Interview with New York Weddings Make up artist Leora

Today I wanted to share an interview with an expert in wedding makeup and the art of making you beautiful, Leora from Weddings by Leora. Leora is known for her flawless application and has been featured on the Style Network's "Whose Wedding Is It Anyway?"

1. What makes Weddings by Leora unique? What makes Leora Weddings unique is that Leora understands that a brides wedding day is one of the biggest events in her life and knows that the 2 most important things to choosing a makeup artist for your big day are a) you must love the makeup application and look that the artist provides and b) the experience of working with your artist will be stress free and enjoyable! Leora guarantees that the bride loves her makeup and that it lasts from the wedding ceremony until the very last dance at the reception.

2. What services do you provide?
Leora provides airbrush, individual eyelash extensions, wedding trials, customized looks, and is also available to travel for destination weddings.

3. What can you advice brides and couples to be aware of or avoid when hiring their make up artist?
I would recommend that brides and couples schedule a wedding trial with their makeup artist at least 6 months ahead of their wedding date and that the person they choose to hire be reliable and easy to work with.

4. What are the latest trends in make up?
Airbrush is really huge right now as well as individual eyelash extensions, I’ve also found a lot of brides love a light line of liquid eyeliner which provides a soft yet dramatically beautiful finish.

View and read more on Weddings by Leora by visiting her website.

Base Hits: 6/2/2009

I was going to save this for the next Oriole Blogosphere post but these interviews with Jake Arrietta and Troy Patton make for good viewing and are a pretty cool "get" for a bunch of bloggers. Well done!

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Brady Anderson writes an op-ed piece defending Orioles owner Peter Angelos. Among his defenses:

The article states that....Mr. Angelos began his "notorious meddling" by firing manager Davey Johnson. That is not what happened. Mr. Johnson resigned; he was not fired. The dispute between Mr. Angelos and Mr. Johnson began when Mr. Johnson fined Roberto Alomar, unilaterally, and without the owner's knowledge or consent, for missing a mandatory team function.

I was really bothered by the Johnson resignation. I loved playing for Davey and believe the Orioles would have continued to compete for championships had he stayed. I also think that if Davey had really wanted to stay he was more than capable of convincing Mr. Angelos to retain him for many years.

OK, but you could conversely make the argument that Mr. Angelos was capable of convincing Johnson to stay as well.

That point aside, Anderson does make a few good points and seems to genuinely admire and respect Peter Angelos.

I certainly have my issues with Angelos as a manager but hardly think he's the win-draining diabolical monster some paint him to be. Nor do I find him a shrewd manager of his resources and a magnanimous owner who is solely responsible for the Orioles' success in the mid-90's. I imagine, as with most things, the truth lies in the middle.

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Spring Training update: Arizona? Arizona? What the hell? I'm fine with Baltimore training anywhere in Florida...but not Arizona.

Meanwhile the Orioles are still in negotiations with Sarasota and Lee counties about moving their Spring Training to Florida's west coast. Some commissioners are worried about how much money the Orioles will want in stadium improvements:

(Lee County Commissioner Frank Mann) is concerned that the Orioles may ask for at least $10 million in upgrades.

"If less, I'll kiss a monkey right out there on the steps," Mann said, gesturing toward the north side of the old county courthouse.

Now that would be an entertaining County Board meeting. Do these guys know how to party or what? If I were John Angelos, I would make primate smooching a prerequisite to move to Lee County.

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In the biggest no-brainer in baseball, Luke Scott was named AL Player of the Week.

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Adam Jones is back in Seattle. The Mariner fans react:

U.S.S. Mariner:

So, as you probably know, the Orioles have this center fielder who is having a pretty good season. Unless he falls apart in June, there’s a pretty decent chance that Adam Jones will make his first All-Star team this summer at the ripe old age of 23. He’s one of the core pieces of the Orioles rebuilding process, and if the M’s wanted to get him back, they probably couldn’t, even if they offered up the entire farm system and the deed to Mt. Rainier. He’s that valuable. And, but for some really terrible decision making, he could have been ours.

