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TMR: “Season Of The Witch” And Nic Cage’s Hair
Nicolas Cage’s latest film, Season of the Witch, has been tentatively declared his worst film yet and this may have been obvious by looking at his hair.
I saw Season of the Witch a few weeks ago in theatres, having been tricked by the trailers and my own hope for old school Nic Cage. In the movie, Cage, alongside Ron Perlman, are derelict Crusaders given a final mission for the church; transport a suspected witch to a monastery and have her exorcised, or cured, or blessed or…something. What caused the abandoning of killing Muslims, you ask? Cage ended up killing a woman, impossible for her to have been his first, and has a change of heart. Perlman joins him seemingly just because.
This may have also been the fact that they were apparently also the only American Crusaders. This isn’t really a necessary statement; it’s just confusing, because later on, a British actor acts like he too is American, so either the choice to keep their own accents wasn’t their own, or they just demanded that they be in the company of another (faux) American, one who is a scumbag. In any case, Perlman and Cage get hustled and blackmailed into transporting a young attractive lady in a cage with a shady priest, a German guy, the previously mentioned scumbag, and the immortal Irish kid from the British show Misfits, which you all should watch.
From the moment the movie shows the Crusades happening in the same place where it snowed that one time, every moment is nothing but disappointment. The effects are terrible, the acting is terrible, and the jokes are terrible. Never before have I seen a joke fall as amazingly flat as every single joke in this movie; usually one person snickers, but not one person in the packed theatre vocalized any amusement. Watching it, I couldn’t stop trying to equate the success of Cage’s movies with his hair.
In recent years, Cage has done almost nothing but garbage. Lately, you can almost determine how good it’ll be by the length of his 
hair. Bangkok Dangerous, Next, and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice are the ones that come to mind. These are all fairly bad, the last being the least, but looking at his other recent films, my theory? Immediately disproved, because of Ghost Rider, Wicker Man, and Knowing. Honestly, I really wish I was right, because he will still occasionally do an awesome movie. Actually, thinking about it, other than Con Air, I don’t think he’s ever done a good movie when he’s had long hair. He’s made good movies with short hair, none with long hair. Well, hot shit, my theory has SOME truth to it; short hair means the movie might be good, long hair means that it won’t be good.
It’s not often I put any videos or links or anything in these, but this one kind of needs it. Why? Because. First, here is more or less the same movie except done well: http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/magnolia/blackdeath/
And here is a good example of Nic Cage’s movie selection: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eExfV_xKaiM
Theatre: No.
Buy: No!
Rent: For shock value, maybe, but mostly, no.
Download: Definitely not.
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as embarrassing as it is to say this after reading your review and all the others, I actually didn’t mind this movie! I’m usually dead on with reviews, but for some reason I actually thought this movie was alright. Shame on me I know, whatever.
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Ken Griffey Jr. in at DH, Milton Bradley in left field and batting clean-up for Mariners tonight
Those of you expecting big offensive changes tonight because of the recent roster moves are going to be disappointed. The Mariners have Ken Griffey Jr.griffey shoes in at designated hitter once again and batting fifth against Tampa Bay ace James Shields. Milton Bradley is now in front of Griffey at the clean-up spot while Jose Lopez bats sixth.
So, those of you expecting to see Ryan Langerhans replacing Bradley as the left fielder on at least a semi-regular basis so Bradley can be the DH? It isn’t happening. At least, not for now. For now, the big idea is to have a real backup shortstop in Josh Wilson and a guy who can give center fielder Franklin Gutierrez a rest every now and then in Langerhans.
“Obviously, these weren’t as much offensive moves as defensive moves,cheap griffeys” Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu said. “Where, you look at Guti’s season so far, he’s playing every day. And there are times where he’s still, you see him getting a litle bit tired and we didn’t really have that option of putting anybody out there in center field. Langerhans gives us coverage in all three (outfield) positions. He’s a guy we’re comfortable with.”
Wakamatsu did add that both guys give him defensive coverage in case players have to be pinch-hit for late and the game drags on.ken griffey shoes He was asked whether he’d try to get Langerhans in some games in left field, the way he’d done with Eric Byrnes, just to keep his productive bat fresh.
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Which begged the ovbvious follow-up question of whether Wakamatsu planned to keep going with Bradley in left and Griffey/Sweeney as his right-left DH combo.
“Obviously, the way the season’s gone so far we’re looking at every different way to get us some wins,king griffey shoes” he said. “It just gives us a little bit more options. We don’t know yet.”
What are those offensive options, then, besides giving the team a chance to rest Gutierrez?
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Wakmatsu believes “the talent is there” on is current club and that the regulars have to have more productive at-bats,griffeys 2012 espeically in key situations. The Mariners had a hitters’ meeting this afternoon and talked about the need to execute the fundamentals of offense — like moving the runners over, getting bunts down and having productive at-bats.
So, we’ll see whether anything changes.
One thing I can tell you: it won’t be easy tonight. Shields throws an above-average change-up to opposite-handed hitters and Griffey and company had best be ready for it or it will be a very long night once again.
Anyhow, Josh Wilson comes back to the majors after hitting .333 in Class AAA and leading the Pacific Coast League with 11 doubles.griffeys sneakers He hit .300 this past spring with the Mariners after never really being considered much of an offensive force.
Wilson says the big difference was returning to Seattle this year, where he had coaches — like former Colorado mentor Allan Cockrell, when he used to be in the Rockies organization — who believed in him.
“It was nice knowing all winter long that I was working on something and it was going to carry over,king griffeys” Wilson said. “It was just that I worked on the same things. A swing that I always felt comfortable with. Numerous times, I’d get into spring training and before I even had an at-bat in a game, I had the coaches telling me I’d have to do something different.”
Langerhans said he understood why the Mariners designated him for assignment in the opening week of the season. He knew the bullpen needed an extra arm and says he told GM Jack Zduriencik he’d love to stay with the organization if he cleared waivers.
He did and worked on improving his bat once he went to Class AAA.cheap ken griffey shoes Langerhans started 0-for-6, but soon went 11-for-33 after that with six doubles.
“If you go down there with a sour attitude, you’re not going to endear yourself to your teammates,” he said. “If you hold grudges or have a sour attitude,griffey shoes 2012 it’s not going to get you back to where you need to be anyway.”
So, Langerhans avoided ny bitterness and got to work. Now, he’s back. We’ll see how he’s used from here.
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His eighth-inning, line-drive double scorched into the left-center-field gap scored Ichiro with the go-ahead run. And as Ken Griffey Jr. jogged back to the dugout, replaced by pinch-runner Wladimir Balentien, the Safeco Field crowd rose once again to voice its appreciation, for today and every other day Griffey has worn a Mariners uniform.
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After 56 games, the reception is as warm and as grateful as it was at the home opener two months ago. The homecoming celebration continues as each new home crowd relished the opportunity to thank Griffey for what he did for baseball in this city and thank him for returning to lift this lumbering sports town.
“It’s been overwhelming, really,” Griffey said,griffeys 2012 relaxing in front of his locker before Saturday’s 2-1 win over Minnesota. “And I’m not taking any of it for granted. When I come up and I get those standing O’s and stuff like that, I’m really trying to give them something to clap for after that.
“It’s been really nice. I couldn’t have written a better story for this [homecoming],” he said. “Other than the numbers,griffeys and the numbers can change, they can go up. It’s been overwhelming.”
The early season numbers have been disappointing, the only imperfections in this otherwise perfectly scripted return. Playing almost exclusively at designated hitter, he is hitting .224 with six home runs and 15 RBI. In the last week of May, he endured an 0-for-22 slump.
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He has been an approachable go-to guy for the young players,cheap ken griffey shoes who in spring training didn’t know whether to talk with him, or ask for his autograph. He has made the game fun again for Ichiro.
“I think last year’s situation in this clubhouse, it wasn’t much fun for anyone,” he said. “We’re trying to change that, and a lot of that is just about changing the attitude about being here. Giving guys hugs when they need it. Giving them support. Giving them a hard time sometimes.”
In his early years, Griffey’s locker-room neighbor was crusty veteran Leonard,griffey shoes 2012 who told him, “There are going to be a lot of people who kiss your ass, and I’m not going to be one of them. I’m going to teach you how to play baseball and I’m going to tell you when you do things right and I’m going to tell you when you do things wrong.”
Griffey has become this club’s Jeffrey Leonard, but with much more grace and a Larry the Cable Guy kind of humor.
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“I still enjoy getting to the ballpark. Getting on people and harassing them,” Griffey said. “And, like I’ve always told people, when it’s not fun, then I’ll go home.”
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Ken Griffey Jr. caps three-run ninth as Mariners end losing streak
“This wasn’t the first time the Mariners have seen a game end with Ken Griffey Jr. getting his bat on a ball.
But it was the first occasion in recent memory in which the Mariners began a winning rally because their manager flapped both his gums and arms with equal vehemence. History will note that manager Don Wakamatsu received his first major-league ejection an inning before his team rallied for three runs in the ninth for a stunning 4-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.
Wakamatsu getting tossed, on the day of his 100th career victory, seemed to ignite a Seattle lineup that had spent much of the previous eight frames looking poised to lose for the sixth consecutive time.
“In hindsight, it sparked us,” said Mike Sweeney ken griffey jr shoes, who opened the ninth with a single off Toronto closer Kevin Gregg. “Wak is our captain, our leader. We told him after the game he was going to get a beer shower for getting tossed for the first time in his career.”
A crowd of 20,452 at Safeco Field, which seemed to consist mostly of Blue Jays fans for the first eight innings, roared to life in the at-bats that followed. Jose Lopez added a single to right after Sweeney, followed by a huge walk to Milton Bradley with the count full that loaded the bases.
Casey Kotchman hit a ball grand-slam distance but pulled it several feet wide of the right-field foul pole. But he laid off some tough pitches and worked a walk that got the Mariners within a run.
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It was an emotional moment for Griffey ken griffey jr shoes, batting just .183 when he came up and dogged by questions about whether he’ll retire in-season. The Griffey saga has taken on a life of its own and dominated all talk surrounding a last-place team that had lost 15 of 18 coming in.
“We’re probably not going to go through a two-week period like this again,” Sweeney said. “Considering how hard it’s been and yet we’ve stayed so close together.”
The walkoff win was the first by the Mariners all season. They had 13 such victories last year.”
Griffey Jr. back at Mariners’ camp with new job
Ken Griffey Jr. says he was only thinking of his teammates when he retired abruptly last June, and he’s returning to Seattle for a similar reason: to help the organization that gave him his start.
Griffey arrived Wednesday afternoon at the Mariners’ spring training headquarters to begin his job as a special consultant. In his new role, Griffey will work with minor leaguers and might make an occasional appearance in the TV booth.
For his first task, the 13-time All-Star sought to make clear that his sudden retirement was because he didn’t want to be a distraction to the team.
“I’m not upset. I think people thought I was upset at certain things,” Griffey said. “I just felt that it was more important for me to retire and instead of being a distraction, it no longer became the Seattle Mariners, it became, ‘When is Ken doing this? When is Ken doing that?’ and that’s something I didn’t want to have my teammates, who I truly cared about, having to answer these types of questions day in and day out.”
