
"The more familiar Ophiurida, or brittle stars, usually have five arms and superficially resemble true starfish (Asteroidea). However, brittle stars have long, flexible arms (hence the other common name for ophiuroids, 'snake stars') and a central, armored, disk-shaped body that is clearly demarcated from the arms. Instead of crawling on hundreds of tube feet like starfish, brittle stars move fairly rapidly by wriggling their arms...The body and arms are also protected by calcium carbonate plates, and the arms generally bear delicate spines."
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RENTON, Wash. (AP) The Seattle Seahawks are about to find out how much losing at least one of their top cornerbacks means to their defense.
Brandon Browner has dropped the appeal of his suspension for using performance-enhancing substances and will miss the final four games of the regular season, the league announced Wednesday.
Browner's loss leaves the Seahawks without a Pro Bowl cornerback whose size and physical play has flustered wide receivers for much of the past two seasons. Walter Thurmond, who was a starter for a short time during the 2011 season before suffering a leg injury, will take Browner's spot.
Browner will be eligible to rejoin the team on Dec. 31 and will be able to play in the postseason should the Seahawks make the playoffs.
``I've thought all along that we are very fortunate to have Walter with some background that has started for us in the past,'' Seattle coach Pete Carroll said. ``He's an excellent athlete. He played very well for us this last week and he'll step right up into that mode.''
News broke after Seattle's loss at Miami on Nov. 25 that Browner and fellow starting cornerback Richard Sherman were facing suspensions after testing positive for PEDs.
A day later, Browner's agent, Peter Schaffer, said his client had no knowledge of how any banned substance got into his system, but he did not provide specifics on when an appeal might take place.
Messages left for Schaffer on Wednesday were not immediately returned. Sherman is going forward with his appeal and he can play while that is under way.
``I'm still not commenting about it, but I'm disappointed when we lose anybody by injury or whatever. These guys work so hard to be here and all of that and you come to rely on guys, and when you lose guys it's always disappointing,'' Carroll said. ``But really where the focus goes for us is right to the guys who are stepping up.''
Browner has 44 tackles, three interceptions and six passes defensed this season. He is in his second season with the Seahawks after getting pulled from the Canadian Football League because he fit the mold of what Carroll wants: big, physical cornerbacks who can play man coverage.
He was voted as a Pro Bowl alternate in his first NFL season, and ended up playing in the game. Last season he had 54 tackles and six interceptions, two of which were returned for touchdowns.
Browner is the fourth Seahawks player to be suspended for a PED violation in the past calendar year, joining John Moffitt, Allen Barbre and Winston Guy.
``I've been disappointed about the whole situation, that it is something that he had to deal with it and we had to deal with it, but there is nothing we can do at this point,'' Carroll said.
Thurmond has played in just one game in the past 13 months, that coming last week in Chicago when he took over as Seattle's defensive back in nickel situations with veteran Marcus Trufant out with a hamstring injury. Thurmond played in six games and started three during the 2011 season before suffering a broken ankle at Cleveland.
Thurmond's injury opened up a chance of Sherman, who has developed into one of the best cover cornerbacks in football.
``It felt like I hadn't missed a step from where I was last year. I'm just trying to make progress and get better,'' Thurmond said. ``It's really just being patient, just getting back to my technique and my form of where I was last year and continuing to get better each week.''
With the Seahawks still unsure whether Trufant will be back this week, rookie Jeremy Lane will get the first chance at being the Seahawks' nickel cornerback.
Lane, a sixth-round pick out of Northwestern State in Louisiana, has yet to play a down on defense this year, but he has been a standout on special teams, especially in punt coverage. Behind Lane is second-year cornerback Byron Maxwell.
``We have some concern about it, but I also know we have forced them to compete with our best guys throughout the time and we're always anticipating with the younger guys that they are going to have to play, so they're ready to go,'' Carroll said. ``They are as ready as they can be.''
Carroll also announced that wide receiver Sidney Rice has cleared all concussion tests and is expected to play against Arizona. Rice took a shot from Major Wright on the game-winning touchdown in overtime in Chicago last Sunday.
Defensive end Red Bryant played against Chicago despite a foot injury and is expected to be able play versus Arizona. Carroll was also hopeful about linebacker Leroy Hill, who missed the Bears game with an ankle injury and was replaced by Malcolm Smith.
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On 13 May 1916 Tom went to Blackburn and enlisted in the 4th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment. He was 18 years 9 months old. The medical report written at the time of his enlistment describes him as having 'bow legs'.
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The next significant piece of information from Tom's service record on www.ancestry.co.uk is that he was admitted to hospital on 6 April 1919 – I can't make out what the record says – see below. Anyway whatever it was he had an operation and was subsequently discharged after 62 days on 6 June 1919.
