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324 West 35th St., Chicago, Illinois 60616
41°49′54″N 87°38′1″W / 41.83167°N 87.63361°W / 41.83167; -87.63361Coordinates: 41°49′54″N 87°38′1″W / 41.83167°N 87.63361°W / 41.83167; -87.63361
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Power alleys - 382 ft (116 m)
Center field - 420 ft (128 m)
Backstop - 98 ft (30 m)
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This article is about the original Comiskey Park. For the current stadium that carried this name, see U.S. Cellular Field.
Comiskey Park (35th Street & Shields Avenue, Chicago, Illinois) was the ballpark in which the Chicago White Sox played from 1910 to 1990. It was built by Charles Comiskey after a design by Zachary Taylor Davis, and was the site of four World Series (one of which was played by the Chicago Cubs due to lack of seating at Wrigley Field) and more than 6,000 major league games. The field was also the site of the 1937 heavyweight title match in which Joe Louis defeated then champion James J. Braddock in eight rounds.
The successor to Comiskey Park was built across 35th Street south of the 1910 ballpark, and opened in 1991. The new Comiskey Park was renamed U.S. Cellular Field in 2003. The original Comiskey Park is now sometimes referred to as "Old Comiskey Park".
1 Early years
2 World Series
3 All-Star Games
4.1 "The Night Disco Died"
5 Transitions
6 Final years
The park was built on a former city dump that Comiskey bought in 1909 to replace the wooden South Side Park. It was originally built as White Sox Park, but within three years was renamed for White Sox founder and owner Charles Comiskey. The original name, White Sox Park, was restored in 1962, but it went back to the Comiskey Park name in 1976.
Comiskey Park was very modern for its time. It was the fourth concrete-and-steel stadium in the major leagues, and the third in the American League. As originally built, it sat almost 29,000, a record at the time. Briefly, it retained the nickname "The Baseball Palace of the World."
The park's design was strongly influenced by Sox pitcher Ed Walsh, and was known for its pitcher-friendly proportions (362 feet to the foul poles, 420 feet down the middle). Later changes were made, but the park remained more or less favorable to defensive teams. For many years this reflected on the White Sox style of play: solid defense, and short, quick hits. The 1959 American League Most Valuable Player, Nellie Fox, who led the White Sox to the 1959 American League championship, was known for his frequent hit production.
The first game in Comiskey Park was a 2-0 loss to the St. Louis Browns on July 1, 1910. The last game at Comiskey was a win, 2-1, over Seattle on September 30, 1990. The White Sox won their first-ever home night game, over St. Louis on August 14, 1939, 5-2. The first no-hitter at Comiskey Park was hurled by Vern Kennedy on August 31, 1935 in a 5-0 shutout over Cleveland.
Comiskey Park was the site of four World Series. In 1917, the Chicago White Sox won games 1, 2 and 5 at Comiskey Park and went on to defeat the New York Giants four games to two. It was the last Championship for the White Sox for 88 years.
In 1918 Comiskey Park hosted the World Series between the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox. The Cubs borrowed Comiskey Park for the series due to its larger seating capacity. The Red Sox defeated the Cubs four games to two. Games one, two and three were played at Comiskey Park. The Red Sox won games one and three. It was the last Championship for the Red Sox for 86 years. Attendance was under capacity in that war year. The best crowd was game 3, with some 27,000 patrons.
In 1919 the White Sox lost the infamous "Black Sox" World Series to the Cincinnati Reds, five games to three in a nine-game series. Games three, four, five and eight were played at Comiskey Park. The White Sox won game three and lost games four, five and eight.
In 1959 the White Sox lost four games to two to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Games one, two and six were played at Comiskey Park. The White Sox won game one and lost games two and six.
Comiskey also saw post-season action in 1983, when the White Sox lost the American League Championship Series to the Baltimore Orioles, 3 games to 1, with games 3 and 4 being in Chicago.
Comiskey Park was the site of three Major League Baseball All-Star Games, and each of them marked a turn in the direction of dominance by one league or the other:
The first-ever All-Star Game was held there in 1933. It began as a promotion by Arch Ward, sports editor of the Chicago Tribune, in connection with the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition being held on Chicago's lakefront. The Americans defeated the Nationals, helped in part by a home run by Babe Ruth, who was nearing the end of his career, but could still swing a mighty bat. The game also inaugurated a stretch when the Americans dominated, winning 12 of the first 16 (skipping 1945 due to wartime travel restrictions).
The park next hosted the July classic in 1950, a game unfortunately best remembered for Ted Williams' collision with the outfield wall that broke his elbow and ended his playing season. Less remembered is that it began a turnaround for the Nationals, who won the game in extra innings and started to win frequently, a trend that continued for more than three decades, building up an astounding 30 wins against only 6 losses and 1 tie (during 1959-1962, two games were held each year).
The 50th Anniversary All-Star Game in 1983 was held at Comiskey Park in commemoration of the first All-Star Game at that same venue. The American League's lopsided win, including the first-ever grand slam in an All-Star Game, by Fred Lynn, turned out to signal an end to the National League's crushing dominance in the mid-summer classic. During the last 8 years of the park's existence the Americans went 5-3, and they have continued to win much more often than not since then, as of 2007. Hosting a winning All-Star Game was also a good omen for the Sox, as they won their division in 1983, the first baseball title of any kind in Chicago since the Sox won the 1959 pennant.
This coincidental connection of White Sox ballparks to significant points in All-Star history would continue at U.S. Cellular Field. Beginning with the game at the Cell in 2003, new rules awarded the winning league home field advantage in the World Series. The American League All-Stars won the 2003 All-Star Game on Chicago's South Side, and began an American winning streak that has continued through 2009.
From the 1970s until its demolition in 1991, Comiskey was the oldest park still in use in Major League Baseball. Many of its known characteristics, such as the pinwheels on the scoreboard, were installed by Bill Veeck (owner of the White Sox from 1959 to 1961, and again from 1975 to 1981). From 1960 to 1990, Sox fans were also entertained by Andy the Clown, famous for his famous Jerry Colonna-like elongated cry, "Come ooooooooooon, go! White! Sox!".
Longtime Sox organist Nancy Faust
Starting in the 1970s, Sox fans were further entertained by organist Nancy Faust who picked up on, and reinforced, the spontaneous chants of fans who were singing tunes like, "We will, we will, SOX YOU!" and the now-ubiquitous farewell to departing pitchers and ejected managers, "Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na, hey-hey, GOOD-BYE!" Before he became an institution on the north side with the Cubs, Sox broadcaster Harry Caray was a south side icon. At some point he started "conducting" Take Me Out to the Ball Game during the seventh-inning stretch, egged on by Veeck, who (according to Harry himself) said that the fans would sing along when they realized that none of them sang any worse than Harry did.