Seattle Times Mariners Blog:

Adam Jones came back to Seattle today with an entourage -- two burly guys standing by his locker in the visiting clubhouse at Safeco Field wearing Orioles' jerseys with "Jones" on the back.

OK, it was his brother and cousin, come up from San Diego to visit Adam -- who actually seems quite unaffected by the giant step into stardom he has taken this season.

"I'm just maturing as a baseball player,'' he said with a shrug. "Figuring out my role and not trying to do too much. Playing the game the way I know how to play it."

Which, as every wistful Mariners' fan is well aware, is good enough to make him one of the game's most exciting young players, almost certainly headed, at age 23, to his first All-Star Game.

Jones is the most hilarious deadpan quote dropper ever. When asked about coming "home" to Seattle:

Asked if he feels any special tugs coming back to Seattle, Jones replied, "Nothing. It's just a regular city. We're on the road. Just got to come here and do what our team tries to accomplish on the road."

In fact, he seemed to have more attachment to Tacoma. "I got to know a lot of the fans there, because I was in Tacoma for most of the time,'' he said. "They're great people. They treated me with utmost respect. I'd say last year was good for me, because they (the Orioles) gave me an opportunity, but I'm also glad I had the opportunity to play over there."

Hysterical. The Orioles gave me a shot in Baltimore but Seattle gave me a shot in AAA Tacoma. I really got to know the people in Tacoma. Not so much in Seattle. Awesome.

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Oriole Post got his recap of MASN's Oriole Blogger night up. Ditto for Matt at Roar From 34. Also Baltimore Sports and Life and Baltimore Sports Report.

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The highlight of Wieters Weekend for me was watching him get challenged by Justin Verlander and getting blown away that first at bat and then coming back the next time and drilling Verlander fastball off the center field wall for a triple and his first major league hit. Nice adjustment and it bodes well...

Problems With Blogspot Blogs In Seo

We all use blogspot blogs,but do you know what drawbacks you are facing while using this free blogger service.Well i am not saying you not to use blogspot service,but want to make you aware of what you are gaining over here and what you are loosing over here,so as to make you aware of every aspect about using blogspot blogs leading to its pros and cons.

I will share here different problems with blogspot blogs which effect your seo heavily.

Now everybody think blogger is product of google so we can use blogspot service as it will be packed with seo in google search engines.

At this point suppose you are right,as me too when started my blog thought same as you will be thinking.

Assuming your thinking right,you are getting good seo from google search engines.Now what about other search engines,they dont give importance to blogspot domain names,as there are thousand of engines more to give you traffic,if you still leave them,you can't forget two basic search engines like of yahoo search and msn search.Using blogspot name you are loosing half of your traffic,as these engines can give you same traffic as given by google.Means leaving blogspot name can double your traffic from search engines for sure.

If we assume your thought correct then only you are lossing half of your visitors and how much visitors you will loose now when i will prove your thought wrong.

Yes the true is blogspot blogs are not seo in google search engines also,what we assumed above was wrong.As i will tell you some things to prove it.

First Thing:-Domain name is always preffered over blogspot domain name not only on other search engines but on google too.For some keyword you search,you will not to positioned to first position in results as always blogs with domain name will be a top,if they also have an post with that keyword.As if i would have used domain name,my traffic would have increased by 40 percent sure.
As you can see google adsense program now rejects all blogs on blogspot for there program,as they themselves avoids blogspot domain name and approves too quickly the self hosted blog with domain name.

Second thing:-Google search engines doesn't index blogspot label pages.But in self hosted blog your category pages get indexed also.

http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/search/label/webmaster%20tools

Now andy has explained here why google doesn't index them and some easy solution,you can read it.

This problem has to be solved by google blogger service,you dont have much to do in it.

