Javier Baez Takes Maholm Deep at Fitch Park

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 3:08pm

Paul Maholm threw 5-2/3 innings (77 pitches), allowing three runs (all earned), seven hits (including two doubles, a triple, and a Javier Baez tape-measure home run), two walks, and a HBP, with five strikeouts and 5/5 GO/FO, in intrasquad action this morning at Fitch Park Field #3 in Mesa.


Baez crushed his two-run bomb off a house on the north side of 8th Street, and then later in the game, lined a rope-double off the LF fence, stole 3rd, and scored the tying run on an Oliver Zapata single (Zapata’s third hit of the game, BTW).


Baez also made the defensive play of the day (diving stop behind 2nd base, before getting to his feet and making a strong throw to 1st to nip speedy Trey Martin by less than a step).


The game was extended beyond nine innings to accommodate all of the pitchers who were scheduled to throw today.


Here is the abridged box score from the game:


SQUAD “A” LINEUP:
1. Oliver Zapata, CF: 3-5 (1B, 2B, K, P-2, 1B, R, RBI, SB)
2. Gioskar Amaya, 2B: 1-5 (L-8 DP, 1B, F-8, 6-3, 6-4 FC, RBI, PO)
3. Ryan Cuneo, DH #1: 1-4 (F-8, 1B, BB, 1-3, 4-3)
4a. SLOT WAS SKIPPED FIRST TWO TIMES THRU BATTING ORDER
4b. Trevor Gretzky, DH #2: 1-3 (1B, K, K, CS)
5. Jair Bogaerts, 3B: 1-4 (5-3, 5-3, HBP, 2B, K, R)
6. Rock Shoulders, 1B: 2-3 (6-3, 2B, BB, 1B, RBI)
7. Xavier Batista, RF: 0-4 (K, F-9, K, 5-4-3 DP)
8. Wilson Contreras, C: 1-4 (6-3, 6-2 FC, 1B, 5-3, R, SB)
9. Javier Baez, SS: 2-4 (K, HR, K, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI, SB)
10. Garrett Schlecht, LF: 1-4 (K, 3B, 4-3, K)
11a. SLOT WAS SKIPPED FIRST TWO TIMES THRU BATTING ORDER
11b. Luis Acosta, DH #3: 0-2 (F-9, K)


SQUAD “B” LINEUP:
1 Trey Martin, CF: 1-5 (3-U, BB, 1B, 3-U, F-7, 6-3, R)
2a. Carlos Penalver, SS: 0-3 (P-4, E-6, P-4)
2b. Brian Inoa, 2B: 1-3 (1B, K, K, PO)
3. Jeimer Candelario, 3B: 2-4 (K, 1B, 2B, 4-3, BB, BB, RBI)
4. Dan Vogelbach, 1B: 2-6 (2B, 5-4-3 DP, 4-3, 1B, K, 4-6-3 DP, R)
5a. Dong-Yub Kim, LF: 1-3 (F-9, P-6, 2B, RBI)
5b. Shawon Dunston, Jr, LF: 1-2 (1B, P-1, R)
6. Anthony Giansanti, DH: 2-4 (BB, 1B, F-9, 1B, P-6, R, 2 RBI)
7. Danny Lockhart, 2B-SS: 1-5 (6-4-3 DP, P-6, P-5, F-9, 1B, SB)
8a. Delbis Arcila, RF: 1-3 (K, 1B, K)
8b. Jeffrey Baez, RF: 0-1 (F-8 SF, K, RBI)
9. Wilfredo Petit, C: 1-5 (P-6, K, 6-3, 3-U, 1B)