The largest crowd ever at Old Comiskey Park was a crowd of 55,555 (which was 11,063 over capacity) on May 20, 1973 for a doubleheader against the Minnesota Twins, which also had the promotion of "Bat Day". By contrast, just over two years earlier, the smallest attendance at the park was recorded, with a puny number of 511 souls showing up for a game on May 6, 1971 against the Boston Red Sox.
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The most famous (or infamous) promotional event ever held at Old Comiskey was "Disco Demolition Night", organized by longtime Chicago radio personality Steve Dahl and White Sox promotions manager Mike Veeck (Bill's son) on July 12, 1979. Between games of a make-up doubleheader between the White Sox and the Detroit Tigers, Dahl and his crew destroyed a pile of disco records that fans had brought in in exchange for a ticket with a discounted price of 98¢ (US) in honor of Dahl's station at that time, WLUP-FM, the frequency of which was 97.9 MHz. More than 50,000 fans were in attendance, along with another 20,000 who crashed the gates even though the game was sold out. Michael Clarke Duncan was one of the first 100 fans to invade the diamond. After the demolition, several thousand fans, many of them intoxicated, stormed the field, stealing equipment and destroying the infield. The nightcap of the doubleheader was canceled and forfeited to the Detroit Tigers.
When Bill Veeck re-acquired the team, he took out the center field fence, reverting to the original distance to the wall (posted as 440 in the 1940s, re-measured as 445 in the 1970s)... a tough target, but reachable by sluggers like Oscar Gamble and Richie Zisk and other members of a team that was tagged "The South Side Hit Men". They were long removed from their days as "The Hitless Wonders". During that time the ballpark also featured a lounge where one could buy mixed drinks. This prompted some writers to dub Comiskey "Chicago's Largest Outdoor Saloon".
Comiskey Park was the most frequent home to the Negro League Baseball All-Star Game, also known as the East-West Classic, from 1933 to 1960. The Negro Leagues' All-Star Game achieved higher attendance in some years than its Major League Baseball counterpart,[1] thanks in part to Comiskey's high attendance capacity.
For a number of years, off and on, the Chicago Cardinals of the NFL called Comiskey Park home when they weren't playing at Normal Park or Soldier Field. The 1947 NFL championship game was held at Comiskey. The stadium also presented boxing matches, including World Heavyweight Championship bouts featuring Joe Louis, Floyd Patterson and Sonny Liston. Roller Derby, professional wrestling and soccer games were also played at Comiskey Park.
Site of Comiskey Park as it looked in 1992
During the last 8 years of its existence, Comiskey's annual attendance surpassed the 2 million mark three times, including the final season when the team contended for much of the year before losing the division title to the Oakland Athletics.
White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf received more than $200 million in public financing for the new stadium after threatening to move the club to St. Petersburg, Florida. An interesting phenomenon occurred in the Illinois state legislature, in that the Speaker literally stopped the clock on the evening of June 30, 1988 so that the legislature could report that the money had been granted on June 30, and not July 1. The stadium now called Tropicana Field was constructed by officials in St. Petersburg in an effort to lure a Major League Baseball club to Florida. The deal was sealed in a last-minute legislative maneuver by then-governor James R. Thompson.[2]
Comiskey Park was demolished in 1991, a process that started from behind the right field corner, and took all summer. The last portion to come down was the center field bleachers and the "exploding" scoreboard. The site of the old park was turned into a parking lot to serve those attending games at the new Comiskey Park (later renamed U.S. Cellular Field).
It can be noted that at the time Comiskey was demolished, Chicago's two baseball stadiums were a combined 157 years old.
Bill Veeck once remarked that "There is no more beautiful sight in the world than a ballpark full of people!" On its best days, Comiskey was stuffed to the gills, with 55,000 people or more lining the aisles and even standing for nine (or eighteen) innings on the sloping ramps that criss-crossed behind the scoreboard. The nearly-fully enclosed stands had a way of capturing and reverberating the noise without any artificial enhancement. As a Chicago sportswriter once remarked, "Wrigley Field yayed and Comiskey Park roared."
'Old' Comiskey's home plate is a marble plaque on the sidewalk next to U.S. Cellular Field, and the field is a parking lot. Foul lines are painted on the lot. Also, the spectator ramp across 35th Street is designed in such a way (partly curved, partly straight but angling east-northeast) that it echoes the outline of part of the old grandstand.
When the Sox won the 2005 World Series, their victory parade began at U.S. Cellular Field, and then circled the block where old Comiskey had stood, before heading on a route through various south side neighborhoods and toward downtown Chicago.
^ Hayes, Marcus (1996-07-07). "Negro League Classic Was Big Event -- East-West Game Outdrew Major Leagues' All-Stars". Seattle Times. http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19960707&slug=2337998. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
^ "White Sox Fill The Bill", AP Article from June 7, 1988, from the New York Times archives
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NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- PM360, a leading health marketing industry trade magazine, recognized the best innovators in the pharmaceutical, medical device, diagnostics, and biotech industries with their 10th annual Trailblazer Awards Gala on Thursday, September 14, 2018. The honors, bestowed at a gala banquet at Gotham Hall in Manhattan, are given to outstanding companies, marketers, brand managers, and cutting-edge initiatives.
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Was readable and managed to get 95% of files off but would love to see Win 2.03 fire up again !
Current HDD boot error message is "Non System disk or Disk error"
if I do a dir on c - its takes some time after showing the list before coming back to the C: prompt. Lots of seeks going on.
Trying to re-Format c: /s doesnt get off Track 0 Head 1 then says "Invalid Media or Track 0 bad - disk unusable"
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Anyone any idea if its possible to deal with a bad track 0 and so point MBR somewhere else ?
GRC Spinrite tell me that they cant fix a bad track 0.
My conclusion is that drive is a brick.
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(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) The Biden administration's push to export Cubans and Nicaraguans at the southern border is being called out as a political ploy which will have no impact on combating illegal immigration, according to former senior border enforcement, Just the News reported.
"This is purely political optics," said Rodney Scott, who served as chief of U.S. Border Patrol in both the Trump and Biden administrations. "With approximately 7,000 illegal entries every day, and the Biden administration's public statements that Title 42 is being terminated within weeks, the numbers of Cubans and Nicaraguans that are being considered here are irrelevant."
Others suspect that the partisan Democratic administration is attempting to limit the expansion of a subset of the Spanish-speaking immigrant population which could be inconvenient for their political gains.
"The administration is targeting people fleeing communist and socialist regimes in Cuba and Nicaragua," charged Anna Paulina Luna, a Hispanic-American of Mexican descent who's running for Congress in Florida's 13th District.
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Polling has shown that the majority of Americans do not approve of the current administration's handling of immigration due to the surge in number of illegal immigrants since Biden entered office.
