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Best Landing Spot for MLB's Top Free Agent Players
Posted on November 27, 2014 by Matt Huddleston
The 2014 Major League Baseball season ended nearly a month ago, but the team changing deals that take place every offseason are already taking place. The biggest trade that has happened so far is undoubtedly Jason Heyward going to the Cardinals in exchange for Shelby Miller, however, there is a good chance that there will be several more before 2015 begins.
As far as free agent signings go, Pablo Sandoval signing to play with the Red Sox was a big time deal, with Hanley Ramirez, Russell Martin and Victor Martinez inking large contracts as well.
But despite that, not too many of the 100+ free agent players have signed yet — just over a dozen are off the market, having signed with a team or retired — but there's still plenty of time left for a lot of exciting deals to go down. (The trades that could be made are nearly impossible to predict, but every free agent has to find a home somewhere — either with their same team or a new one — so that's what I'll be talking about.)
Notable current free agents include Jon Lester, James Shields, and Nelson Cruz, among others, but I'm only going to be discussing the top ranked player available at each position (in my mind), and which team I feel they'd fit the best with.
Keep in mind, these are the teams I feel would be the best fit for each player/team, not necessarily a team that's interested in them, or subsequently will sign them.
2014 MLB TOP FREE AGENTS
Catcher: A.J. Pierzynski
Team I feel should sign him: Pirates
Losing their catcher from 2014, Russell Martin, to free agency, A.J. Pierzynski would be a decent pickup for the Pirates. Though they have a few options for the catcher position, including former first round draft pick Tony Sanchez, who has been waiting and waiting to take over the spot, Pierzyski could serve at least as the backup. His veteran presence, along with his overall offensive production, would give the Pirates a slightly better lineup in 2015.
Designated Hitter: Nelson Cruz
Team I feel should sign him: Mariners
Although Nelson Cruz has played both outfield and designated hitter over the course of his career, he would best serve as a primary DH, in my mind, going to the Mariners. After falling just short of the playoffs in 2014, adding Cruz to protect Robinson Cano in the lineup would go a long way in making the Mariners contenders in 2015. Given, moves that seem to make sense don't always work out, but taking a chance on Cruz is more than worth the risk.
First Base: Michael Morse
Team I feel should sign him: Rays
This move would be a better fit for the Rays rather than Michael Morse, however, it could end up benefiting Morse in the long run. Having played numerous positions, Morse could answer a lot of problems for the Rays, even if he serves as a platoon player and part time DH, as Morse's bat could go a long way in helping the Rays next season. All they need is a little more offensive pop, as their starting pitching is already good. Morse could be a great addition to the Rays.
Second Base: Jed Lowrie
Team I feel should sign him: Marlins
Jed Lowrie didn't have the best season in 2014, but he's one of those players that is just good enough to have an impact. Though that impact can vary from game to game, Lowrie has been a good player over his career, and could fill the Marlins' second base slot. After locking up Giancarlo Stanton to a record deal, and with the young players the Marlins are adding to the roster, Lowrie at second could help the Marlins finally make a push in 2015.
Third Base: Chase Headley
Team I feel should sign him: Giants
With Pablo Sandoval off the market, and the Giants' backup option for third base, Yasmany Tomas, out of the running as well, Chase Headley is their best free agent option. While he can't completely replace Sandoval, Headley would fill the spot well. Headley had decent offensive numbers this past season with the Yankees, and he plays a decent hot corner. Everything together, the Giants could solve their problem at third base relatively cheap.
Shortstop: Asdrubal Cabrera
Team I feel should sign him: Yankees
Now that Hanley Ramirez off the market, the best remaining free agent shortstop is Asdrubal Cabrera. Although he played second base for a good part of last season with the Nationals, he's a natural shortstop and would do a good job of filling the Yankees' empty spot at short, now that Derek Jeter has retired. Although it wouldn't be a long term solution for the Yankees, Cabrera taking over the shortstop role would help for the time being.
Left Field: Melky Cabrera
Team I feel should sign him: Athletics
Melky Cabrera had a bounce back season in 2014, and could be a valuable pickup for the Athletics if they decide to snag him. While the Athletics aren't the favorite to sign Cabrera, and aren't really in the running at all, after the loss of their previous left fielder, Yoenis Cespedes, to the Red Sox for Jon Lester last year, getting Cabrera would make the A's a better all around ball club, in my opinion. That is, if he can have a year close to the one he put together in 2014.
Center Field: Colby Rasmus
Team I feel should sign him: Braves
Despite being a solid outfielder, Colby Rasmus heading to the Braves is admittedly a long shot, but I feel he would fit in nicely. With Justin Upton in center field, Rasmus would have to move around in the outfield throughout the season, but he's a good enough defender with a decent amount of pop in his bat. Rasmus isn't a player that would completely transform the Braves, but after they missed the playoffs in 2014, he could help them over the hump.
Right Field: Torii Hunter
Team I feel should sign him: Orioles
The Tigers have made it clear that they don't plan to bring back Torii Hunter to play right field in 2015, and therefore he'll be on the move this offseason. Although Hunter has been around for years, he's still a very consistent player, both offensively and in the outfield. With only a year or two left from Hunter, he'll likely be looking to head to a playoff contender. Thus, I feel Hunter would be a good fit with Orioles (assuming they lose Nick Markakis).
Starting Pitcher: James Shields, Jon Lester and Max Scherzer
Team I feel should sign them: Red Sox (Shields), Cubs (Lester) and Rangers (Scherzer)
With the free agent market overflowing with great starting pitching, it was impossible to narrow the options down to a single top choice. In the end I got it down to three, with James Shields, Max Scherzer and Jon Lester coming out as the best statistical starters available.
For Shields, the Royals would fare well to resign him, but it will likely be another team. In my opinion, the Red Sox would benefit from a signing of Shields as a cheaper version of Jon Lester. As far as Lester is concerned, he is reportedly in talks with a number of teams, including the Cubs, who, with their great, young lineup, would really be an intriguing team with Lester's addition. Max Scherzer is yet another front of the rotation starter on the market, and if the Rangers are looking to compete again in 2015, signing Scherzer long term would put them into position to do so.
