Yes, Virginia, There is an Attendance Clause

How would you feel about this? You are an all-star athlete and you are about to sign a monster contract. Then, without notice, the GM says, “Ok, son ... home game extending from spring training to the post-season. (All-Star game also… ... training and regular season games? Well, he does. One of the more insane installments I have read [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 17:00:46

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Ready, set, PANIC!!!

It happens every single year.  The first spring training game, said manager will put out a lineup that may or may not be the Opening Day starters.. ... a winner.  And just because you don't spend it, doesn't mean your team can't be good (see: Tampa Bay ... the Reds actually lose a few games in spring training before deciding the season is over and "bring [more...]

Date: 2009-02-24 18:18:32

Spring Training: Shelby Ford; Exhibition Games Start

When you're wearing the number "73" on your back in spring training, you might have to work a little harder to get noticed ... of the Pirates' first Spring Training game and put the Pirates ahead to stay.Check out this AP Photo ... , his overall average was .354.  Ford was named to the Eastern League All-Start team, but just a few days [more...]

Date: 2009-02-26 20:55:19

Overcoming Inappropriate Competition in the Workplace

By Avery Henderson, Ph.D., M.P.H. When used appropriately, competition raises the bar for the quality of goods and services, ... without questioning its true effects. The Game In my leadership, teambuilding, and conflict resolution training for organizations, we play a game early in the session. I separate people into two [more...]

Date: 2008-09-13 09:51:00

Overcoming Inappropriate Competition in the Workplace

by Avery Henderson, Ph.D., M.P.H. When used appropriately, competition raises the bar for the quality of goods and services, ... without questioning its true effects. The Game In my leadership, teambuilding, and conflict resolution training for organizations, we play a game early in the session. I separate people into two [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 09:11:12

Overcoming Inappropriate Competition in the Workplace

by Avery Henderson, Ph.D., M.P.H. When used appropriately, competition raises the bar for the quality of goods and services, ... without questioning its true effects. The Game In my leadership, teambuilding, and conflict resolution training for organizations, we play a game early in the session. I separate people into two [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 09:14:15

Overcoming Inappropriate Competition in the Workplace

by Avery Henderson, Ph.D., M.P.H. When used appropriately, competition raises the bar for the quality of goods and services, ... without questioning its true effects. The Game In my leadership, teambuilding, and conflict resolution training for organizations, we play a game early in the session. I separate people into two [more...]

Date: 2008-09-15 10:39:40

Go Phillies

     I wrote enough columns in advance that it may not have been readily noticeable, but I’ve been out of town for several days, visiting my son in Florida.     The highlights of the trip included visits to training camps ... stage the shows the week before spring training games begin, which means watching batting practices [more...]

Date: 2009-02-24 17:25:09

PS3 Review: MLB 09 The Show

Back in 2006 Sony introduced a new twist to the baseball genre known as Road to the Show, ... series. Since then, the team at Sony San Diego have been hard at work fine tuning the game ... are new training exercises, which are essentially small mini-games that can improve your players [more...]

Date: 2009-03-04 01:30:41

Wednesday's Frosty Mug

Some things to read while breakdancing your way through an intrasquad game. (second picture) Good morning and welcome to the first game day of 2009 ... . For most players, these first few games of spring training are light workouts, with a few innings ... in the WBC, as Team USA only has four outfielders on the roster, and Braun is the only left fielder [more...]

Date: 2009-02-25 15:24:23

What to expect from Verlander?

While we all await Nate Robertson's two innings tomorrow against the Nationals, followed by Dontrelle Willis' outing against the Blue Jays Friday, ... trying to make the perfect pitch. Two innings in a Spring Training game probably aren't enough to tell ... on building his arm strength at this point in camp.As the box score also shows, Gerald Laird does [more...]

Date: 2009-02-26 00:46:25

Minnesota Twins Spring Training Update!

My wife and I just returned from six days in Fort Myers, FL. We attended three Minnesota Twins Spring Training games ... year in a row that we have visited Twins Spring Training, and I must admit the team is looking very ... pitched and only one run given up. If the team has a weakness, it is middle relief pitchers [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 20:58:13

To Play or Not to Play!