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“That’s not important. The important thing is it was time. That’s all that needs to be said,” Griffey said. “Those are what-if questions. I thought I did what was best for myself and for the team.”
Griffey, often referred to as “The Kid” for his youthful exuberance, spent his first 11 major league seasons in Seattle and rejoined the club in 2009. He reflected on his decision to walk away without fanfare, saying he never wanted a major press conference and that he retired on his own terms, regardless of how Mariners fans felt.
“You want me to apologize for something that I felt was right? I felt that it was right for me to leave? I’m not going to do that,” Griffey said ken griffey shoes. “It’s not intended to hurt people, it was a decision that I made.
“I had to worry about doing what was best for me,” he added.
Griffey had a strained relationship with manager Don Wakamatsu, who was fired two months after Griffey left, and he said they haven’t spoken.
“My phone rings,” Griffey said. “That’s just the way it is.”
Griffey and Wedge back from whirlwind trip to Japan
I talked today to Mariners senior director of baseball information Tim Hevly, who accompanied Eric Wedge and Ken Griffey Jr. to Japan on what he called “a little weekend jaunt.”
The trio went on a whirlwind three-day (more or less) trip to Tokyo, leaving from Seattle last Friday afternoon and arriving in Tokyo on Saturday night. They left for home on Monday evening around 6 p.m. Tokyo time — and because of the vagaries of Asia to North America travel, arrived back in Seattle at 9:30 Monday morning.
The purpose of the trip was to promote the season-opening games in Japan between the Mariners and Oakland A’s, to take place March 28 and 29 at the Tokyo Dome. A’s manager Bob Melvin solely represented Oakland, while Yomiuri — which both owns the Giants and is helping present the games in Japan — requested that the M’s bring an additional person because this was their first time playing in the country. (You might recall that in 2003 — when Melvin was managing in Seattle — the Mariners had been scheduled to open in Japan, but the trip was canceled because of the Iraq war).
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Hevly said Griffey, now a Mariners consultant and still a big name in Japan, volunteered for the task. I asked him if there was any consideration given to having Ichiro involved in the promotion, for obvious reasons.
“Ichiro is in Japan right now, and it wouldn’t have been a big deal to have him come, but that’s not what this event was set up to be,” he said. “The point was to have someone from our organization there to join with the managers to talk about the games. Ichiro is very focused on getting ready for the season, and it was nice not to disrupt his routine.”
One of the highlights of the trip for the Mariners contingent was a clinic they attended on Sunday at the Yomiuri training site, about an hour outside Tokyo, for about 110 kids from around Japan.
“That was terrific,” Hevly said. “The passion those kids have for baseball was really evident. The amount of energy from kids between 8 and 12 years old was amazing. They were very attentive. They want to be better.”
Wedge and Griffey both offered tips on various aspects of baseball. Among the attendees were a group of 36 kids from Fukushima, which had been devastated by last spring’s earthquake and tsunami. They road a bus four hours to attend, and got a special “meet and greet” with Griffey and Wedge afterward, in which they received some Mariner gear the team had sent with the group. The other kids received memorabilia as well, and the Mariners posed for pictures with all the participants.
“It was fun to see how excited they were,” Hevly said. “It’s a reminder how resilient kids are.”
Griffey, who made several tours of Japan as a player, is still recognized wherever he goes. When the group went to see a sumo tournament, one glance into the car from the security detail got them waved in. And on the last day of their stay, when Griffey headed out of the hotel, there was a “mini-riot,” in Hevly’s words, as fans surged toward his car for one last crack at an autograph.
“He’s definitely a big deal,” Hevly said.
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As for the main event, the press conference, Hevly estimated that there were “easily 200 people there. The hotel ballroom was packed. There were 12 or 13 TV cameras in back, 100 to 150 print reporters, and about 50 photographers. It was a big deal.”
There’s not much English coverage I could find of the press conference other than this Associated Press story, which features a Griffey quote when asked about Ichiro (I have a feeling a lot of the questions were about Ichiro — at least the ones not about Hideki Matsui):
“Ichiro is going to be fine, you can ask these two guys (Melvin, Wedge) if a guy had 184 hits they wouldn’t be complaining,” Griffey said. “But you are looking at a guy who is a special athlete. He had one hiccup in his career and come this time next year we won’t even be talking about this. He is going to come into this season determined and with a little fire.”
Afterwards, they flew back — Griffey to his home in Florida, Hevly and Wedge to Seattle. And there was no rest for the weary — after heading back in time from P.M. to A.M., Wedge met with Jack Zduriencik at Safeco Field on Monday morning.
Bryce Harper learns how not to vent anger
Bryce Harper’s frustrated swing cost him a little blood and a little embarrassment, but no time on the field.
The teenager was lucky.
Harper took out his frustration on a wall Friday night, slamming his bat hard against the side of the tunnel leading to the clubhouse. The barrel smacked off the wall and hit his temple just above the left eye, causing a gash that needed 10 stitches after a 7-3 win over Cincinnati.
He was in the starting lineup again on Saturday night, wearing a white bandage over the lump just above his eyebrow.
“No problem, no headache,” the 19-year-old outfielder said. “I feel great. Ready to go.”
Manager Davey Johnson initially thought Harper would need a couple of days to recover. Harper texted him after he got stitches on Friday night and said the doctor had cleared him to keep playing.
When Johnson saw him on Saturday, he relented.
“There wasn’t any swelling around the eye to speak of,” Johnson said. “So he can take out that anger on the opposing pitcher instead of the walls around here.
“He’s real lucky, real fortunate. It could have been a heck of a lot worse.”
It’s been quite a two-week debut for Harper, who has been plunked and, now, has plunked himself while getting accustomed to the major league spotlight. Harper, the first overall pick in the 2010 amateur draft, had handled it well until Friday night.
His first promotion to the majors on April 28 drew comparisons to Ken Griffey Jr., the last 19-year-old to hit a homer batting left-handed. Harper hasn’t hit a homer yet, but his two-week stint has been all about hitting.
Philadelphia’s Cole Hamels hit him in the back with a pitch last Sunday as a way of welcoming him to the majors. Harper responded by stealing home later in the inning. Hamels got a five-game suspension.
When the Nationals arrived in town on Friday, Harper was brought to the dugout for a session with local media covering his Cincinnati debut. Johnson praised the way he’s handled all the attention.
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Then, a rare night of frustration got to him.
Harper went 0 for 5 with three strikeouts. After he grounded out in the seventh inning, he went into the tunnel connecting the dugout to the clubhouse and took a whack at the wall. The bat flew back and hit him.
He stayed in the game even though blood was trickling from the cut, and struck out in the ninth inning.
It’s common for players to vent frustration by throwing or swinging something. Most times, nothing happens. Harper’s gash above the eye was a reminder that it’s important to vent safely, a lesson the New York Knicks’ Amare Stoudemire learned after punching a case surrounding a fire extinguisher after a loss to the Heat in the NBA playoffs.
One frustrated swing can make everything much worse.
“I’ve had teammates punch walls and break their hands,” Reds outfielder Drew Stubbs said, referring to his days in the minor leagues. “You have to be careful or you could end up missing time.”
Harper’s gash got the attention of Reds rookie shortstop Zack Cozart, who has never hurt himself while throwing a fit.
“I’ve thrown helmets,” Cozart said. “You get frustrated in the heat of the moment. I’ve never had anything like a bat come back and hit me. That’s kind of scary.”
Maybe he should be more like Reds All-Star second baseman Brandon Phillips, who doesn’t see a point in throwing or hitting anything after a bad at-bat.
“I laugh at myself,” Phillips said. “I don’t throw my helmet. It’s not the helmet’s fault. It’s not the bat’s fault.
“He’s just trying hard. He’s young. He’ll learn. The older he gets, he won’t do that. That just shows he’s wearing his emotions on his sleeve.”
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Reds manager Dusty Baker learned how to handle frustration from a Hall of Famer early in his playing career.
“Everybody, when they’re young, has a temper,” Baker said. “I’ve seen guys throw their helmet on the ground and it bounces back up and hits them in the face.
“I remember one time I threw my helmet and Hank Aaron put his hand on the back of my neck and said he never wanted to see me do that again. I said, `OK, if you’ll take your hand off my neck.’ He said it’s not the helmet’s fault. Pick it up, put it where it belongs, go over and sit down and figure out how you’re going to get him the next time.”
Johnson attributed Harper’s outburst to frustration brought on by trying too hard at the plate.
“I thought last night was one of the few times he was overly aggressive,” Johnson said. “He’s been patient, making them throw in the strike zone. Last night they threw a lot of off-speed stuff and he was chasing it.
“Obviously the whole night he was overly aggressive. He hit that wall pretty hard and maybe it knocked some sense into him.”
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Mariner fan inks a tribute to Ken Griffey Jr.
I wouldn’t be surprised at all to see Ken Griffey Jr. show up at Mariners’ camp in Peoria, Ariz., at some point this spring tiger shoes, as he and the organization are working toward formulating a position for him. Team president Chuck Armstrong told me a couple of weeks ago that he envisioned Griffey as a “consultant on baseball,” and added that they were still working on the specifics of his role. “It’s all still to be deterimined. We have to talk to him about what he feels comfortable with. We want him to be comfortable, and he wants to be productive.”
I think having Griffey back in the organization will be a win-win. It’s time to put the messy ending to his career aside and remember that he was the most important player in franchise history (with due respect to Edgar Martinez, Ichiro or any other Mariner stalwart of the past. Griffey was, for a time, the most famous and popular baseball player in America, and he put the Mariners on the map when they were, to the vast majority of the country, nothing more than an afterthought). Having him play a permanent role in the organization, as an advisor/instructor/goodwill ambassador, is a no-brainer.
Meanwhile, I thought I’d share this photo sent to me by 20-year-old Tanner Detschman of Lynnwood asics tiger shoes, who is a junior at the University of Washington studying to be a history teacher.
Detschman writes that “growing up was amazed by Griffey and his work on and off the field. To me, Ken Griffey Jr. is Seattle so I had my tattoo artist asics tiger, Jason Middleton of Deep Roots Tattoo in Seattle, place the Seattle skyline in the background of the tattoo.”
Detschman said that Middleton worked off a Griffey sketch he found online. Detschman adds that he has just one other tattoo — his last name. “This was a really important tattoo for me. In short cheap asics tiger, to me the tattoo is really important as Griffey is and always will be Seattle to me.”
Impressive work by Jason, and an extraordinary show of Junior support by Tanner. Me, I think I would have limited my devotion to a scrapbook.
Griffey back with Mariners as special consultant
Ken Griffey Jr. is returning to the Seattle Mariners as a special consultant less than a year after abruptly retiring from baseball, the team said Tuesday.
Griffey’s role is still being defined, but he’ll be involved with the Mariners at spring training and the regular season, along with visiting most of the Mariners minor-league affiliates.
Griffey’s agent, Brian Goldberg, said in an e-mail to The Associated Press that Griffey should be in Arizona next month. “The Mariners didn’t have to do this,” Goldberg said. “He and I are both appreciative of the opportunity.”
Griffey is also expected to be involved with marketing, broadcasting and community relations.
