Other Games 7/5

[CubsGM]

Go Pirates

[CubsGM]

1-0 Brewers on a Mike Cameron home run.

Is it Cheater's Day in MLB or something?

[17 Seconds]

I'd be absolutely shocked if the Pirates were able to win a game this weekend.

[17 Seconds]

Oh look, over Dave Bush's last 7 starts he's suddenly become lights out.

 

Meanwhile, we're excited about Rich Hill learning a new delivery against rookie league batters.

[bubbycub]

i would still take hill over bush, even now

[illiniguy]

Why in the hell are the Pirates doing the pitcher bat 8th thing?

[17 Seconds]

Awesome baserunning there. Essentially a leadoff triple stranded

[Little Slide Rooter]

Man, you dont have to be Ben Sheets to shut down the Pirates. Or even Larry Sheets.

[SouthSideRyan]

White Sox are killing my centsports parlay.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Cubs lose, Cards win, Brewers win, perfect night complete.

[TruffleShuffle]

walkoff single for fatass, brewers win #-o

[17 Seconds]

So instead of 4.5 and 4.5, it's 2.5 and 3.5. Awesome.

 

I fully expect it to be 1.5 and 2.5 tomorrow.

[TruffleShuffle]

by the all star break we could easily in third place and 5 games out of first.

[ChiCubsfan0502]

by the all star break we could easily in third place and 5 games out of first.

 

:rotfl: :rotfl:

[Brian]

by the all star break we could easily in third place and 5 games out of first.

 

i think we'll be contracted, or moved to Oklahoma City

[Guest]

by the all star break we could easily in third place and 5 games out of first.

 

i think we'll be contracted, or moved to Oklahoma City

 

Lucky IMB!

[UK1679666180]

The Rays won again... 54-32 going for another sweep at home.

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The Rays won again... 54-32 going for another sweep at home.

 

I really think that team is winning the East. The Red Sox have a lot of question marks.

 

It will be interesting to see how the Rays handle the deadline. Also, are they still planning on calling up Price at somepoint this season? Man, that rotation is going to be completely dominant pretty soon.

[CubsGM]

Good to see every team win in the NL Central except the Pirates and Cubs

[UK1679666180]

The Rays won again... 54-32 going for another sweep at home.

 

I really think that team is winning the East. The Red Sox have a lot of question marks.

 

It will be interesting to see how the Rays handle the deadline. Also, are they still planning on calling up Price at somepoint this season? Man, that rotation is going to be completely dominant pretty soon.

 

Maddon is right that they really haven't hit well at all (and he's right) so that is encouraging. You could say that Navarro and Hinske are hitting better than expected but everyone else is at or below where they should be. Crawford, Upton, and Pena are all doing worse than expected. I'd like to see a RH'ed bat and poss. maybe another arm in the pen b/c of Percival unable to stay healthy.

 

I think Price might be a Sept. call-up, but TB isn't known as a team that will rush or push kids.

Edited July 6, 2008 by UK

[RedFlash]

The Rays won again... 54-32 going for another sweep at home.

 

I really think that team is winning the East. The Red Sox have a lot of question marks.

 

It will be interesting to see how the Rays handle the deadline. Also, are they still planning on calling up Price at somepoint this season? Man, that rotation is going to be completely dominant pretty soon.

 

In theory, the Rays don't necessarily need to make a move at the deadline. But I could see them pickng up complimentary players like Nady and perhaps a good bullpen arm like Fuentes for the stretch run.

 

And I agree on Boston, they have moe questions, and are less talented then the Rays. I'd be shocked if the Rays don't win this divison by atleast 5 games.

[UK1679666180]

I wouldn't count Boston out yet, TB while finally playing with the excitement of winning hasn't had to play with the pressure of it, yet.

 

They're going to be there the entire year and if they cont. to play well and get HFA, they'll be real tough with more home games than road.

[Little Slide Rooter]

by the all star break we could easily in third place and 5 games out of first.

 

i think we'll be contracted, or moved to Oklahoma City

 

We should be able to get some decent prospects for Ramirez, Lee, Soto, Kosuke, Zambrano, Lilly, and Marmol.

 

From a buisness stand point, a Rays/Brewers World Series will be MLBs worst nightmare.

[chuckywang]

Yep, just an all around crappy day.

[TruffleShuffle]

The Rays won again... 54-32 going for another sweep at home.

 

I really think that team is winning the East. The Red Sox have a lot of question marks.

 

It will be interesting to see how the Rays handle the deadline. Also, are they still planning on calling up Price at somepoint this season? Man, that rotation is going to be completely dominant pretty soon.

 

Maddon is right that they really haven't hit well at all (and he's right) so that is encouraging. You could say that Navarro and Hinske are hitting better than expected but everyone else is at or below where they should be. Crawford, Upton, and Pena are all doing worse than expected. I'd like to see a RH'ed bat and poss. maybe another arm in the pen b/c of Percival unable to stay healthy.

 

crawford has been pretty disappointing, as has pena, but i'm not sure about upton. his babip was a ridiculous .392 last season, so he was almost certain to take a step back. the good news is that he's cut back on his strikeouts by a large margin, and is drawing walks at a great rate. the power should return. i'd say as far as overall production, he's been about what i would've expected.

 

and one cannot ignore that some of the pitchers have had unexpectedly good performances. edwin jackson has been good (and lucky). a lot of the bullpen guys have pitched over their heads. i'd say the team as a whole is overachieving a bit, but they're certainly better - even on paper - than most gave them credit for before this season.