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Ocean clouds meet the coastal desert in dramatic fashion on the coast of Peru, outlining the inland topography with precision. This image, acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite on May 28, 2014, illustrates the balance of nature's extremes: dry versus wet and high versus low.
Formed in the moist ocean air, the clouds are closed-cell marine stratocumulus. Rounded and arranged in lines or waves, stratocumulus clouds form relatively low in the atmosphere. The closed-cell version of such clouds are usually shaped like a hexagon and surrounded by a channel of open air. Closed-cell clouds typically produce a light drizzle or no rain.
Peru's southern coast, by contrast, is a desert. It is a landscape of sand dunes where the wettest areas get an average of 200 millimeters (8 inches) of rain per year. The air is dry, and no clouds have formed over the land.
The only clouds over the mainland have crept in from the ocean to cover the coastal plain, including the city of Lima. The marine clouds are low, just a few hundred meters off the ground, and they are stopped in their eastward movement by the Andes Mountains, says Joseph Munchak, a researcher at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. This interaction with the topography makes the clouds outline river valleys. Low clouds or fog are so common over coastal Peru that locals have a name for the phenomenon: garúa. The garúa brings cold, drizzly weather.
NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Holli Riebeek.
Low, moist ocean clouds outline South American country's coastal desert.
Terra — MODIS
Image of the Day Atmosphere Land
American Meteorological Society Glossary of meteorology. Accessed May 30, 2014.
NASA Earth Observatory (2010, April 28) Open- and close-cell clouds over the Pacific Ocean.
What's the weather like The climate of Peru. Accessed May 30, 2014.
At the Intersection of Coastal Peru and a Cloud Bank
Tendrils of fog outline river valleys as the Andes Mountains block advancing banks of ocean clouds.
Image of the Day Atmosphere
Portholes Through the Clouds
Patches of open-celled clouds off the west coast of Peru offer beautiful glimpses of the sea—and pointers to where rain may have fallen.
Image of the Day Atmosphere Water
Open- and Closed-Celled Clouds over the Pacific
Whether a patch of clouds contains open or closed cells offers a clue about whether rain is falling underneath it.
Wave Clouds Near Amsterdam Island
The island itself is almost too small see in this image, but it serves as the starting point for the clouds that flow toward the northeast in a giant V shape. Amsterdam Island is a volcanic summit, the northernmost volcano on the Antarctic tectonic plate.


Undertones? In Paint Colors? What's that?
You may have heard the word, 'undertones', but never quite knew what it was. All colors have an undertone — a color that's present, but not always obvious depending on the lighting and what other colors surround it. What might seem like a safe neutral beige can reveal an unwanted tint of pink after you've spent hours (more like days), painting your walls! Ugg!
When it comes to painting your home, aim for a smooth color transition from room to room. Narrow your paint choices by choosing the same undertone for the space adjacent to the room you want to paint. If one room is beige with a subtle green undertone and you want to paint the room next to it a blue-gray, try a blue-gray with a slight hint of green.
Getting the undertones correct in paint is important; getting them right in hard surfaces — materials not easy or inexpensive to replace like tile, flooring, countertops, and stone, it's crucial.
Here you see a yellow/beige undertone countertop with a pink/beige undertone floor. This is the #1 very expensive mistake homeowners make. All beiges, grays, whites, greens, blues, etc are NOT created equal! And when the mistake is made on hard surfaces, it's a costly disaster!
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Cats in the 20th Century (Cats in Literature-Haruki Murakami)
January 30, 2015 By LA Vocelle Leave a Comment
The Japanese author, Haruki Murakami known for liking and having cats has included them in many of his works. In The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle the story revolves around Toru Okada's missing cat that he loves more than any of the women with whom he has encounters. The cat also serves as an omen for the eventual disappearance of his wife. In Kafka on the Shore the protagonist, Kafka Tamura, cannot pass a cat without petting it. Nakata, an old man who, after having lost the ability to read, gains the ability to converse with cats. Because he can talk with the cats, he becomes a finder of lost cats. Nakata finds a Siamese cat named Mimi particularly impressive as she can quote from Puccini operas and hold conversations.
Murakami has also written several essays. One of which, On the Death of My Cat discusses the death of one of his many cats.
On the Death of My Cat
My cat died the other day. It was an Abyssinian I got from Ryu Murakami and her name was Kirin. Because she was Ryu Murakami's cat, the name "Kirin" comes from the mythical Chinese unicorn- no relation to the beer.
She was four years old, which in human years would have put her in her late twenties, maybe 30, so it was an early death. She was prone to getting kidney stones in her urinary tract, had had surgery already, her meal regimen comprised solely of diet cat food (which is something that exists in this wide world), but in the end, it was complications in her urinary tract that took her life. We had her cremated, put her tiny bones in an urn, and placed her in our household shrine. The house I live in now is an old Japanese style house, so it's very convenient to have a household shrine at times like these. It seems to me that it would be hard to find a place to put your cat's bones in a brand new two bedroom apartment. It just doesn't seem right to put it on top of the refrigerator, you know?
Besides Kirin I also have an eleven year old female Siamese cat named Muse. The name comes from a character from the famous shoujou manga Glass Castle. Before that I had two male cats named Butch and Sundance, the classic duo from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. When you have a lot of cats it gets annoying coming up with name after name after name, so I do some extremely easy naming. I've had a mackerel cat named Mackerel, and a calico cat named Calico. When I had a Scottish fold I named him "Scotty". I'm sure you can derive from this pattern that I've also had a black cat named "Black" before too.
If we organize the fates of the various cats that have come and gone in the fifteen years I've lived in this house, we get:
A) Dead cats: 1) Kirin 2) Butch 3) Sundance 4) Mackerel 5) Scotty
B) Cats I've given away: 1) Calico 2) Peter
C) Cats who suddenly disappeared: 1) Black 2) Tobimaru
D) Cats I still have left: 1) Muse
Thinking about it, there's only been a two month period in these last fifteen years when there wasn't a single cat in my house.
This is kind of an obvious statement, but cats have lots of different personalities, and their behavioral patterns, as well as the way they think, differ from cat to cat. The Siamese I have now is that kind of unusual cat that can't give birth unless I hold her hand. When the labor pains start up, this cat immediately jumps up from my lap onto the floor and sets herself down heavily, grunting like an old lady, onto a floor cushion. I take both of her hands tightly, and out comes one kitten after another. It's pretty fun, watching this cat give birth.