“I’m looking forward to staying very involved with the Mariners, working with the players throughout the organization, staying involved with the community and assisting in other areas of the organization,” Griffey said in a statement from the club. “It’s an exciting time and I’m very appreciative of the opportunity.”
Team President Chuck Armstrong said that despite Griffey’s abrupt retirement last June, when he simply issued a statement saying he was retiring, Griffey has been “steadfast in his desire to continue his relationship with the Mariners.”
Griffey, 41, spent the first half of his career with Seattle. He was an All-Star in 10 of his 11 seasons with the Mariners and was voted AL MVP in 1997.
After stints with the Cincinnati Reds, where he was an NL All-Star three times, Griffey played in 41 games for the Chicago White Sox in 2008. The next offseason, he came back to the Mariners as a part-time DH, hit .214 with 19 home runs and was carried off the field at the conclusion of the final regular-season home game.
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Griffey came back in 2010 and was batting .184 without a home run when he cleaned out his locker. He said in his statement that without occasional starts off the bench, his continued presence would become an “unfair distraction” to the team, which he never wanted to be for his teammates.
“In his mind, he thought he didn’t have any real alternative,” Armstrong said. “He and I talked the day that he did leave and we might have wished that he did it differently, but in his mind, he did it the right way for himself and the franchise.
“For today as far as I’m concerned, all that’s behind us,” Armstrong added. “I’m just happy to have him back and welcome him back home.”
Mariners manager Eric Wedge embraces the move. He said Tuesday that it’s important for the club to stay in touch with its history and hopes that other former Mariners stars will come down to Arizona to talk to and work with the players.
“You look at the Hall-of-Fame player that he (Griffey) is and the experience that he’s had and the success that he’s had, obviously there’s a lot to be taken from that,” Wedge said.
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Griffey excited for 22nd and possibly final season
Ken Griffey Jr. likes the offseason moves made by the Seattle Mariners so far – to the point he’s optimistically clearing his calendar late into the year.
“We’re going in the right direction,” Griffey said Sunday. “A couple of more wins, postseason, I don’t have anything planned until like early November. Hopefully we can have a lot of fun and continue on the path that we’re going.”
Griffey was back in town to raise the “12th Man Flag” before the Seattle Seahawks’ season finale against Tennessee. He spent a time during pregame on the field taking picture and visited with Titans running back Chris Johnson.
Griffey then ceremoniously raised the flag just before kickoff to arguably the loudest cheers inside the stadium this season.
After raising the ceremony, the slugger who is fifth on baseball’s all-time home run list with 611 said Mariners fans should be excited after the team traded for former Cy Young winner Cliff Lee and signed free agent Chone Figgins away from the rival Los Angeles Angels.
In November, Griffey agreed to a one-year deal to return to Seattle in 2010 for his 22nd major league season.
“This is going to be fun to watch,” Griffey said, his first comments to local media since he re-signing was announced on Nov. 11. “The people of Seattle should be really excited about what’s going on.”
After spending his first 11 seasons with Seattle and becoming a star, he played nine more with Cincinnati and the Chicago White Sox. Griffey returned to the Mariners in 2009 and almost single-handedly transformed what had been a fractured, bickering clubhouse with his leadership, energy and constant pranks.
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The deal Griffey signed to return as a 40-year-old calls for a $2.35 million base salary. Baseball’s active home run leader would earn $3.9 million if he again has at least 400 plate appearances, Seattle’s attendance tops 2.5 million and Griffey again does not go on the disabled list while remaining on the roster for the entire season.
A 10-time All-Star and the 1997 AL MVP for the Mariners, Griffey hit .214 last season with 19 homers as a part-time DH. He was limited by a swollen left knee that required a second operation in as many offseasons.
He’ll be an interested observer this upcoming week when the 2010 Baseball Hall of Fame inductees are announced. Former Seattle teammate Edgar Martinez is on the ballot and his result could go be an indicator of if a player that was mostly a designated hitter will ever get into Cooperstown.
“He should go. There is no doubt in my mind. He is the dominant DH,” Griffey said. “He’s a baseball player. It doesn’t matter that he’s a DH, you still have to go out and do your job and he did it at the highest level than anybody for 10, 15 years.”
Griffey beats M’s with pinch single to beat Jays
He was perhaps at the lowest point of his elite career. He’d become a punchline after being accused of sleeping through a game. His team was skidding toward oblivion.
Then, Ken Griffey Jr. awakened.
Seattle’s fading, 40-year-old star emerged for the pinch-hitting chance he reportedly snoozed through two weeks earlier to hit a game-winning single. That capped the Mariners’ three-run rally off AL saves leader Kevin Gregg in the ninth inning and a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday.
“The greatest Mariner in history, coming through with the big hit,” Mike Sweeney said.
He singled to begin the rally off Gregg (0-1), then joined Ichiro Suzuki in giving Junior big, extended hugs in the dugout following the 10th game-ending hit of Griffey’s career.
Seattle snapped a five-game skid. And Griffey’s teammates mobbed him between first and second base.
The Mariners and their fans partied like it was 1995 and baseball’s active leader in home runs (630) and RBIs (1,835) was in his prime – instead of a .191-hitting part-timer with no homers and seven RBIs on his way to retirement.
Nine days ago his teammates, manager Don Wakamatsu and team executives rallied to his defense following a report he was unavailable to pinch-hit in an earlier loss because he was sleeping in the clubhouse.
“The last two weeks were probably the toughest in his career. But he knew we had his back. Probably everyone in Seattle had his back,” Sweeney said.
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Wakamatsu simply called the finish “befitting.”
“We couldn’t be more happy for Griff, with all the stuff he’s been through the last could weeks,” said Josh Bard, who tied the game on a sacrifice fly immediately before Griffey’s hit. “You look at ‘June Bug’s’ career, what he’s accomplished – I know just from spring training how many times he got his knee drained, how many times he’s played hurt. To me, for anybody (to criticize him), it’s just ridiculous.”
It was the first game-ending hit of Seattle’s disappointing season, which included 14 losses in 17 games this month.
Sweeney, a five-time All-Star and the 36-year-old clubhouse co-leader with Junior, stood before a team meeting in Baltimore last week the day after the Griffey-sleeping story broke. He challenged to a fight the teammates who allegedly described the nap to a Tacoma News Tribune reporter. No one fessed up.
On Tuesday Wakamatsu said Milton Bradley, back off the restricted list following two weeks of counseling for emotional issues, would get time as the designated hitter against right-handed pitchers. That would further limit Griffey’s already reduced role.
Griffey dressed quickly Thursday and said he would not talk publicly about his retribution.
Gregg (0-1) had 12 saves in 13 chances before he allowed singles to Sweeney and Jose Lopez then walked Bradley to begin the ninth. Then he walked Casey Kotchman on a full-count pitch to make it 3-2.
After Bard’s sacrifice fly tied, it Griffey emerged to the delight of 20,452 roaring fans. He reached out and pulled a 2-1 fastball on a line into right field. Bradley scored easily from second base.
Shawn Kelley (2-0) pitched the top of the ninth for Seattle, which had been a season-low 12 games under .500 following a 3-2 loss to Toronto Tuesday night.
“To me, it’s walking guys that is unacceptable,” Gregg said, while lauding Griffey as a future Hall of Famer. “I didn’t execute my pitches right there.”
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Wakamatsu, Seattle’s usually composed second-year manager, got his first career ejection for arguing Suzuki’s caught-stealing call that ended the eighth. The tirade while his players were emerging from the dugout between innings looked to be a ploy to fire them up. Replays showed Suzuki was indeed out.
Maybe it worked.
“Yeah, obviously,” Wakamatsu said, chuckling.
It sure kept any Mariner from sleeping through what became a dramatic ninth.
NOTES: Seattle’s Jason Vargas allowed just five hits in 6 2-3 innings. He allowed three or fewer runs for the seventh consecutive start. It looked like Jose Bautista’s two-run homer in the fifth plus a sacrifice fly in the seventh by Edwin Encarnacion would Vargas to his second loss since April 9. … Bautista’s liner was his 12th homer and the Jays’ 66th, tops in the majors. … Toronto’s Ricky Romero followed his first career shutout on Saturday in Toronto against Texas by allowing just four hits and a run in 6 2-3 innings.
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Griffey says he dropped seven pounds this winter through diet and exercise
Just got done chatting with Ken Griffey Jr. in the clubhouse and he told me he dropped seven pounds, mainly because he changed his eating habits slightly and also was able to do more work than last year once his knee surgery got done on Oct. 11.
Griffey had knee surgery the previous off-season, also in October, but also was bothered by a bone spur that kept growing larger as the winter and then last season, wore on. Now, that bone spur has been removed. He says he was able to do more work this winter and that resulted in some of the weight loss.
He appears slimmed down over last year — at least in terms of excess bulk. His chest area appears larger in terms of muscle. Anyhow, we’ll know what kind of shape he’s in once he starts working out with the team.
Griffey hired a personal trainer for his son, Trey, a budding high school football star in Florida, and says he packed on 25 pounds of muscle. Trey was apparently working out so hard on a treadmill in the Griffey home that he burned out the motor.
“I go in there and there’s all smoke,” Griffey said. “That thing cost me ten grand.”
Not sure whether that’s an entirely true story, but treadmills have been known to burn out. Not the $10,000 kind, mind you, but we’ll choose to believe this tale. Anyhow, the reason I’m telling it is because Griffey says that when he saw his son’s results, he started to copy a lot of what the trainer had him do — minus the treadmill part.
“I don’t do treadmills,” he said.
Here’s another good exercise story, courtesy of Griffey. I warn you, you’re not going to believe it, but it is apparently true.
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Griffey says a friend of his just had an exercise bike shipped over from Italy to the Griffey household and that it can burn 2,400 calories in an hour. No, that isn’t a joke. And if true, it’s pretty incredible. I was just on a regular stationary bike at our condo last night, going at a pretty good clip, and burned 450 calories in a half-hour. That’s 900 in an hour on my bike, and trust me, it was a decent pace.
Well, this Griffey bike, which just arrived yesterday at his home, so he hasn’t started using it yet, can go nearly three times that clip. Sort of a Lance Armstrong kind of pace. Here’s a link to the bike, known as PhysioRed.
The bike apparently uses “recycled spinning” to burn 10 times the calories of a regular bike by using biometrics to correctly position muscles etc. while pedaling. It also has infrarfed light that does all sorts of tissue repair and stuff.
This sounds like an infomercial, but let me tell you, if this calorie-burning thing is accurate, guys like Griffey would have all their problems solved. They could work out three times a week, eat a Slim Fast once in a while and lose all the weight they need while still hitting the golf course for hours on end.
Sounds like his perfect retirement gift.
Problem is, it costs $21,000 (according to Griffey). You get an HD TV on the bike with that, apparently, but still, I could go buy a Harley for that money, throw in a giant flatscreen and still have pocket change for a low carb chef while burning my regular 450 calories every half-hour.
Ah, to be rich and famous.
Griffey arrives at Mariners spring training
Sporting a bucket hat with sunglasses, Ken Griffey Jr. arrived at the Mariners’ spring training complex Friday with the kind of reception reserved for a veteran and clubhouse leader.
