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Posts Tagged 'Carlton Fisk'
Posted in Baseball, tagged 2004 World Series, Adrian Gonzalez, Alex Fallstrom, Alex Rodriguez, Baseball, Ben Cherington, Blake Wheeler, Boston Bruins, Boston Red Sox, Brad Mills, Carlton Fisk, Chuck Kobasew, Craig Weller, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Frank McCourt, Harvard University, Houston Astros, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jamie McCourt, Jason Bay, Jed Hoyer, Joe Torre, Kenny Lofton, Kevin Youkilis, Los Angeles Dodgers, Manny Ramirez, Marc Savard, Massachusetts General Hospital, Mike Lowell, Minnesota Wild, New England, New England Patriots, New York Yankees, Peter Chiarelli, Rickey Henderson, San Diego Padres, Takashi Saito, Tennessee Titans, Theo Epstein, Tim Bogar, Tim Raines, Tim Wakefield, Tuukka Rask, Ty Cobb, Victor Martinez, Willie Wilson on October 25, 2009| 1 Comment »
We celebrated the fifth anniversary of our complete and total decimation of the Yankees in the 2004 ALCS on Tuesday. Just thinking about that 10-3 final score gives me goosebumps. That was the greatest day in the history of New England for all of a week before we won it all. World champions. I said this at the time, and I say it every year, because it's true: it never gets old. No matter how many wins anyone else may be able to rack up, none of them will ever measure up to 2004. Ever. And no defeat will ever be as painful as the one the Yankees experienced. There's a reason why it's called the greatest comeback in the history of baseball. And I wouldn't have wanted to get to the big stage any other way.
Meanwhile, Tim Bogar and Brad Mills interviewed for the Astros' managerial job. That's not something I want to hear. Mills has been our bench coach for the past six seasons, and he's done a great job. Obviously I'm rooting for his success, but I just hope that success is achieved in Boston, not in Houston.
And supposedly we're chasing Adrian Gonzalez via trade. This could get very interesting, very quickly. At twenty-seven years of age, he hit forty home runs, batted in ninety-nine RBIs this year, led the Major Leagues in walks, and finished the season with a .407 on-base percentage. But wait; the plot thickens. One of our assistant GMs, Jed Hoyer, is about to become the Padres' GM. (This leaves Ben Cherington as our only assistant GM. The decision is likely to be announced in the next few days. Bud Selig doesn't want clubs making such major announcements during the World Series, so it'll happen beforehand, especially since Hoyer will need to get his personnel in place and prepare for the GMs meeting starting on November 9.) So if one of them lands the job, our options become wide-open, and the road to the trade just got re-paved. The important question here is who is on the block. I wouldn't be surprised if it's Mike Lowell and prospects; Youk would then move to third permanently while Gonzalez plays first. But I don't know if the Padres would bite. I think it's safe to say Youk won't be going anywhere; he's too good at the plate and in the field. And I don't think Pedroia even enters into this discussion. So I think Lowell, prospects, and bench players are up for grabs.
Speaking of Pedroia, check this out. During his MVP season, he swung at the first pitch fifteen percent of the time. This past year, that stat was down to seven percent. Furthermore, during his MVP season he hit .306 with eight doubles and two dingers on the first pitch. This past year, he hit .167 with four hits, period. And if you don't consider his one-pitch at-bats, his numbers from the two season are almost exactly the same. But there's a trade-off. With more patience came twenty-four more walks and a comparable on-base percentage despite the thirty-point drop in average. And while we're on the subject of examining the season via stats, the only Red Sox catcher since 1954 who's had a better average in September than Victor Martinez is Carlton Fisk. Just to give you an idea of how ridiculously awesome V-Mart is. Youk has had the highest OPS in the American League since 2008. (It's .960, a full ten points higher than A-Rod's. I'm just sayin'.) Jacoby Ellsbury is one of only six since 1915 to bat over .300 with forty-five extra-base hits and seventy steals; the other five are Ty Cobb, Rickey Henderson, Willie Wilson, Tim Raines, and Kenny Lofton. David Ortiz hit more home runs than anyone in the AL since June 6, but only six of those were hit with runners in scoring position and struggled immensely against lefties. In three of his past four seasons, Jason Bay has experienced a slump starting sometime in June and ending sometime in July that lasts for about a month.
Saito cleared waivers on Monday, but mutual interest in his return has been expressed. Why not? He finished the year with a 2.43 ERA, the eighth-lowest in the Majors for a reliever with forty-plus appearances. Wakefield had surgery at Mass General on Wednesday to repair a herniated disk in his back. The surgery was successful, he'll begin rehab immediately, and expect him to be pitching before Spring Training.
In other news, Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt fired his wife, Jamie, from her position as CEO of the organization. Ouch. Now she's amassing an army of investors in an effort to possibly buy out her husband. Ouch times two. This could potentially ruin the team; when the organization's top officials are preoccupied with marriage and ownership disputes, it's harder to focus on free agency, harder to allocate funds to the right players, and therefore harder to be good. Not that I'm complaining; Joe Torre and Manny Ramirez blew it this year and I'm looking forward to the Dodgers dropping down in the standings.
That's a wrap for this week. Not too much goes on until the stove gets hot, but this is when Theo gets his winter game plan together. If there's one thing we can count on, it's that he'll be making some serious moves. After a postseason finish like ours, that's really the only thing you can do.
The Pats crushed the Titans last weekend. Seriously. The final score was 59-0. It was ridiculous. The Bruins, on the other hand, could do better. We lost to Phoenix, shut out Dallas, lost a shootout to the Flyers, and won a shootout to the Senators. We traded Chuck Kobasew to the Wild for right winger Craig Weller, still in the AHL; rights to forward Alex Fallstrom, a freshman at Harvard; and a second-round draft pick in 2011. So it could be a while before we see a return on this move, but it freed cap space in preparation for next offseason, when Tuukka Rask, Blake Wheeler, and Marc Savard all hit the free agent market. And make no mistake: Peter Chiarelli was sending a message. If you underperform, you're gone, because we can use the financial flexibility of a trade to make us more competitive than you're making us right now.