For whatever reason, Kirin loved the rustling noise that plastic wrap makes when she rolled around in it, and if someone crumpled up an empty cigarette box, she'd burst out of nowhere to pull it out of the garbage and play with it by herself for fifteen minutes or so. As to what circumstances led to this one cat's habits, vices, and tastes to be formed is a total mystery to me. This cat – this strange, energetic, solidly built, vigorous appetite-having cat – is the complete opposite of Ryu Murakami. She was a real free spirit, and was popular with anyone who came over my house. When her urinary tract got worse she became less energetic, but even until the day before her death, it didn't seem like she was going to die like she did. I brought her to the nearby vet, who let out all the blocked-up urine and gave her medicine to dissolve the kidney stones, but as the night came to an end, she crouched down onto the kitchen floor, her eyes opened wide, and grew cold. Cats are creatures that always die rather easily. Her face was too pretty in death–you might've thought that if you placed her out in the sun, she would thaw out and come back to life.
In the afternoon pet specialists from a burial service company came in a minivan to pick her up. They were dressed just like the people in the movie The Funeral, and they even said their condolences like they were supposed to, but, you can just think of their remarks as a suitably simplified version of the condolences you would say for humans. Then it became a matter of money. The course from cremation to urn, along with the urn itself, came to 23000 yen. In the trunk of the van we could also see the figure of a German shepherd in a plastic storage bin. Maybe Kirin's going to be cremated along with that German shepherd.
After Kirin was carried off in that minivan, my house quickly started to feel empty, and neither me, nor my wife, nor Muse could settle down. Family – even if that includes cats too – is a living thing that has a certain balance, and when one corner of it falls apart, it doesn't take long before everything subtly breaks down. Unable to go about my work at home, I thought I'd go hang out in Yokohama, so I walked to the train station in a soft, drizzling rain. But even that somehow didn't seem worth the trouble, and halfway there I turned back and went home.
**Right now I'm taking care of Muse and a cat named Croquette. There's probably already a lot of cats named Michael and Kotetsu.
In another essay, Murakami Harukido wa ikanishite kitaeraretaka, Murakami tells the story of an aged cat that he once owned. In another piece entitled Choju Neko no Himitsu he tells the story of how he asked an executive at Kodansha Ltd., a publishing company, to take care of his cat while he was away. In return for the favor Murakami promises to write a novel for the company which turned out to be Norwegian Wood, a bestseller. Murakami writes that when he was writing his first novel Hear the Wind Sing, "I still remember well the days when I was writing my first novel at night, with the cat on my lap and sipping beer. The cat apparently didn't like me writing a novel and would often play havoc with my manuscript on the desk."
Town of Cats, recently published in the New Yorker, is a tale included in Murakami's novel 1Q84, which is about a man who becomes lost in a town where only cats reside. Murakami said the following about the story, " 'Town of Cats' is a story that I made up. I think I probably read something like it a long time ago, but I don't have a very precise recollection of whatever it was that I read. In any case, this episode performs a symbolic function in the novel in many different senses–the way a person wanders into a world from which he can never escape, the question of who it is that fills up the empty spaces, the inevitability with which night follows day. Perhaps each of us has his or her own 'town of cats' somewhere deep inside–or so I feel."
Murakami has admitted to being influenced by Natsume Soseki who wrote I am a Cat, an early 20th century novel where the narrator is a domestic house cat.
Want to know more about the cat in literature, art and history? Then this is the book for you. Now available on Amazon in both paperback and Kindle formats.
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On Sunday, there was a lone little leaf on the second or third step up to our sanctuary/auditorium. It was there first thing in the morning as I went up the stairs from Sunday School classes to the church auditorium. It must have stuck to someone's shoe departing from its place on the walkway outside under our two huge round maples in the front of the church, and to then deposit itself on the step inside. I came down a different set of steps after the service and forgot about the leaf. Like, who remembers leaves anyway?
But in the evening, arriving for choir practice before the evening service, I went up the same steps. And there it was. Untouched by feet. People must have gone around it or over it because it was on the same step and in the same position as in the morning.
I had to stop and take its picture. It was just fairly begging for a photo shoot. It was a little more dried than it was in the morning, but still a vibrant reddish orange on the dark wooden step.
I wrote a long, long rambling thing to go with this hoping it would just start being a poem. I didn't like it much, and didn't hold out much hope for it ever being born. But I copied the words onto the image, and then began whittling away at it until this sprang out from the remaining words. It was a long labor, but it got born.
And now I like it. A lot.
If you get a chance, hop on over to Silver Birch Press! They had my poem, "Fairy Floss" included in their My Sweet Word Series. I was thrilled to have a poem in there!
And visit Michelle H. Barnes, Today's Little Ditty, where she is wrapping up the "unrequited to requited" love poems inspired by Marcus Ewert. I submitted "Cat Rants and Recants", inspired by my dog and cat. I also posted it last Saturday.
It's Slice of Life Tuesday! Go read for yourself what others are slicing about over at Two Writing Teachers.
I had a very, very nice birthday yesterday. It was, ahem, number 65... and post number 700! So today makes it 701!
The family: Two adults, two children.
Adults have two eyes. Kids have one. And a large nose.
Dad is the tall one. Mom is lying down. She must be tired.
And now we can go on to the other layers of the slice.
On Sunday, I was at my brother's house, and my sister, and other brother and his wife came over to help me celebrate. We had gluten free cake! Bette Crocker makes a mix now for us antiglutenarians. And it was delicious!
I received some art supplies for my new hobby/blood pressure lowerer/comedic relief/entertainment for others/frustration for the dog. It is so many things to so many people and animals.
Why are you doing that? The ball is right by your feet.
My husband got me this nice set to remind me of where it all started... my grandson's paint set I bought him to use when he visits. He's so sweet!
And my brother and sister-in-law got me some more supplies, including a set of drawing pencils and a pad of drawing paper. I have always enjoyed doodling while I'm dawdling, but not much more than some squiggly lines (though I did draw some horses once that I thought came out pretty good just using #2 pencils. I didn't know they came in a range of leads!
And so I embarked on my first apple in a long time. I made it in the lower left hand corner of the page. I didn't like it.
Then I decided to draw an eye.
It was okay. But it needed more. So I added an eyebrow and a bit of nose.
What is the world is she doing? People "don't supposed to be" drawing this way. Where'd the lines go to make sure everything is on the right plane and angle?
My answer: There are no lines. This is the way I do life. It is never pretty.
So I added her mouth and the other side of her nose.
Her iris was sticking out of her eye some, so I retouched that and added more shading and some hair. The unfortunate thing for her was that I had made that apple first, and she was sitting right beside it. I tried erasing it. My son had said "good luck on making a second eye" - they are hard to get to come out the same. My excuse for not making another eye - the other half of her face was...NO ROOM! I have an apple there.
But then this morning, I decided to try to erase the apple, knowing full well it was not going to be completely "out of the picture". I was right. But I decided to carry on anyway right through the remains of the apple.
I know she is not the best art anyone has ever done. And as I look at it I see where this or that area could have been nudged in a slightly different angle or shading could have been changed. But it isn't the worst. I know that because I have done worse myself already. But I'm trying to be more positive with myself. I need to stop talking negatively and be encouraging, as I would be to any other friend.
