They Start So Early

It's just sad how young today's dope addicts start:

• PCP and cocaine was found in a sick 1-year-old baby who was brought to a West Side hospital by its parents early Sunday, police said.

  About 3:20 a.m., the parents of a sick 1-year-old baby arrived at Mount Sinai Hospital where it was discovered that there was PCP and cocaine in the baby’s system, according to Harrison District police. The baby's condition was unknown early Sunday.

  The parents live in public housing on the 3600 block of 5th Avenue, police said.

One-year-old and already strung out on PCP and coke. Probably started out on cannabis at 3 or four months, moved on to heroin by 8 months old and now doing PCP and cocaine. Is there no level to the depravity of mankind?

What's that? Parents' stash? You mean...oh. Oops, sorry. our bad. We were confused. Carry on.

Manpower Again

From Saturday's comments:

• For everyone's information today:13 P.O'S &1 Sgt. only will be on the street in 011 for 2nd Watch. No rapids, and 2 beats will have no car.
  
  
• Same is 003 except 003 is 12 beats with a couple of foot post. and 003 has a higher population than 011
  
  
• 7 one man cars on third watch in 20 on 3rd watch.

Be careful out there.

Ride to Remember

900 bikes and a beautiful day to ride:

• The large showing of support means a great deal to the victims' families, said Donna Marquez, president of Chicago Police Department Gold Star Families, which represents the families of fallen officers.
  
  Marquez echoed the demand that officials made at Bailey's funeral. "We need to help our neighborhoods and our communities. We cannot be afraid, and we cannot be silent," she said.

God Bless all of the Fallen.

An Interesting Take on Things

From a CPD Lieutenant:

• Everyone in Chicago knows it. Almost everyone in America knows it. In fact, a lot of people throughout the world know. Chicago is a city at war with itself - fast tracking to anarchy.
  
  
  Leading us there have been two major root causes - public violence and public corruption. While Chicago has been under attack with its people fearful and hiding, its police department was twisted into paralysis by organizational decimation, incompetent leadership, self-serving politics and corruption.
  
  
  After three dead cops in less than 60 days, the men and women of the Chicago Police Department are saying, "Enough!!!" We are sickened that our world-class police department has deteriorated into ruin in only a few short years. We are tired of a leaderless department. We are angry at an unsupportive mayor.

He names names, blasts Carothers, Masters and Weis, and generally outlines problems with an eye toward solutions. A bit on the "rah-rah" side, but a decent summation of the uphill battle we face.

Don't look for this guy on any exempt orders in the near future.

Tapa nº 189

25.07.2010 - Calígula - Riquelme recibió la última propuesta de Boca vía mail. Insiste en que su problema no es de dinero (cobraría unos u$s 5 millones por 4 años) pero no aclara de qué es y declara que hace esfuerzos para quedarse en el club.

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El fútbol inventado en Paraguay.

25.07.2010 - Calígula - Según el periodista Gainpaolo Romanato, “Los guaraníes inventaron el fútbol”. Así titula su artículo publicado hace unos días en el diario oficial del Vaticano, “L’Osservatore Romano”, basado en el relato de un jesuita catalán, José Manuel Peramás, que pasó unos años en San Ignacio de Miní, al sur de la ciudad de Asunción, una de las 30 Reducciones que había en el Paraguay colonial.

Don José describió en su obra, “De vita et moribus tredecim virorum paraguaycorum” (1793), que los guaraníes con quienes convivía “solían también jugar con un balón, que, aun siendo de goma llena, era tan ligero y rápido que, en vez que lo golpeaban, seguía rebotando algún tiempo, sin pararse, impulsado por su propio peso. No lanzaban la pelota con la mano, como nosotros, sino con la parte superior del pie desnudo, pasándola y recibiéndola con gran agilidad y precisión"...

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Why They Won't Stop Shooting

Big article in the Sun Times pointing out how a weekend in April of 2008 involving over 40 shootings has resulted in zero prosecutions:

• This is the story of why they won’t stop shooting in Chicago.

  It’s told by the wounded, the accused and the officers who were on the street during a weekend in April 2008 when 40 people were shot, seven fatally.

  Two years later, the grim reality is this: Nearly all of the shooters from that weekend have escaped charges.

We'll spare you the anticipation and let you know exactly who's to blame - according to one of the honor-roll altar boys who got hisself shotified:

• Gamble also said authorities should have done a better job of investigating, putting together a stronger case and getting their facts straight since a judge might not believe a guy like him.

The "guy like him" has an extensive rap sheet and a history of not cooperating with the police, but of course, it's our fault he's out there slinging dope and rubbing elbows with other "pillars of society."

And it's funny how we've been sounding the alarm (along with our readers) about the clearance rate and manpower issues for the past few years, but until some shitheads with rap sheets miles long start mouthing off about how the authorities should have done a better job protecting them from their dumbass lifestyle choices, the Sun Times is finally seeing the light? What a bunch of asshats.

A Blog Supporting the Police?

Seriously. Someone sent us a link and everything:

• I went on the blog today to read about the gang fight between the Vice Lords and the Black P Stones that occurred at the intersection of Wilson and Broadway at 4pm on Thursday, July 22, and to my surprise it wasn't mentioned.
  
  Two Vice Lords were arrested, one was tased. Both are convicted felons. A few "concerned citizens" actually went to the 023 police station to complain that police used unnecessary force (tasing) on the young poor black kid (a convicted felon who detectives believe did a shooting two months ago on Magnolia against the Black P Stones).

The comment section is alive with praise for the police and accolades for the one who tasered the resistor. It's kind of refreshing to see some citizen support for the CPD.

Reward Rises

And it's going to take a reward seeing as how the "subjects of interest" were released earlier today:

• Hoping for any clue or connection to Chicago Police Officer Michael Bailey's killer, roughly two dozen Chicago Police Department employees and volunteers spent Saturday distributing reward fliers near the slain officer's Park Manor home.

  Bailey was shot to death July 18 as he returned from guarding Mayor Richard Daley's home, making him the third Chicago police officer to be killed in two months.

  The reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of Bailey's killer was raised Saturday from $70,000 to $100,000, after the FBI contributed the extra money--on top of $20,000 the agency had already pledged, officials said.

  While several people have been questioned by police, police said no one was in custody one week after Bailey's slaying.

Keep plugging away detectives. Someone is bound to crack eventually.

Sava vuelve a Ferro

24.07.2010 - Calígula - Ferro (1993), Boca, Gimnasia, Fulham, Celta, Lorca, Rácing, Arsenal, Quilmes y… Ferro (2010): la carrera de Facundo Sava (36) que acaba de firmar contrato con la entidad que lo vio debutar en Primera División, poco después de presentar su libro “Los colores del fútbol” (Ediciones Al Arco): “allí toco temas muy interesantes de circunstancias que he vivido en tantos años de fútbol desde que vestí por primera vez la camiseta de Ferro. De manera especial recomiendo lo que tiene que ver con las cábalas de mis colegas y de los técnicos, se van a divertir muchísimo”.