Relief Pitcher: Andrew Miller
Team I feel should sign him: Tigers
Some would place David Robertson ahead of Andrew Miller in terms of value, however, I have to put Miller first. He has turned into one of the most dominant relief pitchers in the game today, and would make any teams' bullpen immediately stronger. With the Tigers being a solid bullpen short of a World Series Championship caliber team, a reunion with Miller could help them make that type of playoff run in 2015.
So, there are my thoughts on which players are the best remaining free agents at each position, and which team should sign them. Odds are that everything won't go exactly, if at all, how I feel it should, but this is just the way I see things working out best.
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Monday Sees Two Major Deals & One Big Trade
Monday was certainly a big day in the baseball world.
Not only did one of the game's biggest stars sign a contract unprecedented in the history of the sport — or any sport anywhere for that matter — but a catcher from the Steel City was locked up by the Blue Jays long term, and the Cardinals and Braves swapped players to help fill each others needs.
It was all very interesting to follow.
Giancarlo Stanton kicked off the news filled day, finally signing the mammoth contract that everyone knew would eventually come. While many people predicted it would come from a team other than the Marlins, the Marlins were in fact the team that got a deal with Stanton done.
A team that was at the bottom, in terms of team combined payroll, this past season, the Marlins locked up Stanton to a 13-year, 325 million dollar deal (the largest in the history of North American sports).
In addition to being so large, Stanton's deal comes with a full no-trade clause — previously unheard of for the Marlins' franchise — as well as an opt-out clause after the 2020 season. Having just turned 25 year old, the Marlins logic behind this major contract to such an impact player, who has legitimate 40+ home run a season potential, can easily be understood.
Despite a season ending injury in September, Stanton posted career numbers this year, batting .288 with 37 home runs and 105 RBI's, and finishing second in National League Most Valuable Player voting.
Tied with Dan Uggla for the most home runs in Marlins' franchise history, with 154, Stanton will undoubtedly pass that mark early on in 2015, having hit over 20 home runs every single year of his five career seasons. A two-time All-Star, Stanton will surely go on to set numerous records while in a Marlins uniform now that this contract is officially in place, and could go down as one of the best sluggers in baseball history once all is said and done.
But Stanton wasn't the only player that was locked up to a sizeable contract on Monday.
Also getting signed on the day was veteran catcher, Russell Martin, who agreed to an 82 million dollar contract over the course of the next five years from the Blue Jays.
Playing his last two seasons with the Pirates, after time spent between the Yankees and the Dodgers since his debut in 2006, Martin has been an up and down player over the course of his career, but should be an impact player for the Jays.
A three-time All-Star, Martin had a break out season in 2014, hitting .290 with 11 home runs and 67 RBI's over 111 games played.
Previously a combined .234 hitter over his past five seasons, including a career low .211 in 2012, Martin truly made a name for himself this past year, and should make the Blue Jays glad they snagged him.
While Giancarlo Stanton and Russell Martin both signed contracts with their given teams, there was a big trade between the Cardinals and Braves that everyone was talking about as well.
The Cardinals received Jason Heyward and Jordan Walden in exchange for Shelby Miller and minor league prospect Tyrell Jenkins, who got sent back to the Braves. Though none of these players can be categorized as major stars, at least as of yet, they all have the ability to be key pieces of each team moving forward, and the trade truly made sense for both sides.
With their starting rotation being one of their many issues from the 2014 season, the additions of Shelby Miller and Tyrell Jenkins (both former first round draft picks) will likely do wonders for the Braves in the coming years.
Miller, who hasn't yet been the consistent starter many envision him becoming, was decent in 2014, posting a 3.74 ERA on the season. As was Jenkins, who notched an ERA just above three over 13 minor league starts this year. Each of them have the capability to be standout players.
In the same way that the Braves needed starting pitching, the Cardinals found themselves in need of a good everyday right fielder, after the unexpected loss of their future superstar right fielder, Oscar Taveras. Jason Heyward certainly fills that role, though he hasn't yet lived up to his superstar potential.
While Heyward has won a couple of Gold Gloves in his career with the Braves, making a lone All-Star appearance in his rookie season, he's only a career .262 hitter. In addition, since a breakout year in 2012 when Heyward blasted 27 home runs and drove in 82 runs, he hasn't notched more than 14 homers or upwards of 58 RBI's in any single season.
Even so, Heyward is the type of player that can instantly improve any club he's on. Gaining him (along with Jordan Walden, who posted a 2.88 ERA in 2014) can only help the Cardinals as they look to make another playoff run in 2015.
Posted in Dailies	| Tagged Blue Jays, Braves, Cardinals, Contract, Deals, Future, Giancarlo Stanton, Home Run, Hot Stove, Jason Heyward, Jordan Walden, Marlins, Monday, Money, Pirates, Record, Russell Martin, Shelby Miller, Trade, Tyrell Jenkins	| Leave a reply
Should A Bat Flip Warrant A Flip Out?
Carlos Gomez is in the news once again, and once again it's not on a high note.
If you recall back to September 25th of last season, Gomez, after blasting a homer against the Braves and admiring it as it soared into the seats, had a few choice words for Freddie Freeman and Chris Johnson as he rounded the bases. Brian McCann, the Braves' catcher at the time, didn't approve of Gomez's actions and blocked his path to home plate, causing both Gomez and McCann to flare up and both benches to clear.
On Sunday afternoon, it was deja vu for Gomez.
While it involved the Pirates this time instead of the Braves, Gomez launched what he thought was a home run and proceeded to flip his bat before jogging down towards first. The ball didn't have as much behind it as originally thought, however, causing it to hit off the top of the wall and roll away from the centerfielder, Andrew McCutchen. With his speed, Gomez still wound up at third base, where pitcher Gerrit Cole, who was backing up the base, let his feelings be known regarding Gomez's jog.
Gomez didn't like what was said by Cole, causing him to flip out, having to be withheld by the umpire from charging Cole. While Cole's exact words aren't known (if they were, I'm certain I couldn't publish them here), he claims to have said nothing more than "if you're going to hit a home run, you can watch it. If you're going to hit a fly ball to center field, don't watch it." That, however, was apparently enough to create an all-out brawl:
Due to their involvement in the altercation, Martin Maldonado (arguably the player who had the most involvement, punching Travis Snider square in the face) received a five game suspension, with Gomez getting three, Travis Snider having two sit out two, and Russell Martin being forced to be benched for a game. (All received undisclosed fines.)
