#Just checking free

Bumgarner is now free to sign with any team for the pro-rated league minimum, but has yet to do so.Īs Ken mentioned in his column, the NL Central seems imminently winnable this year. Put succinctly: he seemed bound and determined to do it himself, his way.īumgarner was designated for assignment on April 20, and released six days later, despite Arizona still owing $34 million on his contract, which doesn’t expire until the end of the 2024 season. While many of the sources spoke highly of Bumgarner’s competitiveness, his unwillingness to adjust to the recommendations made by pitching strategist Dan Haren and pitching coach Brent Strom led to a scenario in which his game prep was handled differently than all the team’s other pitchers. Grumpy on-field personas don’t always translate to off-field stubbornness, but in this case, the simplest answer happens to be the right one. After all, it was just last year that we saw Dallas Keuchel go through a similar falling out in his short stint with the Diamondbacks, and his general aura was markedly less defiant than Bumgarner’s. Before I even read it, I had an idea that the main theme might have something to do with Bumgarner’s stubbornness. Zach Buchanan has an extremely well-reported story today about what exactly went wrong with Madison Bumgarner in Arizona. But when the Orioles called a news conference to explain Robinson’s dismissal, she took one look at me and said, “Just go.” Alas, I’m responsible for that scene being repeated often during our 33 years of marriage. Naturally, I had promised my wife I would be a present, devoted husband for the first days of our first-born’s life. At the time, I was a columnist in Baltimore with the late Evening Sun. In order, Don Zimmer of the Cubs, John Wathan of the Royals and Frank Robinson of the Orioles met their unfortunate demises. I’ve written before about “ The Curse of Samuel Joseph.” Jerome Holtzman, the late, legendary Chicago Tribune columnist, coined the phrase in 1991 when on each of the first three days of my son’s life, a manager was fired. No longer must I worry about managers getting fired on my son’s birthday, May 21. People talk all the time about how the game has changed. Much like the A’s in Oakland, the Rays are facing an expiring lease in their current stadium (though this one isn’t up until after the 2027 season). One way or another, the clock is ticking. Florida isn’t keen on public funding for stadiums, and given the Rays’ success on the field, ownership groups with an eye toward relocation could see the Rays as a fast-track to relevance, jumping into contention in year one, rather than building an expansion franchise from the ground up. If you’ve been there you know: that’s a massive undertaking, given that the stadium is in such close proximity to the city center. One option is a local buyer who could inherit a plan to build a new 30,000-seat stadium on the current site of Tropicana Field, with plans to develop the surrounding 86 acres. But the other half of the lag-behind duo might be nearing a walk to the teacher’s desk: there are apparently multiple buyers in pursuit of the Rays.Ī sale doesn’t necessarily mean a relocation.

#Just checking full

The controller plugs into a standard electrical socket, and receives data from the sensors which it then transmits via the mobile phone network to the secure server.Īuthorised users can then log onto the website from anywhere at any time to review simple to follow charts which detail activity by time and by room.The A’s have at least turned something in, though we aren’t yet sure if the page is full of correct answers or hastily-scrawled promises to study harder next time. The sensors are attached to paintwork such as doorframes using Velcro pads, which are easily removed once the system is no longer required.

The standard package includes 4 movement sensors, 2 door sensors and the controller. Small wireless sensors in the main rooms of the house detect movement in order to generate a chart of activity as the person goes about their daily life. It provides a valuable assessment tool, helping to plan ongoing care and identifying where telecare, for example, could offer support and help to manage risk, based on objectively identified individual needs.

And generally, their daily patterns and how they are responding to care services.Visited the kitchen to prepare meals and drinks.Went to bed, got up and whether they had a disturbed night.Small, wireless sensors in the home generate a chart of activity which is accessed via a secure website. Health and social care professionals, and family members, can see when a person: Just Checking is a simple web-based activity monitoring system.