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Television liberalisation makes further inroads into francophone Africa
Issue no 36 21 August 2008
Two recent developments in francophone Africa have set the stage for wider broadcast liberalisation. Firstly, the Ivorian Minister of Communication has received a study recommending opening up the market. Secondly, Africa’s newest Pay TV contender GTV fired its opening shots in the battle to win a significant chunk of subscribers in francophone markets. Russell Southwood looks at what’s happening.
Cote d'Ivoire liberalised the press in 1990 but up until now there have only been two “Free-To-Air” public television channels: La Première et TV2. This is all set change with the delivery of report by French consulting company Media Consulting Group (MCG) to the Minister of Communications, Ibrahim Sy Savané.
The report recommends a “prudent” opening up of the sector “to permit the achievement of the growth of the televisual offer, and to reinforce public debate by creating new spaces for citizenship, and to create the conditions for a national industry of programme-making.”
The report envisages liberalisation happening in stages:”step-by-step liberalisation with the first step being the creation of two private, Free-To-Air channels, whose coverage area would be restricted to (the capital) Abidjan and its immediate environs before later being extended nationally.” This would mean that four TV channels would be relying on the local advertising market for financing. Cote d'Ivoire was once one of the lion economies of West Africa but the impact of the recent civil has cut back economic growth. However, if the current peace holds, then the rather tentative liberalisation suggested may turn out to be quite conservative.
The report lays out the requirements of a liberalised market in policy and regulatory terms, including the necessity to strengthen both regulation and self-regulation in the industry. The creation of the two new channels should be open to tender (un cahier des charges) which defined the future obligations of these new operators in terms of news and the inclusion of both Ivorian and African programmes. The report’s authors were keen to emphasise the need to safeguard Ivorian national identity. But according to the report:”Cote d'Ivoire, as many other African countries, already has a lively global competition in terms of cable television.”
The MCG study was financed by the European Union and is aimed at provided the Government with a tool for decision-making. It remains to be seen whether Minister Ibrahim Sy Savané will accept the report’s recommendations. With the country’s current political difficulties, all media policy choices – particularly over new media entrants – will be exceptionally political.
Meanwhile Pay TV channel GTV announced its intention earlier this month to expand its operations into francophone Africa.The new French service promises channels and content specifically targeted to French speaking viewers. The new service includes tailor-made new packages designed for family TV viewing. Channels will include African-produced content, blockbuster international series and sitcoms, kids entertainment, religious and educational/documentaries. The service will offer an entry-level package as well as a premium package, which will include up to 10 live Barclays Premier League games per week.
GTV will shortly be launching in the DRC, Cameroon, Cote D'Ivoire, Gabon, Senegal, Congo Brazzaville, Togo and Benin. The first of these new services started on 16 August.
The launch of these new services at least provides some much needed competition for the near monopoly of Vivendi-owned Canal Plus. It has kept bouquet prices high and has in a number of countries suffered severe problems with piracy. Although it does not report its African subscription numbers separately, Balancing Act estimates that its Sub-Saharan African subscribers number around 200,000.
