TruffleShuffle

it's official, lou is a moron

i think toronto might be up to a 2% chance of winning... better put in marmol to put out this fire!

did lou sleep through the last inning? does he still think it's 3-0?

still 7-0 cubs

why shouldn't the cardinals' lousy lineup and AAA pitcher beat the phillies #2 starter and great lineup?

7-0 cubs

good job cubs

UGH STOP IT WITH THE FIRST-PITCH SWINGING

nice to see that a curveball right over the middle of the plate is a ball

why would you walk john mcdonald? that guy cannot hit for beans.

You're saying your ex cheated on you with a major league pitcher? Bummer. oooh zing...but no that is not what happened...i wanted her to get me a ball signed by him last season and she wouldn't do it...regardless...the kid just reminds me of her so...well...i wish bad things hopefully she got fat or something

yay astroturf

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your computer is about to explode

mitchell boggs had better not dominate the phillies

which rules are you referring to?

way to be the bigger man.

slightly watered down of Bobby Abreu's prime???? You do realize how good he was. He was a 25-30 HR guy who could hit .330 and draw 100 walks. Oh yeah and he stole 30 bases pretty regularly back in the day. So even a heavy water down would mean Fukudome is .300 15 HR with 20 SB's. Right now he's not on pace for any of those and pretty far off on some of the other stats. What I compare him to is Francoeur with much less power but much more plate discipline i.e. walks. Both hit around .290 and play very good defense in RF with cannon's for arms. nice job, ridicule the comparison to bobby abreu, and then compare fukudome to a guy whose career high in walks is about 65 less than he's on pace for.

in other words, never

too bad. he had plenty of talent, but it took him a while to put it all together, and then (of course) he did it with the cardinals for a relatively brief time. he wasn't as dominant as mike scott, but perhaps their career paths will follow a similar route - peaking as a great pitcher in the early 30s, then struggling with injuries and ending up out of baseball before long.

that was a great effort by sweden. they're not as good as spain, but that's about as well as i could've expected them to do against a vastly superior opponent. i hope they can beat russia next game, but the runner up out of group D will play the nederland, which looks to be a brutal assignment.

man that's gotta be weird. i know minor league crowds aren't massive, but playing pro ball, one would get used to playing before at least somewhat of an audience every game.

he's fine. he's not great, but he's good, and he does a lot of things well (baserunning, defense, choosing japanese restaurants). i have a hard time seeing how his approach will translate into good power, but if he turns out to be a slightly watered down version of bobby abreu's prime, that's not a bad thing. he's certainly better than the other options.

http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/L/ryan-ludwick.shtml

The thing with Tiger though is that while some of these huge shots may be somewhat lucky, he's so amazing at being able to read the speed and slope and break of a green. When he makes those putts, he knows exactly what he's doing. Sure, the ball could bounce a bit on the green, or it could hit some debris and kick off target a few inches, but when Tiger lines himself up for a big putt, if he reads it properly, as he usually does, and it doesn't hit something or get off line, he knows he's going to drain it because he's so good at visualizing it, and he's so ahead of the other players in that regard. Like that eagle on 18. The announcers had no idea why he was set up that way. One of the announcers said "hes aimed a bit left, dont you think?" and the other followed up with "way left." Then, of course, he sunk it. He just sees things out there that no one else can. Now that chip in, that was complete luck and he even admitted it while being interviewed later. But hey, when you're that good you get the shooter's bounce. right. i think the reason he put his head down and just kinda smiled at 17 was because he knew how lucky he'd gotten. the putt at 13 had a great line, but was going well long if the line was off, and the chip on 17 might've been hit a little more than he wanted. but golf is very much a game that's base on "feel", and it's impressive that he might win the whole thing after taking several weeks away because of the knee surgery.