One thing is for sure, nothing is coming easy to Alex Rodriguez these days.  First, he is accused of being a steroid cheat ... .  Last Sunday Rodriguez played his last spring training game in Yankee pinstripes before leaving the club to join the Dominican Republic team competing in the World Baseball Classic.  Before doing so, A-Rod sat [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 13:25:48

Marlins, Heat, Panthers promote Tobacco Free Florida Week

Those public service announcements by local athletes in which they say they don’t chew, dip or smoke, are having an impact. So much so that Gov ... of teamwork, eight pro and college teams around the state along with Fox Sports Florida and Sun Sports ... spring training game in Jupiter will also be a Tobacco Free Florida event. The rest of the week’ [more...]

Date: 2009-03-01 03:44:19

House Cleaning

1. As promised, I did check out the show on TNT, Trust Me. So far so good ... now. I have some movie reviews building up. 3. Baseball season is around the corner, so that talk ... Series took my edge off. Maybe with the first spring training game tomorrow I will whip back into shape [more...]

Date: 2009-02-24 07:40:00

It's Do or Die for Some Veterans

by Andrew Johnson Filed under: Cardinals , Dodgers , Rangers , ... indifferently at Spring Training games and count down toward Opening Day, they have something to prove ... ). And for them, spring games are about re-establishing confidence in their own abilities and instilling [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 13:30:00

It's the annual "they're losing a lot of Spring training games" post

I wonder if anybody has ever gone back and worked to actually correlate Spring Training results with how the regular baseball season pans out? ... about it.  Spring Training has to be taken with a grain of salt.  A lot of the players getting their butts kicked ... at how players On the Bubble are doing in order to help paint a clearer picture of what the t [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 22:12:03

Inside the Mind of Rzayo24: March Madness

   March is upon us, and so is another edition of Inside the Mind of Rzayo24 ... about sitting in the Dolphins Stadium sun next year already. I can't get this team out of my head. I went to a Heat game, I started watching the Panthers, I went to a Marlins Spring Training game, but still [more...]

Date: 2009-03-01 21:53:17

No scientific proof to back ”mental training games help fight against Alzheimer’’s” theory: Expert

Washington, Mar 11 (ANI): People who spend money on brain trainers to keep their mind sharp may get the same benefit from simply doing a crossword, ... says an expert. Loss of thinking power is a fear shared by many aging baby boomers. That fear has resulted in a budding industry for brain training products - ... [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 05:40:08

Foye "likely to miss at least one game"

From Jonah Ballow/Timberwolves site (includes audio) ... as the training staff expected. He is doubtful for the game against Memphis tomorrow night but could ... Randy Foye watched practice on Tuesday with a walking boot on his sprained right ankle. The team's [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 19:45:09

Corporate Training 2.0: Engage, Excite, Excel

Your employees are yearning to learn - but they’re tired of boring training manuals, long hours in the classroom and flat, ... the country are shifting their corporate training initiatives to use digital and social media ... is becoming the hot new trend and what you can do to launch your own internal games to train Email [more...]

Date: 2009-02-16 17:04:32

Where Did The Monster Go?

The Washington Nationals and Team Choke East battled to a 5-5 tie yesterday in a Spring Training game in Viera, Florida. That basically works out to be a victory for the Nationals because that second team from New York ... like the beginning of a beautiful relationship between team and beast. However, it looks [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 12:10:48

Games on the Job

An anonymous friend of mine just started a new job which involves a training program ... . “We played ice breaker games,” she pronounced, shocked herself at the absurdity. “Ice ... team building’ exercises in which the importance of proper office attire and ‘being on time’ [more...]

Date: 2008-09-23 15:12:00

Can mental training games help prevent Alzheimer's?

"To my knowledge, there is no scientific research demonstrating results from such recreational programs," says Sylvie Belleville, a professor at the University of Montreal Department of Psychology and associate research director of the Montreal Universities Institute of Geriatrics. [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 04:00:00

New Project Ringo teaser leads to more promises

Sega has updated their Project Ringo site , with a new teaser. It shows a class room with math problems being written up on the board ... . It looks like this could be a Math training game of sorts for the Nintendo DS. As you can tell by the image above, we will get another teaser on the 24th. Source Sega Thanks Luis via [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 03:39:35

Doing Things the Right Way…Kind Of

It appears for every 2 positives, there has to be at least 1 negative.  Lets start on the plus side… Rich Harden made his Spring Training yesterday, and pitched ... start?  NO.  This is exactly how Harden should have been handled.  With extra Spring Training games [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 16:28:32

Is he really playing a PS3? I don't think so....

