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Cardinals Pitcher Josh Hancock Dies in Car Crash
BigbadB replied to ManCrushOnNomar's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
After reading how this happened, it hit pretty close to home. I had a business trip in Las Vegas last week, and on my way there, I just about lost it into the back end of a Cal Trans pick up truck. Minding my own business in the fast lane (4 lanes wide each direction in this stretch of interstate) with a car pacing next to me, I see Cal Trans working in the median up ahead of me. I slow down from 80 MPH to about 70 MPH since they are well off the shoulder. The car next to me keeps the same pace. All of a sudden and within about 500 ft., the Cal Trans truck shoots up out of the median and right into the fast lane in front of me. I had nowhere to go. To the left were about 10 Cal Trans workers. To my right was this car that was still right next to me. In front of me was a truck that was hardly moving. I lit up my brakes and just missed this truck by inches. My wife's face was white as a ghost. She thought for sure we were dead. Luckily, no one was behind me. Good thing I just bought new tires for the car a few weeks back. Older tires might have slid. Anyway, I'm still here. Barely. I guess it was my lucky day. I survived what could have been an ugly crash and hit a royal flush on a poker machine later that night. -
Could be a little separation in the West Division after this week.
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WTF? Ritchie Sexson picked up his first single of the season last night???????? He went longer than JJ Putz getting his first save opportunity.
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Can we get some consistency with the team names? When I see the standings, I see Eyes of Texas. When I go to Live Scoring, I don't see a team called Eyes of Texas. This isn't the only team with this issue. I can't keep track of team names, so can we have a reference thread that tells me (us) who is who from different pages?
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He's going nuts there. How disappointing...start 2-0 and I'm headed to 2-2. BJ Upton almost matched him in points this week. Double happiness.
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My pitchers took a big dump this week, but I still have Jimmy Rollins!!!!!
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Nevermind. I got the scoop in another thread. But, thanks!
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Thanks for the recaps! A lot of good news in there. I'm actually surprised that Izturis lost his job so quickly, but am not really shocked since I didn't think Izturis was any better than Neifi Perez.
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Can someone please brief me on everything Cubs since last Sunday? I know about Prior's season ending surgery. I also know Lee homered finally. I'm mostly looking for roster moves. I noticed Cherry got the call. Who did he replace? Has Soriano homered? Are Murton and Floyd both bench players with Pie still on the roster? Is Guzman going to replace Miller soon? Has Theriot replaced Izturis at SS? Give me the scoop, please!
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I don't mind "ESPN Insider". It isn't worth much, but it collects information from all over the country and makes for one stop shopping. I've missed a whole week of Cub stuff. Someone want to brief me on what's going on? Theriot is now the everyday SS? Rocky Cherry replaced who? Angel Guzman getting stretched out for 5th spot? Murton and Floyd are the 4th and 5th outfielders? Is everyone healthy? I do know about Prior's surgery. It's about the only thing I heard since last Sunday except Lee finally homered. Has Soriano homered yet?
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I'm back from a long trip. Good to see my team hasn't completely gone in the toilet while I was gone. I did replace a few guys for this last day of games for the week. Gagne is on the DL, so I picked up Renyel Pinto. Is this allowed? I keep forgetting whether this is allowed. I also put Milton Bradley on my DL and put reserve Jose Guillen in his place. If Pinto isn't allowed, I do have a guy in my minors that is currently pitching relief that I can put in his place.
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I'm just saying that I'm staying away from the panic button at this point. While it would be nice to be at the top of the standings right now, it's way too early to predict what has happened in the first 3 weeks will dictate what happens for the remainder of the year. Derrek Lee and Alfonso Soriano won't stay homerless. Every bat in the Cubs line up except SS can hit close to .300. While the OBP from Soriano, Jones, Izturis and DeRosa aren't going to wow anyone, if they can keep it somewhat respectable, Lee, Ramirez, Barrett, Murton, Floyd and Theriot should be able to neutralize the not so good OBP enough to put 4 or 5 runs on the board each game. What I believe will make a huge difference this year is that I doubt there is anyone in the clubhouse urging these guys to be aggressive like in past seasons. Soriano isn't going to be patient. He never has. But, if he can hit .300, his OBP will likely be close to .350. I'm not sure we can ask for much more than that. And if he provides a .500+ SLG along with that .340 or so OBP, he'd still be way more valuable than Pierre ever thought about being.
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Same for me. Apparently Earth Day is a holiday at CBS Sportsline. :D I don't care. I'm leaving!
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I think it's still too early to cast any judgments. Philadelphia easily leads the league in walks and is at the top in OBP, yet they've scored 7 less runs than the Cubs. The Cubs and Phillies have comparable AVG and SLG. Along with OBP and SLG is timely hitting. I would expect the Phillies to surpass the Cubs in runs scored very soon simply because they get so many runners on base and the timely hits just haven't been there. But, I also expect the Cubs offense to walk a lot more than the Cubs teams of the past several years. I also don't think this particular Cub offense needs to lead the league in OBP. When all is said and done, they should be at or near the top in SLG. Couple a solid SLG along with a respectable OBP, and the runs will be there. Every starter on the Cubs except the SS is capable of putting up close to a .300 AVG with significant SLG.
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I have Wainwright and Cain going tomorrow. Solid performances by both and I should have it won. If someone flakes, and I'm hoping Wainwright bombs (since he's pitching against the Cubs), it might end up being real close at the end. Seattle's down again tonight, so it looks like Putz will still be without a save opportunity again tonight. Has a closer ever gone 3 straight weeks to begin the season without a single save opportunity? I'll have to ask Jason Stark about that. Unfortunately, I won't be around tomorrow or the next 7 days afterwards to see how my team performs. If they don't stomp some ass, heads will roll when I get back. Closed door meeting with the bats.
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The shame of it is that there are 3 losses figured into the equation because the bats have just sucked most of those games.
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Wow. You couldn't give him away for free?
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Maybe Wood got you twins? Nah, you wouldn't have forgotten that.
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I'm making my 2nd minor league promotion of the season next week. That's right. Josh Hamilton has earned a spot on my roster. He'd be 2nd on my team in offensive points if I made this move to start the season. The other promotion was BJ Upton. By the way, I will be out of town on business all of next week. That will give you all a week to not have to hear how awesome my pitching staff is. Unless of course, someone would like to make a daily post in the game thread about how awesome my pitching staff is. :D Good luck to everyone next week, except Alamo Stealth.
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I think Krivsky was just trying to build a relationship up with Hendry so that he could try to trade for some of our relievers later this year. Maybe they thought Hamilton was a reliever? We have a winner.
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Hey, I know my hitting leaves a lot to be desired, but can anybody beat this? 16 starts, 14 QS 2.80 ERA, 1.133 WHIP
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My hitters put their bats away for the week. Jeeeeeeeeez! Yesterday, what were they? 0-12 when I finally complained. Today? 4-26. That's ridiculous. That's a .154 AVG.
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What happened? The total hits per at bat for the week got reset? Looks like everything else is on there.
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Well there's really nothing you can do about that. I mean seriously, can you think of any possible solution to that problem? I sure can't. Which problem? Not having a lefty batting practice arm or not being able to hit lefties? Not being able to hit lefties is not a good thing. Blaming it on not having a lefty batting practice arm is about as lame as it gets.
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The Dodgers aren't doing much better. Juan Pierre and Luis Gonzalez in the outfield when they have Kemp, Loney, Ethier, Delwyn Young that can all play some outfield? I fully expect them to trade for someone to block LaRoche next.