Here's to You, Jim
Posted in Baseball, tagged Adam Kennedy, Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Brad Penny, Brett Anderson, Carlton Fisk, Clay Buchholz, Daniel Bard, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, George Kottaras, Hideki Okajima, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay, JD Drew, Jim Rice, Jonatan Papelbon, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Delcarmen, Mark Kotsay, New York Yankees, Nick Green, Oakland A's, Ramon Ramirez, Takashi Saito, Ted Williams, Terry Francona on July 29, 2009| Leave a Comment »
The only pitcher who did not give up a run on his watch was Bard. Excluding Buchholz, the other five were abysmal. You read right. It took us seven pitchers to lose by one run, but again, Buchholz really had nothing to do with it. He pitched five and two-thirds, but he never goes deep into games anyway. He gave up two runs on nine hits with two walks and five strikeouts. That's an out shy of a quality start. So he did a good job. He wasn't the problem.
The offense wasn't the problem either; we lost, 9-8. No home runs but you don't need one when you score eight runs. Ellsbury went two for six with a run, an RBI, and a steal. Pedroia hit, scored, and is batting around .400 in his last eighteen games or so. Youk went three for five, including a two-RBI double. Huge night. He's back. Ortiz and Bay both collected RBIs. Drew went three for five, including two doubles, with an RBI and two runs, also a huge night. Lowell went two for two with an RBI double. Even Kottaras went two for three with a run and two walks.
Point being that this one falls squarely on the shoulders of the bullpen. Buchholz delivered a quality start (minus the out, but still). The offense lit up Oakland pitching. What more could the bullpen want? At that point, you send in your relievers trusting they'll keep the lead intact. You have no reason to expect something like what happened last night.
We were cruising. The five-run third was awesome. Ramirez came in after five and a third and recorded three outs but gave up a run. Okajima came in for two outs but threw twenty-nine pitches and gave up a run. Bard pitched two outs and managed to emerge unscathed. But it didn't stop there. Jonathan Papelbon, in his third blown save of the year, recorded three outs, gave up three runs, and was just generally very sloppy. That was the first time he'd ever blown a three-run lead. Ever. To his credit, he only threw twenty-one pitches; it could've been easily much more. And to be fair only two of those runs were earned; thank you, Nick Green, with the two throwing errors. But wait; there's more. Delcarmen pitched an out shy of two innings, gave up two runs, and took the loss, but only after Takashi Saito allowed Adam Kennedy to hit an RBI single. We scored a run in the bottom of the frame but couldn't come up with another. It was awful. Like watching a wreck in progress. And the saddest part is that this was one of those things that Tito just couldn't fix. He emptied the bullpen; there was nobody else left to send out. So what could he do? Send out Masterson and have nobody available for tomorrow? He tried everything and pitched everyone he could. Even the best bullpen in the Majors isn't bottomless, and he ran out of pitchers. There was nothing to be done except sit back, try to relax, and take the loss. Which luckily coincided with a Yankees loss. We've been lucky that way.
But there's no guarantee that we'll be lucky like that forever. The best way to ensure contention and even a division lead is not to win. It's to win consistently. With few pitchers, to keep the bullpen healthy and rested. Otherwise, you get yourself into all kinds of difficult situations. Take tonight, for example. It's Brett Anderson at Brad Penny. Because the bullpen was spent last night, Brad Penny will have to go deep tonight, whether he gives up a slew of runs to get there or not, because the bullpen needs a day off. But we know that Penny can't pitch past the sixth, so it'll be interesting to see how Tito approaches it. Does he put in three relievers to lessen the workload of each, or does he put Masterson in to pitch all three? Again, I'm not a fan of the latter because it would be keeping him in a state of limbo between reliever and starter. It's a tough call. We'll see what happens.
We traded Mark Kotsay to the White Sox for Brett Anderson.
Last but definitely not least, yesterday we held the ceremony to retire Jim Rice's No. 14. It now hangs on the right field roof deck between Ted Williams's No. 9 and Carlton Fisk's No. 27. Johnny Pesky, his mentor whom he calls his personal hitting coach, unveiled it. Heady company, but Rice deserves it. And the 2009 team presented him with a signed replica of the mounted number. And he thanked us, the greatest fans in baseball. I think I speak for all of Red Sox Nation when I say you're welcome, the pleasure is ours. Rice spent his entire, sixteen-year career in a Boston uniform. He ended his career with a .298 batting average with 382 home runs and 1,451 runs batted in. He was an eight-time All-Star, a two-time Silver Slugger, and the 1978 American League MVP. Here's to you, Jim. We knew you'd get it.
Tough Break
Posted in Baseball, tagged All-Star Game, Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Brad Penny, Carlton Fisk, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, Don Orsillo, Dustin Pedroia, Felix Hernandez, Garrett Olson, George Kottaras, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay, JD Drew, Jonathan Papelbon, Lenny Clarke, Manny Delcarmen, Mark Kotsay, Mike Lowell, Minnesota Twins, Nick Green, Ramon Ramirez, Sean Casey, Seattle Mariners, Target Field, Theo Epstein, Tim Wakefield on July 4, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Wake really needed this one. He knew it, the team new it, we knew it. But he ended up with a no-decision. It was good and bad. When he pitched well, he pitched really well. The knuckleball was dancing and everything. But when he pitched badly, he really pitched badly. But that's how it works. Sometimes it moves, sometimes it doesn't, and it fluctuates even within a game. So you never know, really. Compared to some of the outings he's had in the past, this was excellent, but compared to the way he's been pitching lately, you scratch your head and wonder where this came from. He pitched eight innings but gave up five runs on ten hits. He struck out three and didn't walk anybody, but three of the runs he gave up were due entirely to the long ball. So good and bad as always with Wake.
In theory, this complicates his All-Star fate. If he won last night, it would've been a lock. He would've already been packing his bags. In practice, it might not be as bad. For one thing, he didn't actually lose. We were tied, 5-5, through ten. After Wakefield left, Delcarmen and Paps held the fort. Then Ramon Ramirez allowed two runs in the top of the eleventh, and we only scored one in the bottom. So the final was 7-6. Ramirez took the loss, as he should. And it's not like the Mariners lit Wakefield up. There was no slugfest, really. So it wasn't great but it could've been a whole lot worse.