Thirdly:- When you use older and newer post link to see different pages the link get like this below:-

http://anshuldudeja.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2009-05-04T11%3A53%3A00-07%3A00&max-results=7

Even these links are not indexed by search engines.So again a great loss.

Now One more important Point:-Think you have been using blogspot for an year and you want to switch to wordpress,you are in threat to loose all your traffic and seo for your all post pages.As you can set redirects while switching to wordpress easily but it will not work as well as you think, Google will insert their virus/malware notice and all redirects will not work as easily as you think.

In that case i greatly liked the trick labnol used to switch to wordpress without loosing an page rank and search engine juice,you can read about it from here on how he switched from blogspot to wordpress.

Using custom domain name from beggining or from many months and then switching will not might be much problem for you.

So you must have to have custom domain name if still you are using blogger.

I have written this post reviewing andys post,you can read it from here also to make more clear about it and ask from him more about it.

Problems With Blogspot Blogs In Seo

We all use blogspot blogs,but do you know what drawbacks you are facing while using this free blogger service.Well i am not saying you not to use blogspot service,but want to make you aware of what you are gaining over here and what you are loosing over here,so as to make you aware of every aspect about using blogspot blogs leading to its pros and cons.

I will share here different problems with blogspot blogs which effect your seo heavily.

Now everybody think blogger is product of google so we can use blogspot service as it will be packed with seo in google search engines.

At this point suppose you are right,as me too when started my blog thought same as you will be thinking.

Assuming your thinking right,you are getting good seo from google search engines.Now what about other search engines,they dont give importance to blogspot domain names,as there are thousand of engines more to give you traffic,if you still leave them,you can't forget two basic search engines like of yahoo search and msn search.Using blogspot name you are loosing half of your traffic,as these engines can give you same traffic as given by google.Means leaving blogspot name can double your traffic from search engines for sure.

If we assume your thought correct then only you are lossing half of your visitors and how much visitors you will loose now when i will prove your thought wrong.

Yes the true is blogspot blogs are not seo in google search engines also,what we assumed above was wrong.As i will tell you some things to prove it.

First Thing:-Domain name is always preffered over blogspot domain name not only on other search engines but on google too.For some keyword you search,you will not to positioned to first position in results as always blogs with domain name will be a top,if they also have an post with that keyword.As if i would have used domain name,my traffic would have increased by 40 percent sure.
As you can see google adsense program now rejects all blogs on blogspot for there program,as they themselves avoids blogspot domain name and approves too quickly the self hosted blog with domain name.

Second thing:-Google search engines doesn't index blogspot label pages.But in self hosted blog your category pages get indexed also.

http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/search/label/webmaster%20tools

Now andy has explained here why google doesn't index them and some easy solution,you can read it.

This problem has to be solved by google blogger service,you dont have much to do in it.

Thirdly:- When you use older and newer post link to see different pages the link get like this below:-

http://anshuldudeja.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2009-05-04T11%3A53%3A00-07%3A00&max-results=7

Even these links are not indexed by search engines.So again a great loss.

Now One more important Point:-Think you have been using blogspot for an year and you want to switch to wordpress,you are in threat to loose all your traffic and seo for your all post pages.As you can set redirects while switching to wordpress easily but it will not work as well as you think, Google will insert their virus/malware notice and all redirects will not work as easily as you think.

In that case i greatly liked the trick labnol used to switch to wordpress without loosing an page rank and search engine juice,you can read about it from here on how he switched from blogspot to wordpress.

Using custom domain name from beggining or from many months and then switching will not might be much problem for you.

So you must have to have custom domain name if still you are using blogger.

I have written this post reviewing andys post,you can read it from here also to make more clear about it and ask from him more about it.

Problems With Blogspot Blogs In Seo

We all use blogspot blogs,but do you know what drawbacks you are facing while using this free blogger service.Well i am not saying you not to use blogspot service,but want to make you aware of what you are gaining over here and what you are loosing over here,so as to make you aware of every aspect about using blogspot blogs leading to its pros and cons.