Have a close look at this picture. It looks like a young boy about 6 years old who appears to be playing a computer game using the sixaxis controller ... a BBC crew to a school in Scotland to investigate our use of Dr Kawashima's Brain Training in schools ... with computer games. I bet the production team all went home to play with their Wii that's in [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 23:08:01

Coaching Girls’ Soccer

Do you want to build a winning girls’ soccer program, on the field and off? ... practices Scouting and preparing for games Adding variety to training Developing leadership ... , shares her expertise on all aspects of coaching–player development, leadership, conditioning [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 21:19:32

9 weeks of soccer coaching for $1

9 Weeks of Soccer Coaching for $1 In the Next 9 Weeks I'll Show You How to: Never Be Short of Ideas on Training or Match ... Win More Games - Without Sacrificing the Crucial Element of Fun [more...]

Date: 2009-02-14 14:55:00

Champions League - Injury worries for Arsenal

Eurosport Both Roma and Arsenal have been hit by striker concerns ahead of their Champions League second round, ... the absence of Adebayor, sidelined for a month with a hamstring problem. “I haven’t made the team ... I need a few more training sessions, a few more games coming off the bench and hopefully if I am doing [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 13:53:16

Striker injuries hampering Roma and Arsenal

Betting System - Win 95% of your football bets! A revolutionary Asian handicap betting system! ... for a month with a hamstring problem.“I haven’t made the team yet but Walcott and Eduardo will certainly ... to make an impact from the substitutes bench.“I need a few more training sessions, a few more games [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 04:50:00

Dan Serafini Wins One For Team Italy [World Baseball Classic]

Much head scratching over Italy's defeat of Canada in the World Baseball Classic on Monday. How could such a thing happen? Easy. It was pretty much just a glorified MLB spring training game. Amusingly, the Italian team is nicknamed The Azzurri, a name which is usually reserved for Italy's national soccer team. But most [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 13:45:45

Gordon Beckham Has Talent, But Let’s All Ease Up A Bit

Gordon Beckham is having a pretty good spring. He had three doubles yesterday against the Dodgers in the leadoff spot. He’s hit two homers ... Day squad because of a few good games in his first Spring Training. But, let’s all keep ... hasn’t seen much surefire MLB pitching talent. It’s been minor-league guys and um, Team Australia [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 18:50:08

Checking in with the Phils and Birds

On the day before the calendar flips to March, it’s a good time for a non-college basketball post before BSB goes all-hoops, all-the-time, ... underway, and just now I flipped on the TV and found a Phillies spring training game on the MLB ... by newly acquired outfielder John Mayberry, who is attempting to make the team. -Kyle Kendrick [more...]

Date: 2009-02-28 19:33:14

Is It Just Hype Or Can Mental Training Games Help Prevent Alzheimer's?

Loss of thinking power is a fear shared by many aging baby boomers. That fear has resulted in a budding industry for brain training products - exercises such as Brain Age, Mindfit and My Brain Trainer - which in 2007 generated $80 million in the United States alone. [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 12:00:00

Cubs-White Sox play baseball after Oscar Goodman photo-op

Ah, to the good life! That's Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman toasting us with a giant martini glass while Lou Piniella, Ozzie Guillen and two " ... league teams regularly play spring training games in Las Vegas, Goodman is again using the opportunity to stir up talk of fulfilling his life's dream and bringing a MLB team to Vegas [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 19:42:42

Extra, Extra

Photograph by MatthewChamberlain on Flickr From the Gothamist Newsmap : ... Yuri Sucart, who gave the superstar a ride after Wednesday's first spring training game, has been banned by the Yankees from team facilities and hotels. A 21-year-old woman was shot and killed [more...]

Date: 2009-02-27 00:01:50

MLM Training Using Games on Personal Growth Edition 2

Developing mastery in Network Marketing takes discipline and a lot of hard work. There are 5 categories in network marketing that you will need to develop mastery in to be successful. They are Personal Growth, Customer Acquisition, Recruiting, Team Building, and Leadership [more...]

