Your World 11/01/16 FBI surprises again, shares files on Bill Clinton pardon of Marc Rich
The FBI unexpectedly released 129 pages of documents related to an investigation closed without charges in 2005 into President Bill Clintons pardon of Marc Rich, who had been married to a wealthy Democratic donor.
The file was posted online Monday but received little attention until the FBI noted it in a tweet on Tuesday afternoon. It comes as Director James Comey faces fire from Democrats and even some Republicans for releasing information about his renewed investigation into Hillary Clintons use of e-mail.
Ronda Rousey Discusses Retirement From UFC 11/3/2016 12:45 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF
EXCLUSIVE
Ronda Rousey"s MMA career is almost over, but her PRO WRESTLING career could just be getting started -- because Stephanie McMahon says she"s got her sights set on the UFC legend.
Vince"s daughter -- who also happens to be a minority owner and a HUGE honcho with the company -- was in NYC when we asked if the WWE had already begun the courting process.
FYI, Rousey is a BIG pro wrestling fan -- and not only made a cameo last year -- but regularly attends pro wrestling events around the country.
And with Stephanie telling us the WWE is setting a goal to have an all-women"s main event at WrestleMania one day ... we can"t think of a better headliner.
FC Barcelona training ahead of Manchester City - FC Barcelona
Barcelona: FC Barcelonas first team will travel to India in order to play friendly matches, according to club president Josep Maria Bartomeu.
While cricket still remains the main sport in India, a number of top European football clubs have taken an interest in the South Asian nation, due to the growing popularity of football in the country.
The likes of Atletico Madrid and Liverpool FC have already made joint ventures with local sides.
Atletico Madrid have bought a stake in Indian Super League (ISL) side Atletico de Kolkata. The Kolkata-based franchise conducts their pre-season training in Spain with the help of the Rojiblancos.
Meanwhile, Liverpool FC have a joint venture with I-League side DSK Shivajians, to give technical help to their youth academy Liverpool International Academy.
German giants Bayern Munich have an academy in India, and have even taken promising 11-year-old Chandan Nayak to Germany for further training. Bayern have also played a few friendlies in India, with the most prominent of them being legendary German goalkeeper Oliver Kahns farewell match against local giants Mohun Bagan, in 2006.
Following the success of these two clubs, Barcelona are also ready to increase their presence in India. According to reports, the Blaugrana are also eager to bring their first team squad to India, in order to play a few friendly matches during the off-season.
However, Barcelona already have a packed schedule, and would only be able to come to India after a couple of years.
The Barca president also revealed that the club spends around 20 million on their famous L Masia academy, every year.
Trades we"d like to see happen at deadline - NFL.( Broncos Acquire Vernon Davis)
The NFL trade deadline passed Tuesday without a move from theVikings.
Minnesota needs help on the offensive line and in the running game. However, the Vikings have just $445,692 of salary-cap room, making any possible deal difficult.
The Vikings made a big move Sept. 3 when they acquired quarterback Sam Bradford from Philadelphia for first- and fourth-round draft choices. They also signed tackle Jake Long as a free agent Oct. 11, and he got his first start in Mondays 20-10 loss at Chicago.
Since the signing of Long, Minnesotas injury-riddled offensive line has continued to struggle. Coach Mike Zimmer, however, has said the Vikings are prepared to go with the players they have.
The Vikings are averaging just 70.3 yards agame on the ground, second-worst in the NFL. Running back Adrian Peterson, though, could be back in December after needing surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his knee in September.
Tonight, the Cubs will take the field for Game 7 of the World Series. After falling behind Cleveland 3-1, Chicago is two-thirds of a way to a comeback, thanks largely to the immensely talented core that brought it this far. Wunderkinds such as Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo, and Addison Russell helped the Cubs take the league by storm in 2016, and they should continue to dominate for years to come.
At this point, seemingly everyone knows about Bryant and Rizzo. Russell, by contrast, has gone relatively under the radar, despite excelling at a younger age than both of them. As a 21-year-old rookie in 2015, Russell compiled 3.0 fWAR over 523 plate appearances; as a 22-year-old sophomore in 2016, he followed that up with 3.9 fWAR in 598 trips to the dish. In case you dont have a nose for these things, that adds up to 6.9 fWAR over two years a sum that inspires a great deal of joy in any baseball fan, no matter their allegiance.
