I just hope MedicWest changes their ways.". Unclear how Henry and Natalie hooked up, but this is pandemic love, which tends to be on the down-low -- just ask Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley. The flavor is NOT sold out. It was truly an honor to contribute to this amazing site, to be able to write about my favorite team, and be a part of a really special and passionate community of fans. It grew to levels we couldn’t even imagine when it launched. As we reported, their people told us they had briefly called it quits, although they say they never broke things off. Here’s an interactive Fan Confidence Graph and here’s an annotated version: (1) The absolute peak of the Fan Confidence Poll is, of course, the 2009 World Series. We all thought we could do a better job than our favorite team’s GM. A lifetime ago, Joe and I were in charge of the Yankees site for the Most Valuable Network, a long-defunct sports blog network, when we decided we could do a better job on our own. Ben covered the basics in his own farewell post so apologies if I’m covering known ground. Im Jahr 1990 wurde der Familienname der Gründer Mike und Elaine Adler zur Marke ADLER Werbegeschenke und konnte sich seit diesem Zeitpunkt auch in Europa als bekannter Werbemittel-Experte etablieren. And because there can never be too many #LukeVoitFacts, we’ve got this for you to enjoy: He is the first Yankee with at least three hits and three RBI in a game against the Giants since Joe DiMaggio in Game 5 of the 1951 World Series. as the bullets started flying. It's a show about rich kids and their birthday parties. That big dip came after … a series loss to the Mets? As for the Easter incident, the source says Vin was riding his bike with his kids and handing out Easter baskets to workers in the community. I wouldn’t change RAB’s approach over the last 12 seasons for the world, but if we all knew then what we knew now, many of us would think twice about that Moneyball approach (and we sure as hell would’ve traded the Big Three). Joe, Mike, Jay and I set out to build a better baseball blog, and we accidentally stumbled into a community of great people, lifelong friends and some amazing Yankee fans. So many times, I’ve seen a lot of my peers from school get burnt out in writing industry for various reasons. Fan confidence went from 8.01 one week to 6.85 the next week. Swizz says X's purpose in life was to comfort people, despite his own, unrelenting pain. Building a successful blog is almost impossible nowadays. The emerald-cut ring with a massive diamond was MIA. Thanks for stopping by. As for what was discussed in front of the cameras, that still remains a mystery ... but we know all of the show's stars -- Jennifer Aniston, Matthew Perry, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer and Matt LeBlanc -- participated. That’s easy enough. We felt a little stifled in terms of what we could write. ICYMI ... Dolly's flavor was released April 8 to benefit Imagination Library, a program she founded to gift free books to children from birth to age 5. J Lo posted a pic of herself Saturday on the set of the movie she's shooting in the D.R. We thought we could out-manage our favorite team’s manager. Here is everything I could cobble together for the post-RAB world. ", The tribute is heartbreaking -- Swizz says, "He would go to jail to escape his pain. There has never been a moment — not once — where I felt like I deserved the recognition or praise that came my way for RAB. Love the website. Not to mention reuniting with my Friends.". Khabib Nurmagomedov’s manager has a warning to pro wrestlers who want a crack at the UFC legend -- be careful what you wish for!! These weekly thoughts posts won’t appear at RAB and they won’t be free. As RAB closes shop today, I personally wanted to thank everyone for their tremendous support of this website and my writing over the past four-plus years. The Yankees provide great subject matter and a dedicated fan base, and that made RAB all the more fun. I would recognize that face from just about anywhere. Ashley -- who was a UK soccer player before joining MTV's hit reality series -- and his girlfriend announced last week little Azaylia was battling leukemia and had tumors on several of her organs. @KidCudi all about love and suicide prevention and awareness!!! Later in the week I was enthralled by how many people actually visited the site: 252 unique visitors yesterday, 242 today, 405 total — not too shabby for the first two days in the office. Voit’s dinger was a bomb over the center-field wall, another example of his ridiculous dead-center power. I got my foundation of all these through River Avenue Blues. Come and join our community. She was born … Police eventually tracked him down on the highway, using a PIT maneuver to spin his truck. As someone who was trying to find a footing somewhere writing about something I love, it was an offer I