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Hello Blogosphere. I hope everyone had a fantastic holiday! For the last eight years or so Seth and I have hosted Thanksgiving so that we can celebrate with both our families at once – that and to show off the kind of cooking chops we seldom have the opportunity to flaunt all in one meal outside of holiday scenarios. This year, however, my mother wanted to host Thanksgiving for the combined family and it was actually lovely to have the night before mostly off and then head to my parents' house for Mom and Dad's good cooking. It was kind of like being a kid again…well, some kind of precocious (read, obnoxious) foodie kid with a cranberry, polenta crusted tart in tow, at any rate.
It is nice to go home sometimes and just catch up with everyone. We talked a lot about work. Family. Politics. You know, the usual. Oh and, of course, a bit of baseball. My father said that he is fed up with professional sports these days…followed by the pause for comedic effect, the merrily twinkling eyes and the affectionate, "that's why I root for the Dodgers." This followed by some more serious Dodgers roster talk (not yet knowing of the impending TV deal, of course), similar Angels talk, a lot of good natured ribbing at the expense of both teams and more than a little head shaking over our two So Cal teams. See, I come by my outlook on the game honestly.
Among our baseball topics – Mike Trout. I was a little surprised to find out that my dad was paying attention to Trout's season because he's very busy and doesn't always pay attention to AL doings. But, then again, Trout was quite a story in 2012 and he is every bit the sort of player my father adores – a good kid playing the game extremely well and playing it the right way. So, of course, if two folks are discussing Mike Trout in late November you know what had to come up don't you? Da dum…….da dum…da dum da dum da dum da dum…da da da DUM! But of course, the AL MVP vote. What else? And if you think for one second that I'm going to use this holiday conversation snippet as an excuse for a very delayed post about my thoughts on the AL MVP vote, well I have one thing to say to you: Thank you. Clearly you've been reading this blog for a while. 😉
No worries, though. This is absolutely not a bitter fest. Yes, I thought Mike Trout should have won MVP. That's how I would have voted were I in the baseball writers' shoes. But I am neither shocked nor upset over the outcome. Here's the thing, both Trout and Miguel Cabrera had stellar seasons – MVP level stellar seasons. I happen to feel that a player like Trout who excelled across the board at offense, defense, speed and any other skills test you want to throw his way is more valuable to his team than a player who only beats him out in terms of offense but, at the same time, I cannot deny that being the first player to win the triple crown in 45 years is a highly compelling argument. Both guys carried their team at various points. Both guys were clutch. Both guys hit milestones during the season. The Tigers made it to the playoffs, but the Angels had a better record in a stronger division. Cabrera's booming bat lead the Tigers to victory in September as the While Sox collapsed. Trout's bat slumped in September but he still lead the Angels to victory with his speed and his glove while the A's simply could not lose. As I said, I liked Trout for MVP, but both candidates were excellent choices and I'm certainly not going to complain about Cabrera winning the honor.
I do, however, have a complaint about the way the discussion and debate were framed, both leading up to the AL MVP vote and since the winners were announced. I really dislike the fact that so many people writing/talking/arguing about this subject just blast the other side for the paragraph after paragraph as if the opposing candidate were unworthy even of nomination until the final few sentences when they toss in a sheepish, 'oh, by the way, [the other guy] had a pretty good year too.' And I outright hate all of the "Miguel Cabrera is an old school, old stats candidate whose contributions must be judged with your eyes, while Mike Trout is a new stats, SABR candidate whose contributions must be judged one paper" idiocy. Ummmm…have you seen Mike Trout play?? If you need paper to judge that, well that's your business but I wouldn't admit something like that in public. 😉 And as for Cabrera, his offense looks good whether we're using old stats or new. This isn't a new stats vs. old stats argument. It's that same "better offense vs. strong offense/better defense/better speed combination" phrased in terms of stats and on that debate, agree or agree to disagree, the baseball writers have spoken…for the 2012 season at any rate.
So, congratulations to Miguel Cabrera on winning MVP, one more on a nice list of 2012 accomplishments and, well, congratulations to Mike Trout too while we're at it. Earning 2nd place in the AL MVP voting in one's rookie season is hardly an accomplishment to sneeze at and the kid has his own, equally well deserved, long list of 2012 accomplishments.
Oh, before I sign off though, I do have one more Trout related rant…this offseason it seems that few MLBN and online discussions of the awards, the Angels 2012 season or Mike Trout can go by without snark, tsk tsking and/or contemptuous sighs over the Angels' "terrible decision" not to bring Trout to the bigs right out of Spring Training "for whatever reason." Baseball analysts (and various and sundry bloggers…and Chris Rose), would you quit harping on this subject and just do a little quick research already. Trout was so sick during Spring Training that he lost something like 10 pounds and barely had a Spring Training to speak of, then got well only to suffer through a bout of tendonitis in his shoulder. Had the Angels brought him up in April, under those conditions, it would hardly have been a recipe for Trout success and might well have been a recipe for injury or illness disaster. Whether you want to look at it as the Angels looking out for the player or looking out for their investment (and I tend to assume it's a little of both and there's not a thing wrong with that), the decision was a good one. And I say that even as a fan who suffered though that terrible, awful, no good, very bad, oh how I even hate bringing it up again, April. < /rant >


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