Error de correo electrónico: Yanks fugas de información personal de los titulares de billete de 20.000

Jueves, 28 de abril de 2011

Error de correo electrónico: Yanks fugas de información personal de los titulares de billete de 20.000

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Error de correo electrónico: Yanks fugas de información personal de los titulares de billete de 20.000

Por Rob Iracane

Miles de los titulares actuales de abono para los Yankees de Nueva York tiene una sorpresa en su bandeja de entrada el lunes, dándoles un vistazo inesperado en la vida de sus compañeros fans.

Sí, alguien en la Oficina Yankees involuntariamente desató una hoja de cálculo que contiene los nombres, números, correo direcciones, números de teléfono y direcciones de cada titular único de abono no prima actual de correo electrónico de cuenta: 21, 466 nombres en todos — a una lista de selección de los destinatarios. La hoja de cálculo fue un archivo adjunto a un correo electrónico y desde entonces extendió a toda la web.

Que significa si se suscribe a cualquier tipo de plan de venta de entradas con los Yankees y no quedan dentro del foso de prima, su información personal ahora ha sido divulgada al mundo.

Cambiar las contraseñas ahora, gente.

Así que ¿cómo esta avalancha de números privados y comienzan a direcciones? Barry Petchesky en Deadspin ha dado la primicia (como hizo Ross en NYY estadio Insider #, y hay al menos una persona en la Oficina de Yankees sintiendo como él o ella sacó un Costanza:

El lanzamiento de la hoja de cálculo puede atribuirse a un simple error por un representante de abono Yankees desventurado, un clic mal revelando los registros del equipo a todos sus contactos. Mañana el lunes, un ejecutivo de cuenta había enviado un correo electrónico a los clientes de casi 2.000, un boletín informativo regular que reciben periódicamente. Segun varios aficionados que recibieron el correo electrónico, se adjunta un archivo denominado "Boletín Homestand de STL # 042511)" que contiene la información sobre todos los titulares de la prima no vale, no sólo los concesionarios del propio rep.

En un movimiento que recuerda a los Bridgestone "Responder a todos" comercial que fue emitido durante el Super Bowl, el desventurado rep intentó "recordar" el correo errante mediante una función de Microsoft Outlook. Lamentablemente, no ha funcionado.

Desde entonces, los Yankees han envió una carta a todos sus licenciatarios de abono, independientemente de si se vieron afectados por este desliz, finalizando con este párrafo:

Tenga en cuenta que, inmediatamente después de aprendizaje de la conexión accidental de la hoja de cálculo interna, medidas correctivas a fin de asegurar que no podría suceder de nuevo un incidente similar.

Completa revelación: soy un beneficiario directo de boletos de los Yankees, porque mi padre ha suscrito para el paquete de toda la temporada desde el año 2000. Hablé con él por teléfono la noche del miércoles y mientras no está listo para escribir una carta desagradable a la Steinbrenners, está decepcionado de que los Yanquis no guardia más personales de la mayoría de sus clientes de información.

Así que mientras que los Yankees han pedido disculpas por el incumplimiento y la promesa de que no ocurrirá de nuevo, personas como mi padre deben codificar cambiar sus contraseñas de acceso web de abono titular y preocuparse de solicitudes no deseados de extraños y las empresas.

Si alguien averiguar su contraseña a través de la fuerza bruta, podrían potencialmente inicie sesión su cuenta y robar realmente sus entradas. ¿Cómo? Así, el sitio Web de los Yankees está ligado a Ticketmaster y te dan la opción de impresión de billetes en su página de administración de la cuenta, o incluso los correo electrónico a un amigo. Conveniente, sí, pero en este caso resulta muy fácil robar cientos de entradas.

¿Qué pueden hacer los Yankees para hacer las cosas bien?

En primer lugar y ante todo, deben producir un cordero sacrificio para el error y despedir a alguien. ¿Quién mejor que el representante de billete responsable? Lo sentimos, pal, pero incluso si fue un error inocente, se expande en algo lo suficientemente grande como para justificar el despido.

El equipo tiene que alquilar un nuevo # o mejor # consultor, demasiado, alguien que puede introducir salvaguardias en documentos sensibles que les impiden obtener difundido como si fueran simples comunicados de prensa. Para proteger a sus clientes como protegen lleva de finales de la entrada, los Yankees necesitan esencialmente el Mariano Rivera # notas # de lo chicos, no Rafael Soriano # notas #.

También, para evitar que usuarios no autorizados de la sesión en el sitio Web de Yankees y ruidos alrededor con información de los poseedores del billete, el equipo debe emitir nuevos números de cuenta o proporcionar un segundo nivel de seguridad. O tal vez una ronda de oscura trivia Yankees haría el caso. ¿Después de todo, todos sabemos que sólo reales titulares de abono de Yankees sabrían que tiene el récord de equipo para la mayoría de carrera de triples.* derecho?

* Lou Gehrig, 163

Es algo extraño, aunque, Deadspin fue a esta noticia. El blog de deportes es parte de la Gawker de medios de comunicación de red que tenían las contraseñas y cuentas de sus comentaristas comprometido el año pasado por un pirata informático. Amigos, salir y asegúrese de que toda su vida en línea es seguro y seguro.