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By ALAN DELL — adell@bradenton.com Posted: 12:00am on Jul 16, 2010
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By ALAN DELL
The one thing Willie Taggart has learned since becoming a head football coach is that there is no down time.Since he took over at Western Kentucky, Taggart has been busier than a politician just before election day. He is one of the most sought after speakers in a state that already has Rick Pinto and John Calipari and next month he has a dinner engagement with the governor.That’s a big step up for an 8-year-old kid who spent a good part of his youth working in the Palmetto orange groves. “Picking oranges taught me what I didn’t want to do and that football was my way out. I had to be the best player and to do that I had to out-work everyone,” he says. Taggart has yet to coach a game since he was hired last November to turn around a Western Kentucky football program that has lost 20 straight games.But that doesn’t mean the former Manatee High quarterback hasn’t been competing and testing himself.“I’ve done more speaking engagements since I’ve been here than I did in my entire life,” Taggart says. “At first it was hard, and I had to work on it. I am a lot better at it now and a lot more comfortable. I learned how to present myself in the best way and realized I don’t have to speak so fast or be afraid.”History is also not lost on Taggart, who appears on the verge of becoming a rising star in the college football coaching ranks.This fall Kentucky will become the first and only state in the country to have three black head football coaches at its three major (FBS) colleges with Taggart, Charlie Strong at Louisville and Joker Phillips at Kentucky. It is the first head coaching job for all three, but at 34, Taggart made it up the ladder a lot quicker than the 47-year-old Phillips and Strong (49). “We talk. A lot of it is about where we are in our programs and life in general and not that much football. Right now Joker is not going to say a lot because we play each other,” he says. It has helped that Taggart was a star quarterback for the Hilltoppers from 1995-98 and is considered the best football player WKU has ever produced.The difference is that the WKU of today is headed into its third year as a Division IA program and hasn’t had any success since moving up. It doesn’t bother Taggart. When he sees insurmountable odds, he remembers his days of picking oranges with his four siblings, mom and dad. They all had to chip in to pay the rent and put food on the table.“I have been working hard all my life, and it has gotten me here. But we want to go further,” Taggart says. “The enthusiasm and excitement I have received around the state has surprised me. I’ve always wanted to be the best and tell our football team we are going to chase greatness.”Taggart caught it as a player guiding Manatee to a state championship and becoming one of only four players to have his number retired at WKU after a record setting career. He spent the past three seasons at Stanford helping Jim Harbaugh turn that program around.The WKU football program couldn’t be any lower, which is one reason many considered Taggart the best person for the job. Until his junior year at Manatee High, he and his parents and four other siblings lived in a three room apartment, an environment he feels prepared him to succeed.“That is where it all started for me, and every time I come to Manatee County to recruit I go back there,” he says. “It motivates me and reminds me that I have not changed who I am because I am a head football coach at a university. I don’t want to try and be anybody else because then I will not succeed.”With no head coaching experience, some have questioned Taggart about how he is going to turn around a program that is a doormat. Those questions do not frighten him, and this year he had the No. 1 rated recruiting class in the Sun Belt Conference.“I tell them I have no evidence that I can win, but have faith in me,” Taggart says. “Everywhere I have been as an assistant coach and a player I have won. I tell them they have a chance to be part of something special and that I am recruiting you to come in and take somebody’s job. That is the environment we are going to have around here.”Taggart has recruited heavily in Manatee County, leaving the belief that he is trying to help those who grew up in an environment similar to him. He says nothing could be further from the truth.“We are not offering them scholarships to show love. We are offering guys to come here and win football games. I know there are really good football players there,” Taggart says.
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36. Akpuaka, FC, H. C. Gugnani, and L. M. Iregbulam. 1998. African histoplasmosis: report of two patients treated with amphotericin B and ketoconazole. Mycoses. 41:363-364.
454. Cockshott, WP, and A. O. Lucas. 1964. Histoplasmosis duboisii. Quart. J. Med. 33:223-238.
1185. Khalil, M., A. R. Iwatt, and HC Gugnani. 1989. African histoplasmosis masquerading as carcinoma of the colon. Report of a case and review of literature. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum. 32:518-520.
1186. Khalil, MA, A. W. Hassan, and HC Gugnani. 1998. African histoplasmosis: report of four cases from northeastern Nigeria. Mycoses. 41:293-295.
1690. Onwuasoigwe, O. 1999. Fluconazole in the therapy of multiple osteomyelitis in African histoplasmosis. Int Orthop. 23:82-4.
2101. Shoroye, A., and GA Oyedeji. 1982. African histoplasmosis presenting as a facial tumour in a child. Ann Trop Paediatr. 2:147-9.
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After seven consecutive wins, the Fremantle Dockers are being talked up as legitimate premiership contenders.
