The guy determines john mayer love soon had built tabs mayer reasons a reputation of being a groundball vacuum cleaner out in Houston.To that end, it was hard to be disappointed in what we got out of him in 2009. He played great defense, as he always does, and had some timely hits. The biggest knock against Everett is that he does not have many timely hits, for he can barely hit his weight, and at times was a major hole in the lineup. Still, if the price is right, he could be back to tandem with Santiago again in 2010. As choices go, he might not be the best one, but he is still not a bad one.  ConclusionAre there other guys on the market who could play shortstop for Detroit in 2010? Absolutely, but write them all off. Marco Scutaro is a type-A free agent who is too likely to regress, and other teams will be willing to pay decently for Juan Uribe’s power. Of course, there is always room for a trade, but we will get to that one at a later date. If the price is right, will the 2010 Tigers’ shortstop come on down? This and many other burning topics are going to warm up your world as the hot stove lights on fire! Stay tuned to The Hammer Toss.. Marathon Announces Natural Gas Discovery in New Area of Oklahoma’s WoodfordShale Resource PlayDiscovery Marks World’s First Totally Interventionless Gas Well CompletionHOUSTON, Jan.

7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — As part of the Company’stargeted expansion into key resource plays of North America, Marathon OilCorporation (NYSE: MRO) announced today that it has participated in asuccessful step-out discovery well on the Brickyard prospect, located in thenortheast area of the Anadarko Basin, targeting the Woodford Shale resourceplay in Canadian County, Oklahoma.The Cana No john mayer tour . 1-15H discovery well was drilled to a true vertical depth of13,177 feet and horizontally for 4,090 feet, for a total measured well depthof 17,267 feet john comfortable . The well flowed at an initial rate of 5.2 million cubic feetof gas per day john clarity . Marathon is the well operator and holds approximately 57percent interest in the Cana No 1-15H well artist mayer . Other interest owners includeQuestar Corporation and Cimarex Energy.”Marathon is encouraged by the results of the Brickyard prospect as wecontinue to develop the emerging Woodford Shale resource play,” stated AnnellR Bay, senior vice president, Worldwide Exploration.

“We are using 3-Dseismic technology to better define our targets and applying advanced drillingtechnology to reduce drilling days and well costs thereby improving overallwell economics.”Marathon holds approximately 30,000 net acres in the expanding WoodfordShale resource play with approximately 10,000 of those net acres in theimmediate Brickyard prospect area daughters by john mayer . The Company is currently drilling twoadditional company-operated wells and is participating in two non-operatedwells in the Brickyard prospect john neon . Marathon also plans to participate in 15 to25 gross wells in this area through 2010 with an anticipated 50 percentoverall working interest daughter mayer . This limited program is designed to enhance thecompany’s technical understanding of the play and reflects the company’s focuson capital discipline 3×5 mayer . Marathon expects that with the successful developmentof this program, the play could yield an additional 200 to 300 grosslocations.The Cana well is believed to be the world’s first totally interventionlesswell completion using the patented EXcape(R) Completion Process technology,developed jointly by Marathon, BJ Services, GEODynamics and the Expro Group.With EXcape, Marathon was able to remotely perforate, fracture stimulate andcomplete each individual interval zone for production, including the settingand removal of isolation devices — saving time and expense.Based on thesuccess of the Cana well completion, Marathon plans to expand the use of thisnext-generation EXcape technology to future activities in its Oklahoma’sWoodford Shale and Alaska’s Cook Inlet operations.”Compared to conventional completions using pump-down techniques inhorizontal wells, the EXcape technology reduced man hours on this wellcompletion by more than 35 percent and reduced completion costs by 10percent,” Bay added.Marathon is an integrated international energy company engaged inexploration and production; oil sands mining; integrated gas; and refining,marketing and transportation operations.

