Don M Sowers

Lewie Pollis Joins Us to Talk about the Indians Series

It's weird, man. I don't know what to do with myself. For years it's been "who can we trade," and suddenly we're the ones making midseason upgrades? And Fukudome was one thing, but now Ubaldo? Maybe I'm just being forgetful, but off the top of my head I can't remember the Indians ever making a deadline deal this big. At least, when we weren't selling.

LP: Realistically, a guy who'll play in an absolute maximum of 12 games isn't going to be able to put the team on his back this year. That being said, he's a huge upgrade over Mitch Talbot and if he returns to 2010 form (he's  been unlucky this year ) he could give the Indians more than 2 WAR. In a division where the three teams are only four games apart, that could definitely end up making a difference. Plus, the Indians trading for him meant the Tigers didn't—if he'd gone to , the race would be over.

What's great is, we have him for two more pennant races after this one. I've seen people say we gave up more for Ubaldo than we got for Sabathia or Lee—well, we got more than the year-and-a-half the Phillies would have had for Lee (if they hadn't traded him) or the three months the Brewers got out of Sabathia. Masterson and Jimenez will make a phenomenal 1-2 punch going forward. 

will be throwing.

Finally, you get a familiar face: Justin Masterson (2.56 ERA, 3.40 SIERA). I'm surprised I haven't heard his name in Cy Young talks much (not saying he's the best pitcher in league, but he at least deserves to be mentioned in the conversation). In case you haven't heard, you'll be seeing a lot of fastballs—in his penultimate outing, 103 out of the 104 pitches he threw were fastballs.

Don't let candidate remain anonymous « North Carolina Miscellany

Http://bioguide.congress.gov is the official biographical directory of everyone who’s ever served in Congress. Photos accompany entries where they’re available – none, however, for Mr. Jonas, Sr., as I just checked. You can search by any combination of last name, first name, state, party, year, Congress served in (e.g., the 100th Congress was 1987-1989), and office held (Representative or Senator). So if you know (or assume) that you’re looking for an early-20th Century Representative from North Carolina, you can input that and search the results to see if a picture shows up that matches the one on the button. Of course, if the candidate on the button was never successfully elected, he won’t be there.

Given the style of the man’s clothing and his hairstyle, as well as the overall styling of the image, it looks to me like the photo was taken in the 1950s or possibly early to mid 1960s. I’d be very surprised to heat that it dates from before the late 1940s.

Looks more like a photo of a businessman, maybe a Charlotte area businessman. Charlotte mayor Philip Van Every (Lance, Inc.); James J. Harris (Insurance company / real estate developer) or Ed O’Herron (Eckerd’s) . . . but don’t know that they ever ran for Congress. Maybe it was a gag button rather than a “real” election???

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