And the rest of the team knew exactly how important this was and put up a fight until the bitter end. Even if Felix Hernandez's changeup alone is ninety miles per hour, which is just obscsene. For some reason, it looked like every other ball was heading for the Fisk pole. Drew went two for six with a solo homer in the seventh. First pitch he saw in that at-bat and he went for it. Boy, did he go for it. A ninety-six mile-per-hour fastball and it ended up over center field. Drew has made constructive contact on the first pitch twenty-seven times this year, and for those he's batting .308 with three home runs. Pedroia hit and scored. Ortiz walked and scored. Bay hit, walked, scored, and plated one for an RBI. And he's a United States citizen. Congratulations! Great timing, too, with the Fourth of July. Kotsay went two for five with a run, and he's turning out to be quite the player. The key is his versatility; he plays outfield, he plays first base, and he's really maximizing his playing time and getting more hits. He improves every time he's out there. Ellsbury hit and stole, as usual. Green went two for two, plated two, and walked once. And George Kottaras, who lately proves every time he plays that Theo Epstein was absolutely right to tap him for the job, went two for five. He hit a solo home run in the eleventh inning. He was responsible for that late-game run. And you have to give him a lot of credit for that.
Sean Casey joined Don Orsillo in the booth today, which was great. Casey has quite the personality. Affable guy. Talkative. And then Lenny Clarke came and made it interesting, as always. So it was very entertaining. After having fluid removed and an injection put into his right hip, Mikey Lowell says he feels great. And he's got a sense of humor about it too, which is what you want to see from someone chomping at the bit to get back in the field:
I figure we took the junk out and put good stuff in so we had a good oil change.
Dice-K is headed to Florida on Monday to start a Spring Training-esque strengthening program, which pretty much officially affirms that it's all the World Baseball Classic's fault. If he'd participated in Spring Training with everyone else, he wouldn't be having these problems. Looks like the construction on the Twins' new home, Target Field, is coming along nicely. It's actually got natural grass. And a draft of next year's schedule sees the Red Sox playing the Twins in their home opener. I'd hate to see them lose their first game at the new field, but hey, we can't help being that good.
Happy Fourth of July! And to celebrate Independence Day, Brad Penny will take the mound against Garrett Olson. Penny's turned out to be one of the most consistent pitchers on our staff. With consistently short outings. Which is another reason to appreciate Wakefield's eight innings of work last night, even if we did end up going into extras, which was also a good thing because it showed we weren't ready to lose. Anyway, because Penny's outings are short, he needs all the run support he can get, and Olson will probably help us out with that. Should be a good game.
Posted in Baseball, tagged Armando Galarraga, Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Carlton Fisk, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, Detroit Tigers, Dustin Pedroia, Hideki Okajima, Jacoby Ellsbury, Japan, Jason Bay, Jason Varitek, JD Drew, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Anderson, Josh Beckett, Julio Lugo, Justin Masterson, Kevin Youkilis, Major League Baseball, Manny Delcarmen, Mark Kotsay, Michael Lewis, Mike Lowell, Nick Green, Ramon Ramirez, Red Sox Nation, Ricky Romero, Terry Francona, World Baseball Classic Bud Selig on June 3, 2009| 1 Comment »
Finally, Dice-K wins. For the first time in 2009. In June. Although that's more Bud Selig's fault than it is anyone else's. Dice-K was put on the DL for strain and fatigue because he skipped Spring Training in favor of a hefty workload in the World Baseball Classic. People say he didn't have to participate, that he could've just said no, but the truth is that would've been impossible. Honor is a very significant aspect of Japanese culture. Dice-K is an icon in Japan. It would've been almost a disgrace if he hadn't represented his country. I'm just glad he's back. And he was rewarded with a win for his best outing to date. Short but sweet. Five innings, but only one run on six hits with three walks and six K's. He improves to one and three. An ERA of 7.17, but that'll shrink as the season goes on.
We used four pitchers to cover the remaining four innings. You might ask why we didn't throw Masterson in there, being that he's used to pitching many innings due to his training as a starter. The answer is that, if he's going to be an effective reliever, we can't do that too often. He needs to get used to pitching short workloads, he needs to get used to infrequent workloads (he worked two frames on Sunday), and he needs his rest because we can't forget that he's still young. The four pitchers were Delcarmen, Okajima, Ramirez, and Papelbon. And I'm telling you, Jonathan Papelbon wants to give every member of Red Sox Nation high blood pressure. He pitched a great ninth; great as in no runs allowed. But he did allow three hits while striking out three. He's lucky nobody scored. Right now his ERA is 2.35, and that's a little too high for my tastes. He's the best closer in all of Major League Baseball. He's perfectly capable of doling out three K's without the three hits. I've seen him do it too many times to count. Why he didn't do it last night is something I can't explain, but instead he was engaged in an eleven-pitch at-bat with Josh Anderson with the bases loaded. Anderson eventually struck out swinging, but the whole situation was just very strange.
The final score was 5-1, so there's more of that run support we'd been looking for last week. Pedroia had himself a walk, hit, and RBI, Drew went two for five with an RBI, Youk plated a man, Lowell failed to reach base, and Tek and Ellsbury were each perfect at the plate. Tek scored, and Ellsbury stole and had yet another infield hit, his thirteenth of the season which puts him easily in the American League top five in that category. Jason Bay jacked a breaking ball over the bullpen in left and into the seats for his sixteenth of the year. Speaking of which, he and Youk are both leading in the All-Star voting. Obviously, Pedroia, Lowell, and Tek are all legitimate candidates.
