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Andre back in the saddle…
As you all know by now, Andre Ethier and the Dodgers settled, which is always a best-case scenario. I know that there are a ton of Ethier fans on Inside the Dodgers and you have been very vocal about wanting to avoid arbitration, which we all did. It looks like our favorite food critic will be making a great salary this year while still finding a way to find a middle ground with the club. Hopefully, he can send in a new review for Dining with Dre soon.
The rest of the day here was filled with more workouts, including some bunting practice for the pitchers. Team historian Mark Langill weighs in regarding one of the best bunters in baseball history, Maury Wills:
Fifty years ago, Maury Wills spent spring training in 1959 with the Detroit Tigers, which selected the journeyman infielder in the previous winter's minor league draft. But the Tigers opted not to keep Wills for the $40,000 fee, so he returned to Triple-A Spokane to begin the regular season.
Wills received a surprise promotion to Los Angeles in June after general manager Buzzie Bavasi noticed a hole on the top of Don Zimmer's baseball shoe while standing near the batting cage. Zimmer was hiding a broken toe. Wills batted .260 in 83 games for Los Angeles to help the Dodgers win their first championship on the West Coast.
Zimmer was long considered by Bavasi and other Dodger brass as the eventual replacement for longtime shortstop Pee Wee Reese, who retired after the 1958 season. But Spokane manager Bobby Bragan, who suggested Wills learn to switch-hit in 1958, thought the speedy Wills had the potential to be a star.
"(Wills) did a fairly good job wherever he was sent, but he was never spectacular," Bavasi wrote of Wills' first eight seasons in the Dodger minor league system from 1951 to 1958. "Nor did he figure in the Dodger plans. I once made the statement if I had someone offered me $11 and a bag of potato chips for Maury's contract, I'd have sold him."
Wills, the 1962 National League MVP, stole 586 bases during his 14-year career.
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Congrats on getting that paper Dre! With him playing every day I think he's primed to have an all-star year. Thanks to the suggestions from the ITD faithful, i purchased MLB.TV a couple days ago and i've already gone through and watched some archived games from last year that had some special moments, such as Kershaw striking out the side in his 1st inning ever, Manny's first Dodger home run, Dewitt's inside the parker, and of course the moment where we sent the NL favorite cubbies home via a sweep in convincing fashion. I cant wait to witness all the special moments of this season. GO DODGERS!!
The Dodgers have had some pretty good shortstops since they've been in Los Angeles, such as Zimmer, Russell, Izturis,
Furcal(the most powerful), to name a few but to me #1 was Wills. I picked him as the best in the 50 years that they've been in LA LA Land.
Oh yes, how can I forget. Congrats to Ethier and all the Ethierholics , a well deserve raise in the MLB salary range.
I am very a very happy Ethieraholic today. I just wish it wouldn't have taken so long. Now, please get Manny signed and ST and the season will be very exciting.
Thanks Tru!!
This is from the end of the last thread…
Good evening ITD'ers!
I hope everyone is well.
Dishguy if I haven't said welcome,… Welcome!
There was some pretty good conversation going back & forth the other day regarding the McCourts and both sides of the "aisle" so to speak made good points.
I've been a McCourt supporter and given them a chance. In the last few months though I have been increasingly on the negative side. Not because they won't spend $$$ on Free Agents (Because I don't want them to spend bucks on a bunch of PVL'ers). But because they say things like; the economy is tough and so to spend $$$ on Free Agents (Who aren't really Free!) isn't a good idea with people having a tough time making it; & then buy 2 houses in Malibu for $48 million.
Or saying they are moving the ST headquarters west so fans can get better access to the team only to jack up the prices for the seats. They are saving tons of $$$ not having players & staff fly to/from Florida.
It's things like that that annoy me. They bought the team. They own it. If I buy a car, I own it. So I don't want people telling me what to do. But if I don't get new tires when they go bald and my passengers get upset at me for not maintaining my car I guess they have that right. But they also have the right not to ride with me. That's probably not a good analogy but I hope the point is understood.
That is a couple of reasons why many here are tired of them.
Now I do feel that having ST in Arizona is a win/win situation for the players, organization, and fans.
The players, coaches, and staff will be improved because they will spend less time traveling and more time on the field or training or working on improving their skills. Remember Kent got injured last year in ST and it worsened during a bus ride to an away game. This should also benefit us fans because hopefully the team will be better rested when the season starts and play better during the year.
I went to Vero last year and loved it. It was the only time I've gone and did it last year because there would never be another chance to.
But I've been to ST in Arizona about 5-6 times in the past and it is awesome. There are many teams in the area & the drives are short to away teams so you can go to games every day. Now I stayed in Scottsdale because the friends I went with were Giants fans and a friend of ours works in their front office. So we played in Scottsdale for most of the time. But we would go out and see many players, coaches, staff, and whatnot at dinner, shopping, dessert, all over. Not just Giants but from all the teams in the area. It was fun. Most everyone that is down there is there for ST & it made it an extremely fun & relaxing atmosphere.
I think in time McCourt Ranch will become a tradition & our kids will look back on the place the way many of us look back at Vero.
Now I also look at the McCourts and feel that yes they do like the limelight for their good deeds, but as I looked at the photos on the website it is nice to see them making a difference in the community with their ownership. I can take them posing for photos as long as they are making a difference in people's lives. I also feel that it is somewhat genuine.
I don't think all rich owners do that. While Mark Cuban & the Maloof's are given praise for what they do with their teams, I don't see them doing much charity work. I could be mistaken but I see them doing tons of playing as well.
Once again I went a little long but…
I'm pumped as one of the Ethieraholics to have Dre officially in the fold. I do wish they could of done it sooner and for a longer term deal. But I'm glad they got it done and can focus on playing ball!
Go Blue!!!
Bring the Ring in 2009!!!
Josh – Thank you for that wonderful news about Andre.
I was on my way home from Southern California back up to the Central Valley and heard about it, but couldn't post on ITD until now.
I haven't read the previous thread, but I here enchanted is back to being enchanted for a while. Thank goodness. I don't have to keep thinking of ways to use the word enchanted anymore.
joepierre – it's great to see you.
dcollins ~ great post!
Commish doesn't want steroids blame
February 17, 2009, 4:49 PM ET
[well, want in one hand, ____ in the other, see which fills up first…- me]
In the volatile wake of Alex Rodriguez's admission that he used performance-enhancing substances earlier this decade, Bud Selig remains bothered by the suggestion that he is to blame for Major League Baseball's steroids era.
"I don't want to hear the commissioner turned a blind eye to this or he didn't care about it," Selig told Newsday in a Monday phone interview. "That annoys the you-know-what out of me. You bet I'm sensitive to the criticism."
[lots of people are sensitive to being criticized, ESPECIALLY when the criticism is valid. – me]
Rodriguez's admission, which came last week in an interview with ESPN, has been an overwhelming undercurrent to the start of spring training. Three days after the New York Yankees' star third baseman said he was "sorry and deeply regretful," Selig said Rodriguez shamed the game and "will have to live with the damage he has done to his name and reputation."
[better hope that boat has room for two. – me]
Well, you can read the rest for yourself, but DAMN!!! I needed a good laugh today!
Where's Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford in the Tom Clancy movies) when you need him?
How dare you, sir.
Good evening ITD
How did I miss Facebook??? Thanks everyone. This should be fun. Thank you Trublu.
nsblues ~ all this happened during Selig's watch, so how can he not be blamed.
Thanks Tru!
Also in regards to the prices of tickets being high at "The Ranch" or "McRanch" being able to see the away games one could probably get a seat behind home for less on the road games. Except for the Giants games. Those & Cubbies sell out early.
So my suggestion would be if you can't afford the $90.00 ones sit in the less expensive at the home games and get the better ones on the road and you won't be disappointed. I know if I lived in the LA/OC/SD areas I would be road trippin!!
heartruss ~ I don't know why you waited so long. Now we have to get CP to do it. 🙂
Trublue, Selig must really think everyone's morons if he expects us to believe that tripe. He can run home and cry to his $18 million a year salary
nsblues ~ everyone was saying that Selig knew what was going on way before he tried to do anything about it. GMs had told him as well as some managers and even some players.
Everyone won with this steriods era, except the fans. Although we did all love the long ball.
My guess is some of the players won't be winning from this era in 10 or so years when they really break down due to their usage & being shut out of the Hall.
The whole thing is just really sad.
You can sort of say, as I think someone mentioned here the other day, it mirrors where our society is now with the collapse of the economy due in many reasons to greed.