Y si trabaja en un departamento de billete para un equipo deportivo enormemente popular, ver lo que se adjunta a su correo saliente.

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E-mail fail: Yanks leak personal info of 20,000 ticket holders

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E-mail fail: Yanks leak personal info of 20,000 ticket holders

By Rob Iracane

Thousands of current season ticket holders for the New York Yankees got a surprise in their inbox on Monday, giving them an unexpected glimpse into the lives of their fellow fans.
Yes, someone in the Yankees front office unwittingly unleashed a spreadsheet containing the names, account numbers, mailing addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of every single current non-premium season ticket holder — 21, 466 names in all — to a select list of recipients. The spreadsheet was an attachment to an email and has since spread all over the web.
That means if you subscribe to any sort of ticket plan with the Yankees and you don't sit inside the premium moat, your personal information has now been divulged to the world.
Change your passwords now, folks.
So how did this avalanche of private numbers and addresses begin? Barry Petchesky at Deadspin has the scoop (as did Ross at NYY Stadium Insider), and there's at least one person in the Yankees front office feeling like he or she pulled a Costanza:

The release of the spreadsheet can be traced to a simple mistake by a hapless Yankees season ticket rep, one wrong click revealing the team's records to all of his contacts. Monday morning, an account executive sent an email to nearly 2,000 clients, a regular informational newsletter that they receive periodically. According to several fans who received the email, a file labeled "STL Homestand Newsletter (042511)" was attached that contained the information on all non-premium ticket holders — not just the rep's own licensees.

In a move reminiscent of the Bridgestone "Reply All" commercial that aired during the Super Bowl, the hapless rep attempted to "recall" the errant email using a feature in Microsoft Outlook. Unfortunately, it didn't work.

The Yankees have since issued a letter to all their season ticket licensees, regardless of whether they were affected by this slip-up, finishing with this paragraph:

Please note, immediately upon learning of the accidental attachment of the internal spreadsheet, remedial measures were undertaken so as to assure that a similar incident could not happen again.

Full disclosure: I'm a direct beneficiary of Yankees tickets because my father has subscribed for the entire season package since 2000. I spoke with him on the phone Wednesday night and while he's not ready to pen a nasty letter to the Steinbrenners, he's disappointed that the Yankees did not more closely guard their clients' most personal of information.
So while the Yankees have apologized for the breach and promise that it won't happen again, people like my father must scramble to change their passwords for season ticket holder web access and worry about unwanted solicitations from strangers and businesses.
If someone were to figure out his password through brute force, they could potentially log in to his account and actually steal his tickets. How? Well, the Yankees website is tied to Ticketmaster and they give you the option of printing tickets on their account management page, or even emailing them to a friend. Convenient, yes, but in this case it makes it wildly easy to steal hundreds of tickets.
So what can the Yankees do to make things right?
First and foremost, they must produce a sacrificial lamb for the error and fire somebody. Who better than the ticket representative who was responsible? Sorry, pal, but even if it was an innocent mistake, it's exploded into something big enough to warrant dismissal.
The team needs to hire a new (or better) IT consultant, too, someone who can introduce safeguards on sensitive documents that would prevent them from getting disseminated as if they were mere press releases. To protect their clients like they protect late-inning leads, the Yankees essentially need the Mariano Rivera(notes) of IT guys, not the Rafael Soriano(notes).
Also, to prevent unauthorized users from logging on to the Yankees website and noodling around with ticket holders' info, the team should either issue new account numbers or provide a second level of security. Or perhaps a round of obscure Yankees trivia would do the case. After all, we all know that only real Yankees season ticket holders would know who holds the team record for most career triples.* Right?
*Lou Gehrig, 163
It's kind of odd, though, that Deadspin was the one to break this news. The sports blog is part of the Gawker media network that had its commenters' accounts and passwords compromised last year by a hacker. Folks, get out there and make sure your entire online life is safe and secure.
And if you work in a ticket department for a massively popular sports team, watch what you attach to your outgoing emails.

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Campo de béisbol de suciedad menos extraño extrae raves del equipo de la escuela secundaria

Miércoles, 27 de abril de 2011

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Cuando se trata de los lugares tradicionalmente asociados con el béisbol, pocas cosas pueden rivalizar con suciedad anticuado. Jugadores diapositiva de inicio y llegan a marrón con manchas de suciedad. Lanzadores primicia hasta pequeñas puñados para proporcionar control adicional mientras los bateadores intentan patear pequeñas tormentas de polvo en el cuadro de bateadores como una forma de desenfoque sus líneas traseros. Suciedad anticuado juega un papel tan prominente en diamantes de béisbol tradicionales que prácticamente se respira lo mezcla con perros calientes y cacahuetes en el aire que circula a través de las gradas. Suciedad es béisbol casi como la tarta de manzana examinarlos es a los Estados Unidos.

Sin embargo, en un nuevo diamante de béisbol en el oeste de Pennsylvania, ninguno de esos papeles tradicionales son lleno, por una razón clara: el parque no tiene suciedad en absoluto.