Griffey embraced manager Don Wakamatsu and general manager Jack Zduriencik, and bellowed greetings to teammates from across the clubhouse.
Slated to be the Mariners’ designated hitter, Griffey flew overnight from Florida after watching his daughter’s basketball game. He took his physical Friday after proclaiming that he’d lost seven pounds through dieting and exercise.
Griffey talked to most everyone in sight, even fans. He held court outside the complex with a group of fans following his physical.
“Good to see him,” Wakamatsu said. “It got real loud in there. It’s amazing how one guy can change the karma of the room.”
Other Mariners position players arrived in camp Friday, including third baseman Chone Figgins and outfielders Franklin Gutierrez and Ryan Langerhans.
Mike Sweeney, another team leader from last season, is expected Sunday after signing a minor-league deal last week.
“When you get Griff in here, it kind of puts pressure on everyone else,” Wakamatsu said. “I just called (Sweeney). I said ‘Griff’s here, where you at?’ He said, ‘I got a late invitation. It wasn’t my fault.’”
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Cliff Lee, who is coming off foot surgery, is scheduled to take part in pitchers’ fielding practice as early as Saturday. It will be his first baseball drill of spring training, with a bullpen session slated for Wednesday.
“I feel good now. I feel like I could do it now,” Lee said. “But it’s kind of ‘Take it easy, better safe than sorry’ type of stuff at this point. Foot feels fine. It’s a little sore from time to time but it’s nothing that’s major at all.”
In other news, Erik Bedard played catch for about 12 minutes Friday as he rehabs his surgically repaired left shoulder.
Catcher Rob Johnson, who had offseason hip and wrist surgery, caught a bullpen session Friday morning, took batting practice and ran without any noticeable hitch in this stride in conditioning drills.
“He wanted to catch more than one guy and we kind of had to hold him back a little bit,” Wakamatsu said.
Brewers’ Trevor Hoffman dilemma mirrors Griffey’s in Seattle
“It’s up to Trevor Hoffman now.
Hoffman has to go into manager Ken Macha’s office Wednesday and tell him to remove the 42-year-old right-hander from his role as the Milwaukee Brewers’ closer. The results demand it.
Otherwise, the pressure will be squarely on Macha to pull the plug on a future Hall of Famer closer or risk more ugly days such as Tuesday.”
Sound familiar? “The Disciples of Uecker,” a Brewers website in the mold of “USS Mariner” and “Lookout Landing,” weighed in with a post on Hoffman’s deficiencies as a pitcher and concluded, “Trevor Hoffman is no longer an asset to the Milwaukee Brewers, and the team would be best served by his retirement.
Subsitute the name Ken Griffey Jr. for Trevor Hoffman, and you have the same agonzing debate going on here about when it’s time for a Hall of Fame-caliber player to hang up his cleats. One is the active home run leader with 630 (fifth all-time), while the other is the career leader in saves with 596.
There are a couple of basic difference in the two situations, the first and most important being that fans in Milwaukee don’t have nearly the emotional investment in Hoffman as Mariners’ fans do in Griffey. Hoffman made his mark in San Diego with the Padres, but left after the 2008 season and signed with the Brewers. Griffey, of course, is the most celebrated, and probably most beloved (in close competitition with Edgar Martinez), player in Seattle franchise history.
However, the Brewers’ financial investment in Hoffman is much higher. Last year, at age 41, Hoffman was sensational for the Brewers — 46 saves in 50 opportunities, a 1.83 ERA, .183 opponents batting average). The Brewers re-signed him to a $7.5 million contract for 2010 with a mutual option for 2011 at $7 million that includes a $500,000 buyout. So they’re into him for $8 million, compared to the $2.35 million plus incentives the M’s are paying Griffey in 2012.
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How bad has Hoffman been this season? He has blown five of his 10 save opportunities, most spectacularly on Tuesday, when he gave up three runs in the ninth to the Reds, failing to get a single out after inheriting a 4-2 lead. In 14 appearances, he’s allowed 21 hits plus seven walks over 13 innings, striking out just eight. His ERA is 13.15. Haudricourt writes, “Now, everybody is wondering if he has suddenly reached the end of the line with no prior warning.”
Macha’s decision after Tuesday’s debacle was to give Hoffman two days away from game action to work with pitching coach Rick Peterson. As this story explains, Peterson will try to cure some mechanical flaws the Brewers picked up from the “pitch f/x” scouting tool. Macha hasn’t said whether Hoffman will be back as the closer tonight when the Brewers face the Twins in interleague play. Carlos Villanueva handled the closing duties on Thursday and had a smooth 1-2-3 ninth to preserve a 4-3 win over the Pirates. That victory snapped a nine-game losing streak for the Brewers, whose 16-25 record is as disappointing to their fans as the Mariners’ 15-26 mark is to theirs.
My hunch is that Villanueva will remain as closer and Macha will let Hoffman try to revive himself in a setup role that’s less stressful — and less vital to the team’s success. That mirrors what the Mariners figure to keep doing with Griffey, who had his best moment of the season yesterday when he came off the bench in the ninth to beat the Blue Jays with a pinch-hit single.
I haven’t seen any indication that Griffey, despite his struggles, is going to walk away, and I’m still not sure the Mariners have the stomach to push him out. So, as with Hoffman in Milwaukee, the Mariners will keep searching for the best role to utilize him, for as long as he stays around. I think Thursday provided the optimal blueprint for a Mariner future that includes Griffey.
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ASICS Cricket Partnership off to a winning start
The partnership between ASICS Oceania and Cricket Australia is off to a winning start with the Australian Twenty20 side claiming victory over South Africa overnight.
Australian cricket’s next big thing Pat Cummins claimed three scalps on debut and ASICS Ambassador Shane Watson blazed a half century with the bat to guide the tourists to a tight five-wicket Twenty20 victory over South Africa in Cape Town
Wearing the newly unveiled ASICS team uniform, fast bowler Cummins, 18, was one of four Australians making their first international T20 appearance and he lived up to all the pre-match hype with three wickets in the 19th over to restrict South Africa to 7-146.
Then Watson, forced to overcome the first-over loss of opening partner David Warner, survived an early chance to smash 52 off 39 balls to help Australia meet the target with three balls to spare.
Captain Cameron White (28 off 22), David Hussey (25 off 27) and Shaun Marsh (25 off 19) also contributed but Watson’s return to form was the catalyst, boosted by South Africa dropping three crucial chances.
Doug Bollinger, James Pattinson and Matthew Wade also got their first T20 international caps at Newlands.
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ASICS, was today unveiled as the new official footwear and apparel sponsor of Cricket Australia; marking the partnership with the launch of a string of exciting new kits for the Australian cricket team.
“ASICS and Cricket Australia share a number of important philosophies about high performance, growth and success. This common ground is the making of exciting partnership. We are delighted to be announcing an association with ASICS, a company globally renowned as being synonymous with high performance” said James Sutherland, Chief Executive Officer – Cricket Australia.
The sponsorship will see ASICS provide the Australian men?s and women?s cricket teams with training and competition kit across a multiple year deal that will include the 2015 Cricket World Cup in Australia. The highlight of the range is the bold new direction taken for the T20 kit all black with green and gold accents.
ASICS cricket shoes have set the standard in performance and quality over the past 10 years and our training and competition kit for the team will deliver the same level of excellence in style, fit and comfort.” said Allan Russell, Managing Director – ASICS Oceania.
The Australian cricket team is one of the highest profile sporting teams in the world so this partnership will significantly elevate our global brand exposure. “This is in line with the strategies we have put in place to achieve the ASICS Growth Plan 2015″ said Motoi Oyama, Global President and CEO, ASICS Corporation.
Australian Cricket Captain Michael Clarke, KFC T20 INTL Captain Cameron White, Trent Copeland, Ryan Harris and Commonwealth Bank Southern Star Alyssa Healy stood shoulder to shoulder with passionate grass roots fans to unveil the new Vodafone Test Series, KFC T20 International and Commonwealth Bank One-Day Series kits in Bondi Junction today.
The Australian cricket team is made up of more than just the eleven players who take the field. The Aussie fans that cheer us on from the stands are also a vital part of the team, their energy lifts us when we?re down and keeps us focused when we?re going well, commented Michael Clarke.
ASICS will also be the official footwear and apparel sponsor of the Australian Cricket Centre of Excellence, where Australia?s next generation of international cricketers hone their craft before taking on the world.
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2012 IAAF World Championships
Our Australian Athletics teams, branded ‘The Flame’ – have all been assembled and are ready to take on the world at the 2012 IAAF World Championships, being held in Daegu, Korea from August 27 – September 4, 2012.
The Championships is a perfect platform for the most spectacular athletics performances at the highest level and Daegu is a thriving city, ready to welcome all participants and tourists to experience its rich history and culture.
Australia left the 2009 IAAF World Championships in Berlin with the best result at a world championship, overcoming injuries to a host of established champions by uncovering the next generation of track and field stars.
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Griffey comes through in 9th as M’s end losing streak
“It took a little old-fashioned Ken Griffey Jr. magic — and perhaps the inspiration of Don Wakamatsu’s first career ejection — but the Mariners finally snapped out of their recent funk with a dramatic 4-3 victory over Toronto on Thursday afternoon at Safeco Field.
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Casey Kotchman then drove a long foul ball into the upper right-field seats before taking a walk to force in a run that closed the gap to 3-2 with no outs.
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Justin Upton has lived with high expectations virtually since the day he picked up a baseball bat.
Now at 22, with two full major-league seasons already behind him, he says he welcomes the challenge of living up to the $51.25 million, six-year contract he signed Wednesday with the Arizona Diamondbacks, the second-largest deal in team history.
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“We view him as a core player, one of our key pieces,” general manager Josh Byrnes said, “and as we view the next six years the kind of guy we want to build around.”
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Omir Santos tried on his new batting gloves, said to slow the impact of a harmful fastball down to the mere annoyance of a junkball, and voiced excitement.
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? The Chicago Cubs agreed to terms with Cuban defector Juan Yasser Serrano, 21, a right-handed pitcher.griffeys 2012
? Aaron Harang was selected by Reds manager Dusty Baker to be Cincinnati’s opening-day starter for a team record tying fifth straight season.
? Houston All-Star first baseman Lance Berkman will sit out the Astros’ spring-training opener against Washington because of a bruised left knee.
? Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton probably won’t return to the field until next week because of a bruised left shoulder.cheap griffeys
? Alex Rodriguez singled, Colin Curtis hit a game-ending, three-run homer and the New York Yankees beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-3 in Tampa, Fla. Yankees owner George Steinbrenner watched in the ballpark bearing his name as the World Series champs won their spring opener.
? Phillies top pitching prospect Phillippe Aumont allowed five runs in the third inning of Philadelphia’s 13-6 victory against Florida State in Clearwater, Fla. Aumont is one of three prospects the Phillies received in an offseason trade that sent Cliff Lee to the Mariners.