Date: 1999-11-30 00:00:00

Blowout: Cubs 13, White Sox 0

I can hear Ozzie Guillen's head exploding from here, can't you? Even in a spring training game, no manager, especially one with Ozzie's volatile nature, wants his team to lose 13-0. But that's exactly what happened, a 13-0 Cubs thrashing of their South Side [more...]

Date: 2009-02-28 23:15:40

Kobe’s lukewarm response to Loss No. 1

LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant wasn’t dwelling too much on the Lakers’ perfection getting ruined by the Pistons. No hard feelings, especially with Tayshaun Prince coming into the Lakers’ training room after the game for 10 minutes of quality re-bonding time with Bryant, to whom he grew close as Team USA [more...]

Date: 2008-11-15 09:36:29

GET YOUR SWEAT ON WHILE HAVING SOME FUN!After eating WAY too...

GET YOUR SWEAT ON WHILE HAVING SOME FUN! After eating WAY too many chocolates on Valentine’s Day trying to soothe my singledom through a gluttonous ... , including yoga, strength training, aerobics, and balancing games. Wii Fit has the ability to turn ... : Indoor climbing walls will push you to the limit [more...]

Date: 2009-02-20 23:32:00

Intuition at Work: Why Developing Your Gut Instincts Will Make You Better at What You Do: Gary Klein

Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly According to Klein (Sources of Power) ... or confusing? Klein’s approach focuses on teamwork; for example, he discusses his work with the navy ... for the author’s training seminars. With examples and decision games, Intuition at Work provides [more...]

Date: 2009-02-27 08:14:36

La Russa Wants To Borrow Pitchers From Orioles?

Is it spring already? It must be, since Tony La Russa is already talking crazy ... s cooked up another wacky idea — borrowing another team’s players. Tony La Russa drunk towel ... for the Cards in spring training games? The idea is actually gaining some traction, and may happen [more...]

Date: 2009-02-26 21:20:37

Matthew Mitcham - Sponsored!

Questions have for some time been asked about why out gay Olympic diving champion Matthew Mitcham hadn’t yet secured a sponsorship deal since his ... for the diver who has struggled to attract interest from the corporate world despite his perfect-10 dive ... training schedule needed for the 2012 London Games. Mitcham will represent Telstra at events [more...]

Date: 2009-03-08 10:53:52

MLB Questions A-Rod as He Leaves Yanks for a Few Weeks

After postponing his meeting with MLB officials yesterday so that he could play in one last spring training game before joining the Dominican team in the World Baseball Classic, Alex Rodriguez did [more...]

Date: 2009-03-02 19:25:38

spring training questions

is it possible to create your own spring training schedule ? so far it seems that its random and i'm playing teams that play in Cactus League when my team (Atl ... to 70 to simulate spring training games that use numerous rookies/minor leaguers/ect. will i be able [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 02:43:22

Team-Building Virtual Platform

Finnish company TeamingStream has developed a team-building, leadership training game targeted to the corporate learning industry that was launched in December of 2008, according to the Metaverse Journal. Novicraft is a collaborative game developed [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 12:00:00

Yankees’ Spring Training Game 13: All passing grades

Wow, I’m really tired from moving all day. I’m in my new place and it’s really nice and warm compared to my old place ... Rodriguez on my fantasy team with Ransom? Not a chance but he did pretty well by going 2-for-3 with one RBI [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 03:12:58

Top O' The Order: Korea KOs Tapei in its WBC opener

Top O' The Order: Korea KOs Tapei in its WBC opener By 'Duk A few quick links to start your day .. ... that spring training games don't mean much, the Pirates are in first place in the National League ... dose of optimism: An Astros fan predicts .500 for his team Crawfish Boxes • I can't decide [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 15:29:25

Building Business Acumen through Serious Games

BTS: Computer-Based Business Simulations Via: BTS – Catalysts for Profitability and Growth BTS is a world leader in customized business ... by one team have a direct impact on the other teams’ results. Computer-Based Scenario Simulations ... Simulations & Serious Games Category, with Accenture Nov 11, 2008 - Training Magazine honored [more...]

Date: 2009-02-12 16:44:44

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