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Three Arrests in Bailey Murder

We're thinking some very unkind thoughts about now, but we will endeavor to remain professional. We urge everyone else to do the same in our comment section:

• Just hours after the funeral for slain off-duty Chicago Police Officer Michael R. Bailey, three South Side teenagers were arrested on suspicion they were involved in his murder Sunday outside the officer’s Park Manor home on the South Side.

  [...] The three males, 16, 17 and 18, were all placed in custody at Calumet Area headquarters, 727 E. 111th St., late Friday afternoon on the suspicion they had some involvement in the officer’s death, according to police.

An arranged surrender? Details to follow eventually.

Easy Weekend

We aren't going to try too hard this weekend. We'll be in and out, moderating comments and such, and we'll even post a thread or two as usual. But we are some kind of tired lately. We're sure it has to do with the heat, the funerals, the general malaise around these parts.

Open thread for you all to post questions, information or rumors. Keep it reasonably clean.

Empty Words

This is insulting:

• Supt. Jody Weis spoke as well, and he drew applause when he vowed justice would be done.
  
  "These individuals who hide in the night and look to exploit any advantage they can have thrown down the gauntlet and invited a fight; not one that we asked for, but one that will accept," he said. "I have one piece of advice for those who think that they can attack the police and the community and get away with it: lay down your arms and run."

Sorry if our readers disagree, but nothing J-Fled has done since he arrived in town encourages any sort of belief that he would ever (A) give the order to take back the streets or (B) have our backs once that order came from Shortshanks.

The car cameras are still operating, right? The pods are up and running? IPRA exists? The mayoral appointed Police Board, long rumored to be accepting "donations" to reinstate the politically-connected still meets monthly?

That's what we thought. And every one of those thing isn't there for "officer safety," as J-Fled and his minions insist. It is there to bear witness should you step out of line. Don't believe us?

• (from the Sun Times) - "If some police officer comes out and starts whacking people around here, you'll have an outrage," [Daley] said. "We are a country of laws."
  
  
• (from the comments) - J-Fled also gave a good speech, just didn't know when to keep his damn mouth shut. All that talk about bringing justice for Mike was fine until you just had to go on about doing it "lawfully and justly and within the boundaries of the law"

They don't want us to "take back the streets." They want us to smile and eat shit every time an officer is hurt, wounded or killed.

More Layoffs

Won't somebody think of the children?!?!

• The Chicago Public Schools plan to lay off 400 classroom teachers and 200 support personnel by the end of the week as the district deals with a record $370 million budget deficit.
  
  Notices began going out Wednesday to the affected employees, who work in about 200 elementary schools that start their year earlier than most schools, on Aug. 10.

And there's another 1,000 layoffs in the pipeline, as Daley continues to drive the City into the ground.

Siem De Jong a Ross Turnbull.

23.07.2010 - Calígula - El Chelsea llegó al Amsterdan Arena para enfrentar al Ajax (amistoso). Ancelotti (Chelsea) puso un equipo muy joven (entre ellos Franco Di Santo de titular) que no pudo contener al anfitrión (1-3).

Alex y Petr Cech (lesionados) se quedaron en Inglaterra. Jeffrey Bruma y Ross Turnbull (respectivamente) entraron en sus puestos.

Obviamente, los medios británicos, ya calificaron a Turnbull como “no apto” para sustituir a Cech.

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Mascherano a Inter.

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Wake/Funeral Remembrances

Final goodbyes for Officer Michael Bailey:

• A visitation Thursday for slain Chicago police officer Michael Bailey included a continued call for witnesses to come forward and break the code of silence.
  
  Colleagues, family and friends gathered Thursday afternoon at the A.R. Leak and Sons Funeral Home, at 7838 S. Cottage Grove, to bid farewell.

RIP Officer. We are truly sorry you were denied the chance to enjoy your golden years with your friends, family and community.

Ignorant Comment

This one appeared in our comment section the day before yesterday in response to someone wanting certain units disbanded to bolster patrol:

• to the dirt bag saying disband the units:
  
  F*** YOU, units are the only ones doing anything out there. if you arent making an arrest a day working a beat car you have no room to talk s***.
  
  go have your 3rd lunch of the day and come back to talk to me. yes, we are short on officers, but that doesnt mean we put "working officers" on meaningless beat cars to handle back logs.
  
  -working copper

As far as we're concerned, there's only one dirt-bag in this conversation.

"Working officers"? "Meaningless beat cars"? These are the words of an idiot and a clout baby who spent little to no time in a beat car. And claiming anyone gets three lunches? Newsflash Einstein - units not tied to the radio are those beneficiaries, not us in the trenches. Asshat.

Daley Not Running?

So claims Skippy:

• I was here two nights ago, talking about Mayor Daley running or not running for re-election and how every politician in town is talking about it, including the mayor's brother, Bill, who is the only person in town -- other than the mayor himself and his wife, Maggie -- who knows what Rich Daley plans to do.
  
  I reported that brother Bill has been saying, in private, that the mayor is intending not to run.
  
  Bill Daley called me and the Channel 2 news director and said angrily it's a lie, that he has never said to anyone his brother intends not to run, and he asked me to retract what I reported. I told him no because I trust my source, who has no reason to lie. But to be fair to Bill Daley, I should report tonight that he says he believes his brother will run for re-election.

Ten bucks says Skippy is being played by the mayor. And twenty bucks says Shortshanks is putting his underwear on Jacobson's head the way the Cubs used to do when Skippy was their bat-boy

Another Photo Op?

Really?

• Holding up a five-inch thick stack of work orders to fix jail doors, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart on Wednesday hailed a new law making it a felony for inmates to jam objects into cell doors to prevent them from locking.

  Gov. Quinn signed the bill into law Wednesday at a news conference with Dart in a maximum-security wing of the Cook County Jail.

  "It is no small issue for us," Dart said.

Did anyone think that prisoners aren't going to damage things, make life difficult for guards, not try to move contraband in and out of cells?

Of course, this could probably be nothing more than another photo-op for Dart and has aspirations for higher office.

Martín Palermo 14º goleador mundial en actividad.

22.07.2010 - Wilde - Martín Palermo acaba de firmar su continuidad contractual con Boca Júniors anunciando que es su último año en actividad para retirarse a fin de la temporada, en junio de 2011 con 37 años de edad.

“Tengo claro que es mi último año y estamos mentalizados en hacer una buena campaña para clasificar a la Copa Libertadores. El día que me retire me gustaría ser director técnico“.

En su cifra goleadora, Palermo pelea palmo a palmo con Tití Henry (Red Bulls NY) y Ronaldo (Corinthians).

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Torfabrik.

22.07.2010 - Calígula - Los tiempos así lo disponen. Eventos, reuniones, fotos y declaraciones para presentar un nuevo diseño de una pelota para una liga determinada. En este caso, Alemania, que contará desde ahora con su pelota oficial.

El nuevo balón de Adidas que rodará por primera vez el 7 de agosto (Bayern Munich vs FC Schalke 04 por la Supercopa) se bautizó TORFABRIK (goal material, máquina o fábrica de gol), basa su diseño en los colores oficiales (blanco y rojo) de la Bundesliga con la inclusión del nuevo logo.