It was all good when things were good… but now it's all bad & what were we all thinking???
He's the one who's shamed the game. And he was the guy minding the store. If he didn't know what was going on in the game, then what is he doing running the sport?
It's his job to know.
nsblues ~ you are right. And, as dcollins stated, everyone was caught up in the long ball and the Sosa, Mark and Barry stuff that we didn't care. You wonder, though, they just keep talking about the hitters but what about the roided pitchers? There had to be more than Roger, Gagne, and our own Mota.
It sure is his job to know. Any other CEO who does that with his company would be out on his a**.
Baseball has anti-trust protection, though. They regulate themselves, and no one outside can touch them… unless the government revokes it. And this steroid era might just do that trick.
Maybe he will have to resign in shame. Yea, sure he will!
I think if the economy doesnt improve he will wish he had resigned.
I would think with all the money invested in new stadiums, big contracts, luxury boxes, lack of sponsorships, something has to give?
dcollins is right when things are good, life is a dream……
Everybody's dreams are changing.
"He's suffering. The game is suffering. The Yankees are suffering." _Cashman on A-rod
1. There are kids right now all over the world who are starving to death, tonight.. The money he made just today, lying again to all of us, could have fed 100's of them for years. A-rod making 250 Million dollars is not suffering.
2. Baseball made more money than ever last year. That's not suffering.
3. Yes the Yankees are suffering as they just spent another 380 million this offseason.
Very well put jungar 🙂
Yankee fans suffer every day they can't call themselves World Champions.
With apologies to the Godfather…
This is Manny's world, this is Manny's world,
But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a Martin or Furcal.
You see, Manny crushed the ball to take us to playoff road.
Manny put his arm 'round the kids so he could carry the heavy load.
Manny made electric moments to keep highlights out of the dark.
Manny made the fun for the Ravine, like no one ever seen.
This is Manny's, Manny's, Manny's world
But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a Loney or Kershaw.
Manny thinks about Dodger girls and Dodger boys.
Manny makes then happy 'cause Manny kills the ball.
And after Manny has done everything, everything he can,
You know that Manny wants money but Frank don't want to spend.
This is Manny's world,
But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without an Ethier or a Kemp.
But Manny's lost in the wilderness.
He's lost in bitterness.
Awesome Song Kahli!!!!!
some late evening reading material
Have you seen these "Inside Dodgertown Videos"
Hey Nelly, whats going on great videos. I wonder what the place will be like if and when Manny arrives?
Hey Dodger4life!!! Life is good today…….cold compared to where I was I guess. We managed to avoid all the bad weather including snow on the Grapevine until we got to Fresno. Then rained the rest of the day. The Grapevine did look pretty awesome with all that snow. How was your day? They just announced Andre's arbitration news on our Fresno news. It's good to hear it actually said. According to the video on "inside dodgertown" Andre seemed like he was in really good spirits and just ready to go out and play some baseball. All good to hear.
Hi Nellyjune
I was just watching those videos on the Dodgers website. Makes me want to be there. Sounds like you had an interesting time driving back.
Yes, LIFE IS GOOD TODAY, it's a good day to part of the blue, as alway's. Boy the Dodgers are really getting thier product out in the publics eye with all the new blogs. I am glad to see Andre and his family make progress in the financial aspect of the game. I'm sure all the Dodgers will do thier best to Bring the Ring. When manny arrives the place should be jumpin I would suspect.
I am glad you arrived safely from your trip 🙂
Good Evening heartruss!! It was a great ride back. We had a good drive,weather wise, until the rain in Fresno, but the music, food and conversation was great so it made the trip go pretty fast.
Thank you Dodger4life:)
That was a pretty good pay increase for Andre. I think mine was 2.5% and I felt lucky!! How long was your drive Nellyjune?
Where is Dodgereric by the way?? And how are you Dodger4life? Having a nice evening?
Our drive was about 6 hours and 45 minutes from La Quinta (Palm Springs area) with a stop for lunch a little over halfway. We had no traffic other than a little slow down on the 10 going towards the 57.
I had a wonderful evening just relaxing and enjoying friends and music. I hope you are enjoying yourself heartruss. I cant wait for some baseball 🙂
Good night ITD, Nelly and you too Heartruss. I am getting a little bit sleepy. It is sure nice to see all the players throwing the ball around again, It wont be long now.
Good Night Dodger4life!!! Always a pleasure to be in your company. Take Care and God Bless to you and yours. Life is good today 🙂 GO DODGERS!!!!!!
heartruss – not sure where dodgereric is, but I am sure he is probably working on something.
This sucks. I want to be optimistic but I don't think even with Manny we have good enough pitching.
Right on cue ……….. sure enough, I just finished sending out Week 1 Results in my NASCAR fantasy league. Star Wars Day pushed it back a day and now the Scout work has been pushed back as well. I'll get it done tomorrow.
Great song, kahli! We're edging towards 500 songs with you taking #479!
jungar ~ Are you going to go Juan Pierre on us again? – LOL!!!!!!! Like enchanted said this morning, on paper it sure doesn't look impressive. I guess this is a wait and see game of 1) who's really healthy and 2) Are the acquisitions going to pay off for us like CHP did?
Good Evening Ward Dear/dodgereric!!! For NASCAR, I ended up spliting. My second team with Kyle Busch as my #1 driver actually won. BTW – about your question at lunch time. I can probably ask you the same question, but yes, Matt is doing just great!!! What specifically would you like to know – LOL!!!!!!!!
The kids are going to have to rise up, jungar.
Evening, June Darlin'! I'm afraid this will be a short session for me, I'm kind of wiped out for some reason. I think an extra hour or two of sleep might do me some good.
Your second team might be pretty good if you're winning without decent points from Shrub. But that was a weird race for sure. It ended way too early, they don't even stop racing there until they get down to the last 25 laps.
We might go into March before finding out if it's 9 or 99 in LF.
Yep, getting tired. "they don't even START racing there……"
Good night, Dodger Blue faithful! With or without Manny, it's going to be a fun ride! God Bless you one and all!
Well, it is already is 12:35 am. I am ready for bed too really. Just paying some attention to my pets who haven't seen me for 5 days now. Good Night, get some well deserved rest, and God Bless to you and your family.
Good morning ITDland ~ Andre is signed and now, since his locker is waiting for him, sign Manny, and let's get on with the season.
Good Morning ITD readers and writers!!!!
7 Days and 3 hours until our first Spring Training game. All position players show up today with full practice starting tomorrow.
Good Morning ITD, Dodgerfaithful
I hope everyones day is off to a great start.
I have just finished reading wikipedia on the subject of Vin Scully. In the wake of all the negativity surrounding the game today. This was and always will be a positive asset to baseball. It has jumpstarted my morning, Thanks again Mr. Scully.
Good morning ITD! Is a beautiful sunny day here in Chatsworth. yesterday the trains were only going to Chatsworth and the ones coming up north only to before Simi Valley. When we asked the conductor why he said "a suicidal rock" " he left a note on the side of the road saying "I had a hard life". He is always making us laugh. They were rock slides between Chats & Simi.
Heart ~ yes, you are lucky with your 2% increase. Last week we were told that a freeze a increases were put into effect. I have family and friends that have been laid off so I feel lucky to have a job.
I know jungar has some concerns about pitching, as do I and I imagine just about everyone else. Pitching's a crap shoot year-to-year even with the same guys from one to the next, let alone with the turnover we've had this offseason.
Two things this team lacks that we had last year going into the season: 1. an ace 2. a bonafide closer.
Well we all know what happened to Penny. Lowe stepped it up a bit, but still is a #2 type man. Billz started to come into his own. Kuroda was so-so. And Bloaiza…
Now we've got Billz, Kuroda, Kersh, Wolf and maybe Schmidt. If Billz stays the same, we're OK there. Kuroda I think will be a little bit more of the pitcher we saw in the playoffs rather than what we saw a lot of the season. Wolf's going to eat up some of Lowe's innings, but probably not be as effective. Kersh has most of a years experience behind him and should naturally progress. How much will determine how much we'll truely miss Lowe. The 5 spot was pretty much a oleo of who do we throw out there today?, but Schmidt/Vargas has got to be an upgrade over Loaiza. And lets face it, Maddux wasn't all that effective in his starts last year either. On paper this years starters look inferior to last, but the reality in hindsight is that they should be a little better overall.