SQUAD “A” PITCHERS:
1. Brooks Raley: 4.2 IP, 5 H, 1 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 3 K, 2 GIDP, 60 pitches (41 strikes), 6/5 GO/FO
2. Frank del Valle: 4.0 IP, 6 H, 4 R (4 ER), 0 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 1 PO, 44 pitches (31 strikes), 5/5 GO/FO
3. John Gaub: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 17 pitches (8 strikes), 0/1 GO/FO
4. Starling Peralta: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 19 pitches (13 strikes), 1/2 GO/FO
5. James Pugliese: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 GIDP, 15 pitches (9 strikes), 2/0 GO/FO


SQUAD “B” PITCHERS:
1. Paul Maholm: 5.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R (3 ER), 2 BB, 5 K, 1 HBP, 1 HR, 1 PO, 77 pitches (48 strikes), 5/5 GO/FO
2. Gerardo Concepcion: 3.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 1 GIDP, 38 pitches (26 strikes), 6/2 GO/FO
3. Tayler Scott: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 2 K, 20 pitches (11 strikes), 1/0 GO/FO
4. Joe Zeller: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 15 pitches (11 strikes), 1/0 GO/FO


SQUAD ”A” CATCHERS DEFENSE:
Wilson Contreras: 0-1 CS


SQUAD “B” CATCHERS DEFENSE:
Wilfredo Petit: 1-4 CS


SQUAD “A” ERRORS: 1
SS Javier Baez – E-6 (fielding error allowed batter to reach base safely)


SQUAD “B” ERRORS: NONE


ATTENDANCE: 15


WEATHER: Sunny with temperatures in the 70’s

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Submitted by Cubster  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 3:17pm  
Keith Law: Cubs claim Luis Valbuena https://twitter.com/keithlaw/status/187619559... (per mlbtr) Valbuena, 26, was traded from the Indians to the Blue Jays in November. He spent the majority of 2011 with Cleveland's Triple-A affiliate where he hit .302/.372/.476 with 17 homers in 472 plate appearances. The infielder played 194 games for the Indians' varsity squad in 2009 and 2010 and saw a good deal of time at second base. Not sure how he fits in other than Iowa, he's a lefty bat and played 28 games at SS in 2009 (about 25% of his appearances that year) per Wikipedia... On November 26, 2011, he was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays for cash considerations. On April 4, 2012, Valbuena was claimed off waivers by the Chicago Cubs after being optioned by the Blue Jays.

Submitted by crunch  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 3:19pm  
crappy SS, barely tolerable 2nd...bat seems to be a AAAA mystery so far...pissed off a lot of CLE fans back in 09/10...but they've been pissed since b.phillips left (traded to CIN for eventual cubs headache jeff stevens, fwiw).

Submitted by Arizona Phil  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 3:39pm  
Wed, 04/04/2012 - 2:17pm — Cubster Keith Law: Cubs claim Luis Valbuena Not sure how he fits in other than Iowa, he's a lefty bat and played 28 games at SS in 2009 (about 25% of his appearances that year) ============================= CUBSTER: Luis Valbuena is out of minor league options, and while he could be placed back on waivers again so that the Cubs can send him to AAA (but that's only if no other teams make a claim), he might have been claimed because the Cubs are planning to put Bryan LaHair on the DL and they want another lefty bat on the bench with some pop (and LaHair not being ready to start the season is probably also why DeWitt has been playing a lot of 1B at the end of Spring Training). If LaHair was ready to go, he probably would have been playing in intrasquad games at Fitch Park this week (getting six or eight ABs each game to make up for lost time), but he did not. .

Submitted by superjimmer  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 3:54pm  
Whoah. That's a scoop. Thanks AZ . . . Let's see if you are right! There goes my guess of Kerry Wood being first on DL

Submitted by Rob Richardson  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 4:02pm  
"There goes my guess of Kerry Wood being first on DL" No, because if LaHair is injured he will not be on the opening day roster. That said, if LaHair is injured it must be seriously to cause him to risk his big break.

Submitted by Rob G.  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 4:06pm  
what Rob Richardson said, starting the season on the DL wouldn't count.