El relanzamiento global de imagen destinado a posicionar la marca “Bundesliga”, incluye la modernización del logotipo, nuevo diseño para los departamentos relacionados con los medios y plataformas de DFL, actualización de la página web bundesliga.de, mejoras visuales en la versión impresa de la revista de la Bundesliga y un estudio de diseño nuevo para el programa de televisión internacional 'Goal!', todo en manos de la agencia Mutabor (Hamburgo).

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Ch - Ch - Ch - Changes Coming

We think this was originally written in English, but we aren't sure. But it was emailed to a bunch of bosses, a number of whom forwarded it to us:

• Deputy Superintendent Brown is requesting a meeting with the Chief along with his perspective Deputy Chief's and their Commanders. The meetings will be scheduled by the Deputy Supt's Office.
  
  Commanders should be prepared to discuss the following
  Acting Commanders will respond if the Cmdr is furlough.
  
  1. Comprehensive law enforcement strategy for each district.
  2. Most problematic area in district
  3. Strategy from each sergeant.
  4. Worst 10 performers in district.
  5. DOG balances
  6. Watch balancing
  7. Tactical activity (misdemeanor vs felony)
  8. Deputy Chiefs should be prepared to discuss:
  SAT team deployment
  Gun team deployment
  In-depth crime analysis of each district
  
  Any questions please call.
  P.O. L[...] C[...]
  Secretary Patrol Group A

"perspective Deputy Chiefs"? We're hiring Walter Jacobson?

"Worst 10 performers in district"? Get those Grievance forms ready!

Gun teams? Did anyone tell HQ about the "McDonald v Chicago" decision?

Strap in boys and girls - The "Era of Ernie" has begun!

Funeral and Visitation Arrangements

Officer Michael Bailey:

• Funeral services and visitation for slain Chicago Police Officer Michael Bailey will be held at the end of the week.

  Officer Bailey's wake is scheduled for 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at A.R. Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove.

  The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Sabina Church, 1210 W. 78th Pl.

Comments closed here. Informational post only.

Management By Crisis

An apt description of what we're going through:

• The panic button's been pushed again!
  
  The fax came out this afternoon, cancelling all elective time off, for the 2d and 3d watches, on Saturday 14 August, even if it was previously approved, for ALL Bureaus.
  
  I'm sure your readers will remember, this is the day those "in control" scheduled the Air & Water Show AND the Bud Billiken Parade!
  
  They must be in full panic mode. They must have seen that the manpower is so low, they're going to have a hard time pulling this shit off.
  
  Another case of management by crisis.

Management by Morons might be another appropriate description. We can't wait to see what the brain trust comes up with here.

Ed Burke Reads the Blog

Ed is stealing exact quotes from our comment sections...unless ...unless Ed Burke is the guy leaving the comments! Good God! We're famous!!!

• The City Council’s most powerful alderman urged Mayor Daley on Wednesday to ask off-duty police officers to work their days off to combat gang violence akin to “urban terrorism.”

  Ald. Edward M. Burke (14th), chairman of the City Council’s Finance Committee, said Daley’s plan to ease a severe manpower shortage by hiring 100 more officers will take too long and fall far short.

  If 100 recruits enter the police academy on Sept. 1, it’ll be 24 weeks before they complete their training and hit the streets, he said.

  “If you divide that 100 by 25 districts, you have maybe four officers-per-district. Divide that by three shifts and what have you got?” Burke said.

We'll tell you what you've got Ed - you've got Dick! Dick Daley that is.

And how's that bodyguard detail working out for you Ed? Is it six coppers at the moment or more? Each "earning" sergeant pay for "alleged" threats received how many years ago? Vague undefined threats that no one has ever actually substantiated?

We wonder what would happen if everyone actually said, "No" to this overtime offer. Would the shootings skyrocket? Would the streets run red with blood? Would Shortshanks actually find a fiddle to play?

Don't Release Cop Killers

It's ridiculous that this even has to be done, but it does, and it's important that it be done:

• As a manhunt continued for the killers of the third Chicago police officer to be gunned down in two months, half a dozen officers gathered Wednesday to make sure another cop slain decades ago wasn't forgotten.
  
  In a sparsely furnished conference room at the Cook County court complex at 26th Street and California Avenue, a video camera silently recorded their anguished stories as they pleaded with the state parole board not to release Charles Connolly, who was convicted of killing Officer Tom Kelly.
  
  
• Connolly is serving a sentence of up to 150 years in prison for the murder of Kelly, 26, and the wounding of his partner, Tom Neustrom, 23, during a traffic stop in March 1970. The two were on a break to pick up tuxedos for Kelly's upcoming wedding.
  
  Connolly shot Kelly between the eyes, then shot Neustrom in the chest and back. Connolly walked around the car to finish off Neustrom, but his gun was out of bullets, police said.
  
  Connolly is one of about 10 inmates convicted in Cook County of the murder or attempted murder of police officers who, under outdated sentencing laws, still have a chance at getting out of prison.
  
  In recent years, as these cases get older — and relatives and partners can no longer attend — police are making an effort to ensure the officers are still represented at parole hearings.

If no one shows up, we end up with a situation like we covered last week where the killer of a Northlake Police Officer is set to be released back into society in part because there was no one listed on the victim's side to protest the decision.

This is a Surprise?

Headline - Gunfire Erupts Inside Humboldt Park:

• Police are looking for a gunman who opened fire from a van striking a man inside another vehicle at a traffic light in Humboldt Park early Wednesday on the West Side.

  At 2 a.m., a maroon-colored conversion van was northbound on North Humboldt Drive when a gunman inside shot a 22-year-old man in the arm as he was stopped at the traffic light in the 3000 block of West Division Street, according to a police News Affairs release.

And every copper reading, along with every resident within a mile of Humboldt Park, says, "Tell us something we don't know." We'll bet there are coppers who can't name a day that gunfire hasn't occurred within the bounds of Humboldt Park over the past 30 years. We say "30 years" because the guy with 35 years just quit last week.

This isn't news. This is filler.

Árbitros asistentes.

22.07.2010 - Calígula - Acaso el movimiento elefantiásico se entrevere, en una vista superficial, con cierta formalidad. O quizás revisión tras revisión se encamine hacia declamación de seguridad, de paso firme, pie de plomo y cero retrospección.

En 2009, en vistas de Sudáfrica 2010 (y también antes) la IFAB exponía el tema del gol fantasma. Pero entonces, dada la lejanía de Geoff Hurst, el tema venía secundando a otros (tarjeta naranja, cuatro sustituciones, área técnica liberada) cuyo príncipe era el entretiempo (publicitario) de 20 minutos.

Sabiendo de la aversión tecnológica inglesa, Michel Platini, en nombre de la UEFA llegó a exponer la idea de los árbitros asistentes (“Los árbitros asistentes adicionales ofrecen dos pares de ojos extra para controlar el juego y garantizar que se respetan las reglas, informando al árbitro sobre cualquier tipo de incidentes que de otro modo no conseguiría ver, particularmente en zonas clave del campo como el área y sus alrededores”) que también fue vetada (para el Mundial) e Inglaterra, finalmente, sufrió la vendeta en los pies de Lampard.