Last year we had a somewhat shaky Saito closing. For some reason his confidence level wasn't the same and he was close to blowing 1 out of 5 save opportunities. Brox shows 8 blown saves, but most all of those were as the set-up man. When he became the closer, he was 14 of 17 or the same pct. as Saito. Both Wade and Kuo became set-up men to him late in the season, so no change there. Mota and Proctor are equals. Beimel let an awful lot of inherited runners score last year, so Elbert/Stults/Milton may not be any different as the situational lefty. Park had an exceptional comeback year. It was when Idiot Joe put him in short relief that he started giving up runs. His spot to me may be the hardest to fill out of Vargas/Weaver/Estes.
Where we're going to have trouble matching up are against other teams true aces: Webb/Haren, Lincecum/Cain, Peavy.
This team's also going to have to score more to take some of that pressure off the staff and not put it in the position of giving up 3 runs and having it be insurmountable.
enchanted ~ I agree with you on the pitching situation. I do think we will be okay if we score runs and I'm always hopeful that we catch the Giants and Dbacks pitchers on an off day LOL
Good Morning enchanted!!! Boy, it's good to write your real name. Let's hope the management helps keep it that way. All great points as always. Let's hope we have some fun surprises in pitching this season. I am sure they would love to prove most of us wrong, and I would gladly allow them to.
some lunchtime reading..
Interesting DeWitt wasn't in the "core" meeting.
Still don't get the Orlando Hudson thing.
Wish this was 2010.
If they are still looking at Hudson, DeWitt may, unfortunately, be on his way out.
yea, enchanted, I am not sure about the whole Hudson thing either, but you made an interesting observation about DeWitt. I didn't see that. My laughing had to do with your last statement. There was nothing I could add to that statement.
Actually, I should be wishing this was 2011.
You're too damned old to be wishing away years of your life …….
Some of the things our Dodgers are doing off the field in Arizona
Students raised more than $14,000 with a silent auction. Los Angeles Dodgers baseball players, including Russell Martin, Chad Billingsley and Andre Ethier were available to sign autographs for $5, with all proceeds donated to the school.
unknowndodgerfan – I don't know about you, but I could wish away a couple of years…..(jk) I know, I know……..that is very true….no wishing away years. We will just hope that the team will be able to manage itself this year. So, who is going to be the designated person to wake up Joe during the games this season? LOL!!!!
We could assign that job to JP………oh, wait, he'd have to leave his spot at the other end of the dugout.
…I don't think a Garden Gnome will be much help in that situation. It's not exactly lively itself……It just kind of sits there, kind of like Joe.. LOL!!!!
A perfect pair lol
Josh, thanks for all the updates. Please keep them coming. And thanks for the Maury Wills mention. Wills is one of my all time L.A. Dodger favorites and I have had the opportunity to tell him so. I am fortunate (and old enough) to have seen him play and he did change the game. He never hit for a real high average, did not have a lot of power and he did not have as much speed as one might expect but he was a smart player and used his skills to get on base and make things uncomfortable for the opposing pitcher. I can still hear those "go, go, go" chants. He also worked hard at defense. I would sure like to see him in the Hall of Fame but it will never happen.
Got that right Tru – a lawn ornament and an old turrd right beside it.
I must say I found the exchange between Bowa and Brad Penny refreshing and highly entertaining. How often do we see a coach or player really say anything meaningful? Makes you wonder if Bowa ever said such things to Penny's face.
It seems to me that Penny was not a team player. When he was on DL, I never saw him at the games, especially during the playoffs. Apparently he packed up his stuff, emptied out his locker and left. Every home game however, I saw Jason Schmidt out in the field warming up with everyone else. I also saw Raffy quite often. And rumor has it according to some of the staff , Penny stole the original Dodger good luck gnome thinking it was the gnome that caused his horrible pitching! Haha.
I will truly miss D Lowe. I think that he should not be blamed for the lack of run support when he pitched. I seriously wonder how we will do with such a weak bullpen. Cory Wade is hurt already as is Sturze. We don't know how Jeff Weaver will do or Mota. We have MacDonald, Kershaw, Kuroda, Wolf and ??? Why not go out and get Beimel? The Dodgers had a great bullpen but now…??
I don't think Bowa would have much of a problem saying ANYTHING to a persons face birk! lol
Sturtze's a total non-factor heart – no worries there. Wade on the other hand could be a problem.
I was at the first game Penny pitched for the Dodgers after the trade. He looked great and I was excited the Dodgers finally had a pitcher who not only threw hard but threw strikes. Unfortunately, he suffered the arm nerve damage his next time out. I don't recall him being so big when he first came to the Dodgers. I agree that D. Lowe will be sorely missed but there was talk a few years he might not be back when his contract expired. I can't help but think the lack of run support had something to do with him wanting to leave although one of the things we heard from time to time was his desire to play on the East coast. Hopefully Wolf and Schmidt will step up and have productive seasons but the odds are certainly not in their favor.
I never thought Sturtze was a factor. It was a comment pretty much on our bullpen. Maybe Beimel will be back. 🙂 I had my favorites.
Still have McDonald and Troncoso who could take Wade's spot if they had to. Beimel and Reyes are still out there if needed also. I'm just wondering if McDonald will become Brox's main set-up man. I know they brought in Mota, but I see him as a Scott Proctor use him only if you have to/mop- up kinda guy.
Of course they're actually going to have to have a lead to set-up Brox. That parts iffy.
I read today that the Phillies were interested in Beimel, Ohman and Dennys Reyes. apparently they need a lefty. However, they won't offer more than $750,000 to $1M range.
The pitching will sort itself out. It's only February. Just because a columnist or two think the Dodhers have weak pitching doesn't make it so. If they knew what they were talking about they'd be coaches or scouts, not fat writers. A lot of young Dodger pitchers are a year older and a year wiser…and they have playoff experience now…as well as playoff success. I still like Schmidt. A year ago everyone was grousing over Chan Ho's signing…and I'll bet the same people now think we lost a vital cog. Between Estes, Vargas and Weaver, someone will emerge twice the pitcher Chan Ho was /is. Have faith, ITD!!! Just like I've been told not to check the Dow every day, I also don't check the columnists. Unless one cares for whining drivel…
…and we also don't know what other teams will run into injuries to pitchers. For example, eventhough the Giants seem to have a solid rotation, it doesn't mean it will stay that way. Cain didn't have a great year last year. He was a lot like Lowe, meaning he always seemed to pitch in games with little or no run support. Zito is always a big question mark, and nobody will know how Johnson will fair in SF either. Also, one SP on the DL can make a difference in this division as well, and that goes for all the teams in this division,not just the Dodgers. I think we just have to wait and see how this all shakes out in the opening months.
I think you are right about the pitching, Kahli & Nellyjune. I'm not that concerned because I think our staff will get the job done and, our hitters will give them enough runs, so they won't be stressed out.
And, for the most part, pitching is a crap-shoot, you never know who is going to be on or a little off of his game on any given day.
Ken Griffey Jr. is headed back to Seattle after agreeing to a one-year deal with the Mariners.
I think we will have pretty a pretty solid defense this year which should help the pitcher a lot.
Wouldn't it be a great story if Jeff Weaver comes through with a "Chan Ho" type year or Schmidt finally earn his pay? You guys are right, it could happen.
Sorry, and you gals as well. Have a great evening.
…you too lbirken 🙂
lbirken ~ How's it going? Thinks are finally shaping up pretty good for the Dodger fans. I think Manny will be signed shortly and then we will be ready to win it all!
the answer to the Hudson issue…..
Colletti said a pursuit of Hudson was not a reflection on Blake DeWitt, the assumed replacement for Jeff Kent at second base. If the Dodgers sign Hudson and not Ramirez, DeWitt could move to third base and Casey Blake to left field.
I'd rather have Manny with DeWitt at second and Blake at third.
Torre saying he won't manage beyond 2010 could work as a shot across the bow to Manny and Scotty: ie. sign for two years at ungodly jack, hope the economy rebounds (which it either will or we'll all be speaking Chinese), and then ride off to the American League sunset as a handsomely-paid DH in pinstripes…while Joe retires to wherever he lives and pens his next book, "The Juan Pierre Years."
Very good point, Kahli.
Good Evening ITD readers and writers!!!! 6 days and 16 hours until the first Spring Training will take place.
some evening reading….
Manny… you there???
If Manny is not there
We are stuck with Pierre
"I'm big on inventory," said Colletti. "You never have enough good players."
"That's because you don't sign or trade for any", said Ungar
Signed Sandy Alomar as a free agent.
Traded for Andre Ethier.
Signed Bill Mueller as a free agent.
Signed Rafael Furcal as a free agent.
