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don't swing until he throws a strike first - his arm motion looks goofed up the last 3 pitches
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Don't you almost get the feeling that at least 4 of our hitters go up to bat and decide before each pitch is thrown whether they're gonna swing at it or not?
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thata boy - let that fastball down the middle of the plate go by
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I've just never seen an offense that lets more pitches down the middle of the plate go for called strikes followed by swinging at the ones in the damn dirt
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Oh God - I didn't even realize Webb is only at 58 pitches through 5 innings - pathetic guys!!
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I'm so sick of our offense! They say good pitching beats good hitting and you face the best pitching generally in the playoffs. Our offense is built on "swing away boys" and good/great pitchers will ALWAYS use that to their advantage.
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Gonna be a long night offensively if we keep swinging at the pitches Webb wants us to!!! Cmon guys - have an idea when you get up there!
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Now those pitches are moving - just gotta get a little better control
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He must not have watched Beckett with his 0-2 counts all night long
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If he can just get out of this inning - Clark SO's a ton - I think he'll be fine
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I don't like that Z's fastball has no movement on it - straight as an arrow
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Yup - let's throw it 200mph - they can't hit it *sigh*
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That's not a strategy our team is all that familiar with sadly :(
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Gotta leave to pick up my wife from the airport in a half hour - I'm thinking of letting her sit there for a few hours...... well, maybe not :)
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Cmon Carlos!!! This is what you played 162 games for!!! Step up on that mound, take command and get us off to a phenomenal start bud!!! You want to be a hero to Cub fans, get it done tonight!!
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The last game he pitched at Wrigley against Pittsburgh (when the Cubs won 8-0 and all the fans were doing the tomahawk chop) was his single most impressive first inning, probably of his career. I think he had more adrenaline pumping that day than any time in the last three months, so hopefully that's a sign of things to come and not just an anomoly. I hope you're right - he's definitely got the talent to be just as dominant as Beckett has been tonight. I'll be thinking positive thoughts :)
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Wow, Beckett is really on his game tonight - he has all of his pitches working and really moving well and his command of the strikezone has been awesome!
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I'm going to be very anxious with Carlos in the first inning. If he stays true to form, some of the veterans on the team need to make sure they do what they can to keep him in control so he doesn't try to throw the ball 200 mph past the first few hitters. He absolutely has to reign in his adrenaline at least a little bit!!!
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how fun would it be to be a Rockies fan at that game tonight!!
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H E L L of a game!!!
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I generally agree that the Cubs are a grade C to high grade B team with the obvious few exceptions. I also agree with the posters who say at this point of his career Soriano is what he is and isn't likely to change. On the plus side, at least you know what to expect from him! The one thing Pienella CANNOT afford to do in the playoffs is stick with guys like Trachsel, Marquis and Dempster if they show any signs of failure. We have other options on this team and we need to go to them at the first sign of problems with those 3 guys!
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Absolutely!!! It'll be nice to hear talk about the Mets collapse for years to come since we've had to endure it for 38 years!! Couldn't have happened to a better organization imho :)
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Did the Cubs give up too much for Steve Trachsel?
Cubzfan64 replied to badnews's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
At the time it felt like one of those "lets make a move for the sake of making a move deals" and I also believe it was also an attempt to get another "veteran" starter. I didn't like it then and I don't like it now. -
9/28 Padres (Maddux) @ Brewers (Capuano) 7:05
Cubzfan64 replied to Flames24Rulz's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Cmon Greg - find your A game and help your old team into the playoffs bud!! -
9/27 Padres (Cassel) @ Brewers (Gallardo) 7:05
Cubzfan64 replied to Flames24Rulz's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
No matter what they do this weekend it will never make up for 1984. Ain't that the truth!!! That was honestly the only time I openly wept as a Cubs fan!! That 1984 was a team of destiny with a bunch of veterans who had career (some end of career) years along with some young kids and one major starting pitcher gotten in a trade who should have led us to a WS victory. *sigh* - to be a Cubfan sometimes really Sox