El uso de dos árbitros auxiliares, que se suman al principal, a los dos jueces de línea y al llamado cuarto asistente, ya fue instrumentado durante la última Liga Europa (ex Copa UEFA), ganada por Atlético de Madrid.

Mientras la IFAB sigue negando la tecnología (informa que en la reunión del próximo octubre – 2010 - se evaluará con la FIFA la alternativa tecnológica para resolver el problema del gol fantasma) anuncia que, tras la satisfactoria experiencia de la Liga Europa y la solicitud de varias Federaciones, en la próxima temporada se ampliará la práctica de dos asistentes, ubicados al lado del arco, fuera del campo y en el sector contrario al que ocupa el juez de línea de esa zona.

Los organismos autorizados a experimentar con dos árbitros auxiliares son: la Confederación Asiática de Futbol (AFC) para la Copa del Presidente de la AFC 2010 (del 24 al 26 de septiembre), la Confederación Brasileña de Futbol (CBF) para el Campeonato Baiano de Futbol Femenino 2010 (Sep. - Dic. 2010) y el Campeonato Carioca 2011, la Federación Mexicana de Futbol (FMF) para los Torneos Clausura 2011, Apertura 2011 y Clausura 2012, la Federación Francesa de Futbol (FFF) para la Coupe de la Ligue (Copa de la Liga) 2010/2011 y la Unión de Asociaciones Europeas de Futbol (UEFA) para la Liga de Campeones de la UEFA 2010-2011 y 2011-2012, la Liga Europa de la UEFA 2010-2011 y 2011-2012 y la Supercopa de la UEFA 2010 y 2011.

La IFAB agregó cuatro criterios de aplicación:

1. El experimento debe realizarse en las ligas profesionales y competiciones de las asociaciones miembro o en el ámbito de la confederación (sólo en competiciones de clubes).

2. El experimento debe concluir a tiempo para que se pueda adoptar una decisión en 2012.

3. Los costos adicionales que se deriven de la realización del experimento deberá sufragarlos la liga, la asociación miembro o la confederación en cuestión.

4. Es obligatorio que todos los partidos de la competición seleccionada se dirijan con dos árbitros asistentes adicionales.

La experiencia fue autorizada a título "provisorio" y tendrá vigencia hasta el 30 de junio de 2012. Posteriormente será sometida a evaluación, antes de quedar definitivamente incorporada.

Mientras, por nuestras pampas, seguimos con el aerosol.

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El mercado español de cinturón ajustado.

21.07.2010 - Calígula - Si bien se encontraron compradores para los papeles españoles a corto plazo, hecho que tranquiliza y modera los nervios de la crisis respecto de una posible falta de pagos, Zapatero (como vimos aquí) está bailando con la fea. (Para entender un poco más vale leer este artículo publicado el 16.06.2010)

Más allá del encarecimiento del crédito, los serruchos políticos, el riesgo secesionista, el desempleo (18%), los recortes presupuestarios que Zapatero está conminado a seguir haciendo para lograr apoyo del establishment lo siguen enfrentando al pueblo español y, particularmente, a los gremios.

Se sabe que España es el país europeo con mayor proporción de inmigrantes sobre población activa, un 15,8% (residen más de 5 millones de extranjeros, el 12% de la población española) y que unos 90.000 (el mayor volumen de los 27 estados de la Unión Europea) emigraron del país el año pasado.

Al respecto, Anna Terrón (secretaria de Inmigración y Emigración) anunció la aplicación del llamado "Plan de Integración" para el próximo 2011, destacando que no es un Plan de Regularización, que aplicaron los españoles en 2005, pero que sí puede complementarse con el Plan Retorno que lleva adelante España para que los emigrantes que deseen volver a sus países lo hagan de forma voluntaria. Doña Anna trata de explicar que el plan no restringe la reagrupación familiar ni incentiva el retorno de los extranjeros a sus países al momento que ofrece pagar todo el subsidio de desempleo a cambio de que retornen a sus países.

Pasando al fútbol, la crisis se manifiesta en la Liga. El Real Madrid de Florentino Pérez pasó de invertir unos galácticos 274.488.000 de euros en la temporada 2009/2010 a gastar unos austeros 43.738.530 euros para la 2010/2011 y el balance global de los 20 clubes de primera da un ajuste que baja inversiones de 536 a 153,4 millones de euros, de un año a otro.

Si bien mantiene sus cracks, para 2011 Real Madrid incorporó tres jugadores por menos de lo que pagó por Kaká (65 millones): Ángel Di María (adquirido a Benfica en 25 m), Pedro León (Getafe, 12 m) y Sergio Canales (Racing Santander, 6m) suman un gasto de 43 millones de euros.

Unos euros más gastó Barcelona, que venía de gastar 70 millones en Ibrahimovich y que acaba de reacomodar sus asuntos financieros que hicieron peligrar la mantención de su excelsa plantilla canterana: David Villa (adquirido a Valencia en 40m) y Adriano (Sevilla, 10m) llegaron a Catalunya mientras que se tramitó la salida de Henry y se vislumbra la del propio Zlatan.

Más abajo sigue apretando (más) el cinturón: Sevilla y Zaragoza redujeron drásticamente sus costos en relación a 2009, Villarreal y Getafe dejaron atrás sus delirios de grandeza en pos del operativo “gasto cero” y de los tres ascendidos, sólo Real Sociedad hizo una apuesta comprando a Joseba Llorente (Villarreal, 2,6 m).

Podría destacarse Valencia que gastó de sus ventas (Villa a Barcelona en 40 m. y Silva a Manchester City en 30 m) para traer a Roberto Soldado (10 m).

La crisis (o cierta normalización de mercado) también trae efectos demasiado indeseables además del (unilateral) recorte en gastos: una nueva medida ha sido instaurada de forma pionera en un club. Si hace poco empresas como Renault, o grupos como ABC o Unidad Editorial tuvieron que utilizarlo, ahora es Mallorca el que probará con el ERE.

El ERE (Expediente de Regulación de Empleo), tiene como objeto obtener un permiso para suspender o extinguir las relaciones laborales garantizando ciertos derechos a los trabajadores, y los dirigentes mallorquinos, ahogados por las deudas, dicen que no han tenido más remedio que llevarlo a cabo.

El expediente afectará a los técnicos y futbolistas con salarios demasiado elevados como para afrontarlos, y sería la primera vez en la historia del fútbol español en la que un club se ve obligado a tomar una medida de estas características.

Los jugadores a los que afectará el ERE, parece que serán, en principio, Germán Lux, Enrique Corrales y Juanmi Callejón. Tampoco cuentan con Josemi y Webó, pero parece que a éstos les darán la carta de libertad. Se llega a esta situación tras una nefasta gestión deportiva en la que se incluyen fichajes a precios desmesurados como el del mismo Callejón, y transferencias fraudulentas como la de Güiza al Fenerbahçe turco.

Si un consuelo hay para el desdichado Germán Lux, es que, al igual que todos los empleados españoles despedidos por sus respectivas empresas, se beneficiará de una nueva reforma fiscal que lo exime de pagar impuestos sobre la indemnización recibida.

