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that was filthy

News down here yesterday after he got looked at by Andrews wasthat no additional surgery was needed and just a little backing off on the rehab would be the way to go right now. Sounds like the new target date for a return is late August/early September.

I'm a moron and never learned how to do those codes Yeah I have no idea how to do them. I jsut copy/paste into the code tags off of baseball reference.com and it works. I think it's much easier now. All you have to do is paste your data in and then highlight and click the code button above the text box. At least I think that works. Of course, I just figured out how to put in an image today, so what do I know.

I think it was Kurkjian on BB Tonight when the play happened and he said he looked up the ground rules and they say the ball has to go over the yellow line to be a home run. The ball ended up back in play so there's no way it went over the line/pad. Clearly not a home run and a good ruling by the umps.

21 pitches that inning? Lilly sucks.

How does this guy throw nothing but sliders that really don't look all that nasty and nobody can hit them? Weird.

See the previous post where it was noted he threw 19 sliders in the 1st inning. That is just ridiculous.

Is there anywhere you can buy them yet?

I think the 14 division titles say a lot more about a manager than winning the WS any nmber of times. There is so much variability when you get to the playoffs, running into a hot team, having a guy or 2 get hurt, that I think it's less indicative of a manager's abilities than continued regular season success. In either case, you need a bunch of good players to win. Some of his best guys just didn't perform in the playoffs. He does seem to be getting a little senile in his old age though.

Urgh. Bottom line is you're underestimating them a little, but they are playing way, way over their heads, and I don't expect it to continue with Pujols and Wainwright on the DL.

more so, Cedeno doesn't hit lefties very well at all Well that on top of it, but I thought it was dumb to waste him since Hoff has a decent chance against a lefty anyway.

Doesn't Hoff hit lefties reasonably well anyway?

because no one cares about stats like that I personally think it's an important stat. Cubs batting .208 in that situation. What if the Cubs get a bases clearing double with one out, then the next two guys make outs? It doesn't really matter when you score runs. If they were .208 overall with RISP I'd be concerned It depends on the situation. Usually later in the game, 2 out hits with RISP are much more important. Maybe a more important stat would be RISP/2 outs inning 7+. and when its late and close Exactly. Occasionally, RISP/2 outs in late innings could show how clutch certain teams are (although the Cubs have been very good in the late innings). I wouldn't be surprised if the Cubs RISP/2 outs inning 7+ is much higher. Flame in 5..4..3..2..

People don't bring it up because it's not worth talking about. It's like arguing with a teenager. Oh, wait. It's not worth talking about. It's as noteworthy of the avg. with RISP and 0 or 1 out. The only number that matters is their overall numbers with RISP and that's not even all that important with a team that gets on base as much as this one does. The numbers will eventually get to where they should be. Anything different than that is a statistical anomaly typically.

Um, Hoffpauir?

If that's what you want to believe then go ahead. But teams don't put in a lot of money into the draft for nothing. And the draft is still a crapshoot. There been great picks early (Arod/Chipper, etc, etc) and great picks late (Piazza). There been plenty of "highly thought of players" draft high, who busted. So just because they were "once highly thought of" doesn't mean anything. With that said, guys like Luis Gonzalez (4th rd/88 draft), Steve Finley (11th rd/86 draft), Edgar Martinez, all developed late in their careers. So as much moaning and groaning we can have over players like Ryan Ludwick having, in essence, a career yr, it could also means he might finally be putting it together. Personally, I'm hoping it's a career yr, and he struggles---like his teammates---without Pujols. Ofcourse it's a crapshoot. But that doesn't change my point that these players were highly thought of, and not just coming out of nowhere. Ludwick was highly thought of, disappeared for 5 or 6 years, and now is very much coming out of nowhere. You don't suddenly have the light click on at 29. I agree with you for the most part. However, in Ludwick's case, he's lost several seasons to injury and has effectively played 2-3 seasons less worht of games than most his age. Still very odd and would only happen to the Cards, but not completely unexplainable.

I don't see Theriot moving anywhere else but 2 in the lineup if he's in there. IIIRC, DeRo was there because Riot had the day off. I can see that lineup but with those 2 switched.

Raisin's post kind of makes it sound that way, but the fact that it also says he should have gone in the 1st ten rounds makes me think somebody sees a little more than loogy potential in him.

If he wants to, he could throw Edmonds over there. He's played a little 1B in the past. Though that would still give you a crappy matchup against either him or Reed, depending on who's pitching.

What's Guyer's projection look like? Is he somebody to get excited about?

So nice to see the stealing happening to somebody else.

Awful quiet in here tonight. Cubs get lucky, Maddux pops the bunt to Ramirez.

Solid AB by Edmonds.

I think he may get the complete game in that many the way things are going right now.

There was one at 89. That makes me feel a little better. Make that 2 in a row at 89.