Signed Nomar Garciaparra as a free agent.
Signed Kenny Lofton as a free agent.
Signed Chris Truby as a free agent.
Signed Brett Tomko as a free agent.
Traded for Jae Weong Seo and Tim Hamulack.
Signed Kelly Wunsch as a free agent.
Traded for Danys Baez and Lance Carter.
Signed Aaron Sele as a free agent.
Signed Joe Beimel as a free agent.
Signed Jeff Duncan as a free agent.
Signed Ramon Martinez as a free agent
Signed Pat Borders as a free agent.
Signed Kurt Ainsworth as a free agent.
Signed Brian Meadows as a free agent.
Signed Takashi Saito as a free agent.
Signed Craig Brazell as a free agent.
Traded for Wilson Valdez.
Traded Cody Ross for Ben Kozlowski
Signed Giovanni Carrara as a free agent.
Signed Adam Greenberg as a free agent.
Traded Dioner Navarro, and Jae Weong Seo for Toby Hall, Mark Hendrickson
Traded for Elmer Dessens.
Traded Danys Baez, Willy Aybar, for Wilson Betemit.
Traded Cesar Izturis to the Chicago Cubs. Received Greg Maddux.
Traded Joel Guzman and Sergio Pedroza (minors) to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Julio Lugo.
Traded Jhonny Nunez for Marlon Anderson.
Signed Ramon Martinez as a free agent.
Signed Ken Huckaby as a free agent.
Signed Sandy Martinez as a free agent.
Signed Nomar Garciaparra as a free agent.
Signed Travis Smith as a free agent.
Signed Juan Pierre as a free agent.
Signed Matt White as a free agent.
Signed Randy Wolf as a free agent.
Signed Mike Lieberthal as a free agent.
Signed Jason Schmidt as a free agent.
Signed Luis Gonzalez as a free agent.
Jayson Werth granted Free Agency.
Signed Rudy Seanez as a free agent.
Signed Chin-hui Tsao as a free agent.
Signed Luis Maza as a free agent.
Signed Fernando Tatis as a free agent.
Signed Choo Freeman as a free agent.
Signed Kelly Stinnett as a free agent.
Signed Matt Riley as a free agent.
Traded Elmer Dessens for Brady Clark
Signed Ben Davis as a free agent.
Signed Rick Bauer as a free agent.
Signed Roberto Hernandez as a free agent.
Released Marlon Anderson.
Traded Wilson Betemit for Scott Proctor.
Traded Travis Denker for Mark Sweeney.
Signed Shea Hillenbrand as a free agent.
Purchased Chad Moeller from the Cincinnati Reds.
Signed David Wells as a free agent
Selected Esteban Loaiza off waivers .
Signed Rene Rivera as a free agent.
Signed Terry Tiffee as a free agent.
Signed Chan Ho Park as a free agent.
Signed Danny Ardoin as a free agent.
Signed Angel Chavez as a free agent.
Signed Brian Falkenborg as a free agent.
Signed John-Ford Griffin as a free agent.
Signed Andruw Jones as a free agent.
Signed Greg Jones as a free agent.
Signed Mike Koplove as a free agent.
Signed Brian Shackelford as a free agent.
Signed Tanyon Sturtze as a free agent.
Signed Hiroki Kuroda as a free agent.
Signed Gary Bennett as a free agent.
Signed George Lombard as a free agent.
Signed Matt Riley as a free agent.
Signed Alfredo Simon as a free agent.
Signed Tom Martin as a free agent.
Signed Mike Myers as a free agent.
Signed Ramon Martinez as a free agent.
Signed Rudy Seanez as a free agent.
Signed Jason Johnson as a free agent.
Signed Luis Maza as a free agent.
Signed Mark Sweeney as a free agent.
Traded Juan Rivera for Angel Berroa.
Signed Pablo Ozuna as a free agent.
Traded Jonathan Meloan and Carlos Santana (minors) for Casey Blake
traded Andy LaRoche and Bryan Morris (minors) to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Manny Ramirez
THAT is some inventory list jungar. Do you know anything about Meloan, Santana and Morris…..what their status is for this year on their respective teams?
Colletti said a pursuit of Hudson was not a reflection on Blake DeWitt, the assumed replacement for Jeff Kent at second base. If the Dodgers sign Hudson and not Ramirez, DeWitt could move to third base and Casey Blake to left field.
Juan Pierre can't catch a break!
……like you care – LOL!!!
Good evening ITD boys and girls!
Yeah!!! Frank and Ned came to their senses and signed Andre before having to go into the hearing. I still don't know why it took this long, but I'm just thrilled that it was done!!! Andre – You most very much deserve this raise!!!
Are we still talking about acquiring Hudson??? I said it before and I'll say it again, but why now??? The time to go for Hudson is before we signed Casey Blake. I know others on ITD have said to sign Hudson to play 2B, move DeWitt to 3B and move Blake to LF. Again, I guess that can happen. It'll still leave JP out in the cold. I'm not crying any tears that JP won't get his playing time. I still don't think we'll be able to trade JP. We'll see what happens.
I know it's been a LONG time since I've been on here for any great length of time. I mean other times that I had the time and was trying to sign onto ITD, I couldn't. Bummer. So how are my ITD friends???
Hey CP!!!! It has been along time!!! How are you doing? It is a huge relief to see Andre signed and ready to go. I can't wait to see this young core this season. Manny or not, they are going to have a fantastic season. I can feel it!!!!
My Nellygirl!!!
Yes, I'm with you 100%!!! Our Young Guns are going to have a fantastic season!!! I'm doing fine. My shoulder is still there and is bothersome, but right now, I don't care. Andre got a great raise and most importantly, both sides avoided arbitration!!! I'm still unemployed, but still looking. Not much has happened. Like I said before, at times I've been trying to sign on but couldn't. Other times, I could only stay on for a very short time. You were somewhere last week, wasn't it? I think it had something to do with Dodgereric, huh?
….yes, my daughter and I went down to Matt's (Eric's son) Eagle Scout Court of Honor Ceremony. It was wonderful, Eric and Chris were fabulous as always, and Matt is just like Eric describes, a very impressive human being for only being 16 🙂 – lol!! After we left Temecula, we went to the Palm Springs area (LaQuinta) to visit my brother and his family, including my two nephews (7 and 9). My older nephew had a baseball tournament on Sunday, and then like everyone else on Monday, the weather was nasty so we stayed in and watched movies most of the day. Then, we came home on Tuesday. It was a fun mother/daughter adventure to say the least.
I know I haven't said it, but I am sure thinking it. Why are we not giving long term deals to our young players? I am sure I am missing something, but both Andre and Russell got one year deals, where McClouth (27) just signed a 3 year 15.3 million dollar deal. He was signed after seeing how Andre's settlement went.
Nelly – Sounds like you and your daughter had a great time! I drove down to LA Monday afternoon. My mom had an ophthalmologist appointment Tuesday morning, so I just slept over Monday night. After her appointment at Kaiser in Woodland Hills, I took her out to lunch at Soup's Sports Grill (this is Jeff Suppan's new restaurant). We met Jeff's sister-in-law. It was great! Then we saw some neighbors from our old neighborhood (where I grew up – of course, the same block of the same street that Jeff grew up on!) Then we went to Valley College in Van Nuys where my mom worked for 30 years. Then I took her home, she took me out to dinner then I headed back to Ventura. A lot of driving, but it was great just to spend time with my mom.
So how's school???
That sounds like a fun day too 🙂
School is going good. I have this entire week off so I am spending it cleaning so I won't have to do much during Spring Break. My son has a baseball tournament in Anaheim during that week. Back to my class…..they are doing as good as can be expected I guess. They are adorable, but they are a challenge at the same time. I figure I have them for a reason, and I just take it one day at a time, and try not to stress over the little stuff so much this year. In all likelihood, it may be my last year at this particular school if our board can't keep class-size reduction intact. I will get displaced into a different school and grade level. However, that's not all bad either, I think 🙂
Hi Cpompe1 and Nellyjune.
I'm sorry to hear that Nelly. Do you have any idea as to what school or where it is? I mean, you wouldn't be moving outside that school district, would you?
Cpolmpe1, go on facebook, that way you can keep in contact easier since it is a little difficult to get onto ITD lately. ITD has its own facebook page. Nellyjune, could you give her the link? By the way, did you look at the new ST video? It is so funny with DY and Russell.
Hey heartruss!!! How are ya girl???