Mientras tanto, en Italia...

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Maradona a Venezuela.

2010: MUNDIAL SIN FIGURA

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Threats Against Police

Watch your backs:

• A frightening warning has been sent to police on the street: their lives could be in danger. It comes while Chicago police are still looking to make arrests in a case that's personal for them: the murder of Chicago Police Officer Michael Bailey.
  
  Thomas Wortham IV, Thor Soderberg and Bailey are three police officers murdered in Chicago in the past two months. CBS 2 [...] reports on the threat being made to police in the Chatham community.
  
  "More police will be shot...gang bangers in the area are passing the word...every night they will be ambushing police in the Chatham area."
  
  That was the key part of the text message sent Monday, to police commanders, watch commanders, sergeants and police officers by the department's Mobile Strike Force, the group concentrating their efforts in high crime areas.

But of course, the minute we take appropriate, logical and reasonable actions against some mope sneaking in to look for a quick payday, J-Fled will be right there with a bus to run us over. Does anyone doubt that for even a second?

In the meantime, how about two cars for every call, don't wave off your assist and fuck the backlog.

Lies, Damn Lies, .....

...and Statistics. This is what passes for reporting nowadays:

• Mack Julion has always been in love with Chicago. A Southwest Side resident, he swore he would never flee to the suburbs, playfully mocking friends as not being "real Chicagoans."
  
  But now, crime in his neighborhood and across the city has worn that devotion thin.
  
  [...] Julion's sense that Chicago's crime problem is growing worse is shared by nearly half of the city dwellers who responded to a new poll for Tribune/WGN. But the reality is that overall crime in Chicago is down when compared with last year and homicides are nearly flat, with no significant uptick compared with recent years.

"Overall crime" is a misleading statistic since upticks and surges in certain crimes mask declines in others. Batteries may be up while rapes and arsons are down. In fact, the Tribune cites these types of statistical shenanigans in the article:

• Overall crime, including violent crimes such as criminal sexual assault and robbery, are down, according to official crime statistics through the end of June. For instance, shootings are down slightly compared with January through June of last year. The facts, however, have done little to prevent perception from becoming reality for people in all parts of the city.

Let's hop over to the Sun Times for an interesting paragraph:

• Police statistics suggest it's getting increasingly dangerous on the street for officers. Nearly 3,160 officers reported they were victims of assault and battery in 2008, almost double the 1,583 officers who said they were attacked in 2003. About 35 percent of those officers in 2008 were injured, according to the department.

Almost double the number of officers attacked over a five year span, and that was two years ago. Yet "overall crime" is supposed to be down? We're supposed to believe that Chicago Police Officers are the only category of victims that has increased at a rate far outpacing society at large?

So it comes down to citizen perceptions? And who are you going to believe? The "statistics" released by a mayor desperate to prop up his reelection chances and the chances of his heirs? Or your own goddamn lying eyes?

Hold on for Those Reinforcements

Not even 24 hours after promising Chicago he'd hire 100 more officers to stem the shortage of 2,230 officers and the 100-plus retiring every month, Shortshanks is admitting he doesn't have the money:

• The city needs to hire 100 more police officers, Mayor Richard Daley said today, but should not fund their salaries from a tax program reserved for promoting economic development.

  "You have to hire a hundred new police officers," Daley said at a news conference to open a new Target store in the Uptown neighborhood.
  
  But hiring more officers will only partially address the problem of crime in Chicago, Daley said.

We guess it will be a little while longer until we can bid for that 13B furlough if there's no one coming up behind us.

And this quote is just freaking priceless:

• If the officers were hired as some aldermen have suggested by tapping money from the city's tax increment financing program, it would throw the budget out of whack because those funds run out after a fixed number of years, the mayor said.
  
  "To balance your budget, if you start taking TIF money only once, then what do you do?" Daley said.

Hmmm. We don't know Dick. What happens if you take all the money from a 99-year-lease on parking meters and blow through the entire amount in less than three years in some bizarre attempt to win a global sporting event that hasn't made a profit (and won't be making a profit) in 32 years?

Oh wait. That did happen. And we're seeing the results each and every day here in Chi-troit II.

Contradictions Abound

Frank and Fran outdo themselves is this article:

• Sources said the Police Department was analyzing surveillance video, and officers were "hitting the gang-bangers hard" to shake loose any information about the killing, one of three slayings of Chicago Police officers in two months.

But in the final closing paragraph:

• Despite the attacks on police, Daley said he's not about to turn a blind eye to officers who engage in excessive force. "If some police officer comes out and starts whacking people around here, you'll have an outrage," he said. "We are a country of laws."

We're still waiting to see if there's any fallout from the Commander of 001 saying the police have to be unhandcuffed, the FOP president saying the police have to be unhandcuffed, and the Chaplain saying the police have to be unhandcuffed. If we were betting people (which we are), we'd lay odds J-Fled is on the ropes here as a scapegoat.

More contradictions:

• Mayoral press secretary Jacquelyn Heard said the hirings were set into motion weeks ago, before Sunday morning's slaying of Bailey, whom Daley knew personally and called "a wonderful guy."

But just two days ago, Heard was saying Shortshanks was "familiar" with the officer who guarded the mayoral residence so the Daley's could sleep safely.

And a belated "Welcome to Our World" to aldercreature Lyle:

• Ald. Freddrenna Lyle (6th), whose South Side ward includes the Bailey shooting, said the violence stems from a lack of respect for police officers she saw during a recent "ride around" in her ward with a district commander.

  "The commander got out and asked this young man to get off a woman's porch. He did it nicely -- by putting his hand on the guy's shoulder. And the guy got all riled up and said, 'Why are you touching me?' I was shocked. I never in my life thought people would respond that way," Lyle said.

  "I had a female officer tell me they called her b---- so much, she thought her name was b---- by the end of the day. That goes to the total lack of respect."

And who's teaching this lack of respect? It couldn't possibly be the reverends, race-baiters, poverty pimps, combined with the utter lack of parenting and coping skills prevalent in an entire swath of the south side, could it?

If brains were dynamite, these idiots couldn't blow their noses. And that includes the mayor, the supernintendo, the aldercreature and the "reverends." Combined.

2010: Mundial sin figura.

20.07.2010 - Calígula - No hubo figura descollante en Sudáfrica. No hubo partidos de galería. No hubo un goleador único. Entonces habrá que explicar que el Mundial 2010 elevó a su máxima expresión el valor del equipo y como ningún talento individual salvó, aún en su mejor momento, la estructura sólida de un colectivo dinámico, sintético y a modo de título, España es el campeón.

Habrá que explicar también (no yo) Forlán mejor jugador, el no gol de Lampard, los tapones holandeses en el pecho de Xabi Alonso, el no replay de jugadas polémicas, las curvas de Jabulani y por qué las “tan molestas” vuvuzelas se dispersaron por el mundo.