I will share here different problems with blogspot blogs which effect your seo heavily.

Now everybody think blogger is product of google so we can use blogspot service as it will be packed with seo in google search engines.

At this point suppose you are right,as me too when started my blog thought same as you will be thinking.

Assuming your thinking right,you are getting good seo from google search engines.Now what about other search engines,they dont give importance to blogspot domain names,as there are thousand of engines more to give you traffic,if you still leave them,you can't forget two basic search engines like of yahoo search and msn search.Using blogspot name you are loosing half of your traffic,as these engines can give you same traffic as given by google.Means leaving blogspot name can double your traffic from search engines for sure.

If we assume your thought correct then only you are lossing half of your visitors and how much visitors you will loose now when i will prove your thought wrong.

Yes the true is blogspot blogs are not seo in google search engines also,what we assumed above was wrong.As i will tell you some things to prove it.

First Thing:-Domain name is always preffered over blogspot domain name not only on other search engines but on google too.For some keyword you search,you will not to positioned to first position in results as always blogs with domain name will be a top,if they also have an post with that keyword.As if i would have used domain name,my traffic would have increased by 40 percent sure.
As you can see google adsense program now rejects all blogs on blogspot for there program,as they themselves avoids blogspot domain name and approves too quickly the self hosted blog with domain name.

Second thing:-Google search engines doesn't index blogspot label pages.But in self hosted blog your category pages get indexed also.

http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/search/label/webmaster%20tools

Now andy has explained here why google doesn't index them and some easy solution,you can read it.

This problem has to be solved by google blogger service,you dont have much to do in it.

Thirdly:- When you use older and newer post link to see different pages the link get like this below:-

http://anshuldudeja.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2009-05-04T11%3A53%3A00-07%3A00&max-results=7

Even these links are not indexed by search engines.So again a great loss.

Now One more important Point:-Think you have been using blogspot for an year and you want to switch to wordpress,you are in threat to loose all your traffic and seo for your all post pages.As you can set redirects while switching to wordpress easily but it will not work as well as you think, Google will insert their virus/malware notice and all redirects will not work as easily as you think.

In that case i greatly liked the trick labnol used to switch to wordpress without loosing an page rank and search engine juice,you can read about it from here on how he switched from blogspot to wordpress.

Using custom domain name from beggining or from many months and then switching will not might be much problem for you.

So you must have to have custom domain name if still you are using blogger.

I have written this post reviewing andys post,you can read it from here also to make more clear about it and ask from him more about it.

AL East Roundup: Week 7

AL East Roundup - 5/25/09 through 5/31/09

New York Yankees - River Ave. Blues

For the first time in over two years, the Yankees reached the top of the AL East standings. It started as a tie with the Red Sox on Wednesday. They lost the lead when the Sox won on Thursday, but retook the lead over the weekend. The Yanks currently sit a half game up on the Red Sox. While the standings on May 31 count for absolutely nothing in the long run, it's a relief for Yanks fans to see their team back atop the standings, rather than ending May in third place as they've done for the past few years.

The offense put up monstrous numbers every other game for the Yanks, as they scored 11 on Monday, nine on Wednesday, and 10 on Saturday. They mixed those with three-run showings on Tuesday and Friday, and a four-run affair in Sunday's walk-off loss to the Indians. The pitching turned in a solid week as well, with the only poor showing coming on Tuesday in the team's 7-3 loss in Texas. Joba Chamberlain had a sub-par start, and after the Yankees tied the game the bullpen blew it open. While the bullpen remains a concern, the continued quality starts from the rotation helps keep the relievers' exposure limited.

