The Winter Meetings serve as a great analytical time of year for all hardcore baseball fans.
Emotional game
Philadelphia Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro, Jr. knows that he needs to change the trajectory of his diamond contingent.
My hunch (which is purely based on emotion, verses logical probability) is that he's trying to move more than one name player. Domonic Brown, or Ben Revere, could be packaged with Jonathan Papelbon in order to change the starting lineup/outfield and back-end bullpen dynamics.
Kyle Kendrick and John Mayberry, Jr were offered arbitration, but can still be moved as part of any deal.
With two free agents signed (Marlon Byrd and Carlos Ruiz), a left-hander for the bullpen and a supplemental outfielder could still be found on the open market.
Of course, the Rule 5 draft is always offers the potential for a 25th man (or better) to be found...and for a questionable prospect to be lost as well.
Personal survival
Whatever the Phils top front office boss attempts to do will be in the pure interest of making the playoffs next fall.
Amaro must feel that his corporate shelf life is about to expire if his team (and it is his team five years after Pat Gillick stepped aside) falters for a third straight season.
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Here are 3 smart social media strategies that I've learned from friends:
3. Say what you mean with class
Be honest in everything that you produce through social media. But, do it with class. Off-color language, self-centered promotion, and other low-level tactics rightly turn people off.
2. Promote interesting content
Try writing about (and promoting) issues that are relevant, but aren't currently oversold. In other words, distinguish yourself through unique resolutions to common problems, new views of old subjects, or bold stances on the issues of the day.
1. Be a real friend
Use the same level of respect with any social media friend that you would use with a real-life friend. That approach will generally help you to expand your social media connections. Regardless of your original connection (family, school, work, church, civic group, sports team, social media link, etc.) with people, they'll know if you are genuinely interested in helping them and others, or not.
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Links to our illustrated children's book ...
Use this link --->>Maddie: Teaching Tolerance with a Smile to see a free preview of the Amazon eBook edition.
50% of all proceeds from the sale of our book (in both print and eBook forms) are being donated to the Children's Alopecia Project (CAP).
Feel free to use, or share, this link--->>Maddie: Teaching Tolerance with a Smile to purchase the printed book directly from CAP.
I look forward to becoming friends on Facebook.
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I look forward to becoming friends on Facebook.
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Here's a link to this great (print and online) article that the Reading Eagle recently published about our story Maddie: Teaching Tolerance with a Smile: Book chronicles Wyomissing teen's journey since being diagnosed with alopecia
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Thank you to Stacey Stauffer (Fox 29 Philadelphia). She interviewed Madison Woytovich, her parents (Jeff and Betsy Woytovich) and me about the latest chapter in this inspiring story. Here's a video link to Stacey's wonderful feature.
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Amazon.com is the number 1 online publishing platform in the world. That's why I used it to publish my first ebook:
This mini-tome is a collection of stories and poems for readers who don't take themselves too seriously. I hope that you enjoy it and am always interested in your feedback.
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Fox Television's Erin Como Reveals Her Timeless Model for Success: Interview
An Actor's Life: An Interview with Mary Frick
The Always Fashionable Biana DeMarco
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or...a selection of my interviews with famous athletes and sports' personalities...
A Model's Life: An Interview with Kourtney Reppert
Ellen Wasser-Hrin: Behind the Scenes of the Modeling World
Model and Actor Rachael Platt-McMullan Proves Why Dreams Are Worth Pursuing
Ellen Wasser-Hrin: Behind the Scenes of the Modeling World
Model and Actor Rachael Platt-McMullan Proves Why Dreams Are Worth Pursuing
Samantha Paisley's Great Success Story
Megan Irminger: Model Management Agency Has Another Rising Star
Megan Irminger: Model Management Agency Has Another Rising Star
An Actor's Life: An Interview with Mary Frick
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or...a selection of my interviews with famous athletes and sports' personalities...
Jaromir Jagr: Current NHL Forward and Future Hall of Famer
Philadelphia Flyers' Bernie Parent: Postgame reflections
Bobby Clarke: Philadelphia Flyers' Legend Talks Hockey
Ron Hextall Recalls His Greatest Season
Kerry Fraser: NHL Referee is Still Making the Right Calls
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It only takes a few minutes to read some of my other stories whose links are shown below:
Horror Story: It Was Crawling Up My Chest!
Television Haiku Poem
My First Car Was An All-Time Classic
The Best Holiday Memories
When Baseball Cards Were King
Could One Baseball Shatter The Summer?
The Night Lenny Dykstra Was Swinging In The Rain
5 Traits of Hardcore Philadelphia Phillies' Fans
Philadelphia Flyers' Topps Hockey Card Mystery Revealed
5 Lessons Flyers' Fans Have Taught The Hockey World
5 Traits Old School Flyers' Fans Possess
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