As happens with most fights on the field, one side has their own opinion to what happened and who was at fault, with the other side having just the opposite to say. Gomez remains adamant that he did nothing wrong, saying, "I'm not apologizing for nothing I did. This is my job; I've been doing it for eight years like that. They know I play like that. It's not to disrespect nobody." But not everyone agrees with that.
What it comes down to is your definition of what "showing up" the opposing team means.
In this particular instance with Gomez, I feel this is in fact the way he plays, and therefore it shouldn't have caused such a big fuss. Gomez is well known for his playing style, and the bat flip should've been expected from him. However, with that said, Gomez is, in my mind, the one to blame for the fight. Sure, if Cole hadn't said anything to Gomez, all would've been well. But Cole was just letting his thoughts be known. He has the same right to show emotion as Gomez does.
Carlos Gomez is a great player, and like some players, it takes a mentality such as his to succeed at the big league level, and therefore I'm not saying he's a bad guy or that he needs to tone down his antics. I enjoy his "celebrations", as some have coined them, and don't really want them to stop, as that's who he is. However, he needs to realize that with his bat flips and slow trots comes trash talk from the opposing team, and he can't let that get the better of him.
It's all just part of the game.
Posted in Dailies	| Tagged Andrew McCutchen, Baseball, Bat Flip, Braves, Brewers, Brian McCann, Carlos Gomez, Chris Johnson, Freddie Freeman, Gerrit Cole, Homer, Major League Baseball, Martin Maldonado, MLB, Pirates, Russell Martin, Showing Up, Travis Snider	| Leave a reply


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Rackspace CEO Rhodes resigns six months after sale
Patrick DannerMay 3, 2017 GMT
Rackspace Hosting CEO Taylor Rhodes is leaving the San Antonio-based managed cloud computing company on May 16, about six months after he steered it through a $4.3 billion sale.
On Wednesday, Rhodes wrote in a blog post titled "Why I'm Leaving Rackspace" that he will become CEO of a smaller private company in another city. He didn't identify the company but said it doesn't compete with Rackspace. He added he will be able to discuss it in more detail in a couple of weeks.
"It's using cloud technologies to disrupt what has been a very low-tech industry," Rhodes said in the post. "The company is going through growing pains and needs a CEO who has been through those challenges before."
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Rackspace's No. 2 executive, Jeff Cotten, will serve as interim CEO, spokeswoman Monica Jacob said.
"He and his fellow Rackers are determined to build on the momentum that Taylor created," she said. A search for his replacement is under way. Cotten is a strong candidate to permanently fill the post, she said.
Cotten was named president earlier this year to fill the spot that had been vacated by Rhodes when he was promoted to CEO in 2014.
"We're going to keep driving to expand Rackspace's leadership of the fast-growing market for managed cloud services," Cotten wrote in a blog post Wednesday.
New York private equity firm Apollo Global Management acquired Rackspace in November, taking the publicly traded company private. As part of the deal, Apollo targeted $100 million in annual cost reductions.
The ax fell three months ago when Rackspace announced it was slashing about 6 percent of its staff, or at least 275 of Rackspace's more than 4,600-person U.S. workforce. About 200 of the jobs targeted for elimination were at its headquarters.
Rhodes called the cuts "personally painful" but "necessary and manageable."
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Rhodes, who joined Rackspace in 2007, replaced company co-founder and former Chairman Graham Weston as CEO in 2014. Weston had been serving as chief executive on an interim basis.
At the time, Rackspace was facing intense and increasing competition from the likes of Amazon Web Services and Google Inc. But after a four-month review that included hiring investment banking firm Morgan Stanley to assist the company to size up its "strategic" options, Rackspace chose to remain as independent.
Less than two years later, in August, though, Rackspace announced a sale to Apollo.
"There are times when it's great for companies to be public, and there are times that are great for companies to be private," Rhodes said at the time. "When we were a private company, we could make decisions with a longer time horizon than potentially we can as a public company."
Rhodes then reflected on the days when Rackspace was privately held, and operated without the constant scrutiny by public investors.
"And we knew the right things to do for the long-term viability of the company, and that's what we feel excited about doing as a private company," he added.
Rhodes made assurances that Rackspace would keep its headquarters in San Antonio.
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The pending sale of two Maine malls underscores the urgency of keeping retail centers viable.
The recent news that Bangor Mall and the Aroostook Centre Mall in Presque Isle are going on the auction block provides more proof of shifting consumer patterns in retail. While it is unfortunate to see venerable brands like Sears and JCPenney go out of business, it provides communities with new opportunities around land use.
As consumers begin to move away from malls, it is vital for us to have future plans on how to occupy the space these retail centers make up. If we don't have a plan for future land use, spaces like the Auburn Mall or the Maine Mall could end up abandoned shrines to American consumerism, stuck in time as museums to explorers of urban decay.
Experts suggest a variety of solutions on how to rejuvenate shopping areas. Creating a mixed-use development, in which retail space is buffered by affordable housing, restaurants, offices and shared spaces, allows for community to flourish.
Redeveloping into offices or community amenities (urgent-care clinics, libraries, gyms) has helped several shopping centers increase their viability. TD Bank's call center at the Auburn Mall is proof of such success.
Harnessing the buying power of Maine's immigrant and refugee communities is another key component. Many shopping centers have found success providing space for immigrant small business or ethnic food and clothing establishments. Creating retail "destinations" that provide family fun and attractions has proven successful, like the Round One Amusement Center at the Maine Mall, for example.
For the most part, Maine has remained relatively inoculated from the "retailpocalypse" ravaging other parts of the country. Tourism from Canada and our own remoteness have continued to feed the popularity of some retail areas. However, if we want our economy to continue to grow and prosper, we need to be aware and prepared to creatively respond to economic changes.


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Friday, March 23,2007 00:00
By Leadership Council for Human Rights
At a joint panel of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID) today in Washington, regional experts expressed concern over what they see as a backsliding of democracy in the Middle East of late.
Shadi Hamid, a founding board member of the Project on Middle East Democracy and a Marshall Scholar at Oxford University, said that after a wave of optimism among Arab democratic supporters in 2005 in the wake of notable reforms in some nations, a "total 180 has taken place in the last few years." The United States – fearful that democratically-elected alternatives in the region could be Islamist, as was the case with the ascendance of Hamas in Palestine in early 2006 – has allowed Arab dictators to crush their opposition, he said.