Okay heartruss, now I'm going to be getting a facebook "sell job" from you??? j/k. I mean, my difficulties signing onto ITD aren't just the MLB server, but sometimes I just can't find the time to spend any kind of time to spend at the computer – whether I'm reading dodger.com, ITD, or whatever. But I'll tell you what I told Nelly before – I'll think about it… 🙂
Great!!! I was worried about you.. your shoulder is still a problem??
Actually, ramslover asked who was on FB from ITD the other night so that is how the topic got brought back up again. It wasn't me 🙂
I was a holdout for a while but I signed up two days ago. It is fun and you can see what everyone looks like. So far there are 8 of us on the ITD page. I am having fun talking to trublu, Nellyjune, Dodger4life. I've posted a lot of pictures. Very easy.
Sorry heartruss, I didn't mean to worry you. I appreciate the concern though. My shoulder, well, it's just there. It certainly doesn't hurt the way it did a few months ago, but it's not 100% ethier. I'm being diligent about doing my shoulder exercises, but again my shoulder doesn't feel 100%. It just takes time.
Again girls, I will think about FB!!!
and I happened to be reading the posts and idly clicked on the link and bingo, there I was. It is a lot of fun. Put it on your favorites so it's easy just to get on and get off. My blackberry goes off when someone posts on my facebook. Lately I've been on my laptop more because I started a couple of blogs. The link is on my facebook page. 🙂 I'm glad I caught you on ITD, Cpompe1
I pretty much have just put Dodger business on my facebook which is all I plan to do. I know Facebook has gotten some bad press lately but they only know what you post.
Nellyjune, how did your day go? I know you were doing some cleaning. Did you have any fun?
CPompe1, it sounded like a lovely day with your Mom. Do you know Jeff Suppan?
…..I never have fun cleaning. I am not a very good housekeeper. Cooking and baking – in a heartbeat. However, cleaning – not enjoyable to me at all.
6 days and 12 hours and 48 minutes until the Dodgers first Spring Training game.
Yaaay. Ten days until I will be in Arizona to see a couple of games. I changed my reservations to the Comfort Suites which is the closest to the ballpark. It was more expensive but I cashed in two free nights so it came out to be the same as the other reservation. Plus they provide free shuttle service within 7 miles of the hotel. I can't wait!
It will be a lot of fun I am sure. I can't wait for you to go too, so you can bring back a report on how it was.
I will post pictures on facebook.
Heartruss – I wish I could say that I know Jeff Suppan. I don't. But because he and I grew up on the same block of the same street, he and his family are good friends with our longtime neighbors from across the street. They know the Suppans very well. We've heard so much when little Jeff was growing up. But since Jeff is 14 years younger than me, I never knew him growing up. I'm sure I've seen him and his family, but no, I don't know them personally. I WOULD like to rectify that situation though. Hey, maybe the he can follow Randy Wolf's path to come back and pitch for his boyhood idols – our Boys in Blue!!!
Nelly, I don't like to clean ethier. (Did we ever say we are a lot alike???) I clean because I have to, but I still don't like doing it. Well, I was online applying for a job. I'm done now. I'm getting kinda tired. I'll catch up with y'all later. I will just make sure I don't stay away for very long…
sounds good 🙂
Good Night CP!!! Good, someone else who doesn't like to clean. I think it was bluecrewgirl who said she rather clean than cook. I really wish I liked it more. I think part of it is I feel like I clean all day long in the classroom to an extent. I do have a pretty good system to get the students to clean too, but it's still part of my life at school too because I do help them. Take Care and God Bless CP!!!
Good night Cpompe1. Take care.
heartruss – I wish I could go to spring training, but we, as a family,are going to Anaheim for Spring Break so we have to save money for that, especially if we want to see a Dodger/Giants game while we are there.
Good Night ITD readers and writers!!!! Take care and God Bless to all of you 🙂
Good morning ITDland ~ Please, please sign Manny. Let's get on with the show!
I see Nelly posted by the Hudson situation but I see no one posted this.
Its going to be interesting if they sign Hudson AND Manny. Not that it wouldn't instantly strengthen the everyday line-up, but it would make Blake's signing for 3 years rather curious to say the least. I think DeWitt showed he can handle both 2B and 3B, and he has nothing to prove as a mere back-up. It blocks him at 3rd for three years and at 2nd for whatever term they'd sign Hudson.
IMO, it either leaves DeWitt totally tradeable, signals they don't expect to sign Manny, or Ned's finally getting [swallows hard… twice] smart and coming up with a viable contingency plan if Manny holds out into the season or signs somewhere else. It also belies that Pierre would be the starting LFer (breathes huge sigh of relief.)
An infield of DeWitt/Furcal/Hudson/Loney would probably be the best fielding in the league and would make our pitchers 2-3 hits a game better just with their range alone. Kent's cement shoes cost at least 1 hit per game as did Nomar's. And what Blake lacks in range in left would hopefully balance out with his arm. Still would leave us scrapping for runs though unless MELK stepped it up a notch or two.
Could be an interesting season.
Orlando Hudson: Dodgers in Mix?
RotoWire.com Staff – RotoWire.com
15 hours, 22 minutes ago
Recommendation: GM Ned Colletti confirmed that talks have taken place. Should Hudson sign and the Dodgers not re-sign Manny Ramirez, the club could move Casey Blake to left field and use Blake DeWitt at third base, though both Hudson and Ramirez could sign and push DeWitt to a backup role or Triple-A.
I don't think I want Hudson now.
Damn Maddux why you have to be the Padres ST instructor and not our team instructor?
I hate to say this too, but Ned's done a [yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuk] good job of culling out the malcontents on the team.
Of course, many of the malcontents were his doing in the first place…
(Ah, that feels better.)
One more malcontent to go!
Good Morning ITD readers and writers!!!!
6 Days and about 5 hours until the Dodgers first Spring Training game.
enchanted – always great to wake up and read what your thoughts are. It does seem like JP is out of a starting job either way (with Manny and/or Orlando being signed), doesn't it? However, I think he is digging his own grave this time by admitting he wants to be traded. I do hope it's one or the other though, but you made the observation yesterday that DeWitt wasn't at the meeting of the young core group yesterday, so that is still a mystery in some ways of why he wasn't there.
Good Morning trublu!!!!!
Good morning Nellyjune & Enchanted ~ I'm very concerned that DeWitt wasn't at the meeting. You watch, he will be gone and the Garden Gnome will still be with us. Boo-hoo.
DY, Kuo, Kersh and Wade weren't at the meeting either so I wouldn't read much into it. It just seemed a little odd to me that DeWitt wasn't there because he'd been a regular much of the year.
I'm OK keeping DeWitt, but I'm also OK with trading him if it brings us something of equal or greater value in another area. Not necessarily right away, but after spring and into the year if it looks like we're in need of something. Other than Lambo and Kersh, he's probably the most valuable trade commodity we have. That is of course if we have Hudson and Manny onboard. Otherwise I'm perfectly content with him at second or third.
Yes Tru, one more malcontent to go!!
Why do I have to go?
New tread!
Oops, new thread!!!


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Leyland becomes fan of White Sox ace Sale
KANSAS CITY -- The Tigers are scheduled to open next week's series against the White Sox by facing Chris Sale, whose pitch up and in to Prince Fielder on July 11 at Comerica Park set off a chain reaction that ended up with benches emptying, Luke Putkonen being ejected for throwing behind Alexei Ramirez, and Jim Leyland tossed for arguing vehemently with umpires.
As far as Leyland is concerned, though, that incident has been smoothed over after Leyland and Sale spoke in New York this week during All-Star festivities.
"He's my new favorite enemy," Leyland said on Friday. "He's a terrific guy. We had a lot of rapport when we were [in New York], him and I. I really enjoyed it. He's really a good kid, terrific pitcher."
Sale told the Detroit News on Wednesday that he talked with Leyland and apologized for any misunderstanding. He has repeatedly said since the incident that he wasn't trying to throw at Fielder.
"I'm not going to get into that," Leyland said when asked about the focus of the conversation. "We had a great talk and, like I said, we're pretty good buddies. It was great."


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Well, folks, we've just made it through the cruellest month, safely into May…yes, the cruel one is April, because anything can happen weather-wise, and sweet young plants that have just bravely burst through the soil often get snuffed out. In Three Pines it's in any month, really that people get snuffed out, and regularly are. In this one someone dies of fright at a séance at the Old Hadley House! As always, Penny delivers a cozy, comfy, and cruel tale in this third instalment, and I think the series is getting better as it goes along.