But beneath that success lies a little bit of uncertainty. In FanGraphs judgment, Russell has built his value on his play in the field, rather than at the plate. While the latter is generally quite easy to measure wRC+ tells us that Russells hit at a level 7 percent worse than average in his two major-league campaigns the former can cause some problems, which is where our story begins.
Lets take a step back for a moment. Since the Athletics drafted him back in 2012, Russells defense has amazed some scouts and left others a little unsatisfied. That offseason, BPs Jason Parks wrote that he had plus-plus actions at shortstop. Two years later, his successor Nick J. Faleris had a slightly more pessimistic take, asserting that Russell needed to slow down [his] game in the field yet still crediting him for solid actions at short. MLB.coms Jonathan Mayo followed the opposite trajectory in his analysis: In 2012, he wrote that Russell showed good hands, a strong arm and enough range; by 2014, he felt that Russell had erased any concerns about his long-term future as a shortstop. A consensus didnt really exist nobody thought Russell was a defensive slouch, but opinions diverged on whether hed stand out in the field.
That was then. This is now, when Russell has two years of experience in the majors. In 2015, he spent most of his time at second, thanks to Starlin Castros presence; in 2016, with Castro in New York, Russell stayed at short the entire year. All told, hes accrued 746.0 innings as a second baseman and 1,734.0 innings as a shortstop, for a total of 2,480.0 frames of big-league fielding. And what has he accomplished in that time? Well, that depends on where you look:
H/t to Rob McQuown for hooking me up with Russells FRAA positional splits. Also, my apologies to Russell Carleton for the vague subject line.
As with the scouting, we cant find an agreement. Both DRS and UZR gauge Russell as an elite defender, one of the best perhaps THE best in all of baseball. FRAA, on the other hand, thinks hes much more pedestrian. The difference between the former two and the latter amounts to at least two wins, which is impossible to ignore. How should we respond to it, though?
When I encounter a dilemma such as this, I usually turn to FanGraphs Inside Edge data. The companys scouts evaluate each ball hit to a defender, putting it into one of six buckets impossible (those with a 0 percent chance of turning into an out*), remote (1-10 percent), unlikely (10-40 percent), even (40-60 percent), likely (60-90 percent), and routine (90-100 percent). These numbers can act as an informal mediator, sorting out the differences when defensive metrics dont see eye-to-eye.
*In the five-year history of Inside Edge data, no fielder has ever converted an impossible play. Evidently, the name means something.
Well start with Russells time at second base, to see how well the Inside Edge scouts thought he performed at a comparatively simple position:
Rankings among 27 second baseman with 700+ innings in 2015.
Again, its a mixed bag. Routine plays make up the vast majority of all opportunities that fielders face, so Russells failure there only Kolten Wong and Rougned Odor converted them at a lower rate would seem to seal his fate. But in every other play that falls outside that category, Russell soared high. He paired a breathtaking ability for the extraordinary with a disappointing (relative) inability for the ordinary.
Perhaps if we turn our attention to Russells time as a shortstop, things will become clearer?
Rankings among 22 shortstops with 1,500+ innings in 2015-16.
This elucidates things by quite a bit. At short, Russell has done much better than average on the routine plays, while also converting a solid amount of plays on the other end of the spectrum. Still, a quandary remains why hasnt Russell done better on the b***s in the middle? And wouldnt a truly superb defensive shortstop place higher than ninth in routine plays?
As much as wed like it to, the Inside Edge data cant guide us to a firm conclusion. Even if we cherry-pick some visual examples from MLB.coms archives, the arguments dont fade. Want a phenomenal catch? Take a look at this one:
How about a slick diving grab? Try this one on for size:
On the other side, maybe your masochistic tastes push you toward an errant throw, such as this one:
Or perhaps youd prefer a headstrong charge to try and catch a dying quail, as demonstrated below:
Russell is a professional baseball player, so he makes some sweet plays. Russell is a human being, so he messes up sometimes. The former tends to outweigh the latter, but it might not do so all the time. In other words, GIF-based analysis wont tell us anything we didnt already know.