Pero volviendo a lo futbolístico, en horas de debate argentino acerca de la continuidad de Maradona (DT) al frente de la selección, de plazos, proyectos y evolución, surge el análisis de resultado puesto, que nunca deja de acomodarse ni salirse del marco resultadista: copiar a España (?) se oyó y sigue oyendo (es obvia la referencia a su sistema y no a sus nombres, sólo españoles).

Durante los festejos españoles (que retratamos en fotos) un visitante del blog (Andric Frost) comentó que “nos equivocamos quienes profesamos aquella doctrina que establecía que únicamente habían tres formas de ganar la Copa del Mundo: a) Llamarte Brasil, Italia o Alemania; b) Ser organizador y tener cierto potencial (Inglaterra, Francia, Uruguay y Argentina); c) Aferrarte a un milagro (Maradona 1986) y Uruguay (Maracanazo 1950). La victoria de España abre un inciso “d)” que desarticula los tres anteriores: Lo único que cuenta es la suma de talentos que se tiene en el presente: al pasado solo recurre gente como yo para tener de qué hablar”.

Messi, Kaká, Ronaldo, Rooney, Drogba y Eto'o se fueron sin hacer verano mientas que la permanencia de Villa, Sneijder, Podolski y Forlán, independientemente del orden final, resultó exitosa gracias al conjunto que los acompaña.

De las cuatro selecciones semifinalistas, tres comparten la partitura del 4-2-3-1, la misma que marcó el compás de los últimos finalistas de la Champions League: el Inter y el Bayern Múnich, la que con adaptaciones interpretan el Barcelona y el Manchester United y en breve ensayará el Real Madrid.

La premisa del 4-2-3-1 consiste en controlar la mitad de la cancha con un buen número de hombres para evitar la improvisación (saldrá Bilardo a decir que lo inventó él?). Entonces la línea defensiva de 4 recibe el apoyo de de 2 complementos pocos metros adelante. Y en el ataque, como mínimo, habrá 4 jugadores con depuradas características técnicas, buen despliegue físico y ambición goleadora.

El 4-2-3-1 aumenta la importancia del centrocampista defensivo, conocido en algunos lugares como “pivote”, hasta el punto de que resta protagonismo al 10 o los medias puntas de un tradicional 4-4-2.

Con dos 'pivotes defensivos' de buen manejo, el avance del rival muere en sus pies y nace de inmediato la réplica sin necesidad de cumplir el trámite burocrático de antaño de pasar el balón primero por las botas del creativo (Cambiasso?).

Van Bommel y De Jong son los recuperadores en Holanda, Xabi Alonso y Busquets en España, Schweinsteiger y Khedira en Alemania. El análisis de lunes es inobjetable (?)

Pero entonces Daniele De Rossi y Riccardo Montolivo (Italia), Gilberto Silva y Felipe Melo (Brasil), Mascherano y … (Verón) ¿no jugaron el Mundial? ¿O será que se necesitan jugadores afinados y conjugados en líneas compactas?

El analista puede conjeturar sobre el hecho de que cuesta encontrar una figura descollante en el campeón… Villa hace goles apoyado en la creación de Xavi e Iniesta que se apoyan en la recuperación de Alonso y Busquets reparados en la última línea sobre un arquero que se juega. Por enésima vez, el conjunto sobre la individualidad y Di Stéfano presente: “Ningún jugador es tan bueno como todos juntos”.

Dice Alessandro Baricco (Los Bárbaros, ensayo sobre la mutación): “En el fútbol, si renuncias a Maradona es porque has creado un sistema de juego menos cerrado, en el que la grandeza del individuo es, digamos, redistribuida entre todos, y en el que la intensidad del espectáculo se encuentra diseminada”. Primacía colectiva, pase corto sustituto de gambeta (?).

"Messi abusó de su talento individual – dice Pablo Terrab (Un Caño #27) – eso lo alejó de la eficiencia. El genio no encaja en la estructura colectiva. Y esto también tiene que ver con una estructura social imperante: si antes uno podía dedicar su vida a los vericuetos de la literatura anglosajona del siglo XIV, si se especializaba en ello y dejaba en aquel campo la vida, si se esforzaba para agotar al máximo cada referencia, quedaba transformado en un genio particular: contaba con profundidad de conocimiento en un aspecto específico. Hoy, la profundidad no es tan importante como la circulación. La posmodernidad, la multiplicidad de estímulos livianos, termina definiendo individuos que se forman muy rápido, y saben muy poco de muchísimas cosas. En el fútbol se pide circulación rápida de pelota, así como circulan rápido las ideas. También se pide velocidad. El genio resulta demasiado esforzado, la profundidad es lenta. Los engranajes colectivos reemplazan a este tipo de piezas en pos de una construcción que las supera". Y volviendo a Baricco: “Iniesta hace circular la pelota, Messi la hace desaparecer. A lo mejor te encanta, seguro, pero es el sistema el que tiene que vivir, no él”. Messi murió en la lógica de este sistema.

Sigue Baricco: “Si todos hacen de todo, es difícil que todos consigan consigan hacer de todo muy bien; y de ahí la famosa tendencia a la medianía. Sergio Ramos no defenderá tan bien como Beckenbauer, pero ¿cuántas cosas más hace?” Y denota el valor de la polifuncionalidad.

Los cuatro semifinalistas contaron con al menos un lateral de opción ofensiva: Ramos (España), Lahm (Alemania), Van Bronckhorst (Holanda) y Fucile (Uruguay). Los cuatro semifinalistas tuvieron delanteros asistentes en defensa: Kuyt, Sneijder, Robben, Podolski, Klose, Cavani, Forlán, Villa, Navas…

Volvemos a lo mismo, el diario del lunes no tiene espacio para recordar a perdedores como Maicon, Tévez, Di María (mi fuerte no es la marca), Meireles o el mismo Messi.

¿O que oíamos cuando Bielsa mandaba a Ortega a correr a Roberto Carlos?

Así, sin demasiado entusiasmo, le respondí al amigo visitante del blog (Andric Frost) que hablaba de un nuevo inciso abierto por España para ganar el Mundial sobre llamarse Brasil, Alemania e Italia, ser organizador o aferrarse al milagro Maradona con “la suma de talentos que se tiene en el presente”.

Rozando a Alessandro Baricco (sin saberlo), desconfiando de evoluciones hiperteóricas, sabiendo que todo sistema depende única y exclusivamente de las condiciones de los jugadores y obviando que España no fue campeón en 1982, sólo respondí que un Iniesta + un Xavi + un Xabi Alonso conforman la santísima trinidad de otro milagro.

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Fixture Nacional B 2010 - 2011

Fecha: 1- 07.08.10

PATRONATO (PARANA) vs BELGRANO (CBA.)

SAN MARTIN (S. JUAN) vs SAN MARTIN (TUC.)

ALTE. BROWN vs ROSARIO CTRAL.

DEF. Y JUSTICIA vs AT. RAFAELA

ALDOSIVI (M.D.P.) vs C.A.I. (CHUBUT)

G. Y ESGRIMA (JUJUY) vs FERRO CARRIL OESTE

UNION vs DEP. MERLO

TIRO FED. ARG. (ROS.) vs CHACARITA JRS.

AT. TUCUMAN vs INDEPENDIENTE R. (MZA.)