Once again, Mark Teixeira was the offensive player of the week. He put up a .357/.400/.786 line in the last seven days (1.186 OPS), smacking three homers and three doubles in 28 at bats. Alex Rodriguez did his part, posting a .417/.517/.542 line on the week. Surprisingly, he hit no home runs, but he did have three doubles and five walks to go along with just one strikeout. It seems like his defense (-27.8 UZR/150) will be the last thing to come around following surgery to fix a torn hip labrum.

On the pitching end, it was a mixed bag. Phil Hughes had a stellar start on Monday in Texas but his struggles in the third inning of Sunday's start in Cleveland tainted that start. CC Sabathia had just one start, in which he was more than good enough to give the Yanks a W. A.J. Burnett lasted just six innings in his start, though they were of the scoreless variety, and came with seven strikeouts. Chien-Ming Wang, however, tossed five scoreless innings in relief. These innings have given the Yanks a bit more confidence in him. If he can return to the rotation and go back to throwing seven, eight quality innings per start he could give the Yanks a big boost.

Week's record: 4-2

Season record: 29-21

Injuries: Melky Cabrera (shoulder, day to day)

This week: Mon @Cleveland; Tue - Thu TEXAS; Fri - Sun TAMPA BAY

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Boston Red Sox -- Surviving Grady

The Red Sox hit the road for their longest trip of the season on Monday. First stop: Minnesota. Game one in the series should have been a laugher as the Sox piled up 16 hits against the Twins pitchers. Unfortunately only six of those baserunners crossed the plate, and a two-run homer off Paps in the ninth made it a 6-5 game. That's all the Twins would get but it certainly put a question mark next to Papelbon's name after the fiasco against the Mets.

The Sox would drop the next two, having completely lost the ability to score runs away from home. They lost 5-2 on Tuesday as Lester continued his "one bad inning" theme, giving up all five earned in the fifth. Wednesday they went quietly 4-2, with Dice-K laboring through just five innings. Thanks to Josh Beckett and Cap'n Tek the Sox worked a split, taking Thursday's day-game 3-1 behind seven strong innings by Beckett and two homers off the bat off Varitek. That's his second two-homerun game of the season giving him a total of 10. For a 37 year-old catcher who has only hit more than 15 homers three times in his career to have 10 by the end of May...well...

The Red Sox average 6.3 runs per game at Fenway but just barely over 4 runs per game on the road. The next stop was Toronto and it seemed like a good place to get your mojo back. The Sox had put the Jays on a nine-game tailspin after the sweep at Fenway. But the Jays had other ideas. A wild Tim Wakefield and the inability for the Sox to get the clutch hit (they used to have a guy that did that for them) combined for a 6-3 loss in the first of three.

Saturday would only get worse as the Sox could only manage four hits in the 5-2 loss. It was up to Lester on Sunday, and the way he pitched he knew it. Six innings, just three hits and a career-high 12 K's for young Jon. The bats finally came to life with Bay and Pedroia homering as well as two dingers from Youk. Even Ortiz had a hit! When the dust settled it was 8-2 in favor of the good guys, and hopefully the runs will keep coming. The Sox will take Monday off before finishing up the road trip in the Motor City.

Week's record: 3-4

Season record: 29-22

Injuries: None

This week: Tue - Thu @Detroit; Fri - Sun TEXAS

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Toronto Blue Jays - Blue Jays Daze

It seems that the lack of pop has been hurting the Jays over the course of their latest losses. By lack of pop I mean that the Jays have had to score runs the hard way this season. Instead of the odd HR to clear the bases, they've needed to have consecutive hits - many of which have come with 2 outs - to drive in runs. My best example was when I looked at the scorecard of the 2nd game they played against the Red Sox. The Jays had 10 hits in their 6 innings against Penny and 3 runs to show for them, while the Red Sox had 3 hits and 3 runs. When I noticed this I went back over the course of their slump and found that this is what has hurt the Jays the most. The proof is that they've only managed 3 HRs over their last 11 games. Ouch.