? Tim Hudson pitched two sharp innings and rookie Jason Heyward doubled and scored as the Atlanta Braves beat the New York Mets 9-5 in Kissimmee, Fla.griffey shoes
? Jeremy Bonderman pitched two shutout innings after missing most of last season with circulatory problems in his right shoulder and Mike Rabelo hit a tiebreaking single in a three-run ninth to lead the Detroit Tigers over the Toronto Blue Jays 7-6 in Dunedin, Fla.
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? Major League Baseball has settled a lawsuit it filed against a baseball card maker for allegedly stealing trademarks. The Upper Deck Co. has agreed to pay $2.4 million on sales of licensed cards in 2009.
Reds, Baker have deal through 2012
Dusty Baker brought in a tailor during his first spring training as the Reds manager, getting the clubhouse staff ready to look good for the day when the marooned franchise would finally win.
“I said, ‘Man, we’re going to the playoffs, dude,’” Baker related. “I want them all looking good, clean. And I want them believing that we’re going places.”ken griffey jr shoes
Two years later, the staff freed those snazzy suits from their protective plastic wrap. And the manager who picked up the tab got a two-year contract extension and a chance to make sure those suits get a lot of wear.
The Reds announced the deal Monday, a reward for the team’s first playoff appearance in 15 years.ken griffey shoes
“I think we got here sooner than a lot of people thought – to the playoffs,” general manager Walt Jocketty said. “I think a lot of it is due to Dusty’s leadership.”
Baker is in the final season of his original three-year deal. The front office approached him during the season to talk about an extension, and the sides closed in on an agreement last week while the Reds were clinching the NL Central title.
The superstitious Baker wanted the deal to last two years.griffeys
“I’ve had some of my best success on two-year contracts,” Baker said Monday. “I don’t know why.”
Baker’s coaching staff also was offered two-year extensions before the club worked out, attended a downtown rally and headed to Philadelphia. The Reds open against the defending NL champions on Wednesday.
The Reds were the biggest surprise of the division champions, winning the Central despite a young and inexperienced lineup and pitching rotation. Baker kept it together during one of the tightest pennant races in years. The Reds and Cardinals weren’t separated by more than three games from mid-May to mid-August.
The division title was a huge breakthrough.griffeys 2012
Cincinnati hadn’t been to the playoffs since 1995, when Davey Johnson took the Reds to the NL championship series, then got replaced by owner Marge Schott, who simply didn’t like him. The Reds went through five more managers before hiring Baker, who presided over a quick rebuilding process.cheap griffeys
The Reds traded Ken Griffey Jr. and Adam Dunn during Baker’s first season, beginning a change from power-dependent offense to one that can win by going from first-to-third on a single – a category in which they led the league this season.
“It was very difficult (in 2008),” Baker said. “You know that you’re rebuilding at that time. And then you’ve got to get new leaders, you’ve got to get a new face or two for the organization.”griffey shoes
The Reds brought in third baseman Scott Rolen last year and shortstop Orlando Cabrera in the offseason, adding two veterans who have been to the playoffs. They helped a core of young players pull off the unexpected championship, one that puts Baker in select company.cheap griffeys 2012
Baker led the Giants and the Cubs to the playoffs before coming to Cincinnati. He joined Bill McKechnie as the only managers to take three NL teams to the playoffs. Nine have taken three different teams to the playoffs overall – McKechnie, Johnson, Tony La Russa, Jim Leyland, Billy Martin, Lou Piniella, Joe Torre and Dick Williams also did it.
Given the team’s young core, Baker thinks the staff is going to get more chances to look good in those suits.cheap ken griffey shoes
“To me, this is just a first step hopefully in a long line of wins, in a long line of excellent years,” Baker said.http://www.cheapgriffeysonline.com
Mariners go into Winter Meetings “open-minded,” but not likely to be bidders for high-priced free agents
The tearing down of a 101-loss Mariners team has been under way since before the disastrous 2010 season ended.
Only 14 of the 25 players who opened the season with the Mariners are still on the 40-man roster and two of those, Matt Tuiasosopo and Rob Johnson, are not considered favorites to make the squad next spring. Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik continued his reworking in recent days by trading third baseman Jose Lopez and non-tendering pitcher Ryan Rowland-Smith.griffeys
Zduriencik arrives in Florida on Sunday for the annual baseball winter meetings looking to accelerate his plans to rebuild what has been torn down. The Mariners already have youngsters Justin Smoak, Adam Moore, Michael Saunders, Dustin Ackley and Michael Pineda either at or near the majors, but must figure out where they fit and how to bolster an offense that ranked among the worst in the last 40 years.
“I’ve always believed that you just have to acquire talent,” Zduriencik said before leaving for the meetings, which begin Monday and conclude Thursday morning with the Rule 5 draft. “As you move forward, you win with good players. You may go in to the meetings with a game plan thinking that X, Y and Z is the thing you need to do, but then, as it unfolds, I think you need to adjust.
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Zduriencik lost out in bidding on free-agent pitcher Rich Harden at the winter meetings in Indianapolis a year ago. But then, during an airport conversation on the way home with Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr., groundwork was laid that resulted in a deal for star pitcher Cliff Lee just a week later.cheap griffeys
The Mariners plan to keep their on-field payroll at roughly the same amount as the $91 million spent on opening day last season (an additional $2.5 million was spent on players no longer with the team and Ackley’s major-league contract). That’s left the team little room to pursue higher-priced free agents and led to speculation Zduriencik will attempt a trade or two to reshape his lineup while continuing the rebuilding plan.
It was just two years ago, at the winter meetings in Las Vegas, that Zduriencik helped orchestrate a 12-player, three-team swap that landed Franklin Gutierrez and others in exchange for a package centered on closer J.J. Putz. Zduriencik could try to move his current closer, David Aardsma, because the pitcher stands to earn between $4 million and $5 million in arbitration for a rebuilding club not lacking in high-powered bullpen arms.
Seattle has been linked to trade rumors involving Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Justin Upton, through the asking price for him is expected to include several of the young prospects the Mariners are looking to in their rebuild. There have been lesser rumors about the Mariners possibly dealing for Diamondbacks third baseman Mark Reynolds and then trying to trade Chone Figgins.griffey shoes
For now, Figgins — who played second base last season — appears to be the replacement for Lopez at third base. But at age 32, with a hitting skill-set that appears to duplicate leadoff man Ichiro, it’s tough to see where Figgins — owed $27 million the next three years — truly fits on a team not expected to contend before 2012 or 2013 at the earliest.
The Mariners also need somebody to man second base if, as expected, Ackley does not make the team out of spring training. Other priorities include finding a capable catcher who can share time with Moore as he tries to prove he belongs in the major leagues.ken griffey jr shoes
Seattle also must find a way to jump-start an offense that scored only 513 runs, the worst total in the majors since the designated hitter came into effect in 1972. Areas that appear easiest to supply a boost in would include DH and left field — especially if the Mariners don’t believe Milton Bradley and Saunders can handle those spots.
Zduriencik cautioned that, even with so many youngsters in the fold, he isn’t handing out jobs just yet. Players young and experienced will have “an opportunity to compete for jobs” next spring, but he won’t hesitate to make a move this coming week if it benefits the team.ken griffey shoes
That could include moves to bring in “veteran leadership” and to “fill some of the needs that we have” with older players if the right ones come along. Zduriencik noted that several of his younger players still have minor-league options and could be sent to Class AAA in the short term if they show they aren’t ready.http://www.griffeysonlinestore.com
“I think you go in open-minded,” he said. “And I think that’s what our plan is, I’m very open-minded. I know what I’d like to accomplish. Whether we can, or cannot, remains to be seen. But I would be able to float in one direction or another if I felt it could help us in the long-term.”
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Ken Griffey Jr. says he left because he was “a distraction” to team
Ken Griffey Jr. says he retired abruptly last year because he felt he’d become a distraction to the team.
“I’m not upset,” he said. “I think people thought I was upset about certain things, but that’s not the case.”
Griffey said he merely feared that people he’d grown close to on the team would try to talk him out of retirement if he stuck around for a press conference. griffeys 2012
So, I asked him, if everything else was fine, why hasn’t he spoken to former manager Don Wakamatsu since he walked away from the team and the game back on June 2?
“My phone rings,” he said, implying that Wakamatsu should have called him. “That’s just the way it is.”http://www.onitsukatiger2012.com
Players and Wakamatsu himself say that the pair didn’t speak for the final two weeks of Griffey’s career. One player told the Times last summer that Griffey erroneously believed that Wakamatsu had been the source of the Sleep Gate story in which the future Hall of Famer was said to be napping in the clubhouse during a game in May.
The player said Griffey shared his opinion with others on the team and only realized weeks later — after he’d already retired — that Wakamatsu was not the story’s source. But today, Griffey merely says he wasn’t upset at the time and left because he feared he’d become a distraction to the team.
Griffey was asked what he has to say to fans disappointed by his abrupt departure. ken griffey shoes 2012
“You want me to apologize for something that I felt was right? I felt that it was right for me to leave. I’m not going to do it. Because it’s not intended to hurt people. It was a decision that I made. I made that 15 years ago…there are some people who are upset and some people who are not. I can’t worry about it. I had to do what I thought was right for me.”
Griffey had indeed spoken for a long time of retiring without fanfare or a press conference. Again, though, one wonders why — if he insists he left with no ill feelings and had simply planned to leave this way all along — he didn’t extend his manager or general manager the courtesy of a phone call. And why, to this day, he still hasn’t spoken to a manager he had a close relationship with in 2009. He did call team president Chuck Armstrong, but, typically, if nothing’s wrong, the manager and GM do get calls and are offered an explanation when a player suddenly retires.
So, today, the question was asked and answered. Griffey’s phone rings is his answer. That’s all he’s prepared to say about it. We can keep asking the same question over and over again, but I doubt we’ll get a different answer.
So, that’s his explanation. Whether or not you accept it is up to you. cheap griffeys
The bottom line, as I’ve written before, is that this franchise needs as many of its few icons to come back within the fold. It says a lot that one of the most popular, if not the most popular, public figures for this team was not a player, but a broadcaster. The death of Dave Niehaus left the Mariners reeling back in November, not just because of the human being they lost, but also because a part of the organization died with him.
Griffey said it will be hard for the organization and those who met Niehaus up-close to get over his death from a heart attack last November at age 73. He was asked whether it will be odd not having Niehaus around on Opening Day.king griffey shoes
“Yeah, it’s odd,” he said. “If somebody tells you it isn’t, it is. Definitely, looking around and not seeing those white shoes, those tight pants he wears and that semi-tight shirt. And that voice. I think that’s the biggest thing. That voice saying hello to you, teasing you, having a good time at the ballpark.
“I think that’s the thing that a lot of the guys who were here over the years are going to really miss. And even the guys who knew him for a year or so, they’re going to miss him, too. But I’ve known him since 17, so like I said, in Seattle he’s like the grandfather to a lot of guys. I know he was one to me, so I’m going to miss that. You’re not going to be able to replace that. You can replace a player, but that voice, you can’t do it. It’s going to take 50 people and even those 50, it’s still not going to be the same.”
