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The term "opera" took on a different meaning when The Who released Tommy, forty years ago today. The first rock opera, Tommy moved quickly up the charts; it reached No. 2 in the UK and No. 4 in the US, where it remained on the charts for 47 weeks. Pete Townshend wrote most of the opera, which was about a psychosomatically deaf, mute and blind boy who became a pinball wizard and a cult hero. The movie based on the album came out in 1975, and in 1993 the Broadway version won several Tony and Drama Desk awards.
By TYLER KEPNER
Only Andy Pettitte and Mike Mussina made more starts for the Yankees last season than Darrell Rasner. In a year filled with injuries, Rasner stayed healthy enough to start 20 games.
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Yet with his 28th birthday approaching in January, when his wife is scheduled to have their second child, Rasner will not return for 2009. He said he understood his place on the Yankees’ depth chart and was eager for a new career in Japan.
When the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Japanese Pacific League showed interest, Rasner told his agent, Matt Sosnick, to pursue the opportunity. Sosnick told ESPN.com on Saturday night that the Yankees had sold Rasner’s rights to the Golden Eagles for $1 million.
Rasner made less than $400,000 last season and was not eligible for salary arbitration. He said Sosnick was working out the details of his contract in Japan.
“I just have to hope and pray that this is good for me and my family,” Rasner said by telephone from his home in Reno, Nev. “Having another kid, that kind of changes everything. I just think now’s the time to try to do something and try to get the stability that I need for those guys.”
Rasner joined the Yankees in 2006, but got his best opportunity last season. He won his first three starts, in May, but finished 5-10 with a 5.40 earned run average. His final victory was on July 12.
somatic, 軀體性
psychosomatically deaf, 身心失聰，
Depth chart
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In sports, a depth chart is used to show the placements of the starting players and the secondary players. Generally a starting player will be listed first or on top while a back-up will be listed below. Depth charts also tend to resemble the actual position locations of certain players.
The typical Major League Baseball depth chart consists of a list of players at each position, with the starter or first-string player listed first, followed by replacement and platoon players. For fantasy baseball, typical preseason projection systems such as PECOTA construct depth charts that specify not just the order of the players at each position (starter, replacement or bench player) but also the amount of playing time each person at that position will have. For example, at first base one player may be projected as playing 60 percent of the innings, and another 40 percent for the coming season, while at catcher one player may be projected as playing 80 percent of the innings, and another 20 percent. For pitchers, the depth charts project the number of innings each roster player will pitch.
[edit] Outside of sports
The term depth chart is now also being used from the perspective of management theory, to address the process of key positioning leaders within the organization, considering a dynamic life cycle perspective which includes developmental tasks such as those cited in books and articles related to the leadership pipeline subject. A depth chart analysis for key positioning leaders should affect the development of leadership training programs and high performance development initiatives in modern corporations and enterprises.[edit] See also
chart
n.
- A map showing coastlines, water depths, or other information of use to navigators.
- An outline map on which specific information, such as scientific data, can be plotted.
- A sheet presenting information in the form of graphs or tables.
- See graph1 (sense 2).
- A listing of best-selling recorded music or other items. Often used in the plural: A hit single that reached number 3 on the charts.
of age
1. Old enough, according to the law, to be eligible for something, as in In this state he's not of age for buying liquor, but he may vote, or Next year Jane's coming of age and will get her driver's license. This usage was first recorded about 1430. The term under age signifies being too young to be eligible, as in It's against the law to serve alcohol to anyone under age.
2. come of age. Mature or develop fully, as in The school's bilingual program has finally come of age.
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