Aren't we bullies when it comes to self-talk? I'm going to go put myself in time out! Look back at what I wrote - "She is not 'all that'. But she is a start." Would you even SAY that to a friend? And I thought I was being kind to myself.
Hey, Donna! What a great drawing! I like how you made her hair!
Ok, now I get a treat for talking nicely...as soon as I get out of time out.
Saturday night I put our puffy quilt back on the bed to delay turning the heat on in the bedroom - oh, so cozy to slip off to sleep on these nippy fall evenings!
Added bonus - the winter quilts are heavy enough that the cat's claws don't go through when he attacks my feet! Maybe I'll try a sketch of him next. He's easy to catch sleeping in one spot long enough, I think. Eyes will be closed - that should be easy as long as I start in the middle of the paper.
I know some people have seen this post before. It is one I keep trying to write, and finish. Then I schedule it for sometime in the future thinking I'll get back to it, and I don't.
Well, that is the reason. It publishes automatically, and I remember that I wasn't finished. So I take it down and reschedule it.
Thank you for the nomination for the Infinity Dream Blog Award, Chrys!. Like you, I do not know exactly what that means, but dreaming is fun, usually...except for that time the four men in black hats came in the front door and I had to decide if it was a prank or if I was really going to shoot them. I, fortunately, woke up before I had to come to a decision.
Anyway, I thought I'd start by telling the 20 Random Facts about me - which is one of the things you have to do if you are an Infinity Dream Blog Award recipient (which you may be one of someday, or today if your name is listed below). My random facts (in black) will be right after Chrys Fey's fact (in neon green), just to show you how we could be related, according to the random fact gene.
I added a couple others because I felt like it.
1.What is something you'd do tomorrow if money wasn't an object?
I would buy a little house on the ocean...wait. I did that. Okay, I would actually finish remodeling it and move in! And I'd add a pool, which we aren't doing because it is too much money and we are beside the ocean so it seems foolish, but you don't really swim in an ocean. You wade, and come out because you can't feel your feet anymore.
2.What is your biggest, wildest dream?
My dream is to write something publisher worthy, "get discovered", and have it published. Failing that, I want to self-publish, so my children, grandchildren and future greats will have a book by me that they can hold in their hands.
I don't usually listen to rap, but I can rap all the words to Eminem's song "Lose Yourself."I don't usually listen to rap, but I do eat M&M's, and I kinda lose myself when I do.
In tenth grade, I rewrote the Declaration of Independence for a contest. I won first place in my school and third in the district.In third grade I won a coloring contest put on by the Fire Department. I did this for three years in a row, winning a silver dollar each time.
I don't drive and have never owned a drivers license.I don't pilot a plane and have never owned a pilot's license.
I donated 14 inches of hair to Locks of Love in 2013.
I could donate 14 inches of hair...white...a first grader told me I looked like Elsa. She's a wonderful student. I don't know her name, but I'm sure she's smart. My daughter did donate hair to Locks of Love.
When I was fifteen I had spine surgery to correct scoliosis. Now I have a metal rod, screws, and fusion in my back.My family has lots of back and neck issues. I hurt my lower back when I was diving into a pool when I was 15 or 16. I am hoping that I will be able to avoid back surgery.
Autumn is my favorite season and Halloween is my favorite holiday.Autumn is my favorite season. My birthday is near Halloween and I had my one and only birthday party with classmates as a Halloween party.
When I was younger, I dressed up like a pimp for Halloween. I drew a beard and uni-brow on my face with eyeliner and wore my brother's clothes. My friends called me Christopher all night.I dressed up as an old man for Halloween once. No one even once called me Don, though (nor Christopher).
I am a vegetarian. (Seven years now.)I was a vegetarian for a while - I think it destroyed some of my health. I have become now a full-fledged non-glutenarian (not by choice).
Me, too! I dabble in jewelry making. And Chrys' shell necklace (above) bears a resemblance to a piece I made for my sister-in-law (below).
and a wrapped wire and stone pendant I made.
Neon green is my favorite color.
Neon green is not my favorite color. I like dark green or blue or red or purple.
I have a dragonfly tattoo on my arm.
I have dragonflies in my yard, on some hooks and on my stained glass lampshade.
At the age of twelve, I started writing a series of books that I later rewrote when I was seventeen. This is the supernatural-thriller series that I plan to publish someday. Avrianna Heavenborn from Ghost of Death stars in this series.
In my day, no one under adult age wrote a book, even for fun. My first book was written at the age of 21 in college as an assignment to write a children's story. I wrote the sea-natural oil spiller book called "Gilly Grows Up". It would take a bit of work to publish it. I did the illustrations, too. My instructor was quite impressed. I think everyone else did alphabet or dictionary books. Mine had a plot. Not a good plot, but a plot...and characters.
I have four cats that I rescued from an unknown fate. Read their story here: The Great Kitty Rescue.
I have rescued many a kitty and a couple of dogs. Currently, Noah is our rescue cat. He has his own blog: I, Noah Cat.
I draw fashion designs. I have sewn a few dance costumes, my wedding gown and other miscellaneous pieces of clothing. In addition, when my son wanted to have full size Alvin, Simon and Theodore Chipmunks for a school marionette-type skit, I made them. I don't always use a pattern, preferring to "wing it", or I adapt a pattern all to pieces.
As a young girl, I started collecting nutcrackers but they all broke over the years. I still have the original...the one that started it all.As a young girl I collected porcelain horses but they all broke over the years. I do not have the original, but I remember it (a black Saddlebred with one front hoof raised). I have looked on eBay a few times for one. I'll find it someday.
I adore movies about writers, but I dislike books with characters who are writers. (Usually.)I adore movies about... I don't generally like movies if they are based on a book. I REALLY don't like a book written from the movie!
I eat pizza with ranch dressing.I eat gluten-free pizza. For a while I ate pizza with no cheese. That is just dumb - like getting a frizzy perm.
I have a fear of fires due to a wild fire that almost took my home when I was ten.We had a fire causing soot damage in our home while we were out of town. My son was home and got himself and the animals out in time. It took a year to get it cleaned up enough to live in again.
A TV caught on fire in the basement - plugged in when a power surge occurred it appears.
My mom almost gave birth to me in Okinawa, Japan where my family was stationed (my dad was in the Air Force), but we left when my grandmother got sick. She died from ovarian cancer when I was two.I had two penpals from Japan when I was 14. My grandmother died of cancer when I was 9.
Random facts now about me!
Random extra fact A: We raised Arabians on our horse farm in Minnesota. I never had a horse as a child. We could have been killed.
Random extra fact B: I took toe dance lessons up through high school. I was on TV doing a toe tap dance with another girl once on a weekly local talent show. Wish I had THAT tape! I'm sure we were wonderful!