INSTITUTO A.C. CBA. vs BOCA UNIDOS (CTES.)

Fecha: 2 - 14.08.10

INSTITUTO A.C. CBA. vs PATRONATO (PARANA)

BOCA UNIDOS (CTES.) vs AT. TUCUMAN

INDEPENDIENTE R. (MZA.) vs TIRO FED. ARG. (ROS.)

CHACARITA JRS. vs UNION

DEP. MERLO vs G. Y ESGRIMA (JUJUY)

FERRO CARRIL OESTE vs ALDOSIVI (M.D.P.)

C.A.I. (CHUBUT) vs DEF. Y JUSTICIA

AT. RAFAELA vs ALTE. BROWN

ROSARIO CTRAL. vs SAN MARTIN (S. JUAN)

SAN MARTIN (TUC.) vs BELGRANO (CBA.)

Fecha: 3 - 21.08.10

PATRONATO (PARANA) vs SAN MARTIN (TUC.)

BELGRANO (CBA.) vs ROSARIO CTRAL.

SAN MARTIN (S. JUAN) vs AT. RAFAELA

ALTE. BROWN vs C.A.I. (CHUBUT)

DEF. Y JUSTICIA vs FERRO CARRIL OESTE

ALDOSIVI (M.D.P.) vs DEP. MERLO

G. Y ESGRIMA (JUJUY) vs CHACARITA JRS.

UNION vs INDEPENDIENTE R. (MZA.)

TIRO FED. ARG. (ROS.) vs BOCA UNIDOS (CTES.)

AT. TUCUMAN vs INSTITUTO A.C. CBA.

Fecha: 4 - 28.08.10

AT. TUCUMAN vs PATRONATO (PARANA)

INSTITUTO A.C. CBA. vs TIRO FED. ARG. (ROS.)

BOCA UNIDOS (CTES.) vs UNION

INDEPENDIENTE R. (MZA.) vs G. Y ESGRIMA (JUJUY)

CHACARITA JRS. vs ALDOSIVI (M.D.P.)

DEP. MERLO vs DEF. Y JUSTICIA

FERRO CARRIL OESTE vs ALTE. BROWN

C.A.I. (CHUBUT) vs SAN MARTIN (S. JUAN)

AT. RAFAELA vs BELGRANO (CBA.)

ROSARIO CTRAL. vs SAN MARTIN (TUC.)

Fecha: 5 - 04.09.10

PATRONATO (PARANA) vs ROSARIO CTRAL.

SAN MARTIN (TUC.) vs AT. RAFAELA

BELGRANO (CBA.) vs C.A.I. (CHUBUT)

SAN MARTIN (S. JUAN) vs FERRO CARRIL OESTE

ALTE. BROWN vs DEP. MERLO

DEF. Y JUSTICIA vs CHACARITA JRS.

ALDOSIVI (M.D.P.) vs INDEPENDIENTE R. (MZA.)

G. Y ESGRIMA (JUJUY) vs BOCA UNIDOS (CTES.)

UNION vs INSTITUTO A.C. CBA.

TIRO FED. ARG. (ROS.) vs AT. TUCUMAN

Fecha: 6 - 11.09.10

TIRO FED. ARG. (ROS.) vs PATRONATO (PARANA)

AT. TUCUMAN vs UNION

INSTITUTO A.C. CBA. vs G. Y ESGRIMA (JUJUY)

BOCA UNIDOS (CTES.) vs ALDOSIVI (M.D.P.)

INDEPENDIENTE R. (MZA.) vs DEF. Y JUSTICIA

CHACARITA JRS. vs ALTE. BROWN

DEP. MERLO vs SAN MARTIN (S. JUAN)

FERRO CARRIL OESTE vs BELGRANO (CBA.)

C.A.I. (CHUBUT) vs SAN MARTIN (TUC.)

AT. RAFAELA vs ROSARIO CTRAL.

Fecha: 7 - 18.09.10

PATRONATO (PARANA) vs AT. RAFAELA

ROSARIO CTRAL. vs C.A.I. (CHUBUT)

SAN MARTIN (TUC.) vs FERRO CARRIL OESTE

BELGRANO (CBA.) vs DEP. MERLO

SAN MARTIN (S. JUAN) vs CHACARITA JRS.

ALTE. BROWN vs INDEPENDIENTE R. (MZA.)

DEF. Y JUSTICIA vs BOCA UNIDOS (CTES.)

ALDOSIVI (M.D.P.) vs INSTITUTO A.C. CBA.

G. Y ESGRIMA (JUJUY) vs AT. TUCUMAN

UNION vs TIRO FED. ARG. (ROS.)

Fecha: 8 - 25.09.10

UNION vs PATRONATO (PARANA)

TIRO FED. ARG. (ROS.) vs G. Y ESGRIMA (JUJUY)

AT. TUCUMAN vs ALDOSIVI (M.D.P.)

INSTITUTO A.C. CBA. vs DEF. Y JUSTICIA

BOCA UNIDOS (CTES.) vs ALTE. BROWN

INDEPENDIENTE R. (MZA.) vs SAN MARTIN (S. JUAN)

CHACARITA JRS. vs BELGRANO (CBA.)

DEP. MERLO vs SAN MARTIN (TUC.)

FERRO CARRIL OESTE vs ROSARIO CTRAL.

C.A.I. (CHUBUT) vs AT. RAFAELA

Fecha: 9 -  02.10.10

PATRONATO (PARANA) vs C.A.I. (CHUBUT)

AT. RAFAELA vs FERRO CARRIL OESTE

ROSARIO CTRAL. vs DEP. MERLO

SAN MARTIN (TUC.) vs CHACARITA JRS.

BELGRANO (CBA.) vs INDEPENDIENTE R. (MZA.)

SAN MARTIN (S. JUAN) vs BOCA UNIDOS (CTES.)

ALTE. BROWN vs INSTITUTO A.C. CBA.

DEF. Y JUSTICIA vs AT. TUCUMAN

ALDOSIVI (M.D.P.) vs TIRO FED. ARG. (ROS.)

G. Y ESGRIMA (JUJUY) vs UNION

Fecha: 10 -  09.10.10

G. Y ESGRIMA (JUJUY) vs PATRONATO (PARANA)

UNION vs ALDOSIVI (M.D.P.)

TIRO FED. ARG. (ROS.) vs DEF. Y JUSTICIA

AT. TUCUMAN vs ALTE. BROWN

INSTITUTO A.C. CBA. vs SAN MARTIN (S. JUAN)

BOCA UNIDOS (CTES.) vs BELGRANO (CBA.)

INDEPENDIENTE R. (MZA.) vs SAN MARTIN (TUC.)

CHACARITA JRS. vs ROSARIO CTRAL.

DEP. MERLO vs AT. RAFAELA

FERRO CARRIL OESTE vs C.A.I. (CHUBUT)

Fecha: 11 - 16.10.10

PATRONATO (PARANA) vs FERRO CARRIL OESTE

C.A.I. (CHUBUT) vs DEP. MERLO

AT. RAFAELA vs CHACARITA JRS.