So whats our answer is Russell an elite fielder, or just a decent one? At the end of the day, I think we should hew to the principle of the golden mean, as laid out by the brilliant philosopher Ron Fournier: The answer lies somewhere in the middle. Going forward, we should expect him to dazzle pretty frequently, while having enough miscues to stay a tier below the greats.
Of course, thats assuming Russell doesnt improve from here. h**l turn 23 in January, he has great teammates, and he remains a ridiculously talented baseball player, which means the sky is the limit. Regardless of what happens tonight, or what the state of his defense is, Russell should play a significant role in the budding Cubs dynasty. And hey, if he can keep doing this...
Josh Huff arrested Rant | Talk is cheap Nelson Agholor stfu and do something about it!
Tuesday certainly never will be remembered as one of the greatest days in Philadelphia Eagles history.
Not only did the franchise fail at the 4 p.m. trade deadline to add a wide receiver, but learned that it may actually be forced to subtract one in the wake of Josh Huff"s arrest.
Huff was charged with possession of a gun and marijuana during a traffic stop for speeding on the Walt Whitman Bridge, according to reports.
The Eagles had no comment on the Huff arrest except to say they"re still gathering information.
They had all the information they needed on the quality of their receivers before the deadline, though, and did not make a move. That signified they either are satisfied with the group that"s in place or found the price tags too high for some of the receivers thought to be available, such as San Francisco"s Torrey Smith and Chicago"s Alshon Jeffery.
Huff has been mostly a disappointment as a receiver since being drafted in the third round out of Oregon in 2013 but has been outstanding on special teams, particularly this season. On Sunday night at Dallas, he returned a kickoff 53 yards to set up a field goal. The week before, he took one back all the way for a touchdown.
The Eagles" other receivers have been struggling as well. The longest of quarterback Carson Wentz"s 32 pass completions went for just 14 yards in Sunday"s 29-23 loss to the Cowboys.
Lack of a downfield threat has been their biggest shortcoming. Ironically Huff, who might be their fastest runner and is easily their most explosive player, is averaging 5.5 yards per reception on 13 catches.
Jordan Matthews leads the team in receptions (36) and receiving yards (419) by large margins. He also ranks first in yards per reception (11.6) and TD receptions. But he is mostly coming from the slot.
Outside receivers Nelson Agholor (21 catches, 216 yards, 1 TD) and Dorial Green-Beckham (18 catches, 194 yards, 1 TD), who was acquired in a preseason trade with Tennessee, have been barely more productive combined than Matthews has been by himself.
This despite rookie quarterback Carson Wentz"s remaining on pace to set the franchise record for completion percentage. He is 150 of 228 for 1,526 yards and nine TDs.
Head coach Doug Pederson last week denied the team was interested in trading for a wide receiver.
"There"s no legitimacy to that," he said, "and I"m thrilled with the guys we have and going to work with them every day."
In Sunday night"s game, Agholor dropped a ball and had a catch wiped out when it was ruled he stepped out of bounds (without being forced) before stepping back in to catch the ball, then in the postgame locker room directed some rage at reporters who questioned him about the team"s problem with drops.
"We have a responsibility to win football games and I get it," he said. "Certain plays could have helped us. But there"s still four quarters of football to be played. We"ve got to win. You heard it from me I don"t got time for that no more. I only got time to win football games. No statistics, no "did this," just win. And that"s all that matters.
"That"s what the coaching staff cares about, that"s what I care about, winning football games," he said.
Gran Desfile de Día de Muertos 2016 en la CDMX #DiaDeMuertosCDMX
En miamidiario.com les presentamos a nuestros lectores un breve resumen de las 5 informaciones que marcaron la pauta local al sur de la Florida durante la semana del lunes 05 al viernes 09 de octubre.
Una historia para contarUn nio de 14 aos se recupera luego de sufrir un ataque de tiburn en la costa de Florida. Funcionarios del Condado de Volusia dijero que el nio, de Vero Beach, estaba en las aguas de New Smyrna Beach practicando al surf cuando un tiburn lo mordi la maana del domingo pasado.