couldn’t pass. The "Witcher" star has been linked in the past to Lucy Cork, Tara King and Kaley Cuoco. I ended up switching to broadcast journalism and took up internships in sports radio and television. But that passion faded years ago, as anyone who’s been reading since the early days can tell you. ", The neighbor goes on ... "In over ten years the homeowners in Fundadores Juanillo Beach have never endured and suffered such absurd comportment by anyone renting a home in our very small, private and very secure community. But RAB people have been very gracious – they always had my back, they allowed me to improve by my own and most importantly, they never hesitated to give me a confidence boost. I got hired by FanGraphs, I joined Baseball Prospectus to occasionally write about Korean baseball, I contributed for The Athletic, etc. However, because things went so poorly the year before, the big increase only brought fan confidence back up into the 7.00 range. You hear Jarrott yell, "Oh, s**t!" Sanchez’s dinger was the 79th of his career, moving him into a tie for 50th place on the all-time franchise list (reminder, he has played only 279 career games). Chantel's mom said after the verdict, "At least my daughter will be taken care of. Keith Law, Rob Neyer, and Peter Gammons for the little praises that sent more readers our way. RAB has led to some pretty cool things, including my current spot with CBS Sports. Twelve years and over 28,000 posts later, we decided it was time to say good bye, but quitting is never easy. At some point, he looked at the credential card hanging below my neck and said this: “River Avenue Blues! He has created hit after hit with artists such as Cardi B, Drake, Jennifer Lopez, and so many more! My heart breaks for you. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, Download the TMZ App on the Apple App Store, Download the TMZ App on the Google Play Store. in the dugout. And, unlike many celebs, "He did more charity than probably every artist I know. That's how much pain my brother had everyday ...He would win an award an American Music Award, you name it and didn’t understand why he deserved it because he knew and he felt that other people deserved it more than him. Why did the three of us come together to create this site? It was typical early 20s hubris from a bunch of kids with internet hookups, and somehow it all worked out. ", But, he also sent words of encouragement, saying ... "You tell that little lion I said, 'Let's go Champ, and to stay strong.". 'Friends' fans tuning in to the upcoming reunion special won't just see some familiar faces, they'll see familiar places too ... including the famous water fountain and original set. Although he’d never before gone deep with the bases full, Sanchez has been a productive hitter over the last three seasons in those situations. I was hoping to capture a few months worth of data, maybe two or three years worth if everything went well, and now here we are a decade later. Ali explains why Khabib is such a natural in the switch to coaching ... saying, "He got no egos, he loves his friends, he loves his peers and he's there for them. She captioned the pic, "Keep calm and work on the weekend." She clearly posted the pic with intention ... so decipher for yourself. You’ve seen plenty of them even if you haven’t been reading RAB all that long. Easy peasy. Personally, I read everything Lindsey writes (no, The Athletic is not paying me to say that) and pretty much everything at RLYW. Fan confidence steadily climbed starting with the 2016 trade deadline and continuing through the 2017 season and into early 2018. His family was never for sale. Even doing all that, there was always a thing in back of my mind that I yelled at me about baseball writing. I took one sports writing class – and I did pretty okay in it – but my connection to the industry was pretty lacking. Fan confidence jumped from 7.06 to 8.41. Really tough week with DMX, and Tiger's accident case is closed, but was it reckless driving? I enjoy the snark and the short, snappy posts. I’m still going to have the itch to write (and fanboy and complain) about the Yankees, and one post a week shouldn’t be a burden. He loves the community and has brought production to the area. We still love the Yanks, warts, frustrations, injuries and all; it’s just time to love the Yankees as fans again. BUNNY DESTROYER!! Mike, our Energizer bunny, kept going and going and going, but when a passion project isn’t a passion any longer, it’s time to hang up. More demanding, but also more fun. Ben again: I’ve always liked tying in River Avenue to a Yankees blog. At that stage in the evolution of blogging everyone read everyone else’s blogs, so we were all familiar with each other’s work. In January 2017, the Yankees were doing the “Winter Warm-Up” series to introduce newer players to the fanbase through sandwich workshops, surprising ticketholders, going