"There was a democratic moment, but the moment passed," Hamid said.
Hamid also said that, whereas U.S. regional policy had previously conveyed a rigid dichotomy of "dictators versus democrats," it now stresses "moderates versus extremists." The irony though, according to Hamid, is that the current Arab moderates in power are dictators, while the current Arab extremists in power are democrats. To help remedy these inconsistencies and promote genuine democracy in the region, he said that the U.S. needs to formulate a coherent policy that would, among other things, engage nonviolent Islamists, bringing a select subset to the U.S. as part of exchange programs; engender dialogue between Islamists and secularists; and create the conditions on the ground necessary to empower democratic groups. Doing this would also be consonant with U.S. national security priorities, as granting Arabs the legitimate avenues of expression that are inherent to democracy would also help to keep frustrated individuals from resorting to illegitimate avenues of expression such as terrorism.
Amr Hamzawy, a prominent Egyptian political scientist currently working at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, added that Arabs were wrong to assume that the notable concessions granted by governments in Egypt and Lebanon in recent years could be duplicated throughout the region. The Middle East today, Hamzawy said, is still beset by unbalanced governments that allow far too much executive authority, weak opposition parties, and a lack of a politically moderate center that can serve as an alternative to autocracy and theocracy. Hamzawy also addressed recent developments in Egypt, where a forthcoming referendum is expected on constitutional amendments that he says would further stifle opposition parties – namely the Islamist group, the Muslim Brotherhood – and extend executive power under the pretense of counter-terrorism.
Radwant Masmoudi, the founder and president of CSID, also linked reduced U.S. pressure on Arab autocrats of late with the Islamist threat made manifest by the ascendance of Hamas and Hezbollah last year and the strong showing of the Muslim Brotherhood in the 2005 Egyptian parliamentary elections – a development that Masmoudi attributed partially to purposeful tampering by an Egyptian government that recognized the potential advantages of such an outcome – but chided the Bush administration for failing to envision that such a scenario could occur. Masmoudi went on to attempt to dispel several common myths held by outsiders to the region. These include views that there is not a genuine desire for democracy in the region (he pointed to a recent Gallop poll that offers overwhelmingly evidence to the contrary); external pressure doesn't create reform (U.S. pressure for democracy was effective in 2004 and 2005, he said); and secularists and Islamists can't cooperate (both sides are willing, but Arab governments are wary of the possible implications, he noted). Masmoudi argued that the Middle East is at a crossroads; the significant unemployment rates currently evident throughout the region could spell problems in several years as a populace that is mostly under 21 comes of age. The U.S. must recognize that if the threat to regional stability that this impending development embodies is to be curtailed, democratic governments, which offer their citizens the best hope for expanded opportunities, must be supported.
Shadi Hamid is founding member and associate at The Project on Middle East Democracy. He is a contributor to Democracy Arsenal, the Security and Peace Initiative's foreign affairs blog.
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BASEBALL LIVES IN OUR CITY
Expos Encounters
After a Ten-Year Wait, Raines Elected to Hall of Fame
January 18, 2017 By Jan Sauvé-Frankel 1 Comment
Tim Raines (as manager of the Newark Bears) has been elected to the Hall of Fame.
After ten long years, the wait is finally over.
Tim Raines has been elected into Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame, joining Jeff Bagwell and Ivan Rodriguez as the 2017 inductees that were announced tonight at 6PM.
For weeks, Montrealers and Expos fans from all over wondered whether Raines would be inducted in his last year of eligibility. In 2014, the Baseball Hall of Fame adjusted its rules to grant players only ten years of eligibility on ballots, as opposed to 15. This was Raines' tenth and final year on the ballot after failing to appear on the required 75 per cent of voters' ballots last year. He had come up just short with 69.8 per cent.
There was a strong sense leading up to tonight's announcement that Raines would finally make the cut, as he was on over 90% of ballots made public. In the end, he made it onto 86 per cent of the ballots.
Raines, nicknamed "Rock", will enter the Hall of Fame as a Montreal Expo, having played 13 seasons with the team, the bulk of his sterling 23-year career.
He was beloved by Montrealers for being able to dominate a game with his bat and his speed. He finished his career with 2,605 hits, 1,330 walks, a .294 batting average, a .385 on-base percentage, 1,571 runs scored and 808 stolen bases (fifth best all-time). His 84.7 per cent success rate for stolen bases is first all-time among players with at least 400 attempts. To put that last stat in perspective, Rickey Henderson, widely regarded as the greatest base-stealer of all-time, would have needed to steal 448 more bases without being caught in order to surpass Raines' success rate.
This is an important moment in Expos history, as Raines will become the third Expo inducted into the Hall of Fame after Gary Carter (2003) and Andre Dawson (2010).
Tim Raines posted the following on his Twitter account:
Thank you. pic.twitter.com/BNSymKRWoL
— Tim Raines (@TimRaines30) January 18, 2017
Expos fans will no doubt travel in droves to Cooperstown, New York to celebrate with Rock when he is inducted on July 30.
(Photo de Tim Raines: IMG_2597CC BY 2.0 Crédit: Phil Hoops)
(Photo of Tim Raines: IMG_2597 CC BY 2.0 Credit: Phil Hoops)
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About Jan Sauvé-Frankel
I'm the founder of this website. I'm just one of so many people in Montreal who have a great passion for baseball. After spending much of my life playing and coaching at various levels, I'm now focused on promoting Montreal's baseball history, community and culture.
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Welcome to Oz - Ignore that Man Behind the Curtain: Corporate Billing for Anesthesia Services
Thomson, Sydney, MD, FASA
| Feb 10, 2020
I want to share our convoluted journey down the yellow brick road discovering the "Great and Powerful Oz" of Corporate Anesthesia billing. The story begins……
- Dorotheos, a patient buffeted by the winds of a cyclone (my husband)
- Scarecrow, an orthopedic surgeon
- Tin Man, an anesthesiologist
- Cowardly Lion, an ASC
- Glinda the Good, a physician spouse (also an anesthesiologist)
- The Great and Powerful Oz (see the end)
My husband had surgery at an ASC in early November with TIVA and a Femoral Nerve block administered by a physician anesthesiologist. Dr. Tin Man was technically proficient, though we barely learned his name as he ran from case to case. A few weeks later, we received paper invoices from the surgeon's office and the ASC, and EOB's from our insurer outlining our financial responsibility. Everything matched. Just before Christmas my husband receives this text:
Would you click this link? Your first name at the top is spelled incorrectly. You don't know the sender nor recognize the generic sounding name of the medical group. Surely this must be a dream. You have been warned about phishing scams, so you delete the text. Three weeks pass and you receive the same text. My husband shared the text with me and realized we had not received an invoice from the anesthesiologist. We did not receive a business card or other contact information for Dr. Tin Man, and no information regarding anesthesia billing was disclosed on the DOS. My husband did not recall signing anything opting in to receiving text messages from this sender. We checked with our local Munchkins (teenagers) if bill texting was the new norm. The answer was an emphatic "no", they would never click that link.