Some commentators of the game are even going as far to suggest that a Dockers flag in 2006 isn't out of the realms of possibility, and while this a romantic notion it isn't necessarily in lines with reality.
History suggests that a side needs to experience finals pain before they can genuinely contend for the premiership.
The Dockers cross-town rivals West Coast fell short at the last hurdle in 1991 against Hawthorn, but bounced back the next season to claim the first of two premierships in three years for the club.
Even Brisbane, regarded by many as the greatest side of the modern era played five finals from 1999 to 2000 before claiming the first of three flags in 2001.
Compare this with Fremantle who have played one final since their inception in 1995- a 44-point loss to Essendon at Subiaco in 2003, and you can see why any talk of
a Docker premiership is premature.
One only has to ask the likes of Port Adelaide, Sydney or St Kilda to find out how hard it is to win a premiership.
Consider this, the Power played seven finals from 2001-03 and were arguably the best side in the competition during the season proper, having collected three straight minor premierships from 2002-04, but didn't snag their first flag until '04.
The Saints would have to join Port as the most unlucky side of the modern era.
The men from Moorabbin haven't tasted premiership success since 1966, and have lost consecutive preliminary finals to the Power and Sydney respectively.
One would suggest that the premiership window has closed on the Saints.
Even last year's premiers have fallen short in recent years prior to their success of 2005.
The Swans lost a preliminary final to eventual premiers Brisbane in 2003, after being right in the match at three-quarter time and seemingly having the Lions on the rope.
Sydney experienced more pain in '04 when they were comprehensively beaten by the Saints to the tune of 61 points in a semi-final.
Would you have predicted the Swans to come out the following season and capture the flag?
Probably not, but it's clear that they were better for the experience.
Experience is the key, something which Fremantle lacks, with only skipper Peter Bell,hard-man Josh Carr, Jarrad Schofield and former Lion Des Headland tasting premiership success
Adding further weight to the lack of experience argument is the fact that the three players in the Fremantle squad to have played the most finals have done so with other clubs, Jarrad Schofield (17) with Port Adelaide, Peter Bell (16) with the Kangaroos and Dockers and Jeff Farmer (7) with Melbourne and Freo.
Thus any talk of a Fremantle premiership is all too premature. Let them win a final first and see where it takes them.
Remember, finals pain before premiership gain.
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EXCEL Basics: Data Types and Data Input
EXCEL 2007 Basics: Data Input and Types of Data
A. Colin Cameron, Dept. of Economics, Univ. of
Calif.
- Davis
This September 1999 help sheet gives information
Text files and non-text files.
File formats.
Methods to input data from a range of sources
1. Type data into an existing Worksheet
2. Read in data from an existing worksheet or
workbook
3. Copy data from an existing worksheet
4. Read in data from an existing comma-separated
values file
5. Read in data from an existing text file
6. Read in data from files in other formats
Saving files
It can be surprisingly difficult to input data from
sources other than
an Excel workbook from versions of Excel the same as or earlier than
the
version you are using.
TEXT FILES AND NON-TEXT FILES
There are many ways to represent data on a computer.
The essential
divide is between text files and non-text files.
Text files can
be directly read using a text editor such as Notepad in Microsoft Windows.
These files often have extension .txt but can often have other
extensions (a common one we will use is .csv).
Example: For the text file carsdata.txt Notepad
yields
Non-text files cannot be meaningfully read using a text editor such as Notepad.
Then one obtains non-text characters that appear as, for example, @Z
xxxxxxx
Example: For the non-text file carsdata.xls (an Excel file)
Notepad yields
Instead non-text files can only be read using
special software.
In this example an Excel file can be meaningfully read using the Excel
program.
FILE FORMATS
The most common data formats used to store data in
files that can be
read data into Excel are:
Existing Excel workbook or worksheet with
extension .xls
This is easily read into Excel, just like reading a Word
file with extension .doc using MS Word.
Existing Excel workbook or worksheet with
extension .xlsx
The extension .xlsx mean that the file is in Excel 2007
format.
