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Just for the record, I don't like the idea of Marmol walking anyone on purpose. He already has enough trouble with that on accident, and nobody really hits bloop singles off him anyway. -
I wasn't an Edmonds fan when he was on the Cards because he was a fantastic hitter that killed the Cubs, and had a knack for turning normal defensive plays into highlight reel plays. I wasn't a fan of the Cubs signing Edmonds because he was just released from the worst team in baseball. Of course, as long as he leads the team in SLG, it's hard not to root for him, even if he now turns normal defensive plays into doubles.
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Marmol coming in to face Pujols and, if necessary, Ludwick.
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C'mon, Lilly, help the cause.
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I believe they should just use the "Hey Hey!" HR call on every Edmonds HR.
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If Lilly's disaster inning resulted in 1 run, you gotta like your chances.
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How about inning by inning? There have been maybe 2 games where the Cubs jumped on a team early. The last two, actually.
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True, but Rose has as much of a case to be in the HOF as Santo. Look I am on board with the "Get Santo in the Hall" bandwagon, but I also believe Rose should be in the Hall, too. But Rose isn't held out of the HOF because of his statistics, so it's a poor argument. Especially when you have a guy with perfectly legitimate numbers that is held out of the HOF for no reason at all. Rose has as much of a case as anyone to NOT be in the HOF.
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To be fair, Lilly and Soriano batted that inning.
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He gets strategy happy a lot, I'll admit. But he has a good team year in and year own when conventional wisdom says he shouldn't. I don't like the guy much, but a "hack" is overstating it. TLR manages the pitching staff really well, and does some good things with the lineup, but his in-game strategy is far too aggressive to the point of self-destruction.
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Well, getting into it was a gift, too, TLR just returned it.
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52 pitches through 5 for Ted. Also, 41 strikes, 11 balls, which is a strike to ball ratio that is stuff of legends.
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Being aggressive is funny.
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Dan Plesac.
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Just as everyone expected coming into the season, Jim Edmonds is leading the Cubs in SLG and OPS.
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Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio, Trevor Hoffman, Randy Johnson, Curt Schilling probably also fall into "that era" of people worthy of being in the HOF.
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No need to play 18 interleague, and I really think they should limit the "rival" series to one each year, switching parks every season. 18 is no more than anyone played this year, and allows each team to play each other team once every 3 years, while still allowing for a "rivalry" series each year. It would be 4 series every 3 years with the rival, which is less than it has been (which really has been excessive), allowing each team two home series with the rival every 3 years. This would also completely balance out the schedule per division aside from 3 games. Which, out of 162, is pretty good.
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How do to scheduling with 15 teams in each league (3 5-team divisions): 16 games against each divisional foe (16x4 = 64) 8 games against each intradivisional foe (8*10 = 80) 3 games each against six interleague foes, one entire division + an extra series against a rival (so every 3 years, you play the rival two series) (3*6 = 18) Then, instead of playing interleague games all at the same time, they simply get spread out through the year. You can even hold the "rivalry" series all at the same time if you like, and still have enough interleague series left over to cover the rest of the year.
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Seriously? Rose? You went the Rose angle? Santo was better than Rose.
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Not only that, but there's a good possibility that 6 Cubs hit at least 20 HRs, and yet none hit 30.
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Baseball Tonight and franchise players discussion
bukie replied to Paladin Cecil's topic in General Baseball Talk
I think they'll pick one player from each "era" of Yankee dominance. So, I'm thinking 1. Ruth 2. DiMaggio 3. Mariano Rivera -
Baseball Tonight and franchise players discussion
bukie replied to Paladin Cecil's topic in General Baseball Talk
Bernie Williams simply knows how to win. Seriously, though, wouldn't be too surprised to see Mariano Rivera on a list. -
Perez walks Pierre to lead off the 9th, no simple task.
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There's a very distinct possibility that the NL West may house 5 of the bottom 8 teams in the league. Clearly, the Nationals have been worse, and likely the Pirates and Reds, but beyond that, even teams like the Astros and Braves don't look that bad compared to that division.
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I'm curious...what is it that puts Wisconsin as a clear #2 in the Big Ten? I'm not saying they aren't the second-best team, I was just thinking coming into the season it'd be Ohio State first, and then who knows (Wisconsin, Illinois, Penn State, Michigan, Michigan State, who knows?) second. According to the polls, though, it's clearly Ohio State, Wisconsin, everybody else.