Griffey may not be the most popular guy for some fans right now, but he is a future first ballot Hall of Famer and arguably the most famous face for the franchise around the world of baseball and at-large.http://griffeys2012.weebly.com
He just got back from a trip to the Philippines, where he was serving as a goodwill ambassador on behalf of the United States government. Now, he’ll be an ambassador of sorts within the organization, especially when it comes to spreading the message to younger players about what’s expected of them.
“This is the organization I grew up in,” he said. “So, if there’s going to be an opportunity for me to be in baseball, it’s going to be here. I had an opportunity to get a chance to do it. It’s a lot of learning because it’s a little different. It’s not going to change. I’m still going to be the same person. You’re going to know how I feel.”
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“Hard work doesn’t start during the game,” he said. “Hard work starts the night before.”
Regardless of what happened last year — and several good people did lose jobs because of the events of 2010 — the organziation has to try to put it in the rear-view mirror. It will take time for some to forgive Griffey. And some fans may never do that. That’s their choice.
But in my view, you do have to put the events of last year into the context of a 20-year career. If some of you want to include 1999 in that context, again, it’s your right.
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But you also know, if you’ve kept reading this space, that I believe the organization, in the wake of Niehaus’s death, had to find some way to bring Griffey back into the fold. That he was too important a part of Mariners’ history — good and bad, but mostly good — to be estranged from the city he spent most of his career in.
Griffey said he has no regrets about coming back to play in 2010 after what could have been a storybook sendoff in 2009.http://kinggriffeyshoes.weebly.com
“No,” he said. “I mean, things happen. Through no fault of its own, things happen. I got to meet some great people last year. If I wouldn’t have done it, I wouldn’t have had an opportunity to meet some of the people in Seattle that I did meet…and who still call me today. So, no, I’m not sorry that I came back.”
It may take time for some to get the appreciation back that many fans felt in 2009. And some may never get it back. But the team had to try.http://www.nikesoccercleatsmvp.com
Griffey came today and offered his explanation. It may be enough for some, not enough for others, but it’s a start. And it’s as good as it’s going to get.
We’ll see where things go from here.
LeBron James could challenge Michael Jordan for ‘best ever’ title
Jim Boeheim is back from another successful Olympics, part of Mike Krzyzewski’s coaching staff for the men’s basketball team that brought home the gold medal from London.
Boeheim talked about the Olympics and some of the players on Team USA with ESPN Radio host Colin Cowherd. Boeheim told Cowherd that most people don’t realize just how difficult it is to win the gold medal, even with all the NBA talent on the United States team.nike heels
“I thought the players were unbelievable. I think that there’s no realization yet that these other teams in the world can actually beat us, and they can. It doesn’t matter who we have, these other teams are teams that have played together for 10 years. We were in a a 2-point game with Lithuania late in the game. We were in a close game with Argentina, we had a close game with Brazil. Obviously, we were in a close game with Spain. And we had a good team. … It’s a team game, and in one 40-minute game, anything can happen.”
Boeheim also talked about some of the players on Team USA, and was especially generous with his praise of LeBron James. Cowherd asked Boeheim if James is a different player now compared to when he joined Team USA in 2005.nike heels for women
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“Ten times better player. Some of it is maturity. He’s a leader; he was a kid when we first got him. … He’s a 6-9, 260-pound point guard-forward-center. He guarded the post guys. They always say a guy can guard five positions, I’ve never seen that. I’ve heard about it. This guy can guard five guys. he can guard your center, he can guard your small forward, big forward, point guard, two guard. You put him on anybody and he can guard them.”
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“I’ve always thought Michael Jordan was the best player that I’ve ever seen. I always have and and I didn’t think it was close. I’m not so sure any more. And I love Michael Jordan. I’m not so sure anymore. This guy is 6-foot-9 and 260 pounds, and he’s getting better. He works on his game. His shooting is getting better. He’s a phenomenal, phenomenal basketball player. I love this game, I love the history of this game. I know we’ve had great, great players through the years. He’s like Magic Johnson with Michael Jordan-type skills as well.”
Volleyball coach mentions Michael Jordan while recalling Destinee Hooker’s path
U.S. coach Hugh McCutcheon paid quite the tribute to Destinee Hooker while talking about her path to volleyball stardom.
Hooker was a last-minute cut from the Beijing Games team that won a silver medal. But instead of pouting over the slight, Hooker emulated NBA great Michael Jordan — who was cut from his high school basketball team — by returning more determined.jordan high heels
“Sounds like Michael Jordan getting cut as a sophomore, right?” McCutcheon said after Hooker’s team-high 24 points helped the Americans beat South Korea on Thursday to advance to the gold-medal match.
“She just loves the moment of competition, and that’s the great thing to have in an athlete, a person who relishes that moment, who wants to be out there.”nike dunk heels
The 24-year-old Hooker, a wing spiker, was promoted to the national team two years ago.
“I don’t think she’s been off the court since then,” McCutcheon said.nike dunk sb heels
Hooker’s athleticism has never been in question. She played basketball and was a high jumper on the track and field team at the University of Texas before switching full-time to volleyball.
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The 24-year-old Hooker broke into tears while recounting her past struggles trying to live up to the expectations created by sister Marshevet, who was on the 4×100-meter relay team that won gold in Beijing.Jordan Heels 6 Rings
“When I was younger, being told I cannot do some things and now I’m at this level that I never thought I’d be, it’s truly a blessing,” Hooker said while wiping away tears. “Having people in my life who are there with you, they know you can do it and they want to push you through it. It’s a lot but when you have people like that in your corner you can get through anything.”
Hooker pursued her volleyball dream after being spurred on by her family and McCutcheon, who said Hooker has worked hard to improve her footwork, blocking and technique to add consistency to her natural talent. Coming from an athletic family — both her parents played college basketball — certainly helped her mental stamina and physical development.
“She’s incredible. She’s playing like a vet right now and it’s very easy to play with her,” captain Lindsey Berg said. “And I’m lucky that’s who I have to set up because she makes my balls look good.”nike jordan high heels
Hooker has become one of volleyball’s premier players after overcoming those struggles plus knee surgery last year, when she was also the MVP of the World Grand Prix. Perhaps the biggest obstacle was the constant comparisons to her sister, although she learned to channel that into a positive, too.
“That’s what really pushed me as an athlete, I saw my sister succeed, I saw her do so much and I thought I wanna be just like her,” said Hooker, who likely will finish second in scoring at the London Games. “And now I’m in that spot and I’m doing this for her and my family and I’m glad I didn’t give up.”air jordan high heels
Hooker hopes to compete with her big sister in Rio de Janeiro in four years. The U.S. is hoping to enter those games as the defending champion, with a second straight final rematch against Brazil standing in the way.nike sb high heels
“She’s spectacular, she’s got every attacking shot you need and is a great blocker,” Brazil wing spiker Jaque said. “We’re going to have to be ready for her, she’s the U.S.’ top player.”
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Usain Bolt up there with Muhammad Ali, Pele and Michael Jordan as ‘greatest’ sportsman of all time
Bolt was recalling his two defeats to Yohan Blake in this year’s Jamaican championships. “Blake did give me a wake-up call at the trials,” he said.
“He kind of just knocked on my door and said, ‘Usain, this is an Olympic year, you’ve got to get serious. You’ve got to remember that I’m here and I’m ready to go.’ That was good for me. I lost in the trials and it really opened my eyes to what was going on.”dunk heels
Blake thinks working with the double Olympic 100 metres and 200m champion is a gift, an inspiration, and he would be right. But it works both ways, as the more senior of them described. “He said that in training he always tries to be in front of me and that’s true,” Bolt said. “He’s really kept me on my toes all season. When I lost to him I went to my coach [Glen Mills] and said, ‘Do I need to be worried? He said, ‘No, three hard weeks of training and you should be OK’.”air jordan heels
The heat was off by the time Bolt gave the most compelling press conference of his career. It was after midnight in the Olympic Stadium and the stunts had all been pulled. He had joked with the volunteer who was looking after his kit box, won the 200m in 19.32sec, pressed a finger to his mouth as he crossed the line, thrown in a couple of celebratory press-ups on the track, kissed the ground, borrowed a photographer’s camera to take some snaps and performed his obligatory lightning bolt shtick.
All the showman’s tricks had been played for the gallery and the world had been instructed: “I’m now a legend. I’m also the greatest athlete to live.” So now it was time to reveal his other, more thoughtful side: the one beyond the crowd-pleasing cabaret, itself a mixture of self-aggrandisement and parody.womens jordan heels
Remember: by the time he had given the lucky photographer his camera back, Bolt was on the other side of his “mission”. He was the world’s fastest man at 100m and 200m and a double Olympic champion. No track and field athlete can match the lustre of his four-year record in Beijing and London. So what next? He was already working on that.
First, the 4×100m relay in a discipline where Jamaica pulled off the trifecta in the 200m final (Bolt, Blake, Warren Weir). “The fact that both of us have run fast this year means there could be a record. But you can never know with the relay,” Bolt said. “It would be a good way to close the show.”cheap nike high heels
He speaks now with the assurance of one who knows he could stop tomorrow and take a ledge in history with Pele or Muhammad Ali. Or Bob Marley, still regarded as the ultimate Jamaican icon.cheap jordan heels
The odds are strongly against Bolt chasing a hat-trick of sprint titles in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 but he sounds half-serious about picking up the gauntlet thrown by Kenya’s wonderful 800m champion, David Rudisha, who said he was willing to drop a distance to confront the lightning man.
we see Bolt’s all-seeing, academic side. He was already alive to that possibility before Rudisha called him out. “I don’t know if I’m going to stay around the 200 or try something else. I’m going to sit down with my coach and discuss it,” he said.
“But Yohan Blake’s going to be there, so it’s going to be good. If I trained well I could take Rudisha at 400m. Anything more and I don’t think I could do it.cheap nike heels
“I was watching his 800m and I think he went through the 500m in 56sec. My personal best at the 500 is one minute. So he’d be way ahead of me. At 400m I think I could take him. Not now, but I could.”
intriguing observation confirms that Bolt thinks in assignments, in chunks of time. He is not just blowing along with the breeze. And the truth is that Blake had him rattled in those Jamaican championships. Nor was he completely sound as he opened his campaign with a 9.63sec victory over his younger friend in the 100m.
“I really came here a little bit off, but I said if I focused I could come here 90 per cent and do it. I did just that,” Bolt said. Few elite athletes could overcome those doubts, especially in an event where the margins of victory are so tiny.
Yet Bolt, as we saw twice on the London track, is blessed with almighty self-belief to go with his huge stride and speed: a confidence that allowed him to unfurl his talent with unanswerable power and precision.nike heels 2012
Even he, though, is daunted by the long road to Rio. “When I get to 30 I’ll think about retiring also because athletics is way too hard. It’s rough, day in day out. As you can see Yohan Blake is running 19.4 already, his personal best is 19.2 [for the 200m]. He’s running 9.7. So in the next four years he’s going to be firing. I’d like to get out early before he starts running too fast.
“[Rio] is going to be a hard mission. Both these guys [Blake and Weir] are training too well. I’m going to be 30. They’re going to be 26. Both these guys are training extremely well and I think I’ve had my time. In life anything is possible, but that’s going to be a hard reach, because there’s going to be a lot more talent coming up, and these guys have stepped up already. I’m not looking that far. I’ve made myself a legend. I’m just going to enjoy it right now.”