A word about Tek. He's one of only sixteen catchers to hit a double-digit amount of jacks in ten season. He's the first Red Sox catcher in thirty years (since Carlton Fisk) to have two multi-jack games in ten days or less. In fact, his nine multi-jack games are two behind Fisk's eleven. Tek has hit ten jacks this year, three behind his total for all of last season, and it's only June. His offense is clearly better from the right side of the plate than from the left; in fact, the disparities between the two on-base percentages (.325 and .375) and slugging percentages (.472 and .714) are considerable. Overall, he's .337 and .532. But it's getting better. He hit about half of his jacks from the left, his unnatural side, and talking about overall, there's no question he's doing exponentially better at the plate this season than he did last season. In 2008, ten percent of his fly balls ended up out of the park. In 2009, that's almost doubled, and that's where most of the improvement is coming from. He's getting roughly teh same amount of ground balls, fly balls, bases on balls, and line drives. It's the home runs that've elevated his offense to another level. He still has a lot of work to do; he's nursing the lowest batting average of his career on balls in play right now because he seems to be hitting into gloves instead of into gaps, but those balls will fall in eventually. And let's not forget that this reawakening of his is occurring when he's thirty-seven years old. That definitely says something. So I think an All-Star appearance is definitely a possibility.
And a word about Nick Green. He's gotten the nod to start over Lugo for the past three games. Why not when he's batting .290 as opposed to Lugo's .276.
And finally a word about the lineup generally. The changes are working. It all started on Sunday when we faced Romero, who's a lefty. Ellsbury came into that contest with a .268 on-base percentage against lefties, so Terry Francona dropped him to eighth, moved Pedroia to leadoff, and put Drew in second and Youk in third. That last move was actually perfect, because Youk came in batting .348 in that spot. and it's not like we could've afforded to cover for that stat of Ellsbury's, being that we hadn't scored more than three runs in our previous five games. Changes needed to be made. But it was unclear to me that Terry would stick with them, being that Porcello is a righty. But hey, if it works, it works. Ortiz is still batting sixth, but with a twist: if you watch his batting stance, you'll see that he taps his bat on his left shoulder before he swings. That's something new. It's part of some adjustments he and Dave Magadan are currently working on. The purpose of this one is to put his swing on a flatter plain. And since he's started it, he's been hitting the ball noticeably harder. So we'll see how that goes.
We activated Mark Kotsay yesterday. And Moneyball by Michael Lewis is being made into a movie. I'm psyched. Great book.
Tonight it's Beckett at Armando Galarraga. If he pitches the way he's been pitching, I don't think there'll be too much to worry about.
The Future Blog of the Red Sox
Posted in Baseball, tagged Baltimore Orioles, Baseball, Boston Braves, Boston Red Sox, Brad Penny, Brett Cecil, Carlton Fisk, Cincinnati Reds, Daniel Bard, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Earl Clark, Fenway Park, Geen Monster, Greenville Drive, Hideki Okajima, Holland, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay, Jason Varitek, John Smoltz, Jon Lester, Julio Lugo, Kevin Youkilis, Lyman Bostock, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Manny Delcarmen, Mark Kotsay, Mike Lowell, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Pawtucket Red Sox, Red Sox Nation, Robert Ray, Takashi Saito, Tampa Bay Rays, Toronto Blue Jays on May 21, 2009| Leave a Comment »
And just like that, with one swing of the bat, Big Papi's home run drought is over. Done. Finished. Concluded. Terminated. I'm so psyched, I could think of a hundred more synonyms for that but the point is the man hit his first home run of 2009! And this thing was huge. Fifth inning. Man on third. Two men out. Ortiz at the plate. The count one and one. Belt-high fastball over the middle. The ball ended up in the center field camera well right by the 420 mark. Over the pitcher! Over the outfield! Over the center field wall! It was out of the park by inches, but it was out. And it's no small feat to hit the ball that far, either. The ball was out! It was so out it wasn't even funny. Red Sox Nation and David Ortiz exhaled as one. I was watching that and I was doing the Carlton Fisk home run wave. And let me tell you. That was a classic Big Papi swing. It was huge. It was powerful. It was precise. And it was all over it. I mean it was all he could do not to take the skin off the ball. And what a welcome from the teammates and the fans afterwards. He got a standing ovation, followed by a curtain call, followed by another standing ovation in the sixth. And we've been with him every step of the way; there are many reasons why we're called the Fenway Faithful, and this is definitely one of them. Anyway he is one happy camper right now. No doubt about that. One very happy camper. And I don't even have to say anything about how crazy Fenway went after that. It had all the trappings of a walkoff in October. Gives you the chills.
But the key now will be to keep him on track. He's hit his first dinger of the year so we know he's back, but he still has to be careful to go easy on himself. He can't expect that, just because he's hit his first, he's suddenly going to be slugging all over the place. If that happens, nobody will be complaining, but he has to take it slow. So it's just as important now, perhaps even more important now, to keep the tension and pressure at a minimum. That's why I'm going to make the bold statement that the swing he took in the sixth, his next at-bat after the home run, was perhaps even more heartening than the home run itself. He swung and missed on a changeup, but that wasn't the point. That swing retained all the elements of the classic Big Papi swing that propelled the ball out of the park: the power, the precision, the bat speed, the follow-through, the huge torque on the bat. It was all there. He was going after it like he wanted to bury it. And that's what you like to see from him. That's how you know he's back. Even if it was a swing and a miss.
And that home run of his was nearly worth three runs. With one out, Ellsbury walked. Then Pedroia smacked a double, and Ellsbury tried to score from first, but they gunned him down at the plate. The throw hit Barajas perfectly, and he extended his arm to make the tag as Ellsbury went into the slide for home. Pedroia took third on the throw. Hey, it happens to the best of us, and Ellsbury was busy setting a record last night anyway. He handled twelve fly balls, tying a Major League record for most putouts in a nine-inning game for a center fielder. He shares the record with Earl Clark of the Boston Braves (May 10, 1929 against the Reds) and Lyman Bostock of the Minnesota Twins (May 25, 1977 against us). But Ellsbury set a new franchise record for putouts by any outfielder in a game of any length. That's what I like about the kid; whether it's at the plate or in the field or on the paths or all three, he gets it done somehow.