to museums, etc. The family of an aspiring actress just received a whopping $29.5 million verdict, after the woman became a quadriplegic after suffering a severe allergic reaction and not getting proper care from paramedics. The Yankees dropped two of three in Citi Field to a pretty mediocre Mets squad that weekend and fans were Mad Online. Read up on the Yankees multiple times daily. Cudi was the musical guest Saturday on "Saturday Night Live," and he first paid respects to fallen 'SNL' star Chris Farley by wearing a t-shirt with Farley's image emblazoned on it as he sang "Tequila Shots.". Neighbors Say Vin's Hired Muscle Way Too Aggressive, ©2021 EHM PRODUCTIONS,INC. The victory clinched their fourth series win in a row (yeah, remember when they lost four of their first five series to start the season?). Like pretty much everything else with RAB, I did not expect the Fan Confidence Poll to last as long as it did. It wasn’t glamorous, but I would have been more than okay going that path. Vancouver's Talk. As Cueva stepped out of the truck, Jarrott couldn't see him lift an AR-15-style rifle ... which he unloaded at the officer as they got to the back of the truck. Fan confidence very rarely dipped below 7.00 from 2009-12. Mike Lee: Lynx Art Collection: Lufthansa Technik, Wolfgang Reinert and Brit Adler: Herrenfahrer, Eugen Botay: 99Bitcoins: Dapper Labs, Bryce Bladon: Mancho Manchev: This is the official website for #CryptopiaFilm. They are the only MLB team in the last 15 seasons to score first that many times in their first 28 games. FanGraphs has a bullpen workload page similar to ours, though it doesn’t include warm-ups or Triple-A pitchers. I’ve decided to go through with the once-a-week thoughts posts. There are things I would change if we could go back and do it again — we were jerks to people unnecessarily in the early going, which I blame on youthful know-it-all-ness — but not that. (10) … and then major change did arrive. Kid Cudi paid homage to the later rocker Kurt Cobain -- who died almost 27 years ago to the day -- by wearing a dress almost identical to one worn by the Nirvana frontman. The Yankees capped off their third sweep of the season with a 11-5 win on Sunday afternoon, continuing their scorching-hot streak over the last couple weeks. Evolutions des sociétés ces dernières années Ci-dessous, l'évolution par an (depuis 2012) des créations et suppressions d'entreprises en France, par mois avec des courbes en moyenne mobile de 12 mois afin de voir l'évolution et les tendances, idem par semaine avec des moyennes mobiles sur 4 semaines. He was 27. Truth be told, this website is the foundation for all of what I’ve been able to do in the baseball media. Jay and Mike got back to me a few months later and asked me if I wanted to be a contributor for the site starting the 2015 season. Learn about GM’s rich history and dedication to innovation, inclusion, sustainability and safety. Swizz, who collabed with X on "Ruff Ryders" ... recorded a moving tribute to his longtime friend, calling him a prophet ... a unique individual who never flashed the trappings of wealth because that wasn't important to him. Huh. I'm happy about that." While Braunwyn's seeing other women, she remains married to her husband, Sean Burke, and we're told they still have no plans to divorce after 20 years of marriage and 7 children together. We thought we could out-coach our favorite’s team’s coach. The individual player pages at Baseball Savant (here is CC Sabathia’s, for example) are incredibly useful. Eventually I became credentialed — I am forever grateful to Marc Carig for showing an overwhelmed blogger the ropes in a big league clubhouse (you can all Marc thank for talking me into keeping RAB alive as long as I did) — and now I’m in the BBWAA and halfway to a Hall of Fame vote. Police are still investigating the fatal incident as Cueva had an extensive violent criminal record. The week-to-week noise is inevitable. ", Swizz says he cried 50 times before delivering his message ... a message to a man who was a true humanitarian. The Rock talked about the amazing impact Azaylia's already having on loved ones ... and that clearly includes fans around the world, as well as her family. It grew and it grew and it grew. The Yankees won their second in row on Saturday, 6-4, thanks to the big bat of Gary Sanchez and the stellar arm of J.A. Here's what's going down -- the country music legend teamed up with Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams to create her very own flavor, Strawberry Pretzel Pie, and it created pandemonium this week ... both on Jeni's website and at its actual store locations. Filed Under: Administrative Stuff Tagged With: Fan Confidence. Florian Bauer - 07.04.2021 - 18:34 Uhr 38 Profis Ein Talent aus Mexiko für die SGE? So we gotta ask ... Jennifer Lopez is missing a ring worth nearly $2 mil, but it wasn't a jewelry heist ... it's actually