Back to the week that was, the Jays turned out a disastrous start to the week that even Doc Halladay couldn't resolve. It all started in Baltimore, where the Jays were swept despite decent starts by Brian Tallet (6 IP, 2 ER, 5 Ks) and Doc (7 IP, 3 ER, 5 Ks) in games 1 and 3. The pen lost the handle on Doc's start with Brian Wolfe having a breakdown 3 ER 11th inning after BJ Ryan had already proven ineffective. Romero had a rough start for the second game, a game in which the Jays offense was shut down by O's starter Jason Berken which was a little embarrassing. At least they managed 10 runs the following game, maybe as a result of that embarrassment. Of note offensively for the Jays in that series was Marco Scutaro, who is second in SS All-Star voting for the AL by the way, who went 7 for 15, with 3 doubles, a walk, and a stolen base. Despite his efforts most of the other Jays were fairly silent until the 3rd game of the series.

I'm not sure what Cito told the guys during the day off, but one thing is certain, he's keeping the roster as is. Some managers may have panicked, switched guys in the lineup and called up half of AAA after 9 straight losses, but not Cito. The lineup was the same and he put the trust in the guys to change their own fortunes, and boy did they ever. Janssen kicked it off with an edgy win even after allowing 11 hits and 2 walks. He managed to weasel his way out of jams and allowed 3 runs overall. Offensively, the Jays finally learned how to hit the knuckle ball and Scutaro and Rolen led the way with 2 hits a piece. In the end, they managed to manufacture enough consecutive hits in the 5th inning to win it 6-3. The second game ended the same way as the first, with League and Downs shutting the door with small leads. Rios was on fire that game, going 4 for 4 and Lind chipped in with a much needed HR. Rios hit one of his own in the 3rd game, but Romero was roughed up for the second time this week and the Jays ended the week with a loss, but a series win versus the Red Sox (we'll take it!). Overall, an up-and-down week, with the hope that the series win leads to a new winning streak to build on.

Week's Record: 2-4

Season Record: 29-24

Injuries: New - Robert Ray on 15-day May 30th (Strained right shoulder), Michael Barrett (Shoulder-hitting off tee), Jesse Litsch (Right Forearm), Shaun Marcum (Elbow-resting), Dustin McGowan (Labrum-threw from 120 feet for the first time 23rd May).

This Week: Tue- Thur ANAHEIM ; Fri - Sun KANSAS CITY

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Tampa Bay Rays - Rise of the Rays

By most accounts, the Rays had a bad week. To begin the week, after losing 2B Akinori Iwamura to a season-ending injury, they had to place SS Jason Bartlett and left-handed reliever Brian Shouse on the disabled list. Then, they went on to be swept by the Cleveland Indians in a four-game series in Cleveland. To end the week, the came back to the Trop to beat Minnesota 2 out of 3 to close the week.

In Cleveland, it was obvious that the recent rash of injuries were taking their toll. Not to mention the fact that the Rays were nearing the end of a stretch in the schedule that had them playing 40 games in 41 days. On Monday, the Rays ran out to a 10-0 lead in the fourth. Unfortunately, the Indians tallied 11 in the final five innings, capped by a 7-run ninth inning, marking the largest lead that the Rays have blown in the history of the team.

After the Cleveland sweep, the Rays came home to take on the Minnesota Twins in a three-game series. The Twins came to the Trop with the worst road record in the AL. And, the Rays took advantage of that, winning the first two games of the series, before dropping game three on Sunday.

The highlight of the week had to be the impressive starting performance of LHP David Price. He rebounded from a shaky first outing by striking out 11 in 5 2/3 innings. In the start, he allowed just one run on five hits and two walks, on his way to his first career win.

At the plate, the Rays were led by Carl Crawford, who finished the week 10-27 with two HR and two stolen bases. Carlos Pena also hit a pair of home runs for the Rays. And, Matt Joyce returned to the roster to hit a home run on Sunday.