But the rest of the offense was awesome, too. Fireworks. Literally. All but one of our runs were scored via the long ball. Jack number one was a solo shot by Tek to lead off the third. Jack number two was a solo shot by Tek to lead off the fifth. So that's two home runs in a single game for the captain. It's amazing what a different hitter he is this year than he was last year. I mean in the seventh inning they intentionally walked him in favor of Lugo with the bases loaded. That says a lot, about both guys. Jack number three was that monster shot by Big Papi in the fifth. Jack number four was a two-run, two-out homer by Jason Bay that completely cleared the Green Monster seats in the fifth. Jack number five was a solo shot by Mikey Lowell in the fifth. So four jacks in that one inning alone, two of which were back-to-back into or over the Monster. It was ridiculous. It was absolutely insane. And it all started with that walk to Ellsbury. You have to feel bad for Brett Cecil; it was only the kid's third Major League start, and if I'm Toronto's manager, I'm pulling him before Youk comes to bat. He's going to remember that fifth inning forever, and there's no telling how much that messed with his psyche. You just don't do that. That's bad management right there. So, yeah, you feel bad for the kid because of the five jacks, until you remember the five jacks.
And let's not forget about the pitching. Brad Penny was solid through two outs into the seventh inning. Two runs (both coming in the seventh) on nine hits, a walk, and two strikeouts. And let's not forget all those flyouts. Ninety-six pitches in total. Not bad. Not bad at all. Dlecarmen, Okajima, and Saito were all perfect as usual. Daniel Bard gave up a run in his Fenway Park debut. And that was a great time for him to take the mound; a big lead takes pressure off a kid. The final score was 8-3. Penny picks up the win and improves to 4-1.
Last night, Tek and Lowell welcomed Boy, an eleven-year-old diehard Sox fan from Holland who's suffering from a brain tumor. Through the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Boy flew from Holland to hang out with his two favorite players. Lowell even gave him his bat, and Tek took him and his family on a personal tour of the batting cages. What a great story. Just another of the many reasons why it's good to be a member of Red Sox Nation. We do more than most if not all other Major League teams for our community.
So with that win we'll at least win this series. Toronto is hanging onto first place by the skin of its teeth, trying to preserve a one-and-a-half-game lead which hopefully after tonight will shrink to just a half-game lead. We've been playing some of our best baseball against them, which is a good sign, because if they're able to keep this up down the stretch, we're going to have to deal with them on more than one occasion. The Yanks are two and a half games back, and the Rays are six and a half games back. The Orioles, of course, are at the bottom with a nine-and-a-half-game deficit. So all is almost as it should be. As soon as we take first place, then everything will be good to go. Robert Ray at Lester, and this would be a great time for Lester to remember who he is.
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And We're Off
Posted in Baseball, tagged Alex Cora, Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Carlton Fisk, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, David Ortiz, JD Drew, Jon Lester, Julio Lugo, Kansas City Royals, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Delcarmen, Mike Lowell, New York Yankees on June 13, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Lowell concluded this homestand in style with a grand slam for his tenth home run of the season. Nice going, Mikey! Quite a few grand slams have been hit this season. Ortiz hit one to break out of his slump, ironically at around the time the Ortiz jersey was excavated from the foundation of the new Yankee Stadium. What that means is that the Yankees' brass trooped all the way down there and had the extra effort expended to dig it up for nothing. Why? Because David Ortiz snapped out of it and then proceeded to wreak his usual havoc on opposing pitchers. So, in reality, it was a lose-lose situation for the Yankees. I love it when that happens. Then, of course, Lowell and Drew each hit grand slams in the same game against Kansas City, to name just a few offensive highlights of 2008.
Youk and Drew each drilled a two-run home run as well last night, and Lugo also produced an RBI. And a fielding error. Surprise, surprise. It's funny; last year, he didn't make an excessive amount of errors, but his average was down, and this year he's hitting but he's already made more than half the team's errors. Luckily, we have Cora for the later innings and Lowrie for the later years.
Drew is batting .324 with a .562 slugging percentage and a .430 OBP. That's good for an OPS of .992. Can you believe that? I would not want to be pitching to this man. JD Drew is stepping up, folks, and that's alright with me. He's got ten home runs, 37 RBIs, and 34 walks so far. As for his defensive ability, he has recorded 88 outs and four assists and accumulated a .979 fielding percentage and an .829 zone rating. Mainstay in Boston? You could say so.
Jon Lester pitched seven innings, giving up two runs on seven hits while striking out three and walking one with a 3.43 ERA and a 1.35 WHIP. Delcarmen and Timlin relieved yesterday and combined for three strikeouts, no hits, and no walks. Like I said, he does have his moments.
And now we're off to Cincinnati for the first time since the 1975 World Series. (There's a great video of Carlton Fisk's home run in "Golden Moments.") The Reds are currently in last place in the NL Central division. I'm glad we're playing them before Philly; it'll give the Red Sox a chance to adjust to the fact that they're away. Before every road trip, I always hope that the Sox'll snap out of their road struggles once and for all, but I guess patience is the key.
Speaking of the NL Central division, has anyone noticed that the Chicago Cubs have the best record in baseball and are currently at .642? They're 43-24. We're at .609 and are 42-27. Not that far behind, and it's still early. At this point, the most important thing is to get through the injuries, keep everyone healthy, and remember who we are on the road: defending champions of the world for the second time in the last four years.


As an outstanding leader in Australia's energy industry, Monash researcher Chloe Munro has helped implement several influential energy policies and regulations. ANNIE WANG reports.
As an outstanding leader in Australia's energy industry, Monash researcher Chloe Munro has helped implement several influential energy policies and regulations.
One of this year's Australian Financial Review 100 Women of Influence, Ms Munro has established her expertise in an area typically dominated by men.
The awards are aimed at recognising women with great achievements across various industries, and to encourage women to stand for equality and drive innovation in the workplace and society.
Ms Munro is the independent Chair of the Australian Energy Market Operator's expert advisory panel, and a Professorial Fellow at Monash University, working across faculties and research areas to advance energy policy research, natural resources policy and to link research to the needs of industry and government.
"I can't think of anything which will have a more profound influence than this (working in the energy industry) to our future," Ms Munro said.
Self-knowledge and a strong purpose are important criteria for leadership, along with understanding what motivates other people.
"The first criteria is to have a strong sense of purpose, because the leader is leading towards an outcome and then inspires others to apply their efforts towards the goal," she said. High emotional intelligence and optimism are also important qualities.
