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  1. gflore34
    I'd love to hear how this is his fault. Would it have killed him to walk out to the mound and calm Z down? I'm not blaming him persay, but he has to keep his pitchers, especially Z, in control. That's part of his job as pitching coach. Seriously, when the Umpire doesn't know what a strike is, what can he do?
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    I remember that game...
  3. gflore34
    Oh man Victor Diaz....that just felt like 13 tons of bricks fell on me. I can still remember the announcer saying "Victor Diaz hasn't hit a home run in the majors...." :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: For me, Victor Diaz was far worse, a much better Cub team (vs 1998) and losing to the Mets - I loathe the Mets. If that franchise was nuked this second it wouldn't bother me a bit...
  4. gflore34
    Cubs will make them sweat before its over, who knows, they may even really kick them in groin by by getting to the bullpen for 5+ runs.
  5. gflore34
    Does pressure of a must win really effect the players? Or, once they're on the field the game is just played?
  6. gflore34
    The dreaded lead off BB...
  7. gflore34
    Seconded, Cubs win in 6. Anyone think the Cubs first round opponent is immaterial? That is, their most difficult task is going to be winning the first series, if they clear this hurdle, the WS will be Cub Blue.
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    I trust our pitcher to shut down a team's offense more than I trust our offense to tee off on really good pitching. Am I alone in this theory? I'm 100% with you, I'd rather face a weaker offense than weaker pitching, because the way good teams vs. good teams usually go, its not typically very high scoring affairs I can honestly see our hitting clogged down to 3-4-5 runs a game, and I just would love to stifle the opposing bats, and not worry about having to get too many runs. What I'm saying is bring on the Dodgers. The whole team is hackers without a lot of power with the very notable exception of Manny. But we do a good job with Pujols most of the time, and I think we can do a decent job with Manny, probably with a lot of intentional unintentional walks. Funny you should have Pujols and Manny within the same paragraph, was watching a little of the Yankees/Orioles last night. Subject of Manny came up and right on queue one the ESPN baseball crew calls him the greatest right handed hitter of the last quarter century. Makes sense, if you were or are a Yankee or Red Sox and put up big time numbers - you must be the greatest. Don't get me wrong Manny numbers are mind boggling but, Pujols' are better.
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    I believe the Cubs will manage a split while the Brewers sweep the Pirates, leaving the Brewers and Mets (at least) tied. For those pushing for a wild card playoff I think this is the most favorable result although, I wouldn't mind seeing the predominately Iowa Cubs take 3 of 4 - payback for 2004.
  10. gflore34
    Beyond clinching by beating the Cardinals, Schumaker walking to the 1B dugout before the Umpire called strike 3 was the best highlight of the day.
  11. gflore34
    More Cardinal bloops...
  12. gflore34
    I don't what's more frustrating his Zambrano' piss-poor performance against the Cardinals or seeing crap like Schumaker, Kennedy, Lopez and hit him all over the yard.
  13. gflore34
    Schumaker, does that clown ever hit a ball anywhere besides the left side of the field?
  14. gflore34
    If slap hitter like Kennedy can hit an opposite field HR that bodes well for the Cubs, I predict several Cub HR's today.
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    He was a veggie, but as you can see from the picture the chili dog is chasing him and eventually he gave in. LOL. Though the chili dog looks disgusting.
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    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/poolboybob/CCfielder.jpg Off the subject but, ironically, Fielder appears to be slimmer in the shot above than he is at present.
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    He's just going through his own struggles but he was due for coming back to earth a little bit. I'm completely confident in his ability to be a good reliever in this league but it seems he's lost his control a bit. I really don't feel like opposing hitters have figured him out, he's just beating himself. I agree, he's got pretty good stuff, no doubt, once he becomes more consistent with his control, he'll be very effective.
  18. gflore34
    Listening to some of yesterday' broadcast - didn't get a chance to yesterday - Wuertz, not exactly endearing himself to Lou is he? Can't make the play on sacrifice bunt he fielded?
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    Boy, if that doesn't finish off the Brewers nothing will, colored me shocked. The Cubs were firmly in the do nothing off mediocre to crappy pitchers mode - last two days, in fact.
  20. gflore34
    Those leadoff walks will just eat your lunch. Heard Harrelson say the same during the White Sox highlights on 670 the other morning...
  21. gflore34
    Just read the game summary in the Trib, pretty disappointed the Cubs weren't able to take advantage of the Brewer bullpen over 7+ innings, oh well, magic number will be down to 2 after today.
  22. gflore34
    As someone who was convinced the Brewers were overrated all along and thought the Cubs might beat them by 10 games, there's a lot of threads I'd like to dig up. Good call, I was convinced the Cubs were/are better than the Brewers however, I did not think they'd possibly win the Central by 10 games. Interestingly, Stone Stone was calling for this all along, saying the Cubs would the Central by 8+ games in March and after the trade for CC.
  23. gflore34
    Buster on BBTN - Howard over Pujols for MVP? What kool-aid is he drinking? It's not even close Buster.
  24. gflore34
    LOL! The Lastros lost... nice, so 2 more wins against the Blewers and we have the division! Oh it's so great... how nice it will be to rub it into the face of the ever-tiny Brewers Nation if we clinch at home against THEM. SOOO PERFECT! That would be perfect, I know it may be an understatement at this point but, I mentioned to my uncles several weeks ago that the last three in Milwaukee would be meaningless to Cubs. Looking more and more like that is going to be true.
  25. gflore34
    The only reason that clown was signed was the he hits the Cubs. Not that's going to matter as far as the NL Central title is concerned but, I don't think we'll see Wood throwing him any breaking balls in future match-ups.
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