With all the corporate consolidations in our area, I honestly did not know who to contact. I wanted to see how a patient would navigate this system. So, I (Glinda the Good Witch) told my husband (Dorotheos) to follow the yellow brick road to find answers.
First, he called the Scarecrow's office. The surgeon had requested the anesthesiologist for the case and should have the best contact number. The surgeon's office only had a toll-free number, and like the Scarecrow in the movie and books, had no further thoughts on the matter. My husband called the 866 number and asked for the anesthesiologist by name. He was promptly told they have NO physician names and demanded his account number. He had no invoice from the anesthesiologist, so no account number. He was asked to provide his name and DOB and was told he was not in their system as a patient. Then the representative said just click on the text (click your Ruby Slippers three times) to get your account number. Needless to say, he would not click on any links since they would not identify the anesthesiologist as being part of their system. My husband was frustrated and asked me to intervene.
I called the ASC and identified myself as an anesthesiologist needing to get in touch with the anesthesiologist's office so I could speak with him—surely, they had the name and contact info of the group that was contracted to provide anesthesia services? Were they afraid, like the Cowardly Lion, to give out this information? I inquired if texting links to patients was part of their billing process? The office biller said she had never heard of anything like that before! Definitely no! She instructed me to GOOGLE the anesthesiologist's name and see if there was an office listed. Google provided three different listings in different nearby cities and the phone numbers were all the main operator lines to the various hospitals. No office, no corporate name, nothing.
I called the 866 number and insisted on speaking with a customer service manager. I identified myself as the District Director for the CSA and that my husband and I were very dissatisfied with this experience. The representative was in a call center in Kansas City. The Great and Wonderful Oz had decreed that texting was Green (like everything in the Emerald City) and the future of billing! It replaced their traditional system which had been used for years successfully. He shared we were not the first to complain and express frustration, but like the Flying Monkeys they had to follow orders – it was beyond their control. Finally, he revealed that Dr. Tin Man's practice was acquired by the Emerald City overseen by The Great and Wonderful Oz.
My non-medical husband asked how can we expect the public to perceive us as "real doctors" when we have no office (virtual or physical), no identity in the billing process, and no contact information in case of patient concerns or questions? He received a postoperative call from the ASC but not the anesthesiologist. If there had been a problem with his Anesthetic/PNB nobody would have known how to reach Dr. Tin Man. He found the whole experience cold (heartless), time-consuming and unprofessional. Imagine what the satisfaction scores will be like now!
The moral of this story is that in the name of efficiencies, the Corporate Business of Anesthesiology is turning us into faceless, nameless "Tin Men" perceived by the public as less than "real" doctors. We need to demand a voice in the design of billing processes that represent our work and provide business cards to patients with local contact information. At this critical time in anesthesiology we need to have the courage and brains to insist on transparency and control of our public persona otherwise we will lose the heart of our physician identity to Oz.


While you were watching Villanova and Duke screw up your NCAA bracket (I had Villanova in the title game), the Golden State Warriors found their footing and three-point touch again and move back to the top of the rankings. The Lakers have been so bad we even put Brooklyn ahead of them now.
1. Warriors (55-14, Last Week No. 3). All they needed to get right was some time at home (three games at Oracle) against softer competition. Stephen Curry was back to draining threes (6-of-8 Saturday vs. Milwaukee) and they played much better defense. The competition picks up this week (at Oklahoma City Monday, Memphis later in the week) but the Warriors seem to have their footing back. Also, Kevin Durant is shooting jumpers again, working his way back.
2. Cavaliers (46-23, LW 5). They went 7-6 without Kevin Love, got him back, and won both games he played (Clippers game obviously excluded). Notice, by the way, that the day after LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, and Love rested they combined to score 101 (granted, against the Lakers). Coach Tyronn Lue said he plans to keep starting Iman Shumpert and bringing J.R. Smith off the bench until Kyle Korver returns (possibly this week) because he likes what Smith brings with the second unit.
3. Spurs (53-16, LW 1). Great news that LaMarcus Aldridge's heart issue was not that serious, plus Kawhi Leonard is now back from his concussion, and Tony Parker's back is strong enough that he shot 8-of-10 Sunday night. However, they got Aldridge back and quickly dropped two straight games, which is not like them and has them a couple games out of the No. 1 seed (and with a slightly tougher schedule than the Warriors the rest of the way).
4. Rockets (48-22, LW 2). James Harden is the frontrunner among the media for MVP (the media votes on the award), and he is strengthening his case with four straight triple-doubles. There's an MVP showdown Sunday when the Rockets play the Thunder. Houston beat Denver on the second night of a back-to-back Saturday, they are now 13-1 this season on the second night of those. That's damn impressive.
5. Thunder (40-29, LW 10). OKC is just half a game back of the Clippers for the five seed in the West (and a much easier first round matchup in Utah, compared to Houston). However, Los Angeles has a much softer schedule the rest of the way. Russell Westbrook won our fan poll for MVP; however a media poll done last week had Harden well in front — a showdown on Sunday with the Rockets could be a chance for Westbrook (but the Thunder need to win, no matter what numbers Westbrook puts up). Also, Westbrook had the assist of the year last week.
6. Jazz (43-27, LW 6). They solidified home court in the first round by beating the Clippers last Monday, the Jazz seem locked in as the four seed. Coach Quin Snyder has some interesting lineup options when it gets to the postseason — with Derrick Favors out, Utah has started Joe Johnson at the four going small, and that lineup has shown some promise, particularly on offense. Favors probably starts in a playoff matchup with the Clippers for defense, but Snyder knows he has Johnson as an option.