This may not be recognized by earlier versions of Excel such as Excel
97 or Excel 2003.
Comma-separated values text file with extension .csv
This is easily read into Excel.
Furthermore, because this is a text file it can be read by many other
programs.
Text file, often with extension .txt
or extension .asc
This can be read into Excel but information about the
formatting of the data needs to be provided, as explained below.
METHODS TO INPUT DATA
Common ways to input data into Excel are:
Type in data into a new Excel worksheet.
Read in data from an existing Excel workbook.
Copy data from an existing Excel worksheet.
Read in data from an existing comma-separated
values text file.
Read in data from and existing text file
(possibly
downloaded
from the internet)
and convert the file to an Excel worksheet.
Read in data from other format files if Excel
recognizes this
format.
1. TYPE IN DATA INTO A NEW EXCEL WORKSHEET
Open Excel, for example from Windows Start Menu |
Programs.
This immediately puts you into a new Excel worksheet, or prompts you
to ask for a new Excel worksheet.
Consider entry of the following data on the number
of cars in a
household
(first column) and the number of persons in the household (second
column).
1
1
2
2
2
3
2
4
3
5
Type the data into cells A1:A5 and cells B1:B5.
(Click on cell A1
and
enter 1 and then enter, then 2 and enter ....)
Then give headers to the two columns.
Put cursor in cell A1 and right-click and select Insert and then select
Entire Row.
Then in the new blank cell A1 type CARS and in the new blank cell A2
type HH SIZE.
Now headers (CARS and HH SIZE) are in row 1 and data
are in rows 2
to
6. The final data are:
Next give the worksheet a name.
Go to the sheet tab at the bottom, which may be called Sheet 1,
right-click
and select Rename and give the worksheet a name.
Finally save the workbook by using Office Button and
Save As if a new workbook
or Office Button and Save if saving an existing workbook.
If typing in a lot of data it is obviously best to save the workbook a
number of times before typing is finished.
2. READ IN DATA FROM AN EXISTING EXCEL WORKBOOK
OR WORKSHEET
This is the easiest, if you have approriate
version(s) of Excel.
Open Excel, for example from Start Menu | Programs.
Left-click the Office Button, select Open and give the filename or
browse for the file you
want to input.
Usually the filename will have extension .xls
or .xlsx
Excel 2007 should read all previous versions of Excel files, though not
vice-versa.
For example, read in the file carsdata.xls
(which is an Excel 97-2003 workbook).
3. COPY DATA FROM AN EXISTING EXCEL WORKSHEET
Suppose we are already in an existing worksheet
within an existing
workbook.
Right click on the Worksheet Tab at the bottom.
This yields the Move or Copy dialog box
If copy is to the existing workbook (the default)
then most often
one
chooses the (move to end) option in Before Sheet.
If copy is to a new workbook then choose the (new
book) option in
to
book and type in the name of the new book.
In either case select the Create a Copy option.
Give the new worksheet an appropriate name by going
to the sheet tab
at the bottom, right-click and select rename and give the worksheet a
name.
4. READ IN DATA FROM A COMMA-SEPARATED VALUES FILE
A comma-separated values file is a text file where
each row is a spreadsheet row and each entry, separated by a comma, is
a column entry for that row.
The first row provides names for the columns of the spreadsheet.
These files are given extension .csv.
Excel automatically reads in files with extension .csv
Many other programs are able to read in data a .csv
file, but not data in an .xls file.
It is a standard format for transferring data across different programs.
For example the file carsdata.csv
is a text file with the following entries
Related text files include tab-delimited text
and  space-delimited formatted text.
5. READ IN DATA FROM AN EXISTING TEXT FILE
5a. Obtain text file with data from the internet
Skip this step if you already have the data file carsdata.txt on
your computer.
In your web browser click on file carsdata.txt
The web browser displays
1. 1.
2. 2.
2. 3.
2. 4.
3. 5.