Week’s Record: 2-5

Season Record: 25-28

Injuries: Akinori Iwamura, season-ending torn ACL, Jason Bartlett, sprained ankle, Brian Shouse, left elbow strain, Scott Kazmir, right quadriceps strain, Troy Percival, right shoulder tendinitis, Pat Burrell, stiff neck.

This week: Tue - Thu KANSAS CITY; Fri - Sun @New York

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Baltimore Orioles - Dempsey's Army

A very eventful week in Birdland!

First, let’s take care of the elephant in the room. Matt Wieters, Christ in a Catcher’s Mask, made his major league debut on Friday. Matt went an uneventful 2 for 11 over the weekend but his first major league hit was a triple crushed off the centerfield fence. More impressive was his work behind the plate. He called his games, fielded his position well and seemed more veteran than rookie when the catcher’s gear was on. The power is there, it’ll be interesting to see how he develops over the next month or so.

But while Wieters was the big story this week, he was not the only rookie making an impact this. LF Nolan Reimold has hit 5 home runs over his last 11 games and is posting a .279/.340/.651 line over the past two weeks putting a stranglehold on the left field job. SP Brad Bergesen went 8 innings giving up only two runs in beating the Tigers on Friday night. SP David Hernandez made a spot start for the injured Koji Uehara, winning his major league debut and SP Jason Berken made two starts this week, winning his debut and posting a 2.25 ERA. Wieters is big but there are several rookies helping to improve the club and erasing the bad memories of Adam Eaton and his ilk.

DH Luke Scott came off the DL and homered in 4 straight games this week with 6 total homers for the week.

Now to bring this whole thing down a notch…it was a nice week but the O’s still have a long way to go. Yes, they went 5-2 with Adam Jones and Nick Markakis slumping but the bottom line is that the rookies will have their growing pains, the bullpen is suspect and the starting rotation is still very shaky. The lineup is decent but it can’t carry the team by itself. Getting the record up above .500 is still a pipe dream at this point.

But with Seattle and Oakland on the schedule for this week, Baltimore has a fair chance of having another winning week.

Down on the Farm:
21 year old SP Chris Tillman is 5-0 with 44 Ks, 13 BB and a tiny 2.13 ERA in 8 starts for AAA Norfolk. He tweaked a hammy last week but should be back in the rotation this week. Unlike some of the rookies called upon to pitch this week, Tillman is a legit top prospect who may be in Baltimore before the All-Star break.

Speaking of top pitching prospects, 2008 first round pick Brian Matusz has lowered his ERA to 2.37 and has struck out 69 in 60.2 innings for A+ Frederick. He could be promoted to AA Bowie anyday.

Previously disappointing 1B prospect Brandon Snyder has put up a stellar .342/.418/.595 line at AA Bowie so far. Still only 22, Snyder should be in Norfolk soon and could play into the O’s plans for 2010.

Week's Record: 5-2

Season Record: 23-28

Injuries: SP Koji Uehara (hamstring, 15-day DL), RP Dennis Sarfate (hand numbness, 15-day DL, out until July), OF Lou Montanez (Right thumb surgery, 15-Day DL, out 6-8 weeks)

This Week: Mon-Wed @Seattle, Fri-Sun @Oakland

Welcome Alert Script For Blogger

Alert Script for Blogger,when anybody will visit your website or blog he will get an welcome message before loading your page completely.You can have anything in the message what you want.It can be helpful for you whenever you want to display to your welcoming visitor some message or alert which you can be important for him to get to your blog reading further.

I had before shared you with two scripts:-
1)Disable Right Click For Blogger
2)Making Image Reflections

Just login to blogger > Layout > Edit Html

Find <head> tag and add the below script just after it.

<script language='JavaScript'>alert(&quot;Your Message Here&quot;);</script>

Just change text in red with your welcoming message.

And now save your template.And visit your blog you will get an welcome message.