7. Celtics (44-26, LW 7). If you're a Celtics fan holding fast to your dreams of catching the Cavaliers for the No. 1 seed (Boston is 2.5 games back), here is the good news: Boston has one of the easiest schedules in the East the rest of the way, Cleveland one of the toughest. That said, dropping games like Sunday against Philly is not helping the cause. Big showdown with the Wizards Monday in the battle for the 2/3 seed.
8. Wizards (42-27, LW 4). They have lost three of four and need to get it together Monday when they play the Celtics in Boston, that is if the Wizards have dreams of the No. 2 seed in the East. They need that win. Seven of their next 10 are on the road, and to hold on to the three seed (with Toronto lurking) spot the Wizards need to play better defense — they have given up 112 points per 100 possession in their last 10 games, 27th in the NBA.
9. Clippers (41-29, LW 8). Los Angeles lost three in a row, but caught a break when Cleveland decided to rest their stars for a night on Saturday. The good news for Clippers fans is they have a soft schedule the rest of the way, which should help them hold off sixth-seeded OKC. The Clippers are two games back of the Jazz for the four seed and would need to beat them Saturday night in Los Angeles to have a shot at catching them and getting home court in the first round.
10. Raptors (41-29, LW 9). Winners of three of their last four, and with a soft schedule coming up the Raptors have their eye on the No. 3 seed belonging to Washington (it's the race to avoid Cleveland in the second round, and the Raptors are just 1.5 games back of the Wizards now). Toronto has played great defense since acquiring Serge Ibaka and P.J. Tucker, it's easy to see how this becomes a dangerous playoff team once Kyle Lowry returns.
11. Grizzlies (40-30, LW 16). Chandler Parsons was lost for the season to injury, and Memphis rattled off four consecutive wins. Coincidence? Memphis now heads out on the road for four straight games, and that includes facing Golden State and San Antonio. The seven-seed Grizzlies are just half a game back of the six seed Thunder and one back of the fifth seed Clippers, but Memphis has a considerably tougher schedule the rest of the way than either of them.
12. Heat (34-36, LW 13). One of the more interesting stories on the NBA this week came from Mike Prada at SB Nation about the value Erik Spoelstra and the Heat put on conditioning — part of the reason for their surge the second half of the season is they are in better shape. That said, talent still matters, and the loss of Dion Waiters for a stretch due to an ankle injury means Goran Dragic needs to play better than he did Sunday night in a loss. Dragic and Hassan Whiteside needs to carry this team for a while.
13. Hawks (37-32 LW 11). Losers of three in a row, and now Paul Millsap is going to miss at least two more games (knee) and Kent Bazemore at least four (also a knee). Atlanta isn't climbing into a top four seed, and they need to worry about blowing their two-game cushion over sixth-seed Indiana and falling further down the standings.
14. Bucks (34-35, LW 12). Milwaukee is 9-2 when Kris Middleton starts, and he is averaging 18 points per game shooting 52% when he does start. The Bucks are 2-2 through a tough six-game road trip then return home later this week to face the Hawks and Bulls. They need wins, fivethirtyeight.com still has them with just a 62% chance of making the playoffs.
15. Trail Blazers (32-37, LW 18). A little desperation — and the addition of Jusuf Nurkic — has the Blazers as winners of eight of their last 10 games. They've done it all with offense — such as Damian Lillard's 49 points Sunday — as their defense is still 23rd in the NBA in that stretch. Portland has a much softer schedule than Denver the rest of the way and fivethirtyeight.com has them at a 71 percent chance to make the postseason.
16. Nuggets (33-36, LW 17). Denver maintains a one-game lead over Portland for the eighth seed, in large part thanks to Nikola Jokic — the Nuggets are 5-0 this season when he has a triple double. The bad news in the Rockies is Denver has the toughest schedule in the West the rest of the way, while Portland has one of the easiest. This week's games include the Rockets and the Cavaliers.
17. Pacers (35-34, LW 14).. Maybe the toughest playoff landing spot to predict: Indiana is just two-games back of a banged-up Hawks team for the five seed, but also just 1.5 games out of falling out of the playoffs entirely. Paul George is doing his part this month averaging 27.5 points on 51 percent shooting, 8.1 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game.
18. Pistons (34-36, LW 15). . Detroit's next five games could well determine if they make the postseason. First there are four games on the road, but against weak teams (Nets, Bulls, Magic, Knicks). Then they come home to take on Miami next week. To get wins they are going to need a lot more consistency out of their guard play, particularly the up-and-down Reggie Jackson.
19. Mavericks (30-39, LW 19). When you get blown out by Philadelphia, your playoff dreams take a hit — Dallas is three games out of the eighth seed in the West and fivethirtyeight.com has them at a one percent chance of making the playoffs. So yes, I'm saying there's a chance. But Dallas has a brutal four-game homestand — Warriors, Clippers, Raptors and Thunder — followed by six-of-seven on the road.
20. Bulls (33-37, LW 21). Dwyane Wade is now out the season and the Bulls are 3-7 in their last 10, yet their playoff dreams are not dead for a couple of reasons. First, the Bulls have been 3.4 points per 100 possessions better when Wade is out this season. Second, Chicago has a much easier schedule than Miami or Detroit the rest of the way, and the Bulls are just a game back of those two (tied for the eighth seed). Fivethirtyeight.com gives Chicago a 48% chance of making the playoffs still.
21. Pelicans (29-41, LW 23). Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins are still playing next to each other not with each other, and the Pelicans have been better with one of them off the court, but they are starting to figure things out and have won four-of-five (including wins over Portland and Houston). Still, no way New Orleans will catch both Denver and Portland for the eighth seed, which makes you wonder what coaching/front office shakeups we could see this summer.
22. Timberwolves (28-41, LW 20). Since the All-Star break, Ricky Rubio is averaging 16.1 points, 10.8 assists, he's taking jumpers, hitting 48% of them, and just being aggressive. Maybe Tom Thibodeau finally got through to him, and if so they may not want to trade him this summer. That said, the Timberwolves dropped three games last week because their defense went AWOL after being strong for a few weeks.
