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  1. AlwaysaCub
    Tim I want to respectfully disagree with you. In the 80s, yes, there may have been fewer pitchers hitting 90 with the FB, but that was part of the ear of the reduced windup. If you look at footage of Spahn or Gibson pitching they get their whole body into the windup and have a lot more forward momentum going when they release the ball due to the movement of legs and torso. Try it yourself sometime and you realize how much more energy you can get into the ball. That said, people are stronger and better conditioned today than ever thanks to modern training and sports medicine. It is likely that more people do probably throw above 90 than at any time in the past, but people like Feller and Koufax and Gibson were almost certainly well over 90 with the FB.
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    ESPN headline: Blanco, Venezuela avenge WBC loss to US. I guess we know what it feels like to be Blancowned
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    Can the US hit them? I can't believe I'm not joking.
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    I think the most hilarious result from this would be Randall Simon getting a major league job again.
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    This is straight out of the Latroy Hawkins book of blowing a game from mr. Marmol.
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    Also not going to help his confidence, and he throws it away.
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    yeah? leadoff double. It's not even March 15. His slider probably is not nearly ready This is Marmol's first test in the closer role
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    Marmol coming in for bottom 11.
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    The Dutch will not win unless this goes far enough such that the funky players on base rule takes effect and they get some of that trademark DR crappy defense.
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    0-0 to bottom 9th in the Ned -DR rematch. For everyone who called the Dutch win in the first game a fluke, including me, a huge serving of crow (not that this isn't ridiculous also).
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    Yeah, this injury is only a couple of days, but there could be 15 of these "minor injuries" this season that will keep him out 2-4 days, so roughly 45 games missed, plus at least 1 dl trip and he plays 100 games. I believe him too but it's not a good start.
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    http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN200207190.shtml Mark Prior: 2 hits, 8 innings, 8 Ks, 0 bbs, against Houston. Also I learned that you could in fact get kicked out of the bleachers for throwing a warm-up ball back when Lance Berkman threw the ball in. http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN200205220.shtml Prior's first start, striking out 10 in 6 innings. I was so psyched.
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    Not exactly a flattering picture. He has gone from rookie to 40 year old veteran all in one offseason! Or he traveled back to 1991 to go to the barber
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    Anyone have a video of the Karros homer from the aforementioned Choi concussion/Clemens 300 denial game? Also in the weird hall of fame is the 10th inning granny from Neifi the Great in St. Louis.
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    if by luck you mean two of the other good teams in that division being moved to another division then i agree. I think you are selling them way short. They were the second best team in the division last year by Pythwins. maybe the red sox will take a (small) step back, but the rays should be the same or better and the yankees should significantly better this year than last. toronto just doesn't have the offense it takes to do anything interesting in that division. they should look into joining forces with the orioles, who have the opposite problem. I could see Toronto pushing through. The Drays, though talented, will regress slightly next year though brighter things are ahead. For Boston I could see several scenarios in which the offense falls off (who says Papi is going to rebound at all? Remember Mo Vaughn). With a few breaks they could then take second. Unlikely, yes, but impossible, no.
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    The field was destroyed but I think the new surface is supposed to be more resistant to such wear.
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    they have bradley hitting 290/400/520 in 490 ab and fukudome hitting 290/390/440 in 460 ab. this team is constructed very well if those things happen. That'd be the second most ABs of Bradley's career. I'll be shocked if he comes close to it, but utterly ecstatic. They put in the revised numbers today, still showing the Cubs as scoring 865 runs. This is the most runs any MLB team is projected to score, including Boston and Philadelphia. I really don't see it between the "offense" we are getting from our first baseman and the myriad injury risks in the outfield.
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    they have bradley hitting 290/400/520 in 490 ab and fukudome hitting 290/390/440 in 460 ab. this team is constructed very well if those things happen. Fair point, and I think both lines are possible from those two, but I see big downside and 871 being more on the upside.
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    871 runs scored is one hell of a projection for this team as currently constructed.
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    It was Signed, Kerry Wood's arm But perhaps the most unhittable pitch ever, if only for a brief moment.
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    Did anyone check out Rich Harden's comp list from PECOTA? Hideo Nomo Nolan Ryan Kevin Appier Sandy Koufax Also down for 183 innings and 6th highest Pitcher WARP in MLB.
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    Pretty sure Griffey signed as a FA with Cincy No. I believe Griffey and Cincy agreed to rework his contract so that much of it was deferred to fit into Cincy's budget. I think they're still paying him upwards of $10-$15 million to sit at home (or play for someone else). o 09:$16M club option ($4M buyout) o $57.5M in salary deferred at 4% interest, to be paid 2009-2024,  $5.5M of 2000 salary deferred  $6.5M/year of 2001-2008 salaries deferred o acquired by White Sox in trade from Cincinnati 7/31/08, Reds and White Sox splitting cost of Griffey's remaining 2008 salary and buyout of 2009 option So only about $5 mil a year plus 4% interest? Less than I thought, but still funny. 2024 is a long time from now.
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    Garrett Olsen is the next Rich Hill.
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    That's a fair point. For Garland's career he has a 4.47 ERA in the DH league, averaging per 162 games 207 innings, 67 walks, 108 strikeouts, 26 homers allowed, and 219 hits. Marquis, for his career, has a 4.55 ERA in the national league. He has averaged in his career per 162 games 189 innings, 74 walks, 112 strikeouts, 24 homers allowed, and 195 hits. Really a marginal upgrade at best, a few more innings and maybe a marginal peripheral upgrade considering the league difference.
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    I feel like that sentence is missing something. Coherent thought? Responding to what I think you meant, Marshall doesn't have a full season in him. He has a 150 IP or so wall after which he'll break down. I think Garland over a full season would be better than Marshall.
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