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  1. gflore34
    No love for Wuertz? I thought we broke camp this year with 11 pitchers. I thought it was twelve for some reason. Irrespective of my gaffe in that regard, not using Wuertz in the first few games isn't a cardinal sin. In close games, most especially with runners on, I don't want to see Wuertz, he can't consistently throw strikes. As we saw last night, to be an effective reliever, or starter for that matter, a pitcher has throw strikes.
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    Like? I love what the Cardinals have done with their bullpen! The last two years, the Cards win the game 4-3, this season, as long you're within a few runs you've got an excellent chance to pull the game out. When they (Cubs) were down 4-3, I thought if Williams can give them a couple of scoreless innings, they'll win. Finally, it appears as if the Cardinals run of striking Gold with every journey man reliever may be coming to end. This (the Cardinals) is the team that Harold Reynolds believes is hand over fist the best team in the NL and the WS favorite? Of course, he also believes Alfonso Soriano is great hitter, one of the best in Baseball.
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    Avoids "The Golden Sombero"
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    We all knew he was and is flat out bad, unfortunately, Hendry missed the Memo. Seriously. who was the scout who recommended Jones? He should be fired. Wasn't Hendry interested in Jones for the past two or three seasons? I don't believe he was going on the recomendation of any Scout.
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    We all knew he was and is flat out bad, unfortunately, Hendry missed the Memo.
  6. gflore34
    How long will Baker go with O-fer Jones? I'm thinking Pagan should get look out there soon...
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    Maddux at 74 pitches thru 6, are you watching Zambrano and Rusch? Pretty simple, get the ball, throw strikes.
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    Nothing against Eckstein but, how pitiful was it that he was last year's NL starter at SS?
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    While I would love to see it....does anyone think we'll actually see this staff for even one full time through the rotation this year? much less several turns through? Just curious if I'm the only one who doubts we'll see all 5 of those guys at the same time for any extended period of time. I'll take further, I don't believe we'll ever see Prior and Wood in the rotation for one full time let alone the for an extended period. I'll keep hoping and dreaming though... I predict we'll have both Wood and Prior together for at least the last two weeks in May, and all of June (barring another linedrive off of the pitching arm type of freak injury). Here's hoping you're prediction is correct.
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    What's the longest a batter has gone hitless to start the season? 100 AB, 200 AB? I think Jones has an excellent chance to go 0 for April and May.
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    While I would love to see it....does anyone think we'll actually see this staff for even one full time through the rotation this year? much less several turns through? Just curious if I'm the only one who doubts we'll see all 5 of those guys at the same time for any extended period of time. I'll take further, I don't believe we'll ever see Prior and Wood in the rotation for one full time let alone the for an extended period. I'll keep hoping and dreaming though...
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    Let me get this straight the Cubs opening day starting OF of Jones, Pierre and Murton is amongst the worst in Baseball. Yet, the Cardinals OF of Encarnacion, Edmonds and Taguchi is the OF of a WS caliber team?
  13. gflore34
    Watch Baker trot Zambrano out there to start the 6th...
  14. gflore34
    Why does this absolute joke of a hitter (Womack) continue to have soo much success vs. the Cubs!!!!
  15. gflore34
    Jensen basically getting away with a mugging of Augustine may have also played a role in being unable to get him the ball thereby, taking them out of their offense. Nevertheless, I didn't believe they were going to beat UConn but, it would have nice to see them have a shot at it. I'm thinking UConn, after surving a couple of close calls, is going to come into DC focused. To have a chance UW is going to need a 78-11 FT disparity (the same would have held true for the Illini).
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    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v169/RonMcDon/2002874837.jpg Care to venture a guess as to which player got called for a foul on this play? Then there's this little snippet from UW Center Mike Jensen: "I put my whole body in front of him," Jensen said. "I elbowed him. I butt-fronted him. I shoved him. Whatever it took. A couple times he got frustrated -- he'd push me or shove me -- but I just pushed him right back." Yet, he managed to play 30 minutes with only 1 foul while Augustine was whistled for 4 fouls. Of course, I'm still bitter, I don't deny the Illini committed a lot of fouls, but, its amazing the Officiating only managed to see these fouls while, UW was just as agressive. Jones getting away hand and hip checking Brown at mid court was pathetic.
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    Apparently if you're wearing Purple hand-checking is allowed not so if you're wearing Orange. McBride gets called for a hand-check and rightly so but, Jones in guarding Brown never hand-checked once?
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    I'm worried as well but, I'm encouraged by the fact that defense is somewhat of an after thought for the Huskies whereas, it's the Illini' main focus. Illini FG % defense - .403 Huskies - .433 Illini OPP PPG - 58.1 Huskies - 69.4 Illini RPG - 36.0 Huskies - 37.9 I believe the Illini will play solid defense, if they control the boards, I like their chances by the way, Utah State killed the Huskies on the boards the other night something like a +18 rebound margin.
  19. gflore34
    Caught Dr. Mike Marshall on the Score this morning, apparently Prior's mechanics are extremely flawed. In Dr. Marshall words "...he's (Prior) pitching himself into oblivion...” The Dr. guarantees that Prior, after undergoing his program for a couple of off seasons, will emerge (pitching related) injury-free for the remainder of his career with the same release velocity. Does the Dr. know what he's talking about or is he just trying to pitch his product?
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    MSU better win today. Illinois didn't look that good, nor did Indiana or OSU, and Iowa and Wisconsin have lost. I hate the Hawks with a rabid passion, but I really wanted to see the B10 represented well. I believe the Spartans will win quite handily tonight, the Illini have a chance to win big tomorrow, UW doesn't play much defense and they're not as strong on the boards as the Illini. I really like the Hoosiers chances vs. tournament darling Gonzaga, Killingsworth' going destroy whatever the Zags throw at him down low.
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    As first and foremost an Illini fan, Big Ten second, I'm disappointed with Iowa' loss today. They were up by 17 with 8+ minutes left! I also didn't think OSU would struggle as much as they did today but, at least they won. The Wisconsin loss was not that shocking, I picked them but, the wise choice was probably Arizona. Bloody Iowa, way to represent the Big Ten, good job.
  22. gflore34
    Bingo!! It was just a matter of time before whatever was ailing Prior was revealed. Did Cubs management really think they fooling anyone with their constant stream of "he's (Prior) healthy we're just taking it slowly" rhetoric? If I'm Jim Hendry I'd go into next offseason with the premise that Prior, because of injury history, is a non-factor. I'd build a rotation without him or Wood for that matter. In fact, after this season I believe Wood is done as Cub, unless he's willing to take a tremendous paycut with an incentive laden contract.
  23. gflore34
    Have the Cubs won the simulated WS yet? Over the last two seasons with Wood and Prior going every game they've probably had a good chance to do so. The Cubs are 35-11 in simulated games over the last two years. JoBo and Rusch haven't held up their end of the rotation. Still 24 games over 500 is pretty nice. 35-11 is real nice, quite probably leading the NL Central, may in fact, be the NL's best record. only record...best record. same difference i guess You're correct about that...
  24. gflore34
    Have the Cubs won the simulated WS yet? Over the last two seasons with Wood and Prior going every game they've probably had a good chance to do so. The Cubs are 35-11 in simulated games over the last two years. JoBo and Rusch haven't held up their end of the rotation. Still 24 games over 500 is pretty nice. 35-11 is real nice, quite probably leading the NL Central, may in fact, be the NL's best record.
  25. gflore34
    Have the Cubs won the simulated WS yet? Over the last two seasons with Wood and Prior going every game they've probably had a good chance to do so.
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