Según el Washington observador-Reporter, Consol energía Park, la casa recientemente rebautizado de las cosas salvajes de Washington de la Liga independiente de la frontera y Trinidad del Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (PA) alto, es una instalación de béisbol con una superficie compuesta por césped del campo, incluso la "suciedad". El estadio de liga menor utilizado una superficie de béisbol de hierba y suciedad tradicional a través de la temporada del 2010, después de que fue instalado ProGrass césped sintético.

El resultado de la renovación de la pretemporada es una nueva superficie que busca y, al parecer, tanto como la hierba, juega con una gran diferencia: los administradores de equipos pueden ahora dejar el palo de manchas de marea en casa al lavar uniformes después de un juego en el CEP.

Mientras que Tampa Bay y Toronto aún utilizan el césped artificial en grandes ligas de béisbol, ambos equipos utilizan suciedad alrededor del plato y entre las bases. No es el caso en el CEP. En lugar de basepaths de suciedad, Consol energía tiene césped del campo de tierra marrón de color, basada en pellet entre las líneas, con césped blanco marcando la casilla de bateadores y líneas de base.

Mientras el equipo independiente de ligas menores de béisbol no abre la temporada hasta finales de mayo, Trinidad ya alberga otros colegios de la zona, poniendo la superficie Consol Energy aprovechar con buenas críticas.

"Desde 1997, nos hemos estado practicando en nuestro campo de fútbol, que cuenta con césped artificial. Sabemos cómo tienes que deslizarse sobre el césped,"entrenador de Trinidad Levi Bristor le dijo al observador-reportero. "Pero es bueno poder tomar una ronda de campo en la práctica y se te va a estar en la misma superficie que podrá jugar la mitad de nuestros juegos en. Antes, si queríamos práctica sobre hierba, hemos tenido que ir al sur de Trinidad."

Para Trinidad, el traslado a un centro de césped de todos ha sido menos de golpes en el sistema que podrían anticiparse a muchos. Como Bristor mencionado, su programa se ha practicado en césped artificial campo de fútbol de la escuela desde 1997, un fondo que da a los jugadores de Trinidad una ventaja sobre sus oponentes.

Ese campo de práctica de césped también ha ayudado a Trinidad ajustar a la su nuevo parque de ninguna política de clavos de metal, un cambio en el calzado que podría deshacerse de otros equipos WPIAL que entrarán CEP obligados a abandonar su tradicional calzado de día de juego.

Bristor insiste en que ni la falta de calzado tradicional o la falta de tierra entre las líneas plantea una importante ventaja para su equipo, todo mientras raving sobre una superficie que ha sido descrito como "increíblemente verde" y capaz de albergar un juego tan sólo unos minutos después de un fuerte aguacero.

"Es un gran campo", Bristor le dijo al observador-reportero. "Estamos encantados de estar aquí, y estoy seguro de que si tuviera que pedir cualquier equipo visitante que va a jugar aquí, contaré después que les gusta demasiado".

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Bizarre dirt-less baseball field draws raves from high school team

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When it comes to the sights traditionally associated with baseball, few things can rival old-fashioned dirt. Players slide home and come up brown with dirt stains. Pitchers scoop up small handfuls to provide extra grip while batters try to kick up small storms of dirt in the batters box as a way to blur its rear lines. Old-fashioned dirt plays such a prominent role at traditional baseball diamonds that you can practically smell it mingling with hot dogs and peanuts in the air that circulates through the stands. Dirt is to baseball almost as apple pie proverbially is to America.

Yet, at one new baseball diamond in Western Pennsylvania, none of those traditional roles are being filled, for one clear-cut reason: The park doesn't have any dirt at all.
According to the Washington Observer-Reporter, Consol Energy Park, the newly re-baptized home of the Washington Wild Things of the independent Frontier League and the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League's Trinity (Pa.) High, is a baseball facility with a surface comprised entirely of field turf, even the "dirt." The minor league stadium used a traditional grass and dirt baseball surface through the 2010 season, after which ProGrass Synthetic Turf was installed.

The result of the offseason renovation is a new surface which looks and, reportedly, plays much like grass, with one big difference: Team managers can now leave the Tide stain stick at home when washing uniforms after a game at CEP.
While Tampa Bay and Toronto still use artificial turf surfaces in Major League Baseball, both teams use dirt around the plate and between the bases. That's not the case at CEP. Instead of dirt basepaths, Consol Energy has dirt-brown-colored, pellet-based field turf between the lines, with white field turf marking the batters box and baselines.
While the independent minor league baseball team won't open the season until the end of May, Trinity has already hosted other area high schools, putting Consol Energy's surface to good use with generally positive reviews.
"Since 1997, we've been practicing on our football field, which has artificial turf. We know how you have to slide on the turf," Trinity coach Levi Bristor told the Observer-Reporter. "But it's nice to be able to take a round of infield at practice and know its going to be on the same surface as the one we'll be playing half our games on. Before, if we wanted to practice on grass, we had to go to Trinity South."
For Trinity, the move to an all-turf facility has been less of a shock to the system than many might anticipate. As Bristor mentioned, his program has practiced on the school's artificial turf football field since 1997, a background which gives Trinity's players an edge over their opponents.
That turf practice field has also helped Trinity adjust to the its new park's no metal spikes policy, a shift in footwear which could throw off other WPIAL teams which will enter CEP forced to abandon their traditional game-day footwear.


