Tuesday, December 11, 2012

The Indians also receive relievers Matt Albers and Bryan Shaw

For some time, the Indians have known that, eventually, there would be a day in which Shin-Soo Choo would likely don another franchise's uniform.

That day arrived on Tuesday, when the Tribe traded the right fielder to the  Redsin a three-team, nine-player exchange that sent outfielder Drew Stubbs and pitcher Trevor Bauer to Cleveland and shortstop Didi Gregorius to Arizona.

The Indians also receive relievers Matt Albers and Bryan Shaw from the D-backs. Cleveland sent Choo, infielder Jason Donald and cash to the Reds and southpaw reliever Tony Sipp and first baseman Lars Anderson to Arizona.

Choo can become a free agent at the end of the 2013 campaign. Cleveland made repeated attempts at negotiating a long-term pact with the South Korea native, but couldn't make enough headway with agent Scott Boras. Choo earned $4.9 million last season. 



Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Olson emphasized that both he and Log Cabin support Romney

"Our nation needs common sense solutions to fixing our economy and creating private sector jobs and Gov. Romney will provide us with the strong leadership we need at this critical time," Ros-Lehtinen said. "Gov. Romneyunderstands that businesses need less government regulation and lower taxes. Romney is the right man for our time. I am pleased that Log Cabin Republicans is endorsing Gov. Romney. I know that all of us together will fight for equality for all Americans, regardless of race, gender or sexual orientation."

Olson emphasized that both he and Log Cabin support Romney for president and marriage equality at the same time.

"Like the Log Cabin Republicans, I am proud to support Governor Romney for president, and I am proud to be an advocate for the freedom to marry," Cooper said. "This endorsement speaks to Log Cabin's principled belief in equality for all Americans, and the pragmatic recognition that our nation is in need of new leadership. Getting our fiscal house in order is more than an economic imperative – it's a moral imperative. Gay or straight, Americans deserve a president who will secure a future for our children that doesn't leave them buried in debt."



Monday, October 8, 2012

Canty said his frustration over the team’s decision lingered

While Coughlin and the players are loath to point to injuries as an excuse for the unit's drop-off, it seems that defensive tackle Chris Canty's presence has been missed more than one might have expected.

Cantywas placed on the physically unable to perform list before Week 1 in a move the team said was designed to help him recover from off-season knee surgery. That decision meant Canty would not be eligible to play until after Week 6, and Canty expressed surprise at the move at the time.

On Monday, Canty said his frustration over the team's decision lingered for about a week, at which point he resigned himself to having to sit out and began focusing on being in top shape when he is allowed to return. 



Friday, September 21, 2012

Apple (or its minions) has been sending squadrons of aircraft

Apple (or its minions) has been sending squadrons of aircraft all over the planet to produce detailed 3D maps of major cities. The planes criss-cross the area and produce detailed views of every block from every angle, collecting volumes of imagery and data. The result is a video game-style 3D environment of the city which reproduces streets, buildings, and features in high detail and at near-photographic quality. You can freely travel through this environment and via multitouch gestures that move you through the city, change your elevation, and rotate you around a point of interest.

On an iPhone screen, the feature is functional. On the big screen of a Retina-quality iPad, 3D Maps is completely immersive and it's almost compulsive. Honest to God: it's like there's an edition of Grand Theft Auto set in this city, and you've flying around in a stolen traffic helicopter. You would expect to see 3D versions of the city's most famous buildings, and yup, they're all there. But Flyover covers everything, block after block. There's enough detail to see 3D cars and monuments, and sunbathers in Boston Common. The McKimBuilding of the Boston Public Library includes a small courtyard that's open to the sky and surrounded on all four sides by several stories. I might have expected the courtyard to be artificially capped off but no: you can peer inside and see the fountain and move around and view all four of the interior faces of the building that encloses it.



Tuesday, August 21, 2012

NHL labor talks are set to resume

NHL labor talks are set to resume with a wide gap remaining and time running out to avoid a potential lockout.

NHL Players' Association executive director Don Fehr and NHL commissioner  GaryBettman are scheduled to be back at the negotiating table at the union's headquarters in Toronto on Wednesday. It will mark the first time in a week the respective leaders will meet face to face after negotiations hit a significant snag.

Last week, Bettman essentially rejected the union's counterproposal by calling it incomplete and suggested the sides aren't on the same page in addressing the league's economic issues.



Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Walsh Jennings won’t even allow herself to think about the emotions

That's the only set the two have dropped in three Olympics during a 20-match winning streak.

Walsh Jennings won't even allow herself to think about the emotions that will come once they're through.

"No, I don't," Walsh Jennings said. "I'm focused on our goal, and our goal is to enjoy every second of this, which we're doing, and our other goal is to win a gold medal. And after that, we'll see how it goes."