Submitted by crunch  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 3:31pm  
"Yankees purchased the contract of LHP Clay Rapada from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre." ha.

Submitted by Cubster  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 4:03pm  
Levine Doug Padilla (ESPN) tweets a quote from Hoyer: Hoyer: "We will have Marmol, Wood, Dolis, Camp, Lendy Castillo and Russell who will be in the bullpen on opening day." Lendy is in! Corpas and Rod Lopez? bub-bye? http://twitter.com/espnchicubs

Submitted by Tito  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 4:03pm  
I think someone tweeted their theory that Lopez would be added to the staff later, which may mean someone like Valbuena would go.

Submitted by Rob G.  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 4:05pm  
6-man pen? I hate you a little less today Sveum.

Submitted by Dr. aaron b  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 7:19pm  
With all the off days you can probably get away with that until May.

Submitted by Cubster  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 4:05pm  
More Padilla twitter...INF Luis Valbuena claimed off waivers. Will make roster. Only 11-man pitching staff to start. LaHair 50-50 for Opening Day with tight back. Campana here (at Wrigley). Says he doesn't know about his status yet.

Submitted by Arizona Phil  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 4:36pm  
Wed, 04/04/2012 - 3:05pm — Cubster More Padilla twitter...INF Luis Valbuena claimed off waivers. Will make roster. Only 11-man pitching staff to start. LaHair 50-50 for Opening Day with tight back. Campana here (at Wrigley). Says he doesn't know about his status yet. ======================================== CUBSTER: So Tony Campana making the Opening Day roster probably hinges on whether LaHair starts the season on the DL. BTW, if LaHair is placed on the 15-day DL, it can be backdated to March 31st (he last played in a Cactus League game on 3/30), so he could be activated as soon as a week from this Sunday (4/15).

Submitted by Cubster  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 4:07pm  
The Bud roof returns, now in RF? http://lockerz.com/s/198493553 and the RF scoreboard http://lockerz.com/s/198490193

Submitted by Cubster  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 4:11pm  
Padilla article on Valbuena as the Cubs backup at SS.
To make room on the 40-man roster, reliever Frankie De La Cruz was outrighted.
http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/cubs/post/_/i...

Submitted by Arizona Phil  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 4:26pm  
Actually there already was one slot open on the 40-man roster when Valbuena was acquired of waivers. NOW the 40-man roster is full. And then outrighting De La Cruz opens up one slot again, although three will be needed for Shawn Camp, Blake DeWitt, and Joe Mather. Again, I expect Marcos Mateo and Gerardo Concepcion to be placed on the 60-DL to create the two more slots that are needed. But then a fourth slot will be needed if and when Rodrigo Lopez is added to the 40. That would probably involve a DFA (possibly Scott Maine), or it could mean working out a trade with the Phillies so that the Cubs can remove Rule 5 pick Lendy Castillo from the 40-man roster and outright him to Tennessee or Daytona.

Submitted by Arizona Phil  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 4:54pm  
Because he was outrighted previously in his career, Frankie de la Cruz is an Article XX-D player, meaning he has the right to refuse an Outright Assignment to the minors. (Players who have accrued at least three years of MLB Service Time are also Article XX-D players, which is why Blake DeWitt had the right to refuse his Outright Assignment in February despite not having been outrighted previously in his career). De La Cruz now has three days to decide whether to accept the Outright Assignment. If he refuses the assignment (as Andy Sonnanstine did a couple of weeks ago), he is an unrestricted free-agent, and he receives no termination pay (his contract is essentially voided). If he accepts the Outright Assignment, he reports to Iowa, and he can file for free-agency as an Article XX-D minor league free-agent starting on the day after the conclusion of the MLB regular season (unless he is added back to an MLB 40-man roster prior to the conclusion of the 2012 MLB regular season).