Bristor insists that neither the lack of traditional footwear or the lack of dirt between the lines poses a significant edge for his team, all while raving about a surface which has been described as "stunningly green," and able to host a game just minutes after a heavy downpour.
"It's a great field," Bristor told the Observer-Reporter. "We're pleased to be here, and I'm sure if you were to ask any away team that's going to play here, they'll tell you afterward that they like it too."
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Marshwood's Fernandes throws no-hitter against Portland

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Marshwood's Luke Fernandes threw a no-hitter against Portland on Tuesday.Ioanna Raptis photo

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April 26, 2011 8:50 PM

SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — Luke Fernandes was in complete control during the Marshwood High School baseball team’s 8-0 triumph over Portland on Tuesday. There was no debate about that.

Here’s what was up for discussion: whether or not Fernandes tossed a no-hitter.

Fernandes, a junior, held Portland to three baserunners. Two Portland players reached base via a walk, the other was awarded first base because of catcher’s interference.

Marshwood credited Fernandes with a no-hitter, but Portland coach Tony DiBiase disagreed and said the batter is credited with a hit when catcher’s interference occurs. According to the official rules of Major League Baseball, however, there is no base hit credited for catcher’s interference. Instead the play is scored as an error on the catcher.

“I didn’t know if it was an out or what was going on with that (catcher’s interference),” Fernandes said. “I might have thrown a no-hitter in Little League, but not in high school or Babe Ruth.

“In my bullpen before the game I was working on a changeup and it wasn’t working for me, so I just stuck to a breaking pitch and a fastball for the whole game. I was able to spot my fastball on the inside and outside of the plate and that’s what got me through.”

Fernandes struck out nine. He faced two batters over the minimum. Portland’s Joel DiPietro, the player who reached base on catcher’s interference, was thrown out attempting to steal second in the fifth inning.

DiBiase had plenty of praise for Fernandes.

“He was excellent,” DiBiase said. “He’s as good as I’ve seen in the last four or five years. We were just talking about who’s been better.
“He just overpowers people and he doesn’t walk anybody. He’s very good. You don’t see pitchers like that very often around here.”

Marshwood, which raised its Western Maine Class A record to 2-0, jumped on Portland starter Nate Smart for two runs in the first inning. The Hawks did the rest of their scoring in the fifth, when they sent 10 batters to the plate and pushed across six runs.

Marshwood’s six-run fifth featured four hits and four walks. Portland reliever Nick Volger didn’t help himself in the inning. In addition to the four walks he issued, the Hawks scored a run on a balk and another on a wild pitch.

Second baseman Ben Claus collected three of Marshwood’s nine hits. The Hawks also received two hits and two RBIs from leadoff hitter Alex McLean. Claus was the only senior in Marshwood’s starting lineup.

Eight different players scored for the Hawks.

“I was happy that we scored early,” Marshwood coach Eric Fernandes (Luke’s father) said. “Portland’s always athletic, so when you can put up an 8-0 score against Portland it’s a good thing.”

Portland, which had six sophomores and a freshman in its starting lineup, dropped to 1-1. The Bulldogs opened the season with a 9-4 victory over Gorham.

Fernandes was 2-3 with a 1.55 ERA and a league-high 58 strikeouts last season. He earned the save when Marshwood opened its season with a 5-4 triumph against Bonny Eagle.

“Luke’s off-speed pitch seemed to be crisp, and he was living low,” Eric Fernandes said. “I’ve seen him be that way in a game quite a bit, but I’ve never seen a no-hitter out of him.”

Until Tuesday, that is.

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Lincecum en plan de playoff de Bud: 'No sé donde está su cabeza en'

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Estoy corregida en mi suposición de que los jugadores no iban a hablar sobre el plan de Bud Selig ampliar el campo de playoff de ocho a 10 equipos

Un día después de que el commish dijo a editores de periódicos que un gran octubre parecía una inevitabilidad ratificada, lanzador de los gigantes de San Francisco Tim Lincecum(notes# voiced some strong opposition to watering down the playoff field with a second wild card berth in each league.

Y no era el único. En la sede del Club, notas de # Buster Posey de receptor gigantes # dice que le gusta las configuraciones actuales de playoffs. En todo el país, los Yankees de Nueva York primera base Mark Teixeira # notas #: una estrella que sirve generalmente tres bolas de vainilla durante cada entrevista, dijo que le gustaba la idea nueva, o bien.

Aquí es algo de lo que Lincecum dijo Inman Cam del grupo de noticias del área de Bahía el viernes:

"Personalmente creo que es tipo de cobarde, porque el juego ha sido así por mucho tiempo. ¿Por qué lío hasta, excepto para fines monetarios, y que es probablemente lo que # Selig # está mirando. Eso es como, 'OK, no se preocupe por nosotros como seres humanos o jugadores.'