ROSARIO CTRAL. vs INDEPENDIENTE R. (MZA.)

SAN MARTIN (TUC.) vs BOCA UNIDOS (CTES.)

BELGRANO (CBA.) vs INSTITUTO A.C. CBA.

SAN MARTIN (S. JUAN) vs AT. TUCUMAN

ALTE. BROWN vs TIRO FED. ARG. (ROS.)

DEF. Y JUSTICIA vs UNION

ALDOSIVI (M.D.P.) vs G. Y ESGRIMA (JUJUY)

Fecha: 12 - 23.10.10

ALDOSIVI (M.D.P.) vs PATRONATO (PARANA)

G. Y ESGRIMA (JUJUY) vs DEF. Y JUSTICIA

UNION vs ALTE. BROWN

TIRO FED. ARG. (ROS.) vs SAN MARTIN (S. JUAN)

AT. TUCUMAN vs BELGRANO (CBA.)

INSTITUTO A.C. CBA. vs SAN MARTIN (TUC.)

BOCA UNIDOS (CTES.) vs ROSARIO CTRAL.

INDEPENDIENTE R. (MZA.) vs AT. RAFAELA

CHACARITA JRS. vs C.A.I. (CHUBUT)

DEP. MERLO vs FERRO CARRIL OESTE

Fecha: 13 - 30.10.10

PATRONATO (PARANA) vs DEP. MERLO

FERRO CARRIL OESTE vs CHACARITA JRS.

C.A.I. (CHUBUT) vs INDEPENDIENTE R. (MZA.)

AT. RAFAELA vs BOCA UNIDOS (CTES.)

ROSARIO CTRAL. vs INSTITUTO A.C. CBA.

SAN MARTIN (TUC.) vs AT. TUCUMAN

BELGRANO (CBA.) vs TIRO FED. ARG. (ROS.)

SAN MARTIN (S. JUAN) vs UNION

ALTE. BROWN vs G. Y ESGRIMA (JUJUY)

DEF. Y JUSTICIA vs ALDOSIVI (M.D.P.)

Fecha: 14 - 06.11.10

DEF. Y JUSTICIA vs PATRONATO (PARANA)

ALDOSIVI (M.D.P.) vs ALTE. BROWN

G. Y ESGRIMA (JUJUY) vs SAN MARTIN (S. JUAN)

UNION vs BELGRANO (CBA.)

TIRO FED. ARG. (ROS.) vs SAN MARTIN (TUC.)

AT. TUCUMAN vs ROSARIO CTRAL.

INSTITUTO A.C. CBA. vs AT. RAFAELA

BOCA UNIDOS (CTES.) vs C.A.I. (CHUBUT)

INDEPENDIENTE R. (MZA.) vs FERRO CARRIL OESTE

CHACARITA JRS. vs DEP. MERLO

Fecha: 15 - 13.11.10

PATRONATO (PARANA) vs CHACARITA JRS.

DEP. MERLO vs INDEPENDIENTE R. (MZA.)

FERRO CARRIL OESTE vs BOCA UNIDOS (CTES.)

C.A.I. (CHUBUT) vs INSTITUTO A.C. CBA.

AT. RAFAELA vs AT. TUCUMAN

ROSARIO CTRAL. vs TIRO FED. ARG. (ROS.)

SAN MARTIN (TUC.) vs UNION

BELGRANO (CBA.) vs G. Y ESGRIMA (JUJUY)

SAN MARTIN (S. JUAN) vs ALDOSIVI (M.D.P.)

ALTE. BROWN vs DEF. Y JUSTICIA

Fecha: 16 - 20.11.10

ALTE. BROWN vs PATRONATO (PARANA)

DEF. Y JUSTICIA vs SAN MARTIN (S. JUAN)

ALDOSIVI (M.D.P.) vs BELGRANO (CBA.)

G. Y ESGRIMA (JUJUY) vs SAN MARTIN (TUC.)

UNION vs ROSARIO CTRAL.

TIRO FED. ARG. (ROS.) vs AT. RAFAELA

AT. TUCUMAN vs C.A.I. (CHUBUT)

INSTITUTO A.C. CBA. vs FERRO CARRIL OESTE

BOCA UNIDOS (CTES.) vs DEP. MERLO

SP. INDEPENDIENTE R. (MZA.) vs CHACARITA JRS.

Fecha: 17 - 27.11.10

PATRONATO (PARANA) vs INDEPENDIENTE R. (MZA.)

CHACARITA JRS. vs BOCA UNIDOS (CTES.)

DEP. MERLO vs INSTITUTO A.C. CBA.

FERRO CARRIL OESTE vs AT. TUCUMAN

C.A.I. (CHUBUT) vs TIRO FED. ARG. (ROS.)

AT. RAFAELA vs UNION

ROSARIO CTRAL. vs G. Y ESGRIMA (JUJUY)

SAN MARTIN (TUC.) vs ALDOSIVI (M.D.P.)

BELGRANO (CBA.) vs DEF. Y JUSTICIA

SAN MARTIN (S. JUAN) vs ALTE. BROWN

Fecha: 18 - 04.12.10

SAN MARTIN (S. JUAN) vs PATRONATO (PARANA)

ALTE. BROWN vs BELGRANO (CBA.)

DEF. Y JUSTICIA vs SAN MARTIN (TUC.)

ALDOSIVI (M.D.P.) vs ROSARIO CTRAL.

G. Y ESGRIMA (JUJUY) vs AT. RAFAELA

UNION vs C.A.I. (CHUBUT)

TIRO FED. ARG. (ROS.) vs FERRO CARRIL OESTE

AT. TUCUMAN vs DEP. MERLO

INSTITUTO A.C. CBA. vs CHACARITA JRS.

BOCA UNIDOS (CTES.) vs INDEPENDIENTE R. (MZA.)

Fecha: 19 - 11.12.10

PATRONATO (PARANA) vs BOCA UNIDOS (CTES.)

INDEPENDIENTE R. (MZA.) vs INSTITUTO A.C. CBA.

CHACARITA JRS. vs AT. TUCUMAN

DEP. MERLO vs TIRO FED. ARG. (ROS.)

FERRO CARRIL OESTE vs UNION

C.A.I. (CHUBUT) vs G. Y ESGRIMA (JUJUY)

AT. RAFAELA vs ALDOSIVI (M.D.P.)

ROSARIO CTRAL. vs DEF. Y JUSTICIA

SAN MARTIN (TUC.) vs ALTE. BROWN

BELGRANO (CBA.) vs SAN MARTIN (S. JUAN)

El torneo empieza el 7 de Agosto y este año se juega hasta el 11 de Diciembre. La segunda rueda (para completar las 38 fechas), de no mediar contratiempos, finalizaría el 18 de Junio de 2011.

Se juega con 2 ascensos directos (1º y 2º) y dos por promoción (3º y 4º) que jugarán con el 17º y 18º de Primera A. Descienden los dos últimos de la tabla de promedios y el 17º y 18º en la misma tabla (promedios), sean de cualquier afiliación, jugarán promoción contra un equipo del Argentino A y un equipo de la B Metropolitana respectivamente.

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