Submitted by Arizona Phil  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 5:03pm  
BTW, Manny Corpas does NOT have to right to refuse his assignment to Iowa. He did have that right (as an Article XX-D player) when he was outrighted in January, but he declined to be a free-agent at that time, and so instead he will have the right to be an Article XX-D minor league FA after the conclusion of the 2012 regular season (again, unless he is added back to an MLB 40-man roster prior to the conclusion of the MLB regular season).

Submitted by The E-Man  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 5:06pm  
Thanks. That is at least a decent asset in the minors in case someone in the pen goes down. Of course, he certainly will help the team during their September Pennant drive!

Submitted by Cubster  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 4:17pm  
25 man based on the above info: DeJesus, Barney, Castro, Soriano, LaHair, Soriano, Stewart, Byrd, Soto (8) Bench: Baker, DeWitt, RJohnson, Mather, Clevenger, Valbuena (6) SP: Dempster, Garza, Samardjiza, Volstad, Maholm (5) RP: Marmol, Wood, Russell, Camp, Dolis, LCastillo (6)

Submitted by dc60124  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 6:17pm  
please, one soriano is plenty.

Submitted by Cubster  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 4:31pm  
from rotoworld:
Tony Campana will remain with the team in case LaHair needs to be placed on the disabled list.
(kind of a small target for him to be our replacement at first, or maybe they will let Campy use a really big glove)

Submitted by big_lowitzki  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 4:35pm  
At least it isn't Neifi Perez replacing Derrek Lee.

Submitted by Arizona Phil  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 4:43pm  
Another thing about the Cubs roster: Once Joe Mather is added to the 40-man roster, he cannot be sent to the minors unless Outright Waivers are secured. Same goes for Luis Valbuena. And Jeff Baker and Reed Johnson have too much service time to go the minors. But Blake DeWitt does have one minor league option left, so if the Cubs decide to keep Valbuena on the 25 (mainly because he can play SS), DeWitt could be optioned to the minors later on down the line once the Cubs add a 12th pitcher and if they face a 25-man roster squeeze amongst the position players.

Submitted by Arizona Phil  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 5:35pm  
I can kind of understand going with an 11-man pitching staff on Opening Day if your 4th starter isn't needed until Monday and the 5th starter isn't needed until next Wednesday, except 4th starter Chris Volstad threw 67 pitches in an intrasquad game at Fitch Park yesterday, and 5th starter Paul Maholm threw 77 pitches in the intrasquad game today, and so neither will be available tomorrow.

Submitted by artskoe  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 5:44pm  
Malholm tweeted today his start will be Tuesday.

Submitted by Newport  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 6:05pm  
F. Pie released by the Tribe. In a related note, my daughter has some sort of food allergy called FPIES. I blame Jim Hendry.

Submitted by Arizona Phil  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 6:36pm  
In case anyone thinks the Cubs claimed Luis Valbuena so that he could be flipped to the Phillies in a trade (like for Lendy Castillo), remember... A club is not permitted to make a waiver claim and then trade the player to another club if the purpose of the claim was to prevent a third club from being awarded the waiver claim. (A waiver claim that is judged to have been made for this purpose will be revoked). So if any other club with a waiver claim priority between the Cubs and the Phillies claimed Valbuena, and then the Cubs traded Valbuena to the Phillies, the Cubs waiver claim would be revoked (and so would the trade), and the club that put in a claim for Valbuena but lost out to the Cubs would get Valbuena and the Cubs would pay the $50,000 waiver fee.

Submitted by tim815  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 7:01pm  
I learn so much here. Thanks.

Submitted by VirginiaPhil  on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 9:44am  
"In case anyone thinks the Cubs claimed Luis Valbuena so that he could be flipped to the Phillies in a trade . . ." I think they claimed Valbuena so they could show DeWitt the door. (I'd like to be there myself to hold the door for DeWitt and Byrd.) I also think that what they plan to do with Lendy Castillo is give him the ball.

Submitted by Cubster  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 7:42pm  
watch me make A Soriano disappear!