Before and after the show, there is calculation and cunning. During it, there is a sublime skill of mixing the jokey and the serious. The whole world saw Bolt messing about with the young woman who was looking after his kit as he stood on the starting blocks. “I was looking at her and she looked kind of nervous,” he explained. “I said, ‘Are you nervous?’ She said, ‘Yes’. I said, ‘Why?’ And she said, ‘Because I’m so excited’.
“That’s what I like to do. I like to talk to them and smile with the person carrying my bag, just to show appreciation. To meet the athletes, they’re over the moon, so for me to interact with them is good.”jordan heels 2012
These are astonishing vignettes. They defy the old orthodoxy of intense concentration and being ‘in the zone’. Maybe Bolt does this to relax himself as much as the volunteer. The clue might be Blake’s revelation: “Usain’s always told me, ‘You’re not doing this for the people or the fans, you’re doing this for you’.”
An obsession with the here and now is not required to see that Bolt is out in front of Carl Lewis, Michael Johnson and all the other greats of Olympic track and field. Reporters wanted to place him in another pantheon, beyond the Olympic lanes.nike high heels
“I can’t say if I have the status of Ali or Pele. I’ve really set myself high in track and field,” Bolt said. “Michael Jordan was the greatest in his sport and I’m the greatest in mine. Ali was the greatest in his. I’m guessing I am in that category but I’ll let other people decide that. I just know I’m a legend.
“When it comes to Bob Marley, Bob Marley is one of the greatest Jamaican legends. He did great for the country before me. I’m just carrying out his duty, pretty much. I wouldn’t say I’m greater than him. We had the same goal: to make Jamaica one of the most loved countries in the world.”jordan heels
His desire to inspire sounds genuine, and touching. It could hardly be anything else on an island of 2.9 million where athletics has become the biggest source of national self-esteem, and where elevating superstar behaviour would not be tolerated. Again, with a depth of seriousness in his voice Bolt said: “I know a lot of kids look up to me. When I came home from Jamaica even the girls were saying, ‘I want to be the next Usain Bolt’.
know I inspire a lot of kids. I always encourage them to work hard. I get a lot of messages on Facebook from kids who ask me about coaching. I try to give them inspiring messages. I push myself hard because I know they want to see my run fast and do good. There will be rough times. It’s all about how you focus and how much you want it.”
is such a good comic, too. Asked about his apparent celebration with the Swedish women’s handball team after the 100m (it was no such thing, he says) he started out: “Ha. Ha. Ha,” to show he was one step ahead of the questioner.jordan high heels
Asked how a wife or girlfriend could ever reach his standards he said: “That’s a tough question, huh? I don’t know. For me it’s all about falling in love. There, I said it. If I could find the right girl it wouldn’t matter what she did. But I’m looking forward to it. I’m a bachelor. Huh.”
the euphoria, you could sense the weight lifting from him. The slab of expectation was off his back, and it was time to settle a score with Lewis, who has questioned the legitimacy of Jamaica’s triumphs in the sprints: “I’m going to say something controversial. Carl Lewis: I have no respect for him,” Bolt said. “It was really sad for me when I heard what he’s saying. I’ve lost all respect for him. All respect.
“It was all about drugs what he was saying. All about drugs. For an athlete to be out of the sport and to be saying that is really upsetting.”nike heels
But Lewis cannot lower the colours of champion who has dominated from Beijing to London and filled both congregations with awe. “To set a goal for yourself, and then achieve it, is just a wonderful feeling,” he says.
“You can’t really explain because it’s not going to hit you until you get home, sit down and talk to your friends, reminisce.
“And they’ll say, ‘Do you remember when you got injured here, and injured here, and beat there?’ Those are the things that will bring tears to your eyes. Because you’ll remember the journey.”
Mike Cameron says he’s retiring as Mariner
On his way to Seattle earlier this week, Mike Cameron decided he wanted to retire as a member of the Mariners.
It was the one stop in his major league career that most felt like home for the former All-Star center fielder.griffey shoes
“It’s a long way from home for me, but it’s also been a special home for me,” Cameron said on Friday night. “I felt like it was only fitting to try to slide my way into the Mariner family for the rest of my life.”
Cameron made that decision official Friday when he signed a one-day employment contract that allowed him to retire as a member of the Mariners organization. Cameron was in town to throw out the first pitch before the team’s home opener.ken griffey shoes
It was a largely ceremonial move, but one Cameron wanted to do while he was here. Cameron was signed for the 2012 season by Washington, but informed the Nationals shortly before spring training that he planned to retire, concluding a career that spanned 17 seasons and seven teams. Cameron also played for the Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati, the New York Mets, San Diego, Milwaukee, Boston and Florida.
“The days that I played here and replacing a legend and the fact that the people took hold and took shape of me and walked me through everything, gave me a great opportunity to start my career off right,” Cameron said. “This is basically where I want to finish.”ken griffey jr shoes
The four seasons Cameron spent in Seattle matched the longest stint he spent with one franchise. But while his four seasons with the White Sox came at the beginning of his career when Cameron was just getting started, his time in Seattle was arguably the prime of Cameron’s career.king griffey shoes
He was an All-Star in 2001 and also won a Gold Glove that season before adding a second in 2003. He had the unenviable task of taking over in center field after Ken Griffey Jr. was traded to Cincinnati, but quickly made his own mark. In his first week with the Mariners, Cameron made a fence-climbing leap to rob Derek Jeter of a home run and showed he was just as capable in the outfield as his predecessor.
Later in his Seattle career, Cameron hit four homers in one game and was perhaps most remembered for circling the field with an American flag after the Mariners clinched the AL West title in 2001 in the days following the attacks of Sept. 11.
Cameron played 610 games and hit .256 with 87 homers and 344 RBIs with the Mariners. His best season was also Seattle’s best season in 2001 when the Mariners won 116 regular-season games and Cameron hit .267 with 25 homers and 110 RBIs.griffeys 2012
“We were winners. We won a lot of games here. Came up short as far as getting to the ultimate prize,” Cameron said. “But I couldn’t be more proud of the thing I was able to do here, so that’s why I feel like it should end here.”
Reds’ Votto agrees to 12-year, $251.5 million deal | Baseball
Joey Votto agreed to a $251.5 million, 12-year deal with the Cincinnati Reds that is the longest guaranteed contract in major-league history.
The agreement adds $225 million over 10 years to his previous contract. The deal includes a club option for 2024, when the 2010 National League MVP turns 41.air griffey max 1
After watching NL Central rivals St. Louis and Milwaukee lose their first basemen to bigger markets, the Reds secured Votto with a package that easily eclipsed Ken Griffey Jr.’s $116.5 million, nine-year deal from 2000 as the largest in franchise history. In the majors, it trails only Alex Rodriguez’s $275 million and $252 million deals, both over 10 years.
“Is it risky?” said owner Bob Castellini. “No doubt. That’s the environment we live in, especially as a small market. We feel Joe will be a cornerstone.”nike air griffey max 1
Said Votto, 28: “Maybe I could have found that elsewhere. Maybe not. But I like what I’ve got here.”
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MIAMI — Commissioner Bud Selig offered a one-word review of the Miami Marlins’ new ballpark. “All you can say is,’Wow,’ ” Selig said.
Muhammad Ali had the same reaction.griffey max fury 2012
Selig’s critique came 90 minutes before the first pitch of the first game Wednesday in the Marlins’ season opener against the World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals, who won 4-1.
The ballpark’s retractable roof, which is expected to be closed for all but about 10 games, was opened 30 minutes before the start. When the Marlins were introduced, each starter was accompanied by a Latin showgirl.griffeys for kids
The surprise guest delivering the first pitch: Ali. He emerged from behind the center-field gate in a cart alongside team owner Jeffrey Loria.griffeys 2012
Notes
? Left-hander John Lannan asked the Washington Nationals for a trade after they demoted him to Class AAA Syracuse, and he declared in an email sent to reporters: “I believe that I belong in a big-league rotation.”
? Left-hander Jonathon Niese agreed to a $25.5 million, five-year contract with the New York Mets.nike air griffey max ii
? The Cleveland Indians finalized a three-year contract with shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera. He’ll make $4.55 million in 2012, $6.5 million in 2013 and $10 million in 2014. Also, the Indians placed oft-injured center fielder Grady Sizemore from Everett on the 60-day disabled list.air griffey max 2
? Reliever Yoshinori Tateyama will begin the season on the Texas Rangers’ disabled list, and outfielder Julio Borbon is headed for the minor leagues.
Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox combine to win 6 Gold Gloves | Baseball
Clayton Kershaw, Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier became the first trio of Los Angeles Dodgers to win National League Gold Gloves in the same year, while Adrian Gonzalez, Dustin Pedroia and Jacoby Ellsbury became the first three Boston Red Sox in 32 seasons to win the AL honor together.
Kershaw became a first-time winner at pitcher when the awards were announced Tuesday. Ethier earned his first Gold Glove in the outfield and outfielder Kemp won the NL honor he also received in 2009.women ken griffey shoes
First baseman Gonzalez earned his first AL Gold Glove to go along with two he won in the NL while with San Diego, Pedroia won at second base for the first time since 2008 and center fielder Ellsbury picked up his first Gold Glove. The previous three Red Sox to win in the same year were shortstop Rick Burleson along with outfielders Dwight Evans and Fred Lynn in 1979.
For the first time since 1986, the Mariners lacked a Gold Glove winner. Ichiro’s streak ended at 10; he shares the AL record for Gold Gloves won by an outfielder with ex-Mariner Ken Griffey Jr. and Al Kaline.women griffey shoes
Chicago White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle, who won for the third year in a row, was the lone AL honoree who also earned a Gold Glove last year.griffeys for women
Other AL Gold Gloves went to catcher Matt Wieters and right fielder Nick Markakis of Baltimore, shortstop Erick Aybar of the Los Angeles Angels, ex-Mariners third baseman Adrian Beltre of Texas and left fielder Alex Gordon of Kansas City.cheap griffey shoes
Non-Dodgers to win NL Gold Gloves were St. Lous catcher Yadier Molina, Cincinnati first baseman Joey Votto and second baseman Brandon Phillips, Colorado shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, Philadelphia third baseman Placido Polanco and Arizona left fielder Gerardo Parra.
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McCourt to sell Dodgers
LOS ANGELES — Frank McCourt has agreed to sell the Los Angeles Dodgers, surrendering the team he fought to retain for two years and in two courts.
McCourt and Major League Baseball have agreed to seek approval from U.S. Bankruptcy Court for an auction of the Dodgers.griffeys sneakers
Notes
? Former Mariners infielder Willie Bloomquist, 33, has declined his end of a $1.1 million mutual option for 2012 with the Arizona Diamondbacks.ken griffey sneakers
? Brian Cashman, New York Yankees general manager, signed a three-year, $9 million contract.
The Verizon iPhone hype: Oh, where do we begin
The news release, from Verizon Wireless, was marked urgent.