Otros cuatro surfistas se encontraban con l a la hora del incidente. Segn el informe, el nio sufri laceraciones en una mano. Su reaccin tras el mordisco fue sorprendente. El adolescente golpe al tiburn antes de volver a tierra firme a unas 100 yardas de distancia.
Justa condenaUn hombre condenado por matar a su hija, a su exmujer, a su exsuegra y su excuada, ser ejecutado el 29 de octubre. El Gobernador de Florida, Rick Scott, firm una nueva orden de ejecucin el martes en contra de Jerry Correll (59).
Las autoridades dicen que Correll fue a la casa en Orlando de su ex suegra, Mary Lou Hines, en junio de 1985. Apual a Hines de forma fatal, a su exesposa Susan Correll, su hermana Marybeth Jones y y a la hija de 5 aos de su expareja Tuesday Correll.
Huellas dactilares sangrientas junto con otras pruebas fsicas, vinculan a Jerry Correll con la ejecucin del crimen.
La ejecucin de Correll estaba programada para principios de este aos, pero la Corte Suprema de Florida la suspendi despus de que la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos decidi revisar el uso de una inyeccin letal sedante. La droga fue autorizada para su uso en junio y la suspensin de la ejecucin fue levantada el viernes.
Triste noticiaUna nia de 2 aos contina luchando por su vida luego de sufrir quemaduras severas a causa de la explosin de una olla de presin en Fort Lauderdale el mes pasado.
La abuela de Samantha Gonzalez se baaba el 14 de septiembre mientras cocinaba la cena en una olla de presin. Segn el reporte de local10.com, las autoridades sealaron que la olla colaps, creando vapor y liquido hirviendo que quemaron a la nia. Samantha fue trasladada al Broward Health Medical Center y luego al Jackson Memorial Hospital en Miami, donde permanece desde hace unas 3 semanas.
Los doctores sealaron que la nia tiene ms del 60% de su cuerpo cubierto con heridas de segundo y tercer grado. Fue sometida a varias cirugas, pero las lesiones son tan graves que su hgado y sus riones estn fallando.Sus familiares recibieron la dolorosa noticia de que una de las piernas de Samatha deba ser amputada.
Propuesta polmicaLos propietarios de armas con licencia podran llegar a portar su armas abiertamente en pblico en virtud de un proyecto de ley aprobado por un comit de la Cmara. El Subcomit de Justicia Penal vot 8-4 por el proyecto de ley el pasado martes.
Segn el reporte de nbcmiami.com el representante republicano. Matt Gaetz seal que su proyecto de ley har que el estado sea ms seguro, apuntando a las estadsticas que muestran que los crmenes violentos y robos son ms bajos en los estados que permiten el porte abierto de pistolas.
Tambin el martes, el Comit de Justicia Penal del Senado aprob por unanimidad un proyecto de ley que prohibira los campos de tiro improvisados y disparos de armas por motivos de celebracin en las zonas urbanas y altamente pobladas.
Peculiar confusin
Parte de la Interstate95 fue sido cerrada en ambas direcciones el viernes luego los patrulleros hallaron lo que pensaron era una granada explosiva cuando investigaban un accidente de trnsito en Miami Gardens Drive. Los carriles de las I-95 fueron clausurados desde Miami Gardens Drive hasta Ives Dairy Road.
Segn local10.com, la polica de Miami-Dade dijo que asistan al Florida Highway Patrol en el cierre de las rampas de entrada y salida hacia la autopista en esa direccin.
Luego los detectives determinaron que la granada era de juguete.
Quizs le interese leer:
Surfista de 14 aos se defendi de ataque de tiburn en la costa de Florida
Hombre que asesin a esposa e hija en Florida ser ejecutado en Octubre
Amputan pierna de nia que sufri quemaduras de olla de presin en Fort Lauderdale
Comit de la Cmara de la Florida aprueba proyecto de ley para permitir portar armas abiertamente
Reabren la I-95 tras hallar granada de juguete en un vehculo