a mystery surrounding her engagement to A-Rod. With no more RAB, people want to know where to go next, so I figured it was worth putting together this “guide to life after RAB” post. Yankee fans are lucky that there isn’t exactly a shortage of Yankees contents around the web, but I can’t help but feel like it will leave a huge void in my mind knowing that there won’t be any newer RAB posts starting April 30. I tried taking essential reporting and journalistic writing classes and it turned out I was pretty trash at that (at least back then). Her doctors say her life expectancy, at best, is 55. Also, Fan confidence dropped only slightly (6.99 to 6.67) when Lee signed with the Phillies that winter. I’m taking the rest of this week off, so it’ll start up next week. Folks on social media almost immediately picked up on the significance of the dress. RAB started as a hobby and evolved into a life-changing journey. River Avenue Blues was my main reading spot for Yankees information along with LoHud Yankees Blog. And he said so himself. I did not realize this at the time, but the ten-year anniversary of our Fan Confidence Poll was this past March 2nd. Today, I can see how baseball writers helped drive a hidden search for value, how we all helped shift understanding of the game, and how we had a role, even if slight, in whatever labor battles loom. Our website issues have lasted longer than expected, but we are working on it and will let you know via email and social media when we’re back up and running. Weekly thoughts posts for the cost of one non-Starbucks cup of coffee a month. What a time to be alive. Big trade? But this is the story as I remember and can document it. I’m going to let you all in on a little secret. The idea is pretty self-explanatory: Take the pulse of the fanbase over a long stretch of time. On a Wednesday in mid-January, Ben emailed: I’m getting really sick of all of this [network] server downtime and I am not against the idea of taking our writing elsewhere. (9) Aside from a few spikes at midseason, fans never really did buy into the 2015 Yankees. Chantel Giacalone was in great distress back in 2013 when she went into anaphylactic shock after eating a peanut butter pretzel. The Yankees won the 2009 World Series, faded a bit from 2010-12, bottomed out from 2013-16, then rose back up in 2017 and 2018. Get exclusive access to the latest stories, photos, and video as only TMZ can. Vin Diesel has a security problem ... with his neighbors, who say the actor's security team act like they own the hood. Onze villa's en boerderijen zijn de mooiste selectie van vakantiehuizen in Toscane. So did all the other baseball bloggers out there, Yankees or otherwise, though they may not know it. Since the split, our sources say Braunwyn continues to date other women, but she's not in any committed relationships. Award-winning and world-acclaimed drummer, CHRIS ADLER (Lamb of God), has announced the addition of French metalcore kings, BETRAYING THE MARTYRS (Sumerian Records), to his management agency, KINTSUGI MANAGEMENT. A series loss to the Mets. I was in high school at the time and had no idea what I was going to do with my life, so I never really saw myself ever writing for the site. As RAB comes to a close, I think about the friends we made along the way, the baseball friends I chat with every day on Twitter and the ones I see in real life. Two weeks after that, it sat at 6.75. (7) Despite a plethora of injuries, a good start to the season had fan confidence on the rise early in 2013. Betty Carol Boyette, a resident of Loranger , LA, passed away on Thursday, March 11, 2021 at St. Tammany Parish Hospital in Covington, LA. Questions about the rotation persisted for two straight years up to that point (remember when they went into 2011 with Bartolo Colon and Freddy Garcia penciled into rotation spots? Pretty awesome. #WrestleMania @sanbenito pic.twitter.com/Ot1EE2tSuO. For me, however, it was all joy. (5) About four months later, fan confidence dropped from 7.69 to 6.07 in the span of two weeks because we learned Pineda had a torn labrum and needed season-ending surgery, and also because Mariano Rivera blew out his knee on the Kauffman Stadium warning track during batting practice. But nope, it was not the Lee non-trade. Breaking the biggest stories in celebrity and entertainment news. Cops say Jarrott went down immediately, and Cueva ran over to him and fired several more rounds at point-blank range before fleeing the scene. For the millionth time this season, the Yankees raced out to an early lead, scoring two runs in each of the first three frames. Everyone here made me better. Keep following me on twitter @ktsharp for all my Yankees stats and analysis the rest of the season and more details on the future of Yankeemetrics. This famous fella grew up in Puerto Rico, and this year won a Grammy for Best Latin Pop Album. With it, came a different approach to team-building that turned everyone into Moneyball accolades and led everyone to propose a budgetary-constrained approach to baseball team-building. I hope you are having a nice day. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what you're looking for. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Plus, New York Yankees With Lindsey Adler. We wanted Minor League content too and invited Mike along for the ride. Paxton has quietly been excellent this season in doing the things a pitcher can control on the mound (excluding his defense behind him) — strikeouts, walks and homers. For now, the first post will be Wednesday, May 8th. (6) The single biggest week-to-week drop in Fan Confidence Poll history came during the 2012 ALCS. Rodrigo catapulted to the top of the charts with the single earlier this year ... but just learned one of the harsh realities of driving in Los Angeles and just about every other big city -- no matter how hard you try -- eventually, you're gonna get hit with a parking violation. Back in 2006 when the idea for RAB came together, I was so much older then. The prior Monday they had a 3-1 series lead and the Fan Confidence Poll peaked at 9.27. It’s more out-of-the-box than Pinstripe Something or Bronx Anything. I’m fairly certain we would have kept this thing going through at least 2011 without the level of readership that we attained. In our shutdown post I said I was considering a mailing list/newsletter type thing with a weekly “thoughts” style post. Now that Khabib has retired from MMA, the big question everyone is asking ... what’s he gonna do next? Your passion pushed me. I wouldn’t trade the world for it. News Talk 980 CKNW | Vancouver's News. Bleecker Street announces virtual screening experience for Sally Potter’s THE ROADS NOT TAKEN I was a reader before I was a writer. It is essentially a measurement of fans falling in love with Aaron Judge, Luis Severino, and all the other youngsters. Because so many customers and Dolly lovers were clamoring for her new ice cream, those who apparently managed to get their hands on some tried to cash in ... by listing pints on eBay for $1,000!!! It’s obviously a weighty praise especially given the context. Source Look, wise guy, I know I'm a racer. Will and Maureen set out with Adler to find the Robot. The blog grew. Thanks for coming along for the ride. Wij bieden vakantiewoningen van een gezellig eenkamer-appartement in Florence, Italië, met uitzicht over de Ponte Vecchio tot luxe villa's in Toscane met 10 slaapkamers en alles daar tussenin. The neighbor next door says the last straw was this Easter, when the guards blocked pedestrians and traffic so Vin and his kids could bicycle. It feels presumptuous (who made me bloglord? We felt we could provide comprehensive Yankee coverage from a fan perspective and do a better job than anyone else out there. As you probably know ... Cobain died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound April 5, 1994. At some point, I got Jay Gordon’s attention and wrote about a few Korean players for River Avenue Blues. RAB came of age at a time when the volume of data about baseball was readily available and increasing dramatically. At one point, they also had a presser at the Yankee Stadium. ), but people want it, so here it is. TMZ broke the story ... Braunwyn and Kris were all over each other during a WeHo lunch date in November, not long after she came out. Metro Vancouver, British Columbia. The 467-foot blast was the longest grand slam hit in the majors since Statcast distance tracking began in 2015, and the third-longest home run hit at Oracle Park in that span. After Friday’s start — among pitchers with at least 25 innings pitched — he led the AL in FIP (2.24), ranked third in strikeout rate (36.2%), was third in Strikeout-to-Walk ratio (5.1), and had allowed only three homers in 34 2/3 innings. Find cool custom and classic cars, muscle cars, SUVs, and trucks and browse all 991,627 vehicle pictures, for sale info, parts and builder's page at CarDomain.com You’ll get an email each time a post goes live. Posts like this. Maybe Thursday works better because it is typically the end of the previous series and start of the new series. Actually, it was the 21st time this year that the Yankees scored first. While a Dept. At that point it was all technical: how quickly could we buy web hosting, set up the site, and start publishing? This is not to say that River Ave. Blues was instrumental in changing the game of baseball any more or less than any other site, but as I reflect back on the past 12 seasons, I see shifts in the way baseball works that grew out of the idea that a bunch of kids knew more than anyone else. On February 20, Mike kicked it all off. There has always been a lot of week-to-week noise in the Fan Confidence Poll. There will be no Fan Confidence Poll this week because there’s really no point with RAB shutting down today.