"Choosing a positive conversation inside your own head – and helping other people to have a positive conversation – is the secret of personal resilience, another crucial feature of being a good leader," Ms Munro said.
Working in a male-dominated sector can pose a number of challenges for women.
"It is important for women be assertive and aggressive to draw attention ... and they have to push themselves forward," Ms Munro said.
She also encourages women to join in the conversation to let their voice be heard.
Her advice is, in order to do that, women have to learn to "interrupt" the conversation.
"Demonstrating themselves as capable and confident to make a good first impression is also significant in the male-dominated working environment," Ms Munro said.
In her work at Monash University, Ms Munro aims to make a bigger contribution to Australia's energy system with students, professors and other researchers working as a team.
"The capability of Monash is wonderful," she said.
"Mentoring and supporting younger people in their career development is the other side of women's influence. Helping individual progress, especially the younger generation, is important," she said.
Ms Munro was made an Officer of the Order of Australia this year for her contribution to renewable energy and the performing arts.
This year's Australian Financial Review 100 Women of Influence Awards is aimed at recognising women with great achievements across various industries, and to encourage women to stand for equality and drive innovation in the workplace and society.
Since the last time this award was held, entries increased significantly from 370 in 2016 to 850 in 2018.


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The family of a 17-year-old pupil who was arrested for the rape and murder of his schoolmate is seeking answers after he allegedly committed suicide in police holding cells.
Calvin Chiloane was arrested on Tuesday after 16-year-old Nomthandazo Mabote's body was found in a shallow grave.
The boy apparently confessed to raping, killing and disposing of the body when he was questioned by police, provincial police spokesperson Brigadier Leonard Hlathi said.
Mabote was reported missing after she left home for a study session with friends on Monday night but never returned.
Though Chiloane's family declined to comment further, they said they were in the dark about the circumstances leading to his death.
"I can confirm that the suspect committed suicide in the police cells on Saturday. But we have since taken [the] case to the Independent Police Investigative Directorate [Ipid] because the suspect died in our cells," said Hlathi.
Ipid spokesperson Moses Dlamini said: "He was detained at Pienaar SAPS to appear in court for a social worker's report and bail application. He was detained alone in a juvenile cell after his appearance in court on Friday. It is alleged that the deceased was found hanging inside his cell. He allegedly used his school shirt to commit suicide."
Hlathi said Chiloane was found hanging by police when they were doing routine check on inmates, adding that the other suspect on the murder case was released after police could not link him to the killing of Mabote.
Chiloane made a brief appearance in Kabokweni magistrate's court on Friday and was due to apply for bail today.
Both Chiloane and Mabote were the top performers at Ncakini secondary school in Pienaar, outside Mbombela.
Anele Siswana, clinical psychologist and lecturer at the University of Johannesburg, said families and communities have a huge role to play in cultivating the culture of good values among children.
No truth to Nicholas Ninow suicide rumours - officials
"The concept of broken families is one of the potential sites that often contribute to problematic behaviour.
"Learners that potentially come from broken families where there is a likelihood of lack of discipline, rules and boundaries, may display different kinds of problems.
"Basically, context and system play a pivotal part in the way we teach, nurture and educate children. Where there are boundaries, structure and order, there is great potential to have positive outcomes of good behaviour," Siswana said.
Provincial education spokesperson Jasper Zwane would not be drawn to comment about the suicide, adding that the department was helping Mabote's family plan her funeral.
Meanwhile, Frank Maponya reports that Limpopo police have arrested two pupils for the murder of a schoolmate Tebatjo Nkoana, 17, from Mokopane.
Police spokesperson Colonel Moatshe Ngoepe said her body was found at a dumping site outside Mokopane CBD on Saturday. It is alleged that Nkoana left her home for school on Friday morning and did not return. A passerby found her body. She was still wearing her uniform. The duo would appear in court soon.

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In the summer of 2013 the trade unions led a major campaign to prevent the "franchise" of George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton. We were told that a franchise was the only possible solution for the Trust to survive and it provided the Business Case which set this out and which was approved by all and sundry. It was claimed that franchise could enable the kind of changes and costs savings that would be impossible within the normal NHS. A full blown EU procurement was under way to get the best "partner".
A strong rebuttal of the business case was provided by the unions setting out that the claims about franchise were at best unproven and almost certainly untrue. Such a turnaround as that expected had never been done including by Circle at Hinchingbrooke although all sorts of claims had been made about what they were GOING to do. The request to stop the procurement was not well received.
It is no surprise to report that the case put up by the trade unions was met by a less than enthusiastic response from George Eliot management and their advisors – the Strategic Projects Team. No surprise as the SPT were those that led the Hinchingbrooke debacle and who won awards for their brilliance. (Oh the irony!!.) The SPT had also been involved in a string of failed projects such as the Pathology Restructuring in the East and Midlands yet they were regarded as experts.
Despite the strong case put by the unions the exercise to franchise George Eliot surged ahead. Some months later for reasons that made as little sense as the original case the exercise was stopped. At about the same time the attempt to franchise Weston Hospital (also with SPT involvement) was also pushed into the long grass. All that is left is murmurs about what could be done for ailing Peterborough and Stamford which Circle also offered to help with. (Oh the irony!!).
The original franchise exercise for Hinchingbrooke is mired in controversy as are the linked absurdities of the Peterborough and Stamford PFI and the ailing Addenbrookes PFI exercise with Papworth. Instead of a strategic view of the locality there were three separate projects all with strong private sector involvement. The then East of England SHA was the centre for the ideas around increasing use of the private sector and created the SPT to drive privatisation.
The record of the SPT is factually terrible yet they continue to be used without any formal procurement or challenge. The SPT continues to pretend it is part of the NHS and is currently hosted in an outpost of NHS England – but it is predominantly just a collection of private consultants not NHS employees at all.
The Public Accounts Committee should take a look at the SPT.
Previous attempts at franchise did not work. Now we know the evidence on the actual performance of the only current franchise shows that despite all the help and support and the rhetoric – it failed miserably to achieve the claims made for it – the claims repeated in the business cases for both GE and Weston. Yet we now have the Dalton Review for the Department of Health, into the future for NHS Trusts peddling the same nonsense.