Random extra fact C: I do not like elevators. At all. They are in the same genre, for me, as airplanes. I will use both and I will look normal (I think), but inside I am screaming.
Random extra fact D: I was voted class quietest in high school and got nauseous when I had to speak in front of a class. I became a teacher who spoke daily to students, a presenter at teacher workshops at the state level and a vocal soloist at church. Never underestimate the power of screaming on the inside until you can take it on the outside!
Random extra fact E: I appear to be allergic to strawberries now and have a gluten sensitivity. Perhaps too much screaming on the inside causes sensitivities to other things? Nah.
Random extra fact F: I hate bats even though they are good to have around. I like baseball bats though.
Random extra fact G: My husband and I knew each other for exactly one year when we got married 43 years ago this September. Sometimes you just know it is the right person and the interview process can stop.
Biggest Random Fact of All - THIS is my 700th post!
You know, I can't do this list....there are too many wonderful bloggers out there! Anyone who sees this and wants to snag the award - go for it!
You may answer the same questions I answered above. And then tell 20 random facts about yourself. Enjoy!
On Today's Little Ditty, Michelle H. Barnes has offered up the challenge by Marcus Ewert to write love poems this month– about relationships that seem unrequited, but which end up being requited after all. Click HERE for more details.
My poem's inspiration was taken from my own cat, Noah, who professes to dislike dogs, but who always gives in and becomes a pretty decent buddy, rubbing against them and playing with their toys.
IMG_7985 from Donna Smith on Vimeo.
I will not play your silly canine game.
I don't even know your so uncatlike name.
It's a rolly ball, neow, that's a meowing shame!
I can make you, little doggy, take the blame!
You have really much to learn; you're over-tame.
It could be lots of fun.
Perhaps you aren't that bad a dog at all.
If ever I'm to blame, you'll take the fall.
And I can't believe I'm liking you a lot!
Dog bed, cat bed...who's to say which is which?
Oh, the signs of winter coming are everywhere. I love the autumn, except for the realization that winter is coming next. I'm hoping it isn't quite as large a winter as we had last year. I just don't feel like shoveling. A least the puppy is taller this year, and our old dog isn't around to crawl up the icy steps. Actually, I did a pretty decent job of clearing the ice by chipping away at it when the sun was out. But that is hard of the shoulders and elbows. I'd rather not do it... I do hope spring comes quickly!
Here is my poem today. It was started a couple of weeks ago when I read someone else's poem, and something struck a chord. Now I can't remember whose it was. If I stumble across it I will reference it here later. I'm tired now and must schedule this to post and go to bed! I may add a picture tomorrow also. I've just been out straight working on Sunday School lessons, Puppet scripts, mailings and video clips for a 7 week program with our church's kids program. It is fun and good, but it is also draining my energy for anything else. I did manage to start the dishwasher last night! Now to get some clothes washed!
"More poetry," you say? I say, "Go on over to Jammin' Jama Rattigan's Alphabet Soup!" She's hosting the poetry today for the weekly Poetry Friday Roundup! Enjoy!
Last night was a difficult night. Our Golden Retriever had to be put down. She was a dear, loyal friend for many years. We half expected that she wouldn't be here last winter, but with the new pup arriving, she perked up a bit and let the puppy drag her around the house and they played while she reclined! It was a sight to behold.
But yesterday morning, her eyesight suddenly just didn't seem right and she didn't want to go down the porch steps or up them. Going up and down has been a problem physically for a while, but she's done it. She had developed laryngeal paralysis, which eventually affects the hind limbs, and it had begun to do that. Where her back end had been weak with hip problems in youth, it finally gave way in old age.
So it was time to say good-bye.
"Make new friends, but keep the old; one is silver and the other gold."
I have a new friend, but my gold will always be my remembered friend.
Amy Ludwig VanDerwater at The Poem Farm has a happier dog poem to share today, PLUS lots and lots of links to other poetry! Go there for this week's Poetry Friday fare!
It's Poetry Friday. Heidi Mordehorst at My Juicy Little Universe is our Poetess for the week! Thanks, Heidi!
It is late in the day for me to post.
I'm sick today and everyone is lying low - even the dogs. Thank you dogs for sleeping. However, earlier, Ginger (the young lab) stole a towel I'd used on them for drying off coming in from the rain. Then she sneaked in the bedroom and stole one of my shoes. She knew I wasn't feeling well, and wanted to cheer me up with a little game of "see if you can get what I shouldn't have". I won but I was dizzy and had to rest after scolding her. She just grinned at me.
Last night she knew I didn't feel well either. She got in my lap...or maybe that should be - she covered me up on the chair. She hasn't tried to be in my lap since she was 20 pounds...she's somewhere over 70 now.
Oh, crud. The cat just came in the room meowing plaintively to get the Lab riled and interested in some cat game. I don't think it is all the dogs' faults on Planet Cat'n'Dog when a cat gets chased by one of them. At least one cat I can think of knows just what he's doing when he struts through a room.
Anyway. I am going to see if my fuddled, muddled brain has a poem or refrain, or if it's too much of a strain to keep a thought on train. There. A poem has been slain without a bloody stain...though my nose still drips like rain and my powers seem to wane - I feel I'm swirling down the drain. That wasn't too much pain...this poetry from Maine...though maybe it's inane, and certain to draw disdain when read with unmuddled brain.
to keep a thought on its train.
as I'm swirling down the drain.
when read with unmuddled brain.
Rewritten with edits, revisions. Sorry. I'll be better by next Friday, I'm sure. The following poem was what I'd set out to try. I got distracted by the muddling, puddling, befuddling of my brain.
While my eyes are weeping.
While my nose is rosy.
While I have a chill.
While I sit up sneezing.
I just want to rest.
"I'm going to see if she notices...so far, so good,"


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Extended Sneak Peak at Cars 3
New Characters Unveiled for Cars 3
By now, you've likely seen that riveting teaser for Pixar's next upcoming feature, Cars 3. Thanks to new details released this morning by Brian Fee, who is making his directorial debut at Pixar on this film, the curtain has been drawn back a bit more on new characters and minor plot details.
Armie Hammer, known for his roles in The Social Network, The Lone Ranger, and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. provides the voice of the young hotshot racer and presumed villain, Jackson Storm. "Jackson was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Everything comes easy to him, and everything about him says he's faster, so much so that we've designed him so that even when he's standing next to McQueen, McQueen looks old," says Lee. "He thinks the world is his. He's taking over. He's owed it… He thinks the future of racing and the high-tech ways they train and what they can do means they're taking the sport to a new level, and the older guys had their day, and it's done, and they have no place in the future of racing."