24. 76ers (26-43, LW 26). Dario Saric continues to come on strong — 23 points against Boston Sunday — and he may now be the frontrunner for Rookie of the Year because he is averaging 19.5 points and 7.3 rebounds a game in March. And because voters are looking for ways not to cast their ballot for Joel Embiid and his 31 games played. Quietly, the Sixers have won three of four.
25. Knicks (27-42 LW 25). How bad are the Knicks right now? They have lost twice to the Nets in a five-day span. The offense they are playing looks more like a rhombus than anything Phil Jackson wants, and everyone seems to be waiting to see if they can move Knicks can find a deal to trade Carmelo Anthony this summer.
26. Kings (27-43, LW 28). Skal Labissiere is showing real promise, including a breakout 32-point, 11-rebound performance against Phoenix. There were plenty of positive signs before that, though — he had four blocks against the Magic on Monday. I don't know that Labissiere, Willie Cauley-Stein, and Buddy Hield are the answer, but this team is far more entertaining than it was to watch before the trade.
27. Suns (22-48, LW 24). Eric Bledsoe and Brandon Knight are both shut down for the season as Phoenix goes into full on tank mode to run out the string. That means a lot of Devin Booker, although to his credit T.J. Warren has stepped up of late and put up some numbers (he thrives when the game gets less structured).
28. Magic (25-45 LW 27). Five years ago the Orlando Magic traded away Dwight Howard, and they have not made the playoffs since. There is a sense around the league that GM Rob Hennigan is going to pay the price for that (it won't be just-signed coach Frank Vogel). That said, don't buy into the rumors of Doc Rivers making a return to save the day in Orlando.
29. Nets (13-56, LW 30). They beat the Knicks twice in five days, they are getting outscored by just two points per 100 possessions in their last 10 games (which is a huge improvement over the entire season) and that is enough to get them out of the cellar in these rankings for a week. Brook Lopez has been a beast of late, but Jeremy Lin rolled his ankle again and will miss time, which could kill Brooklyn's momentum.
30. Lakers (20-50, LW 29). After the backcourt combo of Jordan Clarkson and D'Angelo Russell showed some promise on Sunday against the Cavaliers — Russell had 40 points, and the pair showed some chemistry — coach Luke Walton said he would stick with it to see if there is something real to it. There hasn't been much of the season — the Lakers have been outscored by 22 points per 100 possessions when those two are on the court together this season, and they were -14 as a pair against Cleveland. The questions for them are on the defensive end, Russell has to be able to cover two guards to make it work, and right now he can't.


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using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Data;
using System.Text;

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        protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Alert.ShowInTop(String.Format("当前展开的是第 {0} 个面板", Accordion1.ActivePaneIndex + 1));
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        protected void Accordion1_PaneIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
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Centwine was koning van de Gewisse (Wessex) van 676 tot 685 (er bestaan andere, tegenstrijdige data.) Vermoedelijk was hij degene die weer tot een centraal opperkoningschap over Wessex kon komen, na een periode na de dood van Cenwalh van Wessex, waarin geen opperkoning boven de diverse onderkoningen van Wessex stond. Hij schijnt een succesvol strijder te zijn geweest, die onder meer tegen de Britten in Cornwall successen behaalde. In 685 werd hij opgevolgd door Cædwalla. Volgens sommige bronnen overleed hij dat jaar, andere bronnen stellen dat hij zich terugtrok in een klooster.

Centwine was vermoedelijk een zoon van koning Cynegils, al zou het ook kunnen dat zijn vader slechts een naamgenoot van deze Cynegils was.

Koning van Wessex
Huis Wessex
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In Central Corridor construction zone, a few…
In Central Corridor construction zone, a few wows after all the woes
Light-rail construction has moved across University Avenue to its north side between Hampden Avenue and Emerald Street, leaving Caffe Biaggio to rebuild business. On Wednesday, diners eat lunch inside the St. Paul restaurant.
Caffe Biaggio is enjoying a new sidewalk, classic gaslight-style street lights and a rebuilt roadway out front that no longer floods in heavy rain all signs of major changes coming throughout the route for the Central Corridor rail line. As construction progresses, businesses are trying to cope.
PUBLISHED: August 6, 2011 at 11:01 p.m. | UPDATED: November 12, 2015 at 5:23 p.m.
Caffe Biaggio never closed during the five months that a chain-link fence fronted its University Avenue entrance, even when work crews gutted the street beyond its patio. Still, the end of July felt like a reopening, thanks to a fresh, brick paver sidewalk and a new streetlight straight out of a Charles Dickens novel. And the stretch of the avenue in front of the Italian-American eatery is smoother than it has been in a decade.
After coping with dirt, dust and tepid restaurant sales, Biaggio's owners are cautiously optimistic they'll benefit from the installation of the Central Corridor Light Rail Transit line.
"I don't know if people will ride the train to lunch. Maybe?…It may be a plus. It won't hurt us," said Biaggio co-owner Shari Breed.
Three years before it's scheduled to carry its first passenger down University Avenue to the Raymond Avenue transit station half a block away, construction for the train is revealing some of the promise of what's to come, despite ongoing skepticism.
MORE BUSINESSES FEEL PINCH
Construction on the line turned a major corner last month, freeing Biaggio from its unsightly chain-link prison. But, as work crossed from the south side of University Avenue between Hampden Avenue and Emerald Street to the north side, other businesses were locked in.
Sharrett's Liquors, the Edge Coffee House and dozens of other businesses on the north side of University Avenue will have to bear what Biaggio has already faced.
"The drop was visible almost immediately after construction started, and it got worse when it moved to our side of the street," said Tia Siehndel, manager of Twin Cities Reptile on University Avenue near Raymond. "Foot traffic has probably decreased 35 to 40 percent."
Whether or not the Central Corridor will be a boon or a bust for business depends not only upon whom you ask but also on where they are in the construction schedule, which is simultaneously tackling sections of the University of Minnesota campus, University Avenue, the Capitol complex and downtown St. Paul.
Some businesses, like Porky's Drive-in and Chocolat Celeste, have already fled the corridor, for reasons that are at least partially attributable to construction.
Others have just arrived.
Julie Peck, a grant writer, and Corey Prestangen, a 3M business manager, bucked the common logic and opened the Lucy Coffee Cafe in the Griggs-Midway building at University and Fairview avenues in June. Rather than flee the train, they're catering to its construction workers, planners and outreach coordinators. The Central Corridor offices are just above their ceiling.