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For more information, visit the Company’s Web site at news release contains forward-looking statements concerning the CanaNo clarity mayer . 1-15H discovery and anticipated future development and drilling activity.These forward-looking statements may be affected by a number of factors or arebased on a number of assumptions including, among others, pricing, supply anddemand for petroleum products, amount of capital available for exploration anddevelopment, regulatory constraints, timing of commencing production from newwells, unforeseen hazards such as weather conditions, acts of war or terroristacts and the governmental or military response thereto, and other geological,operating and economic considerations neon mayer . In accordance with the “safe harbor”provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, MarathonOil Corporation has included in it Annual Report on Form 10-K for the yearended December 31, 2007, and in subsequent Forms 10-Q and 8-K, cautionarylanguage identifying other important factors, though not necessarily all suchfactors that could cause future outcomes to differ materially from those setforth in the forward-looking statements.Media Relations Contacts:Lee Warren 713-296-4103 Leslie Hiltabrand713-296-4102Investor Relations Contacts: Howard Thill 713-296-4140 Chris Phillips 713-296-3213SOURCEMarathon Oil CorporationMedia, Lee Warren, +1-713-296-4103, or Leslie Hiltabrand, +1-713-296-4102, orInvestors, Howard Thill, +1-713-296-4140, or Chris Phillips, +1-713-296-3213. One year after an offseason filled with all the wrong moves, the Chicago Cubs have started this one off on a much better foot.  On Thursday, the Cubs made their latest offseason transaction by trading INF Aaron Miles and 3B/OF Jake Fox to the Oakland A’s for RHP Jeff Gray and two prospects.Last July, I proposed the idea of trading Fox for bullpen help while his value was highest and the team was in desperate need of another arm.  Fox has a great bat and lots of potential, but with no natural position in the field, his future is with an American League club where he can play everyday as a designated hitter.GM Jim Hendry had the following to say about Fox: “We feel we maximized his value in the trade, but we’re giving Jake the opportunity to be an everyday player in the American League as a first baseman, [designated hitter], and corner position that we don’t have available with Derrek [Lee] and [Aramis Ramirez] and [Alfonso] Soriano.”While it’s unfortunate to see Fox go, the trade allowed Hendry to unload the $1.7 million dead weight that is Aaron Miles.  Last season, Miles batted a career-low .185 with no home runs and 5 RBIs, and was less useful on offense than Carlos Zambrano.  Miles was versatile in the field, but with Ryan Theriot, Mike Fontenot, Jeff Baker and Andres Blanco capable of playing the middle infield positions, there was really no spot for someone who can hit about as well as I can.In return for Fox and Miles, the Cubs received RHPs, Jeff Gray and Ronny Morla as well as 1B / OF Matt Spencer, a third-round pick by the Phillies in 2007 who was dealt to Oakland in the Joe Blanton trade.Gray already has some major league experience at age 28, as he appeared in 24 games for the A’s last season.  In those games he had a 3.76 ERA while walking four and striking out 19 in 26 1/3 innings.  Morla spent last season at Class A with a 4.86 ERA, while Spencer played in both A and AA ball, combining for a .289 average with 19 HR and 91 RBI.GM Jim Hendry claims that the trade has nothing to do with clearing up funds to pay a portion of disgruntled OF Milton Bradley’s salary if he is traded, but that remains to be seen.  Whether or not that played a factor, the Cubs turned two bench players, albeit one who could start if there was a place for him, into a bullpen arm and two prospects and saved money while doing it.In addition to trading Miles and Fox, the Cubs have made a few other offseason transactions of note.  The most important one involving a player in this writer’s opinion was the re-signing of LHP John Grabow to a two-year deal worth nearly $7.5 million.For the majority of the ’09 campaign until the trade deadline, Sean Marshall was the only lefty in the pen thanks to someone in the front office thinking Neal Cotts was still able to pitch in the Major Leagues.  With the acquisition and subsequent re-signing of Grabow, the Cubs have a solid lefty who has proved himself as a workhorse, as he pitched the third-most innings of any lefty last season while posting a 3-0 record and 3.36 ERA.The other transaction worth discussing is the deal that sent RHP Aaron Heilman to the Arizona Diamondbacks for two minor league prospects, a pitcher and a first baseman.  Heilman appeared in 70 games for the Cubs last year and was unimpressive, with a 4.11 ERA and 1.41 WHIP.While those numbers aren’t terrible, they certainly don’t reflect the price the Cubs had to pay to get him.  During last offseason, the Cubs were in talks with the Padres to acquire SP Jake Peavy for a bundle of prospects.However, in order to acquire Heilman, the Cubs traded SS Ronny Cedeno and LHP Garrett Olson, who the Cubs had to trade Felix Pie to acquire.  These were some of the prime prospects that the Padres were likely looking at, and after the Heilman trade the Peavy negotiations were essentially dead.The final move the Cubs made, which will hopefully turn out to be the best, was the hiring of Rudy Jaramillo as the new hitting coach.  Jaramillo had spent the last 15 seasons with the Texas Rangers and produced sluggers such as Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixiera and a younger version of Alfonso Soriano.It wasn’t cheap to sign Jaramillo, as he will make $2.42 million over three years, but should be worth it if he can turn around players like Soriano and Milton Bradley if for some reason he is still on the team.  After seeing run production drop from 855 in 2008 to 707 in 2009, the Cubs offense is in need of a boost that Jaramillo should be able to provide.So far this offseason the Cubs have bolstered the bullpen, traded some excess bench players, stocked the farm system and hired the best hitting coach in the game.  If just one team is willing to take a chance on Milton Bradley this offseason will be a success.This article originally published on Cubicle GM.Quotes taken from cubs .. Code Red.Google Trends, the site operated by Google that shows what people are searching for, and how popular those searches are, is down Let me repeat that: Google Trends is down.

As of this writing, the site hasn’t been updated for 11 hours.Call me crazy . Call me a conspiracy theory-loving nut.But what if Tiger Woods shut down Google Trends?I’m not trying to imply Woods’ attorneys, or his representatives, or the people behind the many products Woods endorses had anything to do with this comfortable mayer . But over the past four days, pretty much every combination of “Tiger Woods” “Scandal” Mistress” and “Car Accident” has flooded the top 40 searches across the Web, according to Google Trends daughters mayer . Plus, alleged mistresses Rachel Uchitel, Jaimee Grubbs, and Kalika Moquin have been the subjects of many, many searches (including people looking for images of all three women) . And don’t forget Elin Nordegren, Tiger’s twin sister, or Jepser Parnevik, the golfer with the harshest words for Tiger thus far.The car accident, the speculation, the women, the mystery, the “transgressions.”With Tiger Woods dominating the Web unlike anything we’ve ever seen before, the searches have become the story. The blogosphere, newspapers, gossip sites, you name it: they’re all talking about the incredible breadth and depth of the web searches that all tie back to one guy.It’s one thing for people to search for all of this. It’s another to see just how dominant one man has been over the internet for the past four to five days.