As they walked off the Olympic sand for the second-to-last time, Walsh Jenningsraised both arms to the cheering crowd.

"We know we have this in us," Walsh Jennings said, "we've just got to go execute."



Friday, July 13, 2012

Globalization means manufacturing companies will be drawn

"And it's frustrating for us because it's a cause we've been fighting for, and we've been trying to raise awareness and trying to convince designers to move work back to our shores and stop off-shoring and start on-shoring. This would have been the perfect opportunity."

But free market advocates, such as the Cato Institute, say none of this is surprising.

Globalization means manufacturing companies will be drawn to countries where the costs are lowest, according to Daniel J. Ikenson of the Cato Institute.



Monday, July 2, 2012

The Red Sox bullpen had 5.2 scoreless innings

The Red Sox bullpen had 5.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit, in relief of Felix Doubront.

Matt Albers ended a Mariners rally in the fifth inning by getting Jesus Montero to ground into a double play. He then worked the sixth inning. Scott Atchison went two perfect innings. Vicente Padilla (2-0) pitched the ninth and has now gone 10 1/3 innings without allowing a run. Alfredo Aceves had a five-pitch 10th inning for his 20th save.

A win is a good way to get out of town. But with pitching like that, the Sox should have won three games.



Monday, June 18, 2012

Nalbandian said afterwards that he hoped to return to the Queen's Club

Despite the incident, Nalbandian said afterwards that he hoped to return to the Queen's Club next year. "This incident doesn't mean that I'm not going to come back," the Argentinian said. "I really feel good at this tournament. This is a bad situation for everybody and I really apologise for that but it doesn't mean anything to next year."

Nalbandian did, however, compound the situation by accusing the ATP, the governing body of the men's tour, of having a number of rules the players did not agree with, including forcing them to play when conditions were not fit. "Sometimes the ATP puts a lot of pressure on the players and sometimes you get injured because you play on a dangerous surface," he said. "Nothing happens, no one pays for that."

The 6,000-strong crowd sided with Nalbandian immediately after the incident, many of them unaware that the kick had caused such damage to the left leg of Mr McDougall, who needed treatment for the injury.



Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Ian Kinsler put the Rangers ahead to stay

They loaded the bases with no outs in the third against Darvish without scoring. Then after Robinson Cano's leadoff double an inning later, the 25-year-old right-hander in only his fourth major league start needed only seven pitches to get two strikeouts and a groundout.

"We wasted a good start," Teixeira said. "Yu pitched well, but Kuroda pitched really, really well, too."

Ian Kinsler put the Rangers ahead to stay when he led off the first with a deep homer to left center off Kuroda (1-3), who limited Texas to two runs and five hits over 6 2-3 innings.

The 37-year-old Kuroda, a righty in his fifth season in the majors, struck out five and walked one. Of the Rangers other 15 outs against him, 12 came on grounders and there were two popups.




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Thursday, April 12, 2012

The Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star forward sustained

DENVER (AP) An unintentional elbow ended the night early for Kevin Love and sent him to the hospital.

The Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star forward sustained a mild concussion and neck strain after a hit to the head against the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday. He was kept overnight at an area hospital for precautionary reasons.

Love was helped off the floor by medical personnel following an inadvertent blow from JaVale McGee when the Nuggets center went up for a jumper in the lane. Love had missed all five of his shots in the first quarter before being knocked out of the game.



Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Baron Davis scored 13 points in his first start in place of Lin

Carmelo Anthony scored 28 points, his highest total in two months, and the New York Knicks beat the Milwaukee Bucks, 89-80, Monday night without injured Amare Stoudemire and Jeremy Lin to increase their lead for the final Eastern Conference playoff berth.
Shortly after learning Stoudemire was lost indefinitely with a bulging disk in his back, the Knicks opened a 2 1/2-game lead over the Bucks.
Baron Davis scored 13 points in his first start in place of Lin, who has a sore right knee. Tyson Chandler also had 13 and Iman Shumpert 11 as the Knicks overcame the absences of their second- and third-leading scorers.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

The 48 wins a lot. Johnson and Knaus have five titles

There's still a target on Knaus' back. He knows that. Hendrick accepts that. There should be when you have a record like he does.



"It's definitely looked at more than any car out there," Hendrick said of the 48. "If you go by the rulebook, it says everybody's car will be looked at the same. The rulebook doesn't say just because you win you're going to get scrutinized more than anybody else."



Good point.



The 48 wins a lot. Johnson and Knaus have five titles and 55 wins since 2002. They have been so dominant that some claim they've ruined the sport, although it's hard to understand how success can do that when it doesn't in other sports.