McQueen's sharp, young new trainer, Cruz Ramirez is voiced by Cristela Alonzo — known for her appearances on TV Series The View and Cristela, both on ABC. "Whereas others like Jackson would look at McQueen and dump him, Cruz isn't like that at all. She's the most optimistic person in the world and wants to do anything to help," says Fee.
Owen Wilson returns as the voice of Lightning McQueen. According to Fee, "McQueen is not the young hotshot anymore, the kid he was back then in Cars 1. He's in the middle of his life, and as an athlete, that's getting up there. You have your whole life ahead of you, yet your career is starting to show its age. He's looking in the mirror and realizing, 'I'm 40 years old,' and dealing with the fact that the thing that you love more than anything else, you might not be able to do forever."
Credit to Entertainment Weekly
Finding Dory Review — Spoiler Free
One of the most fascinating things to observe is a toddler making discoveries about his/her new world. That is what is expertly captured in Piper, the most adorable short Pixar has created to date.
Much like The Good Dinosaur, they've taken great pains to bring exceptional photo-realism to the environment juxtaposed to semi-real animated characters. Not in a Roger Rabbit kind of way, but a beautiful, seamless and believable way.
There is nothing complex to the story. No twist to figure out. No gag to unravel. Just simplicity at its finest. You will experience nothing but unadulterated delight.
Also, am I imagining things, or was there a nod to Presto in there somewhere?
Finding Nemo is an undisputed classic. It's so endearing, and so precious to us. It's the best-selling DVD of all time and universally beloved, which makes an extension to the story an ambitious, if not risky move. How could it possibly compare?
UPDATE: Finding Dory surpassed Shrek the Third to achieve the highest grossing opening weekend for an animated film, by roughly $15 million. So there's your first clue.
Finding Dory will find itself in the elite upper class of Pixar sequels — rubbing shoulders with the Toy Story sequels. And it builds on and validates Finding Nemo in the process. There are even some aspects of the film that are, I dare say, better than the original.
One outstanding example of this is the slate of phenomenal vocal performances across the cast, without exception. There was just something special about this collection of talent. Here are a few notable standouts: Of course, Ellen DeGeneres as Dory really brought what was required of her to carry the story on her back. Her performance was deep and genuine to a level we didn't see in the first film. Dory experiences some real conflict, self doubt and raw emotion that DeGeneres makes natural and true to Dory. Ty Burrell hits the nail on the head with his excellent comedic flair as he voiced Bailey, the Beluga whale. And Ed O'Neill was the perfect choice for Hank the Oct/Sept-opus. Hank is really the best addition to the new cast. He's the perfect supporting character with a mixture of sassy self-preservation and character flaws that are balanced by change, loyalty and compassion. Not to mention all the Herculean technical challenges I've heard he posed. Hank's design and animation are masterful.
There is just the right amount of cameos from the original to poke at your nostalgia without turning it into a shameless parade of memories. The sea lions are funny, but a bit overplayed — the gimmick wore off fast for me. And baby Dory is just to die for — so cute and heartbreaking, matched with another perfect casting choice in Sloane Murray.
Yes, Finding Dory drives on a lot of the same general themes as the original: the tragic separation of parent and child and yearning to belong, but Finding Dory has really honed in on a truthy kernel in the enduring importance of family relationships. I like that angle. I've read some criticism on the quick, inconsequential journey they take across the ocean this time around. You'll definitely have a "wait, what?" moment, based on the expectation set by the first film that trans-oceanic journeys are supposed to be perilous and lengthy. But I agree with that choice. It really gives us a chance to settle in on the search for family instead of a string of Indiana Jones-esque booby trap avoidance. We weren't looking for a Finding Nemo repeat. And that moment you realize Dory has the best parents ever when you piece together all the facets of their search and the relentless daily efforts they engaged in — man, tear-jerker.
Finding Dory is an improvement upon, but not a departure from the aesthetic of Finding Nemo. As with other Pixar sequels, the textures are richer and the worlds more enveloping, but you still feel right at home. How do they do that?! The sets aren't nearly as vibrant as the original, but that has more to do with location accuracy than anything. Tropical oceans are simply more colorful than the California coast. But it is still striking and beautiful. Finding Nemo has long been my favorite 3D movie. The underwater worlds lend themselves to beautiful depth. Floating particles that pull the ocean out into the theater, and deep scenery that pulls you into the ocean. For all the same reasons, the 3D in Finding Dory is worth seeing at least once. There's no gimmicky eye-poking 3D. You'll get plenty of that in the previews (speaking of previews, how is it that animation has managed to make every type of character more appealing than their real life counterparts — except human babies?).
Thomas Newman's score is also a dazzling evolution from his work 13 years ago. It's got his signature style and the nostalgic wonder of the Finding Nemo soundtrack, plus everything he's discovered scoring spy movies since then (see tracks "Nobody's Fine", "Becky Flies", and "Okay with Crazy"). Thomas Newman conveys "wonder" better than any other composer I'm familiar with (for that, see tracks "Sigourney Weaver", "Loon Tune" and "Release"). And then, there's that "Unforgettable" cover by Sia. Wow. I'd listened to it prior to seeing the movie on Thursday, but there was something about hearing it in a spacious, mildly echoey movie theater that was breathtaking. So beautiful.
TIPS: Despite one scary scene with a giant squid, Finding Dory is more tame than its predecessor. So if your kids can handle Finding Nemo, they should be fine in Finding Dory. And don't forget to stay for the traditional Pixar post-credit goodies!
There's no question. You just need to see this one.
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At the American Academy of Dermatology's Summer Academy Meeting 2011 in New York, dermatologist Wendy E. Roberts, MD, FAAD, who maintains a private practice in Rancho Mirage, Calif., discussed common skin conditions that affect people of color and how their diagnosis and treatment may vary from lighter-skinned individuals.
For people of color, skin cancer may not be top of mind as a significant health threat. However, Dr. Roberts cautioned that while rarer in skin of color, skin cancer does occur and can be quite serious when diagnosis is delayed.
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Acne is the most common skin condition and reason that people of all skin types see a dermatologist, but Dr. Roberts explained that treating the pimples and pustules that aggravate patients is only half the battle in patients of color. In darker-skinned patients, hyperpigmentation — also known simply as brown spots or blemishes — can occur with active acne or after the pimples have subsided. Depending on a person's skin type, these brown spots can last anywhere from months to years, and in some cases never disappear.
Dr. Roberts mentioned that there are now a variety of good treatments to treat PIH, and dermatologists determine which treatment will work best based on a patient's skin type and severity of the condition.
For example, topical treatments for PIH include hydroquinone (considered the "gold standard") and retinoids to help lighten the affected areas. Chemical peels, microdermabrasion and the fractional laser are other options that can treat PIH.
In lighter-skinned people, rosacea appears as redness and inflammation of the skin with small blood vessels visible on the nose and cheeks. However, in people of color, the condition may not appear as red or unattractive and may look more like blush. For this reason, rosacea can be missed in people of color.