Louise Penny is a literary mystery writer, although I don't know what I exactly mean by that–some mysteries are fun but just not that well written, while others seem to be a cut above. I guess it's because her turn of phrase is beautiful, the book is not merely plot driven, and there is some existential wisdom to be learned along the way. Gamache continues to be his same elegant, kind, and unflappable self, especially in this one because he himself is under attack. There is a cruel undercover plan to discredit and unseat him from the Surété du Québec so he will have to face some of his own ghosts as well.


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It's summer and we live in a great place with diverse neighbourhoods, spectacular scenery, festivals, farmers' markets and street fairs.
I love my neighbourhood and walk around it all the time, but I don't know much about others. So, I'm going on a different urban walk every week. And because great company is part of what makes a great walk, I've lined up some interesting guides to take me to their favourite places, tell me about where they live, why they live there and what they love (and even hate) about it.
The tours are slow, impressionistic and personal. The average pedestrian walks at 4.7 kilometres per hour. That's one of many things I learned when I walked with Sandy James, Vancouver's greenways planner. But what's more interesting than that fact, she says, is that when Paris first legislated vehicle speed limits with the advent of the car, it set it at 4.7 km/h to signal that cars and people had equal rights to city space.
Of course, that didn't last long.
Yet walking remains the best way to experience a city. Good company is key to a great walk, but there's more to it than that. It ought to include good food whether it's coffee and a croissant, food cart fare, a pub or a picnic.
And there must be interesting things to see or experience that stimulate your sense of wonder or curiosity.
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In the year 1933 physician Ira S. Wile made some wild predictions about what marriage would look like 100 years in the future. And although it's not yet 2033, we can still be thankful that his predictions for our world just 22 years from now were wildly off the mark.
Dr. Wile imagined a bureau of records under government control that would begin monitoring people the day they were born. He predicted that everything about a person would be recorded; from someone's physical and mental defects at birth to the subjective progress and imperfections of that person throughout their life. Then, when someone wished to be married, they would be assessed by bureaucrats and found a suitable mate based upon case cards that have been cross-indexed against members of the opposite sex. These assessments would be made based on class and desirable physical and mental traits. I don't know about you guys, but after reading the words "case cards" and "cross-indexed" I'm gonna have to take a long, cold shower. Reproduction by committee gets me so hot...
Just three years earlier the 1930 movie Just Imagine looked at this very same issue. Set in the high-tech dystopian world of 1980, the musical sci-fi film (yes, I said musical science fiction) follows the forbidden love of two people that the government's marriage tribunal won't allow to marry. At least in Wile's future it sounds like people can conceive their children the fun old-fashioned messy way rather than just popping two bits into a vending machine.
The entire article, published in the June 25, 1933 Oakland Tribune, appears below.
While it might be somehow easier — though still repugnant — to understand State controlled sexual reproduction and marriage in a pre-WWII era, we must remember that human eugenics didn't die with Nazism, as you can see in this clip from 1967.
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This actor was almost A list a decade or so ago. He is still everywhere. Does lots of things. Great name recognition. Great face recognition, but does get confused with one other actor who looks a lot like him. Married to a gorgeous actress. Gorgeous. Anyway, our actor was on a plane and was recognized by his seatmate. The actor was ordering clothes from an online catalog and said they were for his wife. Last I checked his wife was about a size zero, and didn't have size 11 feet. I guess it is true that our actor loves women's clothes. Kind of makes his actress wife a little more hot knowing she has been married so long to the actor even though he has the kink. This will be revealed.
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Nintendo took the crown last week for pre-Christmas console sales in Japan, with sales of Wiis and DS Lites higher than all the others combined.
The DS Lite topped the chart - again - with unit shipments totalling 279,551 consoles for the week to 23 December 2007, according to Japan's Media Create organisation. As you can see from the chart below, the console's week-on-week sales growth continues unabated.
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Ditto the Wii, with weekly sales of 232,907 units. For the last four weeks, the total rises to 593,286, well behind the DS Lite's 794,529 but ahead of the PSP's 522,521 sales. Sony's handheld notched up sales of 171,804 units last week, down on the previous seven-day period's tally.
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Friday, December 07, 2012By JULIAN E. BARNES and EVAN PEREZ
Hillary Clinton inspected troops in Algeria with Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci.
WASHINGTON—Military counterterrorism officials are seeking more capability to pursue extremist groups in Africa and elsewhere that they believe threaten the U.S., and the Obama administration is considering asking Congress to approve expanded authority to do it.
The move, according to administration and congressional officials, would be aimed at allowing U.S. military operations in Mali, Nigeria, Libya and possibly other countries where militants have loose or nonexistent ties to al Qaeda's Pakistan headquarters. Depending on the request, congressional authorization could cover the use of armed drones and special operations teams across a region larger than Iraq and Afghanistan combined, the officials said.
The idea comes as the U.S. prepares by 2014 to draw down its remaining forces in Afghanistan, which were authorized by Congress in response to the country serving as base for the al Qaeda plotters of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. That authorization has since been applied to pursuing al Qaeda-linked groups as far as Somalia and Yemen, but the threat posed by militants has widened to include other areas and other alliances.
The discussion about seeking new authority underscores the growing U.S. alarm over Islamic extremists in North Africa, where an al Qaeda offshoot has seized control of territory following a coup in Mali to provide the group and its offshoots a working base for operations. The U.S. administration has called the Mali situation a "powder keg" that could destabilize surrounding countries and imperil Western interests.
"The conditions today are vastly different than they were previously," Gen. Carter Ham, the head of U.S. Africa command, said in an interview. "There are now non-al Qaeda-associated groups that present significant threats to the United States." He called the debate over new authorization a "worthy discussion."
Some U.S. officials argue that the existing authority is sufficient, especially if the administration works through African forces and regional governments—as it says it would prefer. But others say new authority is needed if officials decide they need to do more to pressure militant groups.
The debate is going on both within the administration and the Pentagon, where officials remain divided over whether more direct action against militant groups in Africa will be needed.
Obama administration officials emphasized that their approach is still being reviewed. "Everyone is committed to taking on violent extremism in Africa, there is a healthy debate in the administration about how best to counter the threat in the region," an official said.
The terrorist offshoot known as al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, or AQIM, is the biggest single concern. Gen. Ham said that AQIM, which originated in Algeria, has a sophisticated recruiting effort in both sub-Saharan Africa and Europe, and ambitions to attack the West. Fighters from AQIM have been linked to the Sept. 11 assault this year on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, but the nature of the alleged involvement remains unclear.
"It is clear to me they aspire to conduct events more broadly across the region, and eventually to the United States," Gen. Ham said. "That is the ideology, that is the campaign plan, establish the caliphate and spread the ideology, attack Western interests, attack democratic forms of government, and we are certainly seeing that." U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed in the Sept. 11 assault.
U.S. officials have offered logistical help for West African countries forming plans for an intervention force in Mali. Such U.S. assistance would not likely require a broader authorization for the use of force. "It's not simply a question of U.S. direct action. There's a preference in many of these instances for regional action," another administration official said.
AQIM, originally known as the Salafist Group for Call and Combat, once resisted ties to al Qaeda. New leaders changed the name and embraced al Qaeda, but experts don't believe it takes its directions. There are also other groups in Mali, such as the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa, which experts said have only indirect ties to the al Qaeda leadership in Pakistan.
The 2001 congressional Authorization for Use of Military Force gave the U.S. military far-reaching authority to go after members of groups that attacked the U.S. and those who harbored them.
Initially, that pursuit was centered in Afghanistan. However, the war soon led U.S. military forces and their drones from Afghanistan to the Horn of Africa, prompting American action in Yemen and Somalia.
The Central Intelligence Agency, meanwhile, has carried out a lengthy campaign of armed drone strikes in Pakistan outside of the 2001 congressional measure. Instead, the CIA's efforts are authorized by the president, who under law can order the CIA into action without congressional legislation.
Obama administration officials, concerned about the legal justifications behind counterterrorism operations, have preferred to rely on congressional authority for the use of force against al Qaeda, seeing such authority as more defensible and acceptable to allies.
Robert Chesney, a professor at the University of Texas law school, said some scholars believe it is sufficient for a regional militant group to announce it is joining al Qaeda to be covered under the 2001 congressional Authorization for Use of Military Force. Other experts believe groups must actively take orders from al Qaeda's central leadership to be covered.
"The uncertainties that have long surrounded the organizational boundaries of al Qaeda are growing more significant," said Mr. Chesney. "We don't have agreement regarding the litmus test showing when a given group has become sufficiently linked to al Qaeda so as to come within the scope of the authorization for the use of military force."