"No parece muy razonable, y personalmente no sé donde se encuentra en su cabeza. No parece correcto me."

"Nadie tiene que preocuparse, ' Oh # expletivo #, ahora tengo otro equipo de # expletivo # en la mezcla de # expletivo #. Ahora tenemos que preocuparnos por lo que tiene y lo que van a hacer. " ¿Qué sucede si el # segunda # wild-equipo de tarjeta no es merecedor de obtener?

Lincecum ha sido tantas cosas durante su corta carrera, ganador del Cy Young, campeón de la serie mundial, maven, pionero de la moda de moda, héroe de la contracultura de marketing, y ahora esperamos que añadimos "voz de los trabajadores" a su currículum si tuvo éxito en los jugadores a vetar la propuesta de playoff antes de que sea una realidad.

Después de todo, Tim no es cualquier jugador. Es uno de los jugadores más reconocibles de la Liga, un lanzador as en el mundo defendiendo campeones que jugar en una ciudad que es conocida por expresar su opinión. Si él no puede rally de una fuerte oposición contra plan de Bud Selig a torpedear la importancia de la temporada regular en una persecución de más beneficios de playoff, no estoy seguro de que nadie puede.

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Estoy corregida en mi suposición de que los jugadores no iban a hablar sobre el plan de Bud Selig ampliar el campo de playoff de ocho a 10 equipos

Un día después de que el commish dijo a editores de periódicos que un gran octubre parecía una inevitabilidad ratificada, lanzador de los gigantes de San Francisco Tim Lincecum(notes# voiced some strong opposition to watering down the playoff field with a second wild card berth in each league.

Y no era el único. En la sede del Club, notas de # Buster Posey de receptor gigantes # dice que le gusta las configuraciones actuales de playoffs. En todo el país, los Yankees de Nueva York primera base Mark Teixeira # notas #: una estrella que sirve generalmente tres bolas de vainilla durante cada entrevista, dijo que le gustaba la idea nueva, o bien.

Aquí es algo de lo que Lincecum dijo Inman Cam del grupo de noticias del área de Bahía el viernes:

"Personalmente creo que es tipo de cobarde, porque el juego ha sido así por mucho tiempo. ¿Por qué lío hasta, excepto para fines monetarios, y que es probablemente lo que # Selig # está mirando. Eso es como, 'OK, no se preocupe por nosotros como seres humanos o jugadores.'

"No parece muy razonable, y personalmente no sé donde se encuentra en su cabeza. No parece correcto me."

"Nadie tiene que preocuparse, ' Oh # expletivo #, ahora tengo otro equipo de # expletivo # en la mezcla de # expletivo #. Ahora tenemos que preocuparnos por lo que tiene y lo que van a hacer. " ¿Qué sucede si el # segunda # wild-equipo de tarjeta no es merecedor de obtener?

Lincecum ha sido tantas cosas durante su corta carrera, ganador del Cy Young, campeón de la serie mundial, maven, pionero de la moda de moda, héroe de la contracultura de marketing, y ahora esperamos que añadimos "voz de los trabajadores" a su currículum si tuvo éxito en los jugadores a vetar la propuesta de playoff antes de que sea una realidad.

Después de todo, Tim no es cualquier jugador. Es uno de los jugadores más reconocibles de la Liga, un lanzador as en el mundo defendiendo campeones que jugar en una ciudad que es conocida por expresar su opinión. Si él no puede rally de una fuerte oposición contra plan de Bud Selig a torpedear la importancia de la temporada regular en una persecución de más beneficios de playoff, no estoy seguro de que nadie puede.

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I stand corrected on my assumption that no players were going to speak out on Bud Selig's plan to expand the playoff field from eight to 10 teams
One day after the commish told newspaper editors that an oversized October looked like a rubber-stamped inevitability, San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum(notes) voiced some strong opposition to watering down the playoff field with a second wild card berth in each league.
And he wasn't the only one. Across the clubhouse, Giants catcher Buster Posey(notes) said he likes the current playoff setups. Across the country, New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira(notes) — a star who usually serves three scoops of vanilla during every interview — said he didn't like the new idea, either.
Here's some of what Lincecum told Cam Inman of the Bay Area News Group on Friday:

"Personally I think it's kind of funky, just because the game has been this way for so long. Why mess it up, other than for monetary purposes, and that's probably what (Selig) is looking at. That's like, 'OK, don't worry about us as human beings or players.'
"It doesn't seem very fair, and personally I don't know where his head is at. It doesn't seem right to me."
"Nobody wants to have to worry, 'Oh (expletive), now I've got another (expletive) team in the (expletive) mix. Now we have to worry about what that takes and what they're going to do.' What if the (second) wild-card team is not deserving of getting in?

Lincecum has been so many things over his short career — Cy Young winner, World Series champion, marketing maven, fashion trend setter, hero of the counterculture — and now we can hopefully add "voice of the worker" to his resume if he's successful in getting the players to veto the playoff proposal before it becomes a reality.

