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  1. TruffleShuffle
    You know, I really can't wait until the "Good Old Boys", the old-time philosophy guys who refuse to acknowledge any stat more sophisticated than batting average or errors. Defense is important. I didn't used to think so, but I've been converted. defense is important but it's especially important when you have a pitcher who doesn't strike anyone out on the mound. if you're going to put colvin in cf and nady in right, tonight is pretty much the worst possible time to do it. i guess gabp is a bandbox, but that still doesn't mean you want lousy fielders out there behind a batting practice pitcher.
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    I think it's unfair to assume that he didn't work at his defensive game as much as needed compared to a lack of physical abilities needed to be a solid defensive player. agreed... he was with two NL organizations and the question was always "what do we do with him?" he's a bad defender now but the a's actually did use him some in the OF.... the reviews on his defense improved from "looks like he's trying to corral a wild chicken" to "bad", which is improvement. cust's problem is that teams figured out that his game is walks, home runs and that's it, so they challenged him more and his walk rate went down.
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    i'm watching the CSN Philly feed of the flyers-rangers game on versus, while the CSN Philly feed on CSN Philly is blacked out. great broadcast rules nhl.
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    that takes real talent, to walk tyler colvin.
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    baker is a career .260/.314/.409/.723 hitter against rhp and that definitely has some coors field help. the problem is that fontenot seems to suck against everyone... bottom line, the cubs don't have an adequate 2b against rhp unless fontenot decides to not be bad. i have no idea why colvin is hitting in the 2-hole; i think it was just yesterday that we were talking about jason heyward and how cox was batting him low in the order to keep the pressure off him. lou doesn't seem to understand this concept.
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    haha, ernie els was behind the green on 15 after already hitting in the water once, and he chipped over the green and it rolled down the hill but stopped in some thicker grass just before going in the water. his caddy gave him a ball and he went to drop it and the gallery all started yelling at him not to. it was pretty funny.
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    you don't take a guy who pitched an inning or two throughout the spring, was treated with kid gloves all last year and let him throw 100 pitches in his first start of the year.
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    second best team in big ten history is nothing to sneeze at pal
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    cashner has more movement on his fastball (and better velocity out of the pen) plus his slider is way better than any breaking pitch that samardzija is throwing. the write-ups on him in the offseason made it sound like he's very likely to be a good reliever; starting potential is what is questionable.
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    1. Number of Cubs wins, 2010 - 79 2. Number of Cubs wins, Cardinals season series (15 games) - 6 3. Number of runs scored, 2010 - 716 4. Number of runs allowed, 2010 - 723 5. Final Placement in the NL Central Division - 3rd 1. Number of Aramis Ramirez Home Runs - 23 2. Number of Soriano Games Played - 136 3. Ryan Theriot's Games Batting Leadoff - 140 4. Geovany Soto's Batting Average - .246 5. Carlos Silva's Starts - 25 6. Randy Wells' ERA - 4.22 7. Carlos Zambrano's Ks - 127 8. Carlos Marmol's Saves - 31 1. Which will be higher: Soriano's RBIs or Soto's RBIs? - soriano 2. Which will be higher: Ted Lilly's starts 2009 (27) or Ted Lilly starts 2010? - 2009 3. Which will be higher: Jeff Baker's at-bats or Mike Fontenot's at-bats? - baker 4. Who will have more HRs: Zambrano or Theriot? - theriot 5. Who will have more wins: Wells or Dempster? - dempster 6. Who will have a higher OBP: Byrd or Soriano? - byrd 1. Most HRs: Lee 2. Highest OBP (min. 400 ABs): Lee 3. Lowest ERA (min. 150 IPs): Dempster 4. Most Quality Starts: Dempster The Annual Tiebreaker: Date of Lou Piniella's First Ejection (you may answer "never") - June 23rd (don't even know if the cubs play that day)
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    they released dan mcdan already?
  13. TruffleShuffle
    all done for ca$h. 4.1 ip, 3 h, 3 r, 1 hr, 3 bb, 10 k. certainly not a boring outing. i really hope he can sustain his stuff deep into games. sounds like everyone agrees he's got a big league arm, it's just a question whether he'll be a good reliever or good starter.
  14. TruffleShuffle
    cashner walked two (one seemed like he was squeezed pretty good) and then gave up a 3 run bomb.
  15. TruffleShuffle
    wild thing, you make my heart sing
  16. TruffleShuffle
    10 k's in 4 ip for cashner :shock: castro just tripled in a run; he also has a single and a SB as part of a double steal.
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    someone hit a home run with people on base
  18. TruffleShuffle
    cashner struck out the side in the first inning... call him up and send down zambrano imo
  19. TruffleShuffle
    looks like box scores are up now. dolis had a really good game: 5 ip, 2 h, 0 r, 0 bb, 5 k. b jackson is 0-2 with a walk and a K; lemahieu is 0-1 with 2 walks, burke is 0-3, vitters is 0-3 with 2 K's, lake is 0-2 with 2 K's.
  20. TruffleShuffle
    glaus is playing like he needs to get back on steroids.
  21. TruffleShuffle
    nathan, you know anything about why the in-game box scores are gone on MiLB.com? this is a big letdown for those of us who like to follow the cubs' prospects.
  22. TruffleShuffle
    Wow, that's horrible. Iowa and Tennessee have Gameday, so that's something. Mathes is getting rocked and Fuld has a single. dolis or whoever is pitching for daytona seems to be doing well; they have 3 IP without a hit.
  23. TruffleShuffle
    theriot looks like he's eager to see the starlin castro era begin.
  24. TruffleShuffle
    no more in-game box scores? that is extremely lame.
  25. TruffleShuffle
    i think LLF needs a pants change
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