Complete text:
“iPhone 4. Verizon. It begins.”king griffeys 2012
Hate to break it to the phone company, but honestly, the “It begins” line really should be saved for actual, monumental events. Like wars. Periods of drought or famine. Breaking of ground on a viaduct replacement. Free chowder at Ivar’s. Or Shark Week on the Discovery Channel.
Otherwise, you risk looking especially lame when, as in this case, the decided lack of enthusiasm for said overpriced product at Verizon stores signals that, even before “it” began, something unexpected might have occurred.king griffeys
It ended.
More unsettling hype:
You Hate It When This Happens: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s announcement of his triumphant returning to acting was tempered by the sobering realization that there’s only one role for a sad, old, sexist former steroid abuser who has left an entire state in ruins. And he’s already played it.kids ken griffey shoes
Welcome To Jacques Cousteau Realty: About a third of Seattle metro-area residents with home mortgages now owe more than their homes are worth, http://www.griffeys2012forcheap.com estimates. Everyone else is living with their parents.kids griffey shoes
Ding Dong: Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak finally stepped down. Sources said it was the incessant breathless coverage of that Egypt-fleeing grandma on Seattle-area TV stations (She’s lost at the Cairo airport! She’s found at the Cairo airport! She’s lifted off! She’s landed in New York! She’s landed in Seattle! She’s at baggage claim! She can’t get a cab! She’s on Shuttle Express! She’s at her doorstep! She’s on her couch! She’s eating Bran Chex! … ) that finally pushed him over the edge.
The Week’s Poetic Justice Award: More than 100 pages of interview transcripts, photographs and other documents related to sexual-assault claims against WikiLeaks head Julian Assange have been leaked online.griffey shoes
Still Huffing, No Puffing: President Obama, D-Marlboro Country, quit smoking almost a year ago, first lady Michelle Obama said. He’s using replacement therapy: Every time he’s tempted to light one up, he caves in to a Republican demand instead.king griffey shoes
Meanwhile, In Gotham City: Donald Trump is considering throwing the strange animal that rides atop his head into the ring for the U.S. presidency in 2012.griffey shoes 2012
The Captain Has Turned On The d-CON Light: An Alaska Airlines flight from Sea-Tac was delayed when a rat was found prancing around inside the cabin. Seems like a lot of fuss, especially when Southwest is running that First-Rat-Flies-Free promotion.
Speaking Of Which: Anyone willing to bet that Alaska plane made a recent stop in Newark?ken griffey shoes
Leading By Example: Rumor is that Ken Griffey Jr. might return to the Mariners in a “consulting” role. He could bring a badly needed dose of entitlement to the clubhouse.cheap griffeys
And Finally: It says something about America; we’re just not sure what. The “most-shared” story list on Google News, Friday afternoon: 1) Egypt Unrest. 2) Egypt Unrest. 3) Listen to Lady Gaga’s New Single, “Born This Way,” HERE!!! 4) Mubarak Steps Down. 5) Mubarak Refuses To Step Down. 6) Egypt Protests. 7) Beer Lovers More Likely to Have Sex on First Date.ken griffey jr shoes
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NBA | Charles Barkley arrested on DUI charges
Charles Barkley was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol early Wednesday.
An officer with a task force that targets drunken driving saw the former NBA star run a stop sign about 1:30 a.m., Gilbert police Lt. Eric Shuhandler said. Barkley was in Scottsdale’s Old Town area, a trendy spot in the Phoenix area.
“I am disappointed that I put myself in that situation,” Barkley said in a statement to The Associated Press. “The Scottsdale police were fantastic. I will not comment any further as it is a legal matter.”Air Max2 CB 94
The 45-year-old Barkley, now an NBA television commentator, failed field sobriety tests after the officer smelled alcohol on him, and he was arrested. Barkley declined to submit to a breath test but was given a blood test. The results weren’t immediately available.
Barkley was cited and released. His car was impounded and he left in a cab, Shuhandler said. Police described Barkley as cooperative, adding it is customary to release people after an arrest on suspicion of DUI.
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Thunder wins No. 4
OKLAHOMA CITY — Scott Brooks figured his Oklahoma City Thunder team had been in enough close games in the fourth quarter to eventually win one. The team’s time came Wednesday night.
The Thunder pulled away in the third quarter and held on for a 107-100 victory over Golden State. It was only the fourth win of the season for Oklahoma City, which snapped a five-game losing streak.
“We’ve had a lot of fourth-quarter games. When you’re put in that situation constantly, you get better,” the interim coach said. “You find a rhythm. You find a little bit of anger inside your soul and say you’re going to keep fighting, we’re going to break through. And we’ve done that.”
Jeff Green scored 18 of his 26 points in the second half. Oklahoma City turned 20 Golden State turnovers into 24 points, many coming off steals.Charles Barkley shoes
“It’s obviously a big win for all of us, fans included,” Scott said. “They’re sticking with us, which is incredible. I’ve been around 17, 18 years in the league and you don’t see that. Players feel good about that and we all appreciate that.”
? Orlando guard Mickael Pietrus will be out indefinitely after breaking his right wrist on a dunk against Detroit on Monday.Nike Air Trainer Max 2 94
One of the Magic’s main three-point threats, Pietrus is averaging 11.7 points. But he has had trouble staying healthy after the Magic signed him away from Golden State in the offseason. Pietrus was appearing in his fifth straight game on Monday after missing 10 with a torn ligament in his right thumb.
? Forward Jermaine O’Neal (knee) and guard Jason Kapono (quadriceps) missed Toronto’s game against Denver.Air Trainer Max 2 94
? Washington forward Caron Butler had an MRI that revealed no serious damage to his injured left ankle. The MRI confirmed the initial diagnosis of a sprain, and he will continue to be listed as day-to-day.
Butler hurt the ankle during the loss to Cleveland on Christmas Day. He has since missed three games.
? Longtime NBA assistant Ron Adams has been hired to complete Brooks’ staff in Oklahoma City.
Mercer Island teen opts for charity at his bar mitzvah
Earlier this year, Rebecca Fox-Dewhurst and her son, Ben Dewhurst, were perusing invitations for his coming bar mitzvah when Ben noticed one in particular. On the front were the image of a globe and a quote from the Talmud: “Whoever saves a single life,” it read, “is as if one saves the entire world.”
Before long, Ben — a 13-year-old, soccer-playing Kanye West fan — found himself immersed in the life of a young woman 60 years before his time, a non-Jew whose family in Ukraine had helped rescue a young Jewish girl during the Holocaust.Nike Air Yeezy 2
Now, with his celebration today, Ben not only will acknowledge his transition into adulthood but the actions of those who, in one of history’s darkest periods, helped Jews survive persecution.
The invitation that broadened Ben’s purpose touted the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (JFR), a 22-year-old New York-based agency offering financial support to non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during World War II.Air Yeezy 2
Through its bar/bat mitzvah program, the JFR encourages boys and girls to incorporate the Jewish commitments to tzedakah, or charity, and hakarat hatov, the seeking out and recognition of goodness, into their experience. Children choose to pair with one of the 100 or so rescuers profiled on the JFR Web site, typically honoring that rescuer’s deeds during their celebrations.
Ultimately, they contribute to the foundation, which suggests a donation of $5 per invitation mailed. In Ben’s case, that would be about $500. “Ben just felt that this invitation did what he wanted to do with his bar mitzvah,” Fox-Dewhurst said. “He said, ‘That is so incredibly cool, Mom.’ “Air Yeezy
The JFR each month sends money to nearly 1,200 verified rescuers in 26 countries. The greatest numbers are in Poland, Ukraine, Belarus and Hungary; 17 are in the U.S. Most are Catholic, some Muslim, and their stories are verified by Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem, a 55-year-old organization that documents the history of Jews during the Holocaust and those who helped save them.
Ben, a seventh-grader at Mercer Island’s Islander Middle School, scrolled through the dozens of JFR’s rescuer anecdotes and an hour later came to his parents with one that had stuck out to him — the story of Emilia Maksimova, a Ukrainian.Air Yeezy shoes
“She helped a kid about my age,” he said. “She and her family took her home. They even moved and went to a lot of trouble to help.”Air Yeezys sneakers
Maksimova’s parents found Nusia, a 10-year-old Jewish girl abandoned on the street. The family kept her in hiding, sometimes under the floorboards of their home, until the war ended. At age 13, Nusia was reunited with her parents. Now living in Israel, she still corresponds with Maksimova, who is in her 90s and has since relocated to Russia.
Like Maksimova, many surviving rescuers are now aged and struggling, perhaps coping with the aftermath of communism’s fall in Eastern Europe.Air Yeezy glow in the dark
“The elderly are not running around with fur coats and driving Mercedeses,” said JFR Executive Director Stanlee Stahl. “The idea is to provide additional funds so they can live out the remainder of their years in dignity.”Nike Air Yeezy For Women
“After learning the stories, I realized not enough people know about them,” said Rachel Siegel, a Dallas girl who celebrated her bat mitzvah in September 2007 and has earned more than $12,000 for the organization through sales of a book she wrote about Holocaust rescuers, “Stories of Moral Courage.”
Rescuers apply their money toward expenses such as food, heat and medication. Alternately, they might put out a big holiday feast for their grandchildren, or save their money in order to replace an outhouse with a new bathroom.Cheap Air Yeezy
While the notion of tzedakah is a responsibility, Stahl said, it nonetheless takes “a special kind of kid” to opt for a charity-oriented celebration. “That says to me that the child and the family have put the bar mitzvah into the right perspective,” she said.kanye west shoes
That’s what drew Susan Hoerger, of Chapel Hill, N.C., to the organization, when her son Jacob celebrated his bar mitzvah in 2005. “The greatest charity you can do is not only to save people you don’t know, but people who aren’t even your people,” she said. “It’s the height of righteousness.”
More than 900 youngsters have participated in the program. The matches with rescuers are strictly symbolic; donations don’t go directly to those individuals but into a pool of funds that benefit all rescuers.air yeezy shoes glow in the dark
“I think it’s important that you teach young people that you need to give back, that there’s something bigger than themselves,” Stahl said.Air Yeezy kanye west shoes
For 90 minutes every Thursday, Ben has been studying for his big day at Temple B’nai Torah, reading out of the Torah in Hebrew. One night, he looks over the script, fidgeting in his polo shirt and tennis shoes, anticipating the day when he’ll be draped with a tallit, or prayer shawl, and sing a hymn for the congregation.
Ben is earning his donation by doing odd jobs for his parents — six extra hours of work a week, including some recycling and yard duty and organizing some of his dad’s old files.Nike Air Yeezy Shoes
“A lot of things he’d like to do, like video gaming, have just disappeared from his life right now,” said Ben’s father, Tim Dewhurst.air yeezy shoes for sale
“[Ben] has kept up with it, despite his overloaded schedule,” Fox-Dewhurst said. Sure, sometimes he needs to be reminded; he’s a kid after all. Nonetheless, he’s going to have a party, and most of the attendees will be kids his age. The setting, as is Ben’s style, will be a modest community-center one.
“Ben’s only real request is that he has a chocolate fountain there,” Fox-Dewhurst said.cheap air yeezy shoes
What has Ben learned from his involvement? “That you should help people through their hard times,” he said. That even under the most trying of circumstances, he said, it’s possible to find goodness in people.
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