Some experts believe that the current authorization of force against al Qaeda may lose legal force after the war in Afghanistan is declared over in 2014.
In a speech last week, the Pentagon's top lawyer, Jeh Johnson, also said there will come a "tipping point" at which al Qaeda is effectively destroyed, and the authorization may no longer be in force.
While some in the military welcome new legislation to clarify their powers and responsibilities in dealing with extremist groups, others are wary of the unpredictabilities of congressional action. Some Pentagon officials believe any new legislation considered by Congress would likely come with many restrictions on the military and its ability to capture, detain or release terrorist suspects.
"It is nearly impossible to get a clean request without riders that cloud the base issue," said a military official.
With the U.S. recently ending the Iraq war and trying to exit Afghanistan, the prospect of new authorization for another conflict is a "monumental decision" and shouldn't be done lightly, said Christopher Anders, senior legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union.
"This is the kind of thing that Americans could end up regretting; we could end up in another decadelong war if this crazy idea isn't stopped," Mr. Anders said.
Some congressional aides said the role of the U.S. military in addressing growing threats in Africa is open to debate.
"You can make a plausible case that this threat is still in gestation and therefore we need to act now decisively to deal with it," said a Senate aide. "You can make an equally plausible case that a lot of these groups are much more locally focused and not particularly impressive."


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How You Can Help in the Search for Flight 370
You can help search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, thanks to a website called Tomnod.com. It allows anyone to comb the area where rescue workers are searching using satellite images. The WSJ's Deborah Kan speaks to DigitalGlobe's Luke Barrington.
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Maximum 2 people per boat.
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It is not permitted to jump up and down during the ride or lean out, stand up, sit on the sides or stick out arms and/or legs.
Clothing and footwear required.
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Coming up with a down payment to buy a home is one of the biggest obstacles that renters stumble on when they want to become homeowners. That's why during tax season, many first-time homebuyers turn to their tax refunds as a down payment option, mortgage professionals say.
We're not talking huge amounts
Derek Egeberg, a branch manager for Academy Mortgage in Yuma Ariz., says about half of the homebuyers he is currently assisting plan to use their tax refunds as a down payment to buy a house.
"These are homes in the $100,000 to $125,000 range," he says. "They need 3.5 percent down, and some are expecting to get $4,000 from their tax returns."
The average tax refund last year was about $2,800, according to the Internal Revenue Service. Borrowers who qualify for a Federal Housing Administration loan would have to come up with about $6,000 for a 3.5 percent down payment for a home with the median U.S. home price of about $178,000. The tax refund helps even if it doesn't cover the entire down payment, Egeberg says.
The wisdom of using a refund this way
But is it a smart move to use your tax refund to buy a home?
It depends on whom you ask. Egeberg says it makes financial sense for many clients. With mortgage rates near record lows, borrowers can use their tax refund money to move to bigger homes that often carry lower monthly mortgage payments than what they pay in rent, he says.
But …
But the decision to buy a house shouldn't be based on whether it's a good time to buy, says Ed Conarchy, a mortgage planner and financial adviser at Cherry Creek Mortgage in Gurnee, Ill.
"Before you buy a home, you need to make sure that you are ready to buy a home," Conarchy says.
When buyers rely on their tax refunds as down payment, that's a sign they have not been able to save money on their own.
"The only reason they have the money is because they paid too much in taxes," he says. "And if they have not been saving for a down payment, odds are they have revolving debt and don't have a rainy-day fund."
What about costly repairs?
The lack of an emergency fund is a concern, even if the buyer's monthly mortgage payment is less than rent, he says.
"Let's say it saves you $200 a month. But if all of a sudden you have to replace your roof and spend $5,000, it's not cheaper anymore, is it?"
What do you think? Would you use your tax refund for a down payment?
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Dr. Krowka's research projects involve patients at Mayo Clinic's campuses in Minnesota, Arizona and Florida.
Liver transplantation can totally resolve these syndromes, but complications before and after transplant are more frequent and related to the severity of the low oxygen level (HPS) and severity of high blood pressure in the lungs (POPH). Dr. Krowka and his colleagues seek medical therapies to improve pre- and post-liver transplant outcomes.
In alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, liver transplant can effectively cure the liver damage. The long-term effect of the new liver on the lungs is unknown since abnormal alpha-1 protein can still be made by some lung cells and cause lung damage. Dr. Krowka's group is studying ways to prevent further lung deterioration if it does occur.
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There really isn't a positive way of seeing a weekend late on a Sunday evening, it's cruelty personified. A weekend from this perspective isn't so much as what has been gained, it's more of a question of what has been taken away.
The weekend is snatched in stages from the moment one leaves work on a Friday afternoon. You go out with your heart full of the anticipation of the two-day break but mid way through Friday evening you're already thinking about Saturday's objectives. On Saturday when I've finished the afternoon shopping, usually after having squandered the morning, the relief that I've attained my objective also signals the death knell for the weekend itself. So one focuses on the Saturday night that invariably involves more memory-sapping activity, and the Sunday to come, which has, of course, been rendered virtually useless by Saturdays hedonism. Before you know it your staring into the chasm of another bastard week at work.
The very fact I actually had a good weekend means fuck all on a Monday morning.
It began by meeting up with Swineshead at a pub in Clapham Common, despite my recent moans about the onset of autumn it was a beautiful evening so we sipped beers in the fading light in the concrete garden discussing writing, rock and real estate. At around 8-ish we went our separate ways, SH back to his home in the East End whilst I walked down Clapham High Street to meet Myfwt and some of her colleagues in a bar under the railway arches by Clapham North Tube.
I lived in Clapham for a good 5 years and am still very fond of the place, it has a unique vibe that feels more New York than London, there are so many restaurants and bars that compliment each other rather than openly vie for business, one can eat and drink the world in less than a quarter of a mile, Clapham has a splendid symbiotic relationship with itself. Walking down the street to the bar I felt suddenly very at home and wished I were still living in the area. Of course Clapham has peaked somewhat since I lived there, its streets are cleaner, safer and a lot more fashionable, a fact reflected in the prices of the scarcely available property.
Myfwt was on good form having drunk about the same as I, and her colleagues were very engaging. After a few more beers we wondered back up the street to a lively Mexican restaurant; I drunkenly opted for beer chilli, which was served in a humongous top hat shaped tortilla. It was a hot dish, I was even aware of the price I'd pay on Saturday as I tucked in. We went off to another pub by Clapham Common where it seemed to be okay to smoke out of the open window on the top floor. It wasn't okay; I was threatened with having to pay a fine by a huge square faced bar 'maid', I protested, everyone else was smoking out the window, I said before realising that I was the last smoker standing and was forced to back down.
Myfwt and I got home at 1-ish and I stoically had another beer before realising that I'd drunk at least ten pints and was thoroughly pissed, I went to bed at 2 or so. We both woke with hangovers; mine not as harsh as Myfwt as she's been drinking wine as well as beer and we lay in bed watching re-runs of Tales of the Unexpected. It was a perfect way to suffer a hangover, a round of bacon and watercress sandwiches, 4 cups of tea and a big slow boiling hot trog saw me as right as rain.
I made a deal with Myfwt that if I drove her to her workplace in my van to pick up her car she'd help me with the shopping. Due to Roald Dahl's tales we were running very late and the Saturday traffic on the streets made progress terribly slow. This wasn't good; I'd made plans to meet an old mate at my place for 5 and by 4.45, after an hour and a half drive before discovering that we'd missed the deadline to get Myfwt car out the pound, (cue moderated scream) I still hadn't done the fucking shopping. I texted my mate to inform him I was running late.
Without much of a choice the shopping obligation was undertaken at some pace. Myfwt was still hungover which slowed things somewhat. She has this habit of wandering off in the other direction to investigate something that has caught her eye, just at the very moment I'm in full OCD mode gathering together essentials and beating a path for the till she's to be found half a superstore away eyeing up the label of a tin of Olives stuffed with Anchovy. Despite all this I was back at the flat by 6, Myfwt wasn't up for another session so sensibly decided to go back to hers, though I'd have rather she'd have stayed.
I met Ted at mine at 6, Ted is an art therapist, we've known each other for over 20 years, he now lives in East Anglia so it had been a while, he and I wandered off to the local meeting Rob on the street on the way. Rob runs a comic shop of some note in the South East (I've known him for yonks too) and he and Ted go back further than Ted and I so we made a dynamic triple. We were supposed to have been joined by Frank, James and Jamie but due to illness, a dissertation and x they were unable to make it. We three caught up over some ales in a crowded beer garden, the pub had just played host to the rugby so the place was full of pissed up hooray aw-ha-ha cunts.