Submitted by dc60124  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 7:44pm  
from your lips to theo's ears...

Submitted by crunch  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 7:54pm  
k.lohse (STL) no-hitter through 6...would be perfect if not for a HBP. 70 pitches.

Submitted by Jumbo  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 7:56pm  
I just picked him up on my fantasy team but did not start him

Submitted by Rob G.  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 8:12pm  
no worse feeling in fantasy baseball

Submitted by jacos  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 8:05pm  
marlins no hits through 6. edit hit reyes 7th

Submitted by The E-Man  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 8:12pm  
The Cardinals have not allowed one hit through six innings.

Submitted by Arizona Phil  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 9:56pm  
Ex-Cub RHP Marco Carrillo is now with Los Sultanes de Monterrey in the Mexican League. The Cubs sold RHP Oswaldo Martinez to Los Diablos Rojos de Mexico (the Mexico City Red Devils) a couple of weeks ago. Both Carrillo and O. Martinez could be in the bullpen for Team Mexico in the World Baseball Classic next Spring. RHP Hung-Wen Chen (the first Taiwanese player signed by the Cubs) was released, and he will likely be on Team Chinese Taipei in the 2012 WBC. The Cubs loaned Chen to Los Piratas de Campeche in the Mexican League last summer (where he was one of the top closers in the Mexican League), so he could end up back there, or he could go home and pitch in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL).

Submitted by Arizona Phil  on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 10:50pm  
Cubs have officially added RHP Shawn Camp and OF-IF Joe Mather to 40-man roster, and have placed RHP Marcos Mateo (elbow) on 60-day DL. Camp is eligible to be an Article XX-B MLB free-agent post-2012. He has no minor league options left, but it doesn't really matter because he has five-plus years of MLB Service Time, so he cannot be sent to minors (by Outrighht or Optional Assignment) unless he gives his permission in advance (which is VERY unlikely). Mather has no Minor League Options left and can refuse an Outright Assignment if he is outrighted because he was outrighted previously in his career. Cubs MLB Reserve List (40-man roster) is now full, and MLB Active List (25-man roster) is one over limit because LHP Gerardo Concepcion hasn't been officially optioned yet. Concepcion was never in big league camp, and he was left behind when the Daytona Cubs left for Florida last Sunday (he pitched in the Fitch Park intrasquad game this morning), so he could go on 60-day DL to open up another slot on the 40-man roster if he is not optioned by tomorrow. IF-OF Blake DeWiit and RHP Rodrigo Lopez have NOT yet been added to 40-man roster. Rodrigo Lopez gets automatic $100K retention bonus if he is not added to Cubs 40-man roster by Opening Day. That's because he was a post-2011 Article XX-B MLB free-agent who signed a minor league contract, and Cubs did not release him by 5th day prior to MLB Opening Day. So if Cubs plan to add Lopez to 40-man roster (and 25-man roster), they would save $100K by doing it by Opening Day instead of waiting to do it and paying him an extra $100K unnecessarily. DeWitt cannot refuse to go to Iowa because he was outrighted in February and had his chance to be a free-agent at that time. Now he's stuck.

Submitted by Dr. aaron b  on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 10:35am  
What do you think the split is on his Minor League contract? 100K now might be less than what his Major League split would be.

Submitted by Arizona Phil  on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 11:07am  
Thu, 04/05/2012 - 9:35am — Dr. aaron b What do you think the split is on his Minor League contract? 100K now might be less than what his Major League split would be. =================================== DR AARON: Bruce Levine reported Rodrigo Lopez's contract as $900K if he was on an MLB 40-man roster, with a $235K minor league split salary to be paid if he is at AAA Iowa. So that's $150K per month if he is in MLB, or about $60K per month if he is at AAA. If he spends a month at Iowa, the Cubs would save about $90K in salary (but offset by paying the $100K Article XX-B retention bonus) versus what they would have had to pay him if he had been in MLB over that period of time. What I was trying to say about the Article XX-B retention bonus is if Lopez is going to AAA and there is no doubt about that and he's going to be there at least a month, then fine. But if the Cubs are planning to add him to the 40-man roster when they add a 12th pitcher, then waiting a couple of days to do that cost them an extra $100K that they would not have had to pay if he was added to the 40-man roster prior to Opening Day.