The coffee shop sells Fair Trade and organic, shade-grown coffee from Africa and Latin America.
"We went into this and we thought, we can bring something to the party here, regardless of what was going on with the corridor," Prestangen said. "We're happy."
Despite seeing a sunny future, Biaggio's Breed remains worried about the now. She wants her customers to return.
"Business is still somewhat down from last year at this time," she said. She estimates her July sales were down $6,000 compared to the previous year. "In projected sales, we probably lost another $3,000…each month," she said.
FREE MONEY, WITH STRINGS
For businesses that feel they're barely surviving, there's the thorny question of mitigation. A $4 million "forgivable loan" grant fund, a parking fund and other outreach and compensation efforts by the city of St. Paul, the Metropolitan Council and a coalition of foundations dubbed the Central Corridor Funders Collaborative have generated criticism, but not without rebuttal. Rail proponents have quietly pointed out that roadwork projects on Selby Avenue and other thoroughfares throughout the city also were costly for business owners, most of whom never received a dime in compensation.
Others say it's hard to compare street paving with a four-year, $957 million rail project. After spending more than 120 days in the eye of the construction storm, Breed plans to apply for the $20,000 "forgivable" loan recently offered by the city. She's curious whether she'll qualify for the full amount or just a portion. City officials would take into account actual, but not projected, losses – how do you prove sales growth that never took place?
City officials say the rail line could draw fresh customers to Biaggio and other destinations along the corridor.
For businesses that remain on the avenue, the zero- interest loans are meant to decline, or be "forgiven," by 20 percent per year. A business that stays open five years has nothing to repay.
It may sound like free money, but some business owners along University Avenue have found the loan application forms daunting. Among other things, a form asks for three years of tax records, as well as detailed information about alimony, child support and other evidence of income and credit worthiness. Attorneys for corridor businesses have questioned why struggling storeowners should need to prove anything beyond that they're struggling in order to qualify for what is effectively a grant.
"They ask for so much information, it's taking us longer to get it together than we thought," said Jim Forsland, co-owner of Sharrett's Liquors. "It's not a make-or-break deal, but it will help, I hope. It depends on what we get."
WHO GETS $20,000?
Then there's the question of payment. Not everyone will qualify for all $20,000. City Planner Nancy Homans said the city has approved 14 loans to date, ranging in size from $1,256 for a yoga studio to four loans of $20,000 and two of $19,000, based on evidence of actual lost sales. Two businesses have been rejected – a property-management business because it was not a restaurant or retailer, and a Low Vision store, which had made up lost counter sales with Internet sales.
"With respect to loss of monthly sales, I see everything from an 8 percent loss to a 68 percent," Homans said. "I don't see a pattern yet."
Mary Leonard, owner of Chocolat Celeste, swore she wouldn't take out more loans to keep her business afloat, then she changed her mind after relocating from University Avenue and Minnesota 280 to Transfer Road because of lost parking. She applied the first day of the loan program, June 21, and received her $20,000 check July 15.
" I needed every penny of it," Leonard said. "I've spent every penny of it….I had to move because there would be no parking at all. I had to rebuild the kitchen, and it was $20,000 to do that. It really did not offset any of the lost revenue."
Like Leonard, Biaggio's Breed isn't planning on letting her restaurant keel over anytime soon.
"It started in March," Breed said of construction. "It supposedly will be done in November. They didn't call me and ask before they started it if I thought it'd be OK, so we'll just have to kind of go along with it."


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Mourning Songza
The beloved streaming service's replacement is unsatisfactory
By Jaren Kerr
Published: 6:14 pm, 11 February 2016
Modified: 9:56 pm, 21 February 2016
under Hypertabs
Tags: Google Play, Songza, SoundCloud, TTC
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Over the past several years, I have spent countless hours listening to Songza while on the TTC, doing chores, and or while studying. Last Sunday, I was heartbroken to find out that the versatile, useful and most importantly, free streaming service packed up its playlists and said goodbye to the world.
Owned by Google since 2014, Songza has now been absorbed into Google Play Music. In the weeks prior to it's discontinuation, I visited the website, and was greeted by an enthusiastic pop up declaring the new amalgamation of the two services. The message also urged me to try Google Play Music, although Songza was still for the time being.
I gave Google Play Music a try and was seriously disappointed. The new interface was subpar. Songza's iconic stick people, who had always helped me select an apporpriate playlist were nowhere to be seen.
The most striking change, however, was the pervasive Google Play audio ads, and how they interfered with my listening experience, loudly announcing themselves between every few songs. My favourite playlists from Songza still exist, but I doubt that I'll still be able to enjoy "Jazz for Reading" with an obnoxious promotion wedged between Wynton Kelly and Cedar Walton.
Worse, to get rid of these intrusive ads, I have to pay a monthly fee. Given that most businesses exist to earn profits, this requirement seems like an economically sound move for the company. In practice, however, this compromises the quality of the listener's experience, and proving that the decision was a mistake.
Google Play Music's 'freemium model' — where content is free, but an upgraded experience is available for cash — is a poor choice, simply because there are so many superior options. The service is competing with Apple Music, Tidal, Spotify and SoundCloud, among others. These competitors offer a similar pricing model — except SoundCloud, which is entirely free — and provide listeners with more tracks than Google Play Music. How, then, could Google Play possibly succeed in this music economy?
For these reasons, there is a good chance Google Play Music will go the way of the failed Google+, which is an irrelevant entity in the world of social networks, or Google Wave, a long-abandoned project. Even if Google wanted to rebrand Songza, they should have kept its business model, specifically, employing the use of banner ads to maintain sustainability. Even for users who find banner ads annoying, they are much less invasive and easier to avoid than the advertising model Google Play is currently employing.
If Google Play wants to reach the masses, freemium is not the way. Students with limited disposable income will likely opt for free options, and few will tolerate unavoidable ads that kill their buzz every 10 minutes.
Most students belong in the coveted millennial demographic that most marketing departments compete to capture, and for that reason, our consumption habits influence product features. If we show dissatisfaction by refusing to use services like Google Play Music, alternatives that fulfill our needs will arise. So let Songza's death not be in vain; a boycott of its poor substitute is in order.
Jaren Kerr is a third-year student at Innis College studying bioethics and writing & rhetoric. He is The Varsity's associate features editor.


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