After all, Tim isn't just any ballplayer. He's one of the league's most recognizable players — an ace pitcher on the defending world champions who play in a city that is known for voicing its opinion. If he can't rally a strong opposition against Bud Selig's plan to torpedo the importance of the regular season in a chase for more playoff profits, I'm not sure that anyone can.

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The catching conundrum: What options do Sox have?

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 8:15am
By Alex Speier
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The Red Sox’ catching situation is starting to be perceived as if it’s something of a crisis. It’s not terribly difficult to understand why.

The Sox committed early in the offseason to having Jarrod Saltalamacchia assume primary responsibility for the stewardship of the pitching staff, with Jason Varitek returning as a backup. Saltalamacchia was viewed as a catcher with solid offensive and defensive potential that had yet to be unlocked. Varitek was viewed as the perfect mentor, capable of offering unmatched knowledge of the pitching staff and able to deliver occasional right-handed thump.

Thus far, however, both catchers have had their issues. Saltalamacchia’s have been somewhat extreme in all phases of the game. He is hitting .194 with a .256 OBP and .479 OPS, having struck out in one of every three plate appearances.

His throwing to bases has become an even bigger issue, as he is missing the bag by wide margins, rendering the team vulnerable to teams that run like crazy (14 steals against him). The Sox, meanwhile, have opened the year with several teams (most notably the Rays, Blue Jays and Angles) that love to exploit such vulnerability.

Perhaps in part because their focus has been redirected to shutting down the running game, Sox pitchers have struggled with Saltalamacchia behind the plate. The team has a 7.14 ERA when he is the catcher. The Sox are 2-9 in games he’s started.

That he has encountered such a challenging start has come as something of a surprise. The team was thrilled with Saltalamacchia’s work behind the plate in spring training, feeling that he had gained the trust of the staff and had exhibited the necessary leadership qualities to handle the starting job. Thus, it was somewhat surprising to hear manager Terry Francona acknowledge that Saltalamacchia is “trying to earn those stripes” as a trusted receiver along the lines of Varitek.

The Sox captain, meanwhile, has had his own set of struggles in controlling the running game in recent years, though this year, opponents are 6-of-8 with him behind the plate in stolen base attempts. At the plate, Varitek has appeared, in the words of manager Terry Francona, “sluggish.”

The 39-year-old is 1-for-23 with nine strikeouts in 26 plate appearances. He has yet to drive in or score a run this year. However, the pitching staff has been terrific with him behind the plate, forging a 2.35 ERA and going 5-2.

“The saving grace in that is that if we’re shaking hands after the game, he did enough,” Francona told reporters in Anaheim on Thursday. “But especially right-handed, [the hitting] will come.”

While Varitek began the year in the role of a backup, it has been something of a timeshare of late. After starting just one of the Sox’ first seven games of the season, the captain has been in the lineup in six of the team’s last 11 contests, and four of their last six.

Francona admits to struggling with the question of how frequently to use the veteran. All parties around the Sox seemed to agree in 2010 – prior to a broken foot that derailed a promising start – that Varitek’s productivity had been increased by less playing time. Now, the Sox are caught between their desire to have him work with the pitching staff and their concern for jeopardizing his health or effectiveness.

“That’s something that we need to think about it,” Francona told reporters. “[But] again, he’s not 70. I don’t want to run him into the ground here. He works hard at being in good shape. … I just want to make sure we do the right thing.”

It is worth noting that there are just 11 instances in baseball history of catchers age 39 or over appearing in 80 or more games, though Carlton Fisk (four) and Bob Boone (three) account for seven of those seasons. Varitek is not at an age when catchers can typically handle a regular workload.

Yet focusing on that fact seems somewhat to miss the point. When a team feels it is walking a tightrope based on its desire to insert a 39-year-old who is hitting .043 into the lineup, then clearly something unusual is afoot.

Even so, the idea that the Sox are amidst a catching crisis might be somewhat exaggerated. The fact that the team’s starters now have a dazzling 1.62 ERA over their last six games (with Varitek behind the plate for four games), the club hopes, is an indication that the team’s catching situation may be manageable.

Of course, that outlook may be driven at least in part by wishful thinking, since the alternatives are suspect.

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At this young stage of the season, few teams have surpluses of available quality catching options, and those who do are unlikely to deal a player capable of being a legitimate starting catcher in the majors for anything short of a monumental return.

Bengie Molina, who caught 118 games last year for the two teams that ended up facing each other in the World Series (Rangers and Giants) is sitting at home in a state of semi-retirement, but he is reportedly open to returning to the game for the right opportunity. Still, the 36-year-old hit .249 with a .623 OPS last year.

And what of the Sox’ internal candidates? The team would consider any of four upper levels catchers if there were a need to change the catching mix: Triple-A catchers Luis Exposito and Mike McKenry and Double-A signal callers Ryan Lavarnway and Tim Federowicz.

Exposito (hitting .241 with a .678 OPS) and McKenry (.105, .425) are both on the 40-man roster, which could give them an apparent advantage, as could their comparably greater amount of seasoning.