Enough is enough.
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The only conclusion any sane person can draw from the privatisation process is that it is corrupt.
If from a pack of choices the NHS consistently comes out at the top, why would anyone want to pick an inferior one to run it.
It's like running a race and choosing the last as the winner, that of course makes perfect sense in a Neo-Liberal world where success or failure are not measured (according to Hayek) they merely set out the framework.
Margaret Thatcher of course was a great believer in Hayek, and constantly told us that governments were no good at running things and they should only create the conditions where the market can do it's work.
What she was actually admitting, but just couldn't see it for herself, was that she was utterly incompetent.
Labour rebuilt Britain after the war and created the consensus that even the Tories were frightened to break. Thatcher's Neo-Liberalism destroyed that and the whole country is in never-ending decline, only when we apply real Labour's policies will we be able to reverse that.
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That means everyone who cares about this must put pressure on the Labour Party to drop Ed Balls' compliance with the market agenda. The party has to remember it is not there for the market nor for its own power, but as servants of the people. People can work from within the party or without. But if Labour won't change then we need a real alternative that puts the principles of social solidarity firmly at the core of its policies.
And, just out of curiosity, does anyone have a decent explanation for why this kind of endemic corruption, along with the appalling level of influence of the corporate sector in Westminster and Whitehall, isn't being screamed from the headlines as a national disgrace?
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Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by Cyclone Idai after it tore through southern Africa. At least 1,000 people are feared dead.
Survivors who were clinging to tree branches and rooftops a week after the storm brought devastation to Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe continued to be rescued.
But aid has been slow to reach affected villages because of damage to infrastructure.
Idai smashed into the port city of Beira with winds of up to 105mph last Thursday, then tracked inland to Zimbabwe and Malawi, flattening buildings along the way and putting the lives of millions at risk.
The cyclone's torrential rains also called the Buzi River and Pungue River, whose mouths are in the Beira area, to flood their banks, with the UN satellite agency saying floodwaters covered 835 square miles on 20 March.
The cyclone brought floodwaters to the plains of central Mozambique, submerging homes, villages and entire towns.
Helicopters have this week, been searching for people to rescue in the countryside near the worst-hit city of Beira, which has become the main headquarters for the rescue operation in Mozambique.
At least 242 people were killed in Mozambique, land and environment minister Celso Correira said. He added that the number of dead was expected to rise as floodwaters recede.
Mr Correira also said around 15,000 people, many of them seriously ill, still need to be rescued.
"Our biggest fight is against the clock," he said, adding that 3,000 people had been rescued so far," he said.
In Zimbabwe, the death toll jumped to 139. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), which is coordinating food drops, said 200,000 Zimbabweans would need urgent food aid for three months.
So far, 56 people have been confirmed dead in Malawi.
Aid organisations have provided food, water and clothing to those displaced by the tragedy.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said it was sending two emergency units to Beira to provide drinking water for up to 15,000 people and sanitation facilities for 20,000 people, as well as shelter kits.
The WFP has stepped up airdrops of high-energy biscuits and water purification tablets to isolated pockets of people stranded by the floodwaters.
The UK government has pledged to match the first £2m donated by the public to the Disasters Emergency Committee and major broadcasters will air appeals in support of fundraising.
Britain has already announced an aid package of £18m for the region and the Department for International Development has chartered planes to help the government of Mozambique transport power generators to areas without electricity and support the delivery of easy-to-prepare fortified foods.
Four experts have also been sent from London to coordinate the disaster response on the ground.
Mozambique's president Filipe Nyusi, who declared three days of national mourning starting on Wednesday, has said the eventual death toll from the cyclone and floods could rise to more than 1,000.


Because Jesus humbled Himself and obediently gave His life on Calvary's cross, God the Father highly exalted Him. Having died for the sins of mankind, Jesus was buried in the tomb. On the third day, Jesus arose from the dead. He ascended back to Heaven to take His place as the sovereign and majestic King of Kings and Lord of Lords. God the Father also gave Him a special name that reveals His character and nature, the Lord Jesus Christ. "Lord" means master or owner. "Jesus" literally means God's salvation or the God who saves. "Christ" means God's anointed one or God's special one.
Lord Jesus, You are Christ the Lord who provides salvation for those who trust in You. I desire that my life bring glory and honor to Your great name.


Though they face an array of competitive threats — from digital currencies to peer-to-peer payment apps — the vast majority of community banks do not have a payments strategy, according to a recent survey.
Interviews with entrepreneurs and techies at the Money2020 Europe conference.
The $487 million deal would be OceanFirst's fourth, and largest, acquisition in its home state since 2015.
Apologies to those yearning escapism, but it is hard to escape turmoil — in financial services, in the economy and in civilization — in this year's reading list. That said, these weighty topics promise to stimulate the mind: How AI will disrupt employment; dystopian imaginings and real-life histories of societal shifts; the necessity of collaboration; bitcoin's path from obscurity to relevance; the need for leaders to make sacrifices; and more. Recommendations are courtesy of American Banker readers, editorial staff and BankThink contributors.
The promise of fintech is that it might offer underbanked consumers access to financial products. But some are worried that relying on algorithms to make credit decisions could open up problems of its own.
Enabling peers to compare notes will help ID management specialists at regional, midtier banks who face the same requirements as large banks but command smaller operating budgets, IDPro's founder says.
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"Hate them all. At least you're consistent."  That's the mantra followed by Association Manager Jill Fountaine as she deals with sleazy creepos, know-it-alls, manipulators and "really stupid" people who live in her development. Commons at the Arms, or Commons at the Armpits as she calls it, is home to several hundred people. But her focus right now is on the Blim Pass Condominium Association that always seems to be in turmoil. Follow her hilarious situations as conflicts abound over the things homeowners think they can get away with, regardless whether their perception of right is about as close as the back side of the moon. Scarred by a troubled past that has left her with a quick temper that easily soars into the red zone, Jill attempts to work with these "really stupid" individuals, all the while admitting she's not much of a people person.