After a few and some hilarious geek related comic shop anecdotes that have been blurred into the ether, we shuffled off to the Shawarma shop where Rob and Ted were introduced to the delights of Lebanese cuisine. We made it home and stuffed our maws with a couple more cans before trying to get to sleep; this wasn't as easy as it sounds due to a minor encounter with mirror medicine a few hours earlier.
I had barely 5 hours sleep. Ted and Rob left in the morning I busied myself with a shit load of washing and the dyeing of a green hoodie which needs to be black, it was a long messy process but the result excellent. I ate breakfast with the Moto GP, then switched over to the British Superbikes which was a lot more fun than the former. Rossi basically gave the championship away to Casey Stoner by coming back into the pits following a change from wets to slicks to moan about the front tyre, which was obviously not up to race temperature yet. Nonetheless Casey deserved his championship.
I taped the final race as it was time for me to mount my black bitch and head off out to see my niece. The ride is just the right amount of time to feel the benefits of a fucking good spin; I ignored the blustering wind and headed out to the country. The little one has a bit of a sniffle and can't quite work out how to cough yet, she's also on the brink of laughing but due to the same reason she can't cough, she can't laugh. She has, however, discovered that she fucking loves having a bath. As soon as she's in the water she's pink blur of foam. I shot back home to watch the end of the racing and settled in for the evening, I wrote the first half of this, ate roast chicken and abstained. My weekend closed almost as it had begun by watching a load of Tales of the Unexpected before hitting the hay.
My catch up nights sleep was compromised by waking up at fucking 5am, I fell asleep eventually but when I woke up at 8 I could hear the rain and wind lashing against the window. Fuck it, I'm having day off I decided. This is why Piqued is late and why I'm going to spend the rest of the day playing Tomb Raider in my Yukata.
I wished I'd have known I was going to spend the day in here, could've saved you all the moaning at the beginning. Oh well.


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LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- The latest development news, culled from recent wire reports:
Looking to keep track of all the various projects in development? Click here to visit our newly branded "Devwatch" section. There visitors can view our listings by network, genre, studio and even development stage (ordered to pilot, cast-contingent, script, etc.). It's updated every day!
24 (FOX) - Jamison Jones ("Hollywood Homicide") is the latest addition to the show's sixth season. He'll play the head of the president's Secret Service, a recurring role.
ARMY WIVES (Lifetime) - Samantha Corbin-Miller ("Cold Case") has tapped as the showrunner/executive producer of the upcoming drama series, about a diverse group of women - and one man - living with their families on an active Army post and the pressures on those left behind while their partners serve their country. The Mark Gordon Co. and Touchstone Television are behind the hour, which stars Kim Delaney, Catherine Bell, Sally Pressman, Brigid Brannagh, Brian McNamara, Sterling K. Brown, Wendy Davis and Drew Fuller. The series, filmed on location in Charleston, South Carolina, is set to premiere in March.
CONSPIRACY (Lifetime) - Jonathan Scarfe, Gabriel Olds, Kevin Rahm, Aisha Hinds, Benjamin Burdick and Sam Anderson have all joined the cast of the drama pilot, about Samantha Cross (Sheridan), a young Washington lawyer who, after winning a highly publicized case for a large pharmaceutical company, realizes that she was given falsified documents and that her client was guilty. Olds will play Charlie Parker, who's detailed in the casting notice as follows: "35. A very attractive, classic leading man, Charlie is Samantha's boyfriend, he has a confidence that comes from "being bred that way". A political strategist who works with Washington's most powerful politicians, Charlie is a masterful glad-hander who can turn his dazzling charm on like a faucet. Dismayed when Samantha receives his proposal of marriage coldly and even more dismayed when he finds Cole in Samantha's apartment after hours, but is moved by Samantha's subsequent explanation. When it comes to Samantha's talk of a high-level conspiracy, Charlie is clearly leery of such a disruption in their upwardly mobile lives, and warns her, in no uncertain terms, to back off."
Hinds then is set as Cass - "30-35. Samantha's female, offbeat, neighbor and best friend. Cass is a confirmed liberal activist who works at a local talk radio station. She is on easy terms with Samantha, Cass enters Sam's place without knocking and jokes about how Sam has "sold out" to the money interests. Underneath all the banter, however, it is clear that she is extremely proud when Sam becomes the first female partner at her law firm." - while Anderson is believed to be playing Randolph Dunne - "60s. A poised and polished attorney who heads the most prestigious law firm in D.C. and he entertains some of the most powerful people in the country on his lavish estate. A courtly charmer, Dunne hand-picked Samantha as his personal protege and is delighted when she scores an upset victory on behalf of their client, a huge pharmceutical company. Dunne promptly promotes Samantha to partner, complete with an enormous salary and a shiny new Lexus. When rumors of a conspiracy start trickling through the office, Dunne seems sincerely intent on learning the truth--but Samantha suspects he may know more than he is letting on."
Meanwhile, Scarfe has been cast as Cole Farris - "30-35. Samantha's ex-boyfriend, Cole is intelligent and handsome (but not slick). After attending law school with Samantha, Cole has gone on to establish his own private practice specializing in public interest cases. Cole still cares deeply for Samantha, but he doesn't belabor the point, he disapproves of the fact that she's working for "corporate monsters" instead of the little guy. When Samantha finds herself smack dab in the middle of a deadly conspiracy, Cole is the first guy she turns to for help--and he is happy to oblige." - with Burdick as Ben Freeman - "35-39. Ben is a go-getting, very intelligent reporter for the Washington Post, he is always looking for an angle. Ben smells a scoop in the pharmaceutical case but Samantha freezes him out when he comes sniffing for the story. Later, Ben is righteously castigated by a terrified Samantha for following her in his car. He interrupts her tirade with some shocking information that ratchets up Samantha's paranoia to a new level."
Finally, Rahm is set as the final principal role, Richard West - "Late 30s. This attorney is a rising star in the law firm whose "explosive" style has gotten him up the corporate ladder quickly. Richard has a big crush on Samantha and he doesn't try to hide it. Still, he is territorial, top of his game, and believes Sam should be working for him, not "with" him." Fox TV Studios is behind the Vancouver, Canada-based hour, which Jeff Bleckner is directing from a script by Tim Bogart. Gary Randall is executive producing alongside Bogart.
DRIVE (FOX) - Kevin Alejandro ("Sleeper Cell") and Mircea Monroe ("Freddie") have both joined the cast of the upcoming drama, about an underground race across the U.S. They'll take over for Andres Saenz-Hudson and Taryn Manning as Winston Salazar and Ellie Laird, respectively. No specific reasons were given for the changes. Manning nevertheless is expected to stay on the show playing a different character, Jewel. Also being recast: Alan Ruck and Shahine Ezell's characters, leaving Melanie Lynskey, Emma Stone, Kristin Lehman and Rochelle Aytes as the only holdovers from the original pilot. Nathan Fillion replaced Ivan Sergei earlier this month. Tim Minear, Ben Queen and Greg Yaitanes are the executive producers of the 20th Century Fox Television-based series, which is due to premiere in April.
THE GEORGE LOPEZ SHOW (ABC) - Oscar De La Hoya has booked a guest spot on the sitcom veteran. He'll play a trash-talking doctor on an upcoming episode of the series. No air date has been announced.
Sources: Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Reuters


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1 frozen puff pastry sheet (from a 17 1/4-ounce package), thawed according to package instructions
1/2 cup apricot jam (6 ounces), melted
1/4 cup confectioners sugar
1 tablespoon soymilk
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon soymilk
½ cup apricot jam, melted
Cumin, Chili Powder, or any spice blend of your choice
Special equipment: parchment paper
Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 425°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Roll out pastry on a lightly floured surface into a 12- by 10-inch rectangle, then cut in half lengthwise. Cut each half crosswise into 4 (5- by 3-inch) strips (for a total of 8 strips).
Spread each strip with 1/2 tablespoon jam, then fold strips in half lengthwise to form 1 1/2-inch-wide strips. Twist each strip 3 times and place on baking sheet.
Bake until golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes. Transfer twists to a rack set over a sheet of parchment. Stir together confectioners sugar, soymilk, and lemon juice until smooth, then brush over warm twists. Or Stir together soymilk, and spice blend and mix until smooth. Brush over warm twists. Serve warm.