The 24-year-old Exposito, in particular, has now had two straight spring trainings during which to work with the Sox staff; McKenry, 26, who came to the Sox from the Rockies in a trade at the end of spring training, has never worked with the current members of the Sox rotation.

McKenry is regarded as a solid defender and good thrower with a little bit of pop at the plate. Exposito has solid across-the-board tools: Significant right-handed raw power, growing plate discipline and a strong if erratic throwing arm. Most talent evaluators agree that he has a big league future in some capacity, though it remains to be seen whether his skills can be refined to the point of exceeding the projection of a backup. As their assignment to Triple-A would suggest, they are viewed as the two most advanced catchers in the Sox' system.

Federowicz, 23, is off to a terrific offensive start with Double-A Portland. He is hitting .341 with a .375 OBP, .523 slugging mark and .898 OPS with a pair of homers in 11 games. He has received raves throughout his amateur and pro career for his work behind the plate, which is viewed as being up to snuff for a big league starting catcher; offense will dictate how viable he is for such a role. Yet while he is enjoying a nice first couple weeks of the minor league season, he struggled in 2010 in High-A Salem, hitting just .253/.324/.371/.695.

The 23-year-old Lavarnway, meanwhile, is off to a slow start at the plate (.196/.245/.283/.528), though that is hardly concerning for the Sox given the small sample size and Lavarnway’s track record as one of the top offensive performers in the system over the prior two years, during which he led all Sox minor leaguers with 43 homers. Lavarnway has made defensive strides since the Sox drafted him in 2008, but he continues to be viewed as a work-in-progress defensively.

Of those four catchers, Federowicz is the most advanced defensively, while Lavarnway is the top offensive prospect. That said, with both in Double-A, they would be imperfect options.

Catching is viewed as a uniquely demanding position for which the longest possible apprenticeship is desirable; in an ideal world, the Sox would prefer to be able to give a catcher a backup role at the big league level before graduating him to starting. Failing that, significant Triple-A experience would be desirable.

The Sox have tabbed both position players and pitchers in Double-A Portland for call-ups before, but catching is viewed as something of a different animal. Sometimes necessity dictates a more accelerated course than would be ideal, but it is worth noting that the Sox resisted the idea of promoting Exposito from Double-A last year when both Victor Martinez and Varitek went on the disabled list.

In terms of whether a move might be made, sources suggest that nothing is imminent. For obvious reasons, the team would prefer to ride out the current situation with Saltalamacchia and Varitek, hoping that the recent strong work of the pitching staff (a key to the team’s five wins in its last six games) will continue, and that the offense from the position – which ranks last among all major league teams in average (.136) and OPS (.380) – will improve.

But if the big league catching situation should remain unsettled, the Sox will end up in a fairly uncomfortable position, choosing from a menu of imperfect options. That such a specter looms over the club just three weeks into the season represents an unexpected – and unwanted – turn of events.

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Las transacciones

MLB

El 20 de abril

Houston Astros Aneury Rodríguez PReinstated de suspensión de la Liga

Los Angeles Angels Brandon madera SSDesignated de asignación

Erick Aybar SSRecalled de rehabilitación de menores

El 19 de abril

Cleveland Indians Jeanmar Gómez PCalled hasta de menores

Travis Buck LFSent a menores de edad

Colorado Rockies Ian Stewart 3BSent a menores de edad

Detroit Tigers Omir Santos CPurchased de menores

Milwaukee Brewers Corey Hart RFSent a menores de edad para la rehabilitación

Shaun Marcum PPlaced en la lista de emergencia médica de duelo y la familia

Zack Greinke PSent a menores de edad para la rehabilitación

Mike McClendon PCalled hasta de menores

Minnesota Twins Eric Hacker PCalled hasta de menores

Nueva York Mets Justin Turner 2BCalled hasta de menores

Brad Emaus 2BDesignated de asignación

Philadelphia Phillies Mike Zagurski PCalled hasta de menores

Seattle Mariners Justin Smoak 1BPlaced en la lista de emergencia médica de duelo y la familia

David Aardsma PSent a los menores para la rehabilitación

Carlos Peguero CFCalled hasta de menores

St. Louis Cardinals Mark Hamilton PHCalled hasta de menores

Toronto Blue Jays Frank Francisco PRecalled de rehabilitación de menores

Jesse Litsch PSent a menores de edad

El 18 de abril

Baltimore Orioles arcilla Rapada PPurchased de menores

Justin Duchscherer PTransferred a 60 días DL

(Cadera izquierda tensa)

Boston Red Sox Hideki Okajima PCalled hasta de menores

Cincinnati Reds Jeremy Hermida RFPurchased de menores

Jared Burton PTransferred a 60 días DL

(Inflamación del hombro derecho)

Colorado Rockies Clayton Mortensen PCalled hasta de menores

Alan Johnson PSent a menores de edad

Detroit Tigers Joel Zumaya PTransferred a 60 días DL

(Inflamación del codo derecho)

Los Angeles Angels Erick Aybar SSSent a menores de edad para la rehabilitación

Los Angeles Dodgers Xavier Paul LFDesignated para asignación

Jerry Arenas LFPurchased de menores

Documento Minnesota Twins Jim Hoey PCalled hasta de menores

Alex Burnett PSent a menores de edad

Oakland Athletics Rich Harden PTransferred a 60 días DL

(Lat tensa muscular, derecha)