Choose File / Save As in your browser to save the
data as carsdata.txt in
directory
of your choosing, e.g. in c:/Temp
5b. Enter the text file with data into Excel
Now open Excel and from the Office Button choose Open
At the bottom of the Open dialog box choose the option Files of type |
All Files (*.*) and navigate to highlight file c:/Temp/carsdata.txt and
click Open.
This yields the Text Import Wizard
The challenge is to places the first and second
numbers into separate columns, rather than
combined into one column.
In text import import wizard
Choose Delimited if the data are delimited and
Fixed width if the
data are fixed width.
In this example either option can be chosen.
Set the Start import at row to the first row that
has data, skipping any preceding text such as explanation of the data.
In this example there is now preceding text, so Start
import at row 1.
So Step 1: choose Delimited and Start Import at Row
1 and hit Next.
This yields Step 2. The default Delimiter is Tab. Change this to Space.
Then check that the Data preview has correctly split up the data, as is
the case below.
Hit next.
This yields step 3. In this case leave the column data format as
general.
Hit Finish.
This should give you an Excel worksheet with 2 columns and 5 rows in
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Hi. I have a 2 month old son and I am looking to find child care - preferably nanny share - for him from beginning February. Anyone knows any families that might be interested? or where to look for them? Anyone with suggestions as to where to find a nanny - with good recommendations?
We live on Ashbury street at Waller
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Precious Treasures is located on Urbano Drive in Ingleside Terraces – a private residential neighborhood in San Francisco.  We are close to the 280 and 101 freeways, the K and M MUNI lines, and the Balboa Park BART station.  We are available 24/7, but our regular business hours are 7:30A to 6:00P Monday through Friday.  We cater primarily to infants (0-2 years), but children who go through our program are welcome to remain as long as you wish.  You are welcome to park your car in my neighborhood (no stickers or time limits) and take public transportation or carpool.  We have two infant spaces available (one open now and one opening in May of 2012; 0-6 months preferred, but not required), one toddler space available, as well as after-school care, evenings, weekends, and overnights for children of all ages.
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•    A Bachelors degree in Psychology from Golden Gate University (Magna Cum Laude).
•    12 Early Childhood Education (ECE) units from the California Nanny College (accredited by the National Association of Trade and Technical Schools), certifying me as a Governess, Nanny, and Teacher’s Assistant.
•    Infant, Child, and Adult First Aid, CPR, and AED Certifications as well as California Childcare Preventative Health and Safety Certification (all updated annually).  This course provides training as required by AB243, the California Child Care Law, that requires at least one staff person present in the childcare setting who has 15 hours of CPR, first aid, and safety training.  Topics included are Infant, Child, and Adult CPR, AED, and First Aid, Injury Prevention, and Health in the Childcare Setting.  Upon successful completion of course requirements, students receive the following certifications: Infant, Child, and Adult CPR and AED (valid one year), California Childcare First Aid (valid two years), and California Childcare Preventative Health and Safety (no expiration).
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•    Accumulated a book of pictures and recommendation letters from present and former families, former teachers, as well as members of the Golden Gate Mothers Group, the US military, and the FBI that I enjoy sharing and expanding with each family.
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Drive to Bhaktapur after breakfast. Sightseeing at
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Nagarkot is a popular hill site of Nepal. It is situated 32 K.M from Kathmandu. It can be seen the panorama of eastern
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Day 09 : Chitwan - Kathmandu
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The good news is this: The Great Recession ended in June 2009 according to economists.
But there’s also bad news: At this point in every previous recession, more new jobs would have been created, economist Zachary Karabell said during The Council of State Governments’ Growth and Prosperity Virtual Summit in April.
“That has been part of the cyclical nature of the economy,” Karabell said of the jobs rebound within 12 to 18 months of the declared end of a recession.
Some two years later, that hasn’t been the case.
The jobs have changed and many that have been lost won’t be coming back, Karabell said.