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Don't get me wrong – I love the blue and yellow color combination that my fiance and I have picked out for our wedding. While researching yellow options, I quickly found a lot of yellow and gray/slate combos and became enchanted the more I saw them.
Though we have no plans to change our wedding colors, we just might choose to integrate some gray into our designs. Think about it: my fiance and I are often seen as a yin-yang symbol, balancing each other out. What better way to express that they with a gray shade that combines both the black and white sides of the yin-yang symbol?
On another note, combining yellow and gray is a wonderful balance of vibrant and mellow; warm and modern; creative and centered; exciting and enlightened.
Here is a menagerie of all the yellow and gray ideas I've found on the web so far – how could you not be inspired!?
Martha Stewart's Perfect Palettes: Marigold and Pewter – this yellow is more "golden" that we're going for, but still a nifty selection of ideas.
Old Gold and Silver Handspun Cashmere/Baby Camel Yarn – downright gorgeous; not sure what I would knit, but I'm sure that would be easily solved.
Set of 5 Peonie Thank You Cards – love the design and faded inks.
Grey Leather Bag with Ruffles and Removable Straps – a shining example of how yellow & gray combine the feelings of cozy and modern.
White, Yellow, and Grey Fern Pillow – an eco-friendly reminder that would remind us of our wedding day for many years to come.
Rain Clouds: Cloud number 17 – too cute for words! Since it is a rain cloud, it might be a bit too gloomy for wedding decorations, but adorable all the same.
Betsy White's Lemon, Slate and Mint Color Pallete – more proof that our choice of yellow is going to go great with our list of possible wedding locations (all of which are rustic, more details and pictures coming soon!).
You might have noticed a lull in posting – let me assure you, it is not for lack of ideas! My fiance and I just finished moving from San Francisco, California back to Connecticut. We are delighted to be back amongst the snow and will be working on our wedding budget starting in February.
In the mean time, I just had to share this email with you. Lenny Williams, owner of Garden Party (NYC's "freshest green-minded events"), took the time to create a few custom inspiration boards for me. I had no idea he was doing this and was overwhelmed with excitement when I found out!
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My biggest advice to green brides — figure out what is most important to both of you, first. Everything else will follow. After that, it's simply filling in the blanks! If you focus too hard on green, green, green you'll feel totally defeated & never get any traction.
I hope you are inspired by the boards I made for you. [They are] not exactly blue & green, but I was inspired by the sense I get from you from your blog.
You mentioned pinwheels as placecards—very cute. That was my starting point.
S'mores are a fun activity (as is croquet, horseshoes) for your guests—have small brown bags filled with all the essentials—fair trade chocolate, organic marshmallows.
Lanterns are great, but tissue paper balls can be made of recycled paper & be recycled themselves.
Pennant banners made from flea market sheets or like these, old magazines, add whimsy & hide ugly ceilings.
Make jams as take-home favors or remind folks about eating in-season and jar some okra, pickles, tomatoes.
Use elements from nature, like the monogrammed leaves (looks cool in corsages, or napkin rings as well).
Gocco or hand stamp your own invites & other materials or consider a webpage for info.
A wedding dress made completely of cotton t-shirt scraps…LOVE IT!
Serve organic wines from vineyards in the Finger Lakes or check out some of the newbies in Brooklyn.
Make your man's tie from vintage fabric used in the wedding—awesome heirloom.
Throw a quilt or fun tablecloth up as a background for fun pictures!
For this one, I drew upon you being a writer.
Use old books to create vases, garland, streamers.
Wear an ensemble piece in soft blue—you can find more occasions to wear each individual piece.
Hearty local cheeses & breads add rustic qualities.
Hand stamp or Gocco muslin bags (that can be used again) for your lavender toss.
Rent generic white linens, then tie them with beautiful ribbons for an inexpensive yet rich decoration–save the ribbons for future craft projects.
Print your invitations on vintage hankies—with copies of your favorite sonnet.
I'm a big fan of this inspiration board that Lenny posted on Grand Party's blog – a perfect blend of fresh and casual.
Taken by our then-San Francisco-neighbor, Lisa Sze, the session started out as a fun lifestyle photo shoot. We ended up getting a number of fantastic pictures together, so Lisa was nice enough to let us use them as our engagement portraits.
We were pretty up in the air about whether or not to bother doing an engagement photo shoot at all. In the end, it is fun to see these pictures now and I can bet the feeling will be the same in 10 years.


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Medical community initiatives and hospitals have announced shortages of oxygen cylinders as a third wave of coronavirus hits Syria, according to Sowt Al-Asima.
One of the officials of the عقمها# initiative announced the exhaustion of all its oxygen cylinders. This is the largest community initiative that emerged after the announcement of the first coronavirus infections in Damascus and its countryside, which became the alternative to providing health care and the necessary supplies for the injured.
In his post, the initiative's official said, "We deeply apologize for not being able to meet the needs of many of the widespread cases." He added, "today, we received 14 oxygen cylinders and, unfortunately, they are not enough to meet the needs."
The initiative official added, "the tremendous pressure has become terrifying… We have nothing left in Syria except God's mercy."
Another initiative official stated that some of the cases that were admitted suffer from a significant lack of oxygenation, pointing out that the oxygen cylinders are no longer useful to them, provided any are available.
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For its part, the Sama3t Hakeem Facebook page published two days ago that there are no oxygen cylinders available anymore, indicating that the initiative put the names of 20 patients on the waitlist for when oxygen becomes available.
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Doctors in Damascus described the third wave of the virus as "the most dangerous yet," as it is more severe than the wave that reached Syria last July, warning of the great shortage of oxygen in hospitals and clinics.
The director of Al-Mujtahid Hospital in Damascus, Dr. Ahmed Abbas, said in statements last weekend that it has been two weeks that the isolation units are witnessing a doubling in the numbers of patients, indicating that the third wave is more challenging than the previous one. He added that the current situation in the capital calls for caution, noting that the elderly are the age group that is in the most danger.
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This article was translated and edited by The Syrian Observer. The Syrian Observer has not verified the content of this story. Responsibility for the information and views set out in this article lies entirely with the author.
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