Depending on the type of rosacea, Dr. Roberts added that the following treatments are effective: topical medications (metroniadazole cream, the gold standard; or azelaic acid), oral antibiotics (doxycycline or minocycline), or vascular lasers and intense pulsed light (IPL) laser.
"People of color need to keep in mind that they should see a dermatologist for any changes in their skin or at the first sign of brown spots that do not fade on their own," said Dr. Roberts. "Even the handling and care of a simple skin cut can make a difference in the way that a wound will heal and the possibility of scarring. Being aware of the differences in darker skin is first and foremost to caring for and protecting it.


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Cricket / IPL Rewind: A look back at all previous IPL finals
IPL Rewind: A look back at all previous IPL finals
Akhil Nair
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As we await the final of the 11th edition of the Indian Premier League on Sunday (May 27) at the Wankhede Stadium, here is a rewind of all the finals from previous editions of the tournament.
Rajasthan Royals' fairytale (2008)
The inaugural IPL season culminated with the most unlikely side Rajasthan Royals lifting the trophy, fittingly in a last-ball finish. Shane Warne's side chased down 163 runs with three wickets to spare, courtesy of Yusuf Pathan's 56 from 39 balls. Shane Watson and Swapnil Asnodkar provided effective cameos at the top, and Warne and Sohail Tanvir helped RR scrap through in the final moments.
Player of the Match: Yusuf Pathan
Pragyan Ojha leads the charge (2009)
It is not often that you find yourself on the losing side after finishing with figures of 4/16 in your spell. That is what happened to Anil Kumble as Deccan Chargers defended 144 runs at Johannesburg in 2009. Herschelle Gibbs scored a crucial half-century, followed by Andrew Symonds' 33, which helped the Hyderabad franchise reach a respectable total. Apart from Ross Taylor and Roelf van der Merwe, none of the RCB batsmen got going on the night. Pragyan Ojha picked up three wickets in his spell, and RCB fell short by 6 runs.
Player of the Match: Anil Kumble
CSK pip Mumbai for maiden title (2010)
Chennai Super Kings managed to overcome Sachin Tendulkar's Mumbai Indians in the third IPL final, thanks to a fantastic batting display by Suresh Raina in the first innings and Muttiah Muralitharan's economic four overs. At one point, MI were cruising towards the 169-run target but their run-chase took a mighty hit when the well-set Tendulkar was dismissed by Shadab Jakati. Kieron Pollard provided a late blitz to reignite Mumbai's hopes but shrewd captaincy from MS Dhoni resulted in his downfall and CSK winning their maiden IPL title.
Player of the Match: Suresh Raina
One-sided affair (2011)
A 200+ total is a tough ask in a T20 game, let alone in the final of the tournament. Chennai Super Kings managed that feat in 2011 at Chepauk. Michael Hussey and Murali Vijay were devastating at the top, and MS Dhoni provided a short cameo in the end to lead CSK to 205 runs. The run-chase relied on Chris Gayle providing the fireworks for Royal Challengers Bangalore, but Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed the southpaw in the third ball of the innings. RCB never threatened the target as they succumbed to a 58-run loss in the end.
Player of the Match: Murali Vijay
Kolkata reign supreme at Chepauk (2012)
The story of IPL 2012 final followed along the lines of 2011, until halfway. Michael Hussey and Murali Vijay's start was backed up by a superb 38-ball 73 by Suresh Raina to lead Chennai Super Kings to 190. But an innings of a lifetime by Manvinder Bisla, coupled by lucid 69 from Jacques Kallis brought Kolkata Knight Riders within inches of the target. A no-ball assist from Ben Hilfenhaus in the penultimate over and two boundaries from Manoj Tiwary in the final over denied CSK a hat-trick of titles and KKR its first.
Player of the Match: Manvinder Bisla
Kieron Pollard leads MI to glory (2013)
In a season marred by the spot-fixing and betting scandal, Mumbai Indians emerged victorious at the Eden Gardens in the finale, thanks to a rampant Kieron Pollard. A quick-fire 60 after a top-order collapse helped MI post a respectable 148 runs on a sluggish wicket. MI's seam bowlers, Mitchell Johnson and Lasith Malinga ran through the top order and left CSK helpless at 39 for 6. MS Dhoni provided a late resurgence but it was too big of a mountain to climb even for the skipper as Chennai fell short by 23 runs.
Player of the Match: Kieron Pollard
Manish Pandey and KKR derail George Bailey's Kings XI (2014)
The 2014 IPL final was a tale of two special knocks. Wriddhiman Saha smashed an unbeaten 115 off 55 balls to thrust Kings XI Punjab to 199 in their 20 overs. But it was Manish Pandey's 94 from 50 balls that earned the rewards, as his innings put Kolkata Knight Riders 21 runs away from the target before his dismissal. Cameos from Yusuf Pathan and Shakib Al Hasan kept KKR level in terms of the required run-rate, and Piyush Chawla's six and four at the back end led them to their second title.
Player of the Match: Manish Pandey
MI overpower CSK again at Eden Gardens (2015)
Mumbai Indians made it two out of three against Chennai Super Kings in IPL finals; this time in an even more convincing manner. MS Dhoni's choice to bowl first backfired as an all-round batting effort from MI propelled them to 202 in their 20 overs. Despite only losing Michael Hussey in the first 10 overs, CSK were well short of the required rate, needing 13.6 runs an over. Wickets started falling in heaps post the halfway mark of the run-chase, which eventually ended in CSK falling short by 41 runs.
Player of the Match: Rohit Sharma
Sunrisers deny star-studded RCB (2016)
A battle between two of the most prolific run-scores in IPL 2016, David Warner and Virat Kohli, eventually went the latter's way. Batting first, Sunrisers were in a spot of bother post Warner's dismissal. But a watchful 38 from Yuvraj Singh and a quick-fire 39 from Ben Cutting pushed the target beyond 200. RCB were flying in the first half of the run-chase, with Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli in prime form. The tide however turned SRH's way post the dismissals of the openers as the following batsmen – KL Rahul, AB de Villiers and Shane Watson fell within a span of three overs. Despite being 140/2 in 13 overs, the home side finished nine runs short of the target.
Player of the Match: Ben Cutting
MI scrap through for #3 (2017)
A low-scoring thriller in 2017 sealed MI's third IPL, denying Rising Pune Supergiant a fairytale end as an IPL franchise. RPS looked well in control of the tie at the 15-over mark chasing 129 runs, with MS Dhoni and Steve Smith set. However, tight overs from Jasprit Bumrah and Lasith Malinga, topped off by Mitchell Johnson conceding just nine runs in the final over sealed a comeback victory for MI.
Player of the Match: Krunal Pandya
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