That fact has put the onus on states to revamp the way they go about the business of attracting business.
“I think states are trying to think more intelligently about job growth and the pros and cons of how you approach it and what’s necessary to compete,” Ohio Rep. Mike Duffey said.
Duffey sponsored legislation this session to do just that in the Buckeye State. That legislation replaced the state Department of Development with JobsOhio, a nonprofit corporation headed by business leaders appointed by the governor.
It’s a public-private approach to economic development that many states are taking.
But JobsOhio comes with a twist—development director Mark Kvamme is a venture capitalist and is bringing that perspective to Ohio’s efforts to grow jobs. Now, Duffey said, venture capital in Ohio is low. Kvamme will increase efforts to attract people who fund entrepreneurs.
“Entrepreneurs go where funding is and we want them to be in Ohio,” Duffey said. “We want them to grow jobs here.”
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Ohio is also looking at the way it attracts businesses. Kvamme wants to move to a model where the state is investing in companies rather than the traditional method of tax cuts and land deals, Duffey said.
Venture capitalists don’t just give money away, and Duffey would like to see JobsOhio become an equity owner in companies that locate in his state.
“There’s increasingly a movement toward buying rather than giving,” he said. “That will not only keep them in Ohio, but also could provide some return on the value, long-term, for the state. You’re buying something; you’re investing in the state. You’re not just giving away money for promises that may or may not materialize.”
Many states already have some method—through the clawback provision—if companies don’t meet expected job growth, said Maryann Feldman, SK Heninger Distinguished Chair in Public Policy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Feldman said incentives have become institutionalized, and many site selection firms negotiate for companies, pitting states against each other in the process.
“Sometimes incentives make sense,” she said, “but they’ve gotten to be so commonly accepted.”
But the recent recession may have changed that.
Louisiana Rep. Jim Fannin, chair of the House Appropriations Committee and the state’s rural caucus, said his state has offered both cash incentives and tax credits to businesses relocating to the Bayou State. He expects the cash incentives will dry up in a downed economic situation.
Fannin isn’t a fan of such incentives.
“I hear it regularly from constituents: ‘Why do we have to buy businesses?’” he said. “It’s a drain on our tax dollars that I think is viewed somewhat as necessary, but yet people don’t seem to want to pay for it when they have to choose between health care, highways or education … It’s eating away at our tax dollars we should have for other purposes.”
The incentivized investment isn’t always a good one. Dane Stangler, director of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City, Mo., said during CSG's Growth and Prosperity Virtual Summit that companies that create the jobs on initial location don’t always stick around.
Feldman agrees. “Typically, companies that you have to pay a lot to bring into a state are going to be the first ones that leave, the first ones to shut down and move out of town,” she said. “Then the state can be saddled with a big infrastructure.”
Fannin said those costs add up.
“There’s no question if we could actually see it all in some form … then I think it would be apparent to us all we’re probably giving away much more than we’re receiving through all these things,” he said.
Stangler said states should look to existing businesses for job growth.
“You don’t’ start with 1,000 employees,” he said. Existing businesses will be interested in different incentives than those a state is recruiting, but they have staying power. The Kauffman Foundation found in reviewing Census Bureau data that the age of a business has more to do with jobs than the size of a business.
Some states, like Tennessee and West Virginia, are looking at ways to help existing businesses expand. Others, like Arizona and New Jersey, are looking at changing their tax codes to help new and existing businesses.
Duffey believes Ohio is doing a lot of things right with the shift to JobsOhio, but he acknowledges this is a first step—and the model is just part of it.
“It’s all for naught if you don’t have a fundamentally attractive state,” he said. “You have to be attractive from a services and quality of life standpoint. But you also have to be attractive from a cost standpoint. Companies aren’t going to want to go to your state if energy costs are high or if land costs are high or if your taxes are high.”
Sticking To It
While states are making changes in response to the Great Recession and the changing economic model in which businesses operate, they have to stick with the effort to attract jobs, Duffey said.
