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I love how there were two pitches called balls to CLee which were way better than the strike two to Ramirez. -
and now we probably won't score. i hate our offense.
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williams getting the corner that Hill didn't, nice.
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wake up lance. you can't field.
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I was happy with Pawelek and I knew there was no chance Bowden was going to make it to the Cubs' second rounder, despite my hopes. The guy I really wanted in the first round was C Brandon Snyder. Hasn't he been hurt his whole career? Pretty much, but hindsight is 20/20, you know? No I know, I also like Snyder. Although I liked him thinking he would stick behind the plate.
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I was happy with Pawelek and I knew there was no chance Bowden was going to make it to the Cubs' second rounder, despite my hopes. The guy I really wanted in the first round was C Brandon Snyder. Hasn't he been hurt his whole career?
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I am just glad Hendry and the boys picked up Pawelek in that first round. All things considered, it's so bizarre that Pawelek's done as badly as he has. He was highly-touted and signed at around slot, which is rare for a Boras client, let alone one in HS. It's not like Brownlie, where there was cause for concern due to injuries, since Pawelek had a clean bill of health. Buchholz dropped due to character concerns. I think he was involved in some laptop stealing scandal or something along those lines. Yeah he stole laptops from a local junior high I believe. Yeah the Pawelek thing is baffling. I would rather have Buchholz, Garza, and Bowden from that class. Just off the top of my head.
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Why does MacPhail think the crap team he put together in the NL will do any better in the AL East?
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I'm actually pretty sure they won't. What could and should happen is Ankiel will get more playing time and hopefully get exposed for the free-swinger that he is. What's with all these posts that say "i'm sure something absurd will happen because it's the cardinals and they have awesome luck". It's pretty lame and tired at this point. Throughout the years the Cardinals have had good teams with good players. Attempting to explain away their success by citing luck is as silly as attempting to explain away the Cubs lack of success by citing bad luck. Luck has very, very little to do with anything. That maybe. But admit that Womack is luck. Nay! What is usually perceived as luck is Tony LaRussa's ability to strategize and provide his players with the best chance for success. It's not like Womack did anything extraordinary in his time there. Played above his head at times? Sure. Happens with a lot of sub-par players. Lucky? Doubt it. Nah, I think Womack was way, way above his career bests in his one year there. Then the next year went right back to being terrible at baseball. This is the definition of luck, no?? ... or performance enhancing drugs. Just sayin'. No way I refuse to believe that was going on in a Tony Larusa clubhouse with Mark McGwire and Albert Pujols there. Nope.
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I am just glad Hendry and the boys picked up Pawelek in that first round.
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I turned to the boston game. But, what you described really wouldn't suprise me either.
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Rick Ankiel. Just keep getting big hits Rick. Lol.
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I hate the Cubs for not taking care of the Astros. Had we done that all year we would be setting our playoff rotation.
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7-1 brewers. Thanks for showing up Pittsburgh.
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What happened to Jason Bay? He went from being if not the top NL outfielder, at least in the discussion to being just so-so.
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Youman is that lefty who owned us right?
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I'm actually pretty sure they won't. What could and should happen is Ankiel will get more playing time and hopefully get exposed for the free-swinger that he is. What's with all these posts that say "i'm sure something absurd will happen because it's the cardinals and they have awesome luck". It's pretty lame and tired at this point. Throughout the years the Cardinals have had good teams with good players. Attempting to explain away their success by citing luck is as silly as attempting to explain away the Cubs lack of success by citing bad luck. Luck has very, very little to do with anything. That maybe. But admit that Womack is luck. Nay! What is usually perceived as luck is Tony LaRussa's ability to strategize and provide his players with the best chance for success. It's not like Womack did anything extraordinary in his time there. Played above his head at times? Sure. Happens with a lot of sub-par players. Lucky? Doubt it. Nah, I think Womack was way, way above his career bests in his one year there. Then the next year went right back to being terrible at baseball.
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I'm actually pretty sure they won't. What could and should happen is Ankiel will get more playing time and hopefully get exposed for the free-swinger that he is. What's with all these posts that say "i'm sure something absurd will happen because it's the cardinals and they have awesome luck". It's pretty lame and tired at this point. Throughout the years the Cardinals have had good teams with good players. Attempting to explain away their success by citing luck is as silly as attempting to explain away the Cubs lack of success by citing bad luck. Luck has very, very little to do with anything. That maybe. But admit that Womack is luck.
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Hpw can you say they are still brutal? Most teams would look bad if you took their top quarterback away.
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but only down 9 or more
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but only down 9
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well that sucked.
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why wasn't that a helmet to helmet penalty?
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Benn looks good.
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DUI.... Oh, woops. Wrong sport.