Submitted by Sweet Lou  on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 7:45am  
Even though I knew the Cubs had cut payroll, I was surprised to read this from @BizballMaury on Twitter:
Everyone talking about Mets' cuts, but Cubs more (-29.47%): $88,197,033 in 2012 compared to $125,047,329 last Opening Day
Who would have thought this would be the result when Epstein and Hoyer took over?

Submitted by Cubster  on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 7:51am  
@BizballMaury on Twitter --- he's probably not counting the $18M they are paying for Zambrano (minus the Volstad salary); nor the $5M for Pena

Submitted by Rob G.  on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 8:43am  
It's USA today's number and yeah, seems to be missing Z's go-away money at the very least.

Submitted by Rob G.  on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 9:09am  
The payroll figures do no include the nearly $17 million of Carlos Zambrano's contract with Miami, which the Cubs are paying, or the $2.7 million for Randy Wells, who was demoted to Triple-A Iowa last week. so other than about 18% of the actual payroll, it's the Cubs payroll number.

Submitted by John Beasley  on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 9:55am  
If you exclude Soriano, Garza, and Dempster, it's even lower!

Submitted by Sweet Lou  on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 10:53am  
So in a nutshell, the quote above from @bizballmaury was a waste of the time it took Maury to tweet it, the time it took me to re-quote it, and the space it took up on this page. Other than that, it was very worthwhile. On another note, if you subtract 18% of the Yankees payroll and then claim they have a much lower, fictitious payroll...oh, never mind.

Submitted by Cubster  on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 7:53am  
Tom Ricketts opening day message via an article in the Thursday Sun-Times: http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/...

Submitted by QuietMan  on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 8:45am  
"I almost spit up my Fruit Loops when I saw that." Theo Epstein

Submitted by Charlie  on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 11:18am  
"And that future starts now." Deep stuff. Really. Okay. Not really.

Submitted by Cubster  on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 7:58am  
Fancam from Sports World is operational with audio this year. You can see new posters of Sveum, Garza, Maholm and Byrd to the right of the Marquee. http://www.sportsworldchicago.com/c=bSjWmm9KE...

Submitted by toonsterwu  on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 7:59am  
Looks like Concepcion is back on Daytona. I don't recall the initial list for Daytona that was put out, so not sure who got sent down. Guessing one of the lefties (Kirk/Jokisch) join Harman in the pen, as it's hard to see Cates/Loosen not in the rotation (and Loosen is starting opening day), and I gotta think Simpson gets a rotation look.

Submitted by Arizona Phil  on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 11:17am  
Thu, 04/05/2012 - 6:59am — toonsterwu Looks like Concepcion is back on Daytona. I don't recall the initial list for Daytona that was put out, so not sure who got sent down. Guessing one of the lefties (Kirk/Jokisch) join Harman in the pen, as it's hard to see Cates/Loosen not in the rotation (and Loosen is starting opening day), and I gotta think Simpson gets a rotation look. ====================================== TOONSTER: With Gerardo Concepcion getting optioned to Daytona (and he looked very good in yesterday's intrasquad game, BTW), the Daytona Cubs now have 26 players listed on their 25-man roster, including 14 pitchers. They could keep 14 pitchers for a while and drop a position player (they use the DH in all "A" ball leagues, so a team could probably operate with a two-man bench), or they could DL or drop one of the other pitchers.

Submitted by Cubster  on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 5:46pm  
"And that future starts now." --- Marty McFly loved that quote

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