“There is this complete illusion that government leaders can wave a magic wand and instantaneously overnight create jobs,” he said.
“You can’t snap your fingers and bring jobs to a state overnight.”
Karabell, the economist, said structural unemployment may be long-term because of the changing face of jobs in the US


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.278/.330/.476
How about that? We were too pessimistic - perhaps we were too concerned about Nady's power-free showing with the Bucs in 2006 - but ZiPS pretty much nailed it. Escroll came the closest, guessing that Nady would hit .285/.351/.476 if we wasn't platooned (which he wasn't).Speaking of platooning, much has been made of the fact that Nady hit pretty well against right-handed pitching this year, going .274/.322/.479. One problem, though, was that he hit about the same against left-handed pitching and, against lefties, was significantly worse than his career averages. That's a shame because Nady could form a heck of a platoon with Ryan Doumit if Nady went back to his lefty-killing ways and Doumit stayed healthy.In truth, Nady's splits this year probably don't mean a whole lot. He probably will go back to hitting lefties better than righties. And let's hope he does, because consistency shouldn't be high on the list of things we want from Nady. His 105 OPS+ this year is only a notch above average for a rightfielder, he's not a great defender, and he probably won't stay healthy. (The concussion and digestive problems he suffered this year probably won't bother him again, but his hamstring could continue to be an issue.)Nady's useful, but he's a role player, not a star. From a player like that, you should hope for huge platoon splits, because that's an inconsistency that's exploitable. If Nady puts up a 1.000 OPS against lefties and a .750 OPS against righties, and Doumit puts up an .865 OPS against righties like he did last year, then the Pirates have one of the best offensive right-field tandems in baseball even if Doumit is hurt half the time like usual. As it stands now, they're just a little above average.
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Speaking of ZiPS...
...the 2008 numbers for us are up.
Bouncebacks for Bay, LaRoche, Duke, and Torres, plus improvement for Doumit, but also dropoffs from Freddy, Nady, and Snell.
by Vlad on
Oct 17, 2007 4:30 PM EDT
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Oh, and a big decline from Jack.
As if anyone couldn't have predicted that.
by Vlad on
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Platoon splits
For RHBs, platoon splits all converge toward the same ratio with additional playing time. This sounds crazy, but it's actually pretty well documented. Lefties and switch-hitters don't do so, for reasons that remain largely speculative.
As such, Nady's platoon splits over the next few years shouldn't be too tough to model.
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Oct 17, 2007 4:34 PM EDT
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Vlad,
Have you ever seen an explanation for the platoon advantage? Does it have to do with seeing the ball better from one side or another? That seems kind of counterintuitive to me, because it seems like a RH batter would get a better view of the ball from a pitcher's right hand. Does it have to do with ball movement, pitches from RHPs generally moving away from right-handed batters and vice versa? I'm not debating that the platoon edge exist, it certainly does. But I don't think I've ever seen anyone try to explain why.
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Nothing analytical.
If you wanted to break it down, there might be a way to screen any "picking up the ball effect" from a "ball movement" effect. Actually, there are two potential ball movement effects: The one from the location of a release point on one side of the mound or the other, and the one from the direction of motion on breaking balls (since basically nobody throws a screwball nowadays).
The easiest way to do things might be to chart pitches for a low-level kids' league and see whether guys there still have a platoon split. If they do, it's ball movement from release point, since LL kids don't have much deception or any breaking ball. To screen for the breaking ball effect, you could maybe pull a sample of notable screwball pitchers, match them up with non-screwball equivalents who throw from the same side, and see whether there's a difference in platoon split.It's an interesting question.
by Vlad on
Oct 18, 2007 12:01 AM EDT
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That seems kinda complicated
Could take years of charting low-level kids games, and I don't have any kids. Could lead to "Billy, whose dad is that creepy old guy sitting over there with the video camera and all the notebooks? Nobody's? Ummm ... Billy, I want you to take the cell and go sit in the car and lock the doors and call 911. NOW, Billy! ... F'in' pervert ..."