David Purcey PTraded a Oakland

(para RHP Danny Farquhar)

Texas Rangers Mark Lowe PSent a menores de edad

Colby Lewis PReinstated de la lista de emergencia médica de duelo y la familia

Toronto Blue Jays David Purcey PTraded a Oakland

(para RHP Danny Farquhar)

Edwin Encarnacion DHReinstated de la lista de emergencia médica de duelo y la familia

El 17 de abril

Boston Red Sox Matt Albers PSent a menores de edad para la rehabilitación

Felix Doubront PSent a menores de edad

Cincinnati Reds Homer Bailey PSent a menores de edad para la rehabilitación

Cleveland Indians Grady Sizemore CFRecalled de rehabilitación de menores

Houston Astros Aneury Rodríguez PStarting para servir de suspensión

Los Angeles Dodgers Jay Gibbons PHRecalled de rehabilitación de menores

Vicente Padilla PSent a menores de edad para la rehabilitación

Milwaukee Brewers Luis Figueroa PHSigned un contrato de liga menor

Minnesota Twins Jeff Manship PSent a menores de edad

Nueva York Mets Dillon Gee PCalled hasta de menores

Pat Misch PDesignated de asignación

San Francisco Giants Cody Ross CFSent a menores de edad para la rehabilitación

Ryan Vogelsong PPurchased de menores

Toronto Blue Jays Mike McCoy CFSent a menores de edad

Washington nacionales Collin Balester PCalled hasta de menores

Transactions Transactions MLB Apr 20 Houston Astros Aneury Rodriguez P Reinstated from league suspension Los Angeles Angels Brandon Wood SS Designated for assignment Erick Aybar SS Recalled from minors rehab Apr 19 Cleveland Indians Jeanmar Gomez P Called up from minors Travis Buck LF Sent to minors Colorado Rockies Ian Stewart 3B Sent to minors Detroit Tigers Omir Santos C Purchased from minors Milwaukee Brewers Corey Hart RF Sent to minors for rehabilitation Shaun Marcum P Placed on bereavement/family medical emergency list Zack Greinke P Sent to minors for rehabilitation Mike McClendon P Called up from minors Minnesota Twins Eric Hacker P Called up from minors New York Mets Justin Turner 2B Called up from minors Brad Emaus 2B Designated for assignment Philadelphia Phillies Mike Zagurski P Called up from minors Seattle Mariners Justin Smoak 1B Placed on bereavement/family medical emergency list David Aardsma P Sent to minors for rehabilitation Carlos Peguero CF Called up from minors St. Louis Cardinals Mark Hamilton PH Called up from minors Toronto Blue Jays Frank Francisco P Recalled from minors rehab Jesse Litsch P Sent to minors Apr 18 Baltimore Orioles Clay Rapada P Purchased from minors Justin Duchscherer P Transferred to 60-day DL (Strained left hip) Boston Red Sox Hideki Okajima P Called up from minors Cincinnati Reds Jeremy Hermida RF Purchased from minors Jared Burton P Transferred to 60-day DL (Right shoulder inflammation) Colorado Rockies Clayton Mortensen P Called up from minors Alan Johnson P Sent to minors Detroit Tigers Joel Zumaya P Transferred to 60-day DL (Right elbow inflammation) Los Angeles Angels Erick Aybar SS Sent to minors for rehabilitation Los Angeles Dodgers Xavier Paul LF Designated for assignment Jerry Sands LF Purchased from minors Minnesota Twins Jim Hoey P Called up from minors Alex Burnett P Sent to minors Oakland Athletics Rich Harden P Transferred to 60-day DL (Strained lat muscle, right side) David Purcey P Traded to Oakland (for RHP Danny Farquhar) Texas Rangers Mark Lowe P Sent to minors Colby Lewis P Reinstated from bereavement/family medical emergency list Toronto Blue Jays David Purcey P Traded to Oakland (for RHP Danny Farquhar) Edwin Encarnacion DH Reinstated from bereavement/family medical emergency list Apr 17 Boston Red Sox Matt Albers P Sent to minors for rehabilitation Felix Doubront P Sent to minors Cincinnati Reds Homer Bailey P Sent to minors for rehabilitation Cleveland Indians Grady Sizemore CF Recalled from minors rehab Houston Astros Aneury Rodriguez P Starting to serve suspension Los Angeles Dodgers Jay Gibbons PH Recalled from minors rehab Vicente Padilla P Sent to minors for rehabilitation Milwaukee Brewers Luis Figueroa PH Signed to a minor league contract Minnesota Twins Jeff Manship P Sent to minors New York Mets Dillon Gee P Called up from minors Pat Misch P Designated for assignment San Francisco Giants Cody Ross CF Sent to minors for rehabilitation Ryan Vogelsong P Purchased from minors Toronto Blue Jays Mike McCoy CF Sent to minors Washington Nationals Collin Balester P Called up from minors