So OK, who threw the screwball? Carl Hubbell, I think Mike Cuellar ...
by bucdaddy on
Oct 18, 2007 9:44 AM EDT
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This might be oversimplifying
What Vlad writes below may be true, at least in part, but I think there's a pretty simple explanation:  the caveman instinct of fight or flight.  Mostly flight.
A pitch from a righty to a righty or lefty to lefty, looks to the batter like it will hit him in the head.  It's why guys get their knees buckled, or bail out.  Think Randy Johnson vs. Kruk or Larry Walker.  Yes, he did throw over their heads, but the reason it works is because almost ANY pitch he throws will appear that way at release.  Johnson is an extreme example because he was very tall and his motion wasn't anywhere near over the top.  To lefties, his pitches have to cross their body, so to speak, before reaching the plate.  Even if a batter doesn't conciously think about getting hit, it's a natural self-defense mechanism to shy from a 95mph pitch.  Even if you can't see the batter bail out or flinch, there is something inside the human body that is freezing it.  It's something that separates the good from the great, the ability to fight that natural mechancism.  If you've ever wondered why so-and-so let a fastball go right down the middle for strike three, sometimes this is the reason.
by azibuck on
Oct 18, 2007 9:42 AM EDT
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Except I would think
most guys got to the majors by being able to overcome that (although, yes, we still see the bucket-steppers like Paulino).
Dammit, I had what I thought was a novel idea about this, and now I've forgotten what it was. I'm at the age where I have to write everything down ... I'll be back if it comes to me.
by bucdaddy on
Oct 18, 2007 9:49 AM EDT
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While I'm trying
to remember what I forgot, it seems to me azibuck's theory would be fairly easy to gather evidence for (not for me, I don't have anything like the software needed, but maybe one of you does?). Let's say intimidation/fear was a big part of it. It should be a simple matter of splitting pitchers into two or three groups: high-strikeout, medium strikeout and low-strikeout (presumably, hard, fearsome throwers, medium throwers and soft tossers).
The aforementioned Randy Johnson DOES have a large platoon split in his career: vs. RHB: .221/.299/.354; vs. LHB: .195/.277/.286.That doesn't really hold up for some other high-strikeout intimidators tho.Rogers Clemens vs. RHB: .228/.284/.352; vs. LHB: .229/.304/.332.Nolan Ryan vs. RHB: .204/.301/.605; vs. LHB: .203/.314/.606.Meanwhile, a more finesse guy (Greg Maddux) puts up this: vs. RHB: .245/.277/.350; vs. LHB .254/.304/.363.It's a start. Make of it what you will.
by bucdaddy on
Oct 18, 2007 10:44 AM EDT
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Nady/Doumit Platoon is a Good Idea
I agree that platooning these two is good idea. We are short on outfielders that can hit so why not make one better than average one out of two less than average ones?
It worked in 1979 with Milner/Robinson who did not field well but combined to a make a power hitting combination. They combined for 40 HRs and 135 RBIs. Though some of Milner's time was at 1st Base replacing Willie.Also, I don't see either guy complaining too much plus they both can hit off the bench. One drawback is they both don't field real well. But the Pirates need hitters right now.
by zogger on
Oct 17, 2007 4:40 PM EDT
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I still think...
...that not using Doumit behind the plate is a huge waste.
That said, if they've given up on him there, and if they hang onto Nady this offseason, a platoon with Nady wouldn't be a bad idea.
by Vlad on
Oct 17, 2007 5:26 PM EDT
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Yeah...
I'd still like to see Doumit catch. Given the new front office, it might actually happen. I guess I'd just taken Paulino's continued presence behind the plate as a given, but there's no reason to do that anymore.
You could also platoon Paulino and Doumit. That might be even more helpful than Nady/Doumit platoon.
by Charlie Wilmoth on
Oct 17, 2007 5:55 PM EDT
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