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  1. mul21
    Just a random observation: It doesn't look to me like Lee's stance is quite as open as it has been in years past. He's still getting around on the inside pitch but hasn't been able to drive it or elevate it at all, hence the 8 million ground balls to the SS. Just an idea, don't know if it has any merit or not.
  2. mul21
    118 before Erstad.
  3. mul21
    Seriously, when Steve Phillips is calling you out for leaving a guy in the game too long, you're obviously doing something wrong. He's proven time and again he's not the brightest bulb in the box. I guess that makes Ned the burned out bulb?
  4. mul21
    Speaking of playoff rotations...I hope I am not getting too far ahead of myself, but how would you set up the Cubs? I would consider going Zambrano-Dempster-Harden-Lilly-Zambrano. I would go with this for 3 reasons. One, the schedule is probably Game-Game-Off-Game-Game-Game, meaning that the bullpen would get a day off for Harden's start. Two, setting it up this way gives you the possibility of bringing both Zambrano and Dempster back for games 4 and 5, whereas there is no way Harden can go on short rest. Three, should the above scenario occur, Harden would be well rested to pitch game 1 of the NLCS, and would matchup well against the other team's ace. OK, I am getting really ahead of myself, we will probably tank and not make the playoffs now. Actually, I think the worst it would be is game-game-off-game-game-off-game to allow for travel back to the home park for game 5. I think last year there was also the scenario where the team with the best record got to choose if they wanted to play in the series with the extra off day as an added advantage to them for having the best record. So, you could conceivably see them go game-off-game-off-game-game-off-game.
  5. mul21
    You could always just drive down there and run him over with your giant gas guzzling truck. :mrgreen:
  6. mul21
    Whattya mean? It's DPLee at the plate.
  7. mul21
    These Braves announcers are excruciating to listen to. Saying Kotchman did a good job fouling off the 0-2 94 mph heater.......even though it would have been ball 1.
  8. mul21
    Lucky for me I'm in Memphis for work tonight where they get FSN South so I get to watch the game. It's still kind of Cardinals country here with their AAA team being here so I was expecting to see the Cards and Marlins on the FSN channel they get. Good to see Harden get some early run support. Edit: Grammar that made me want to vomit when I saw it.
  9. mul21
    http://insidestl.com/Portals/0/audio/081208-4Elias.mp3 His appearance on the radio this morning.
  10. mul21
    He'll be on St. Louis radio this morning before 10 am. http://www.team1380.net Update-Should be on around 8.
  11. mul21
    On 1380 this morning McKernan (who also hapens to be one of Edmonds' business partners) said he talked to both Edmonds and Claiborne, both of whom he knws well, and had this to say. Basically Edmonds says Brent Stover (who he referred to as a Cards reporter in a red shirt) said "hey, I'm with Cards TV can I get an interview" to which he responded "I'm a Cub now, get a Cardinal to do your interview". McKernan also said Stover didn't remember him saying anything like what Claiborne is reporting. Apparently Claiborne and Edmonds have had a civil dscussion since then but both are sticking to their stories. (all quotes are paraphrased and not exact) It doesn't make sense for Edmonds to alienate people in St. Louis because he has a business down here. He may be a bit of a prima donna, but he's certainly never struck me as a complete idiot who would risk a business venture over something stupid like this.
  12. mul21
    His writing in the P-D panders to the St. Louis sheep. He actually speaks pretty intelligently and calls out Cardinal and fan stupidity on his radio show on a regular basis. He also, surprisingly, is a huge stats/saber guy (well, he uses stats all the time and he weighs 300+ lbs). And he hates TLR's guts because of the way he treats people. The writing is much different than his real point of view, but I think he gets reigned in a little by the paper and isn't really allowed to do what he wants. Pretty terrible of him to let that happen, but whatever.
  13. mul21
    Pat and Ron keep mentioning it looks like Franklin is throwing a knuckleball.
  14. mul21
    There's a lot kitty corner from the bleachers entrance I parked in last Saturday for $30. It's $45 if you want easy out in that same lot.
  15. mul21
    If Marquis can give us one more shutout inning, you really can't ask for much more from him. Not bad outside of the 2nd.
  16. mul21
    Those don't mean much since one is a starter and the other is a reliever. Marshall is used mostly when he has the matchup advantage, so you'd expect his ERA+ to be fairly good. Except if he was bad he wouldn't have that good of a nuber since he has started several games and wouldn't still be in the bigs if he hadn't done pretty darn well. Not to mention the 3 IP and 1 run he gave up in Harden's last start.
  17. mul21
    Juiced for Geo!!!
  18. mul21
    You know better than to use 32-inning stats. This is exactly what I'm talking about. People seem completely incapable of intellectual honesty with regards to Jason Marquis. I don't think honesty is the issue. It's the high percentage of the time that Marquis doesn't perform well plus the money he's being paid vs. the relative cheapness and potential for improvement from a guy like Marshall. Not that any of that prevents the numbers from saying something different than perception. And I think WHIP is a fine indication of how good a pitcher is, it just has to be used in conjunstion with a couple of others to get the whole picture. It's good for a quick and dirty look at performance.
  19. mul21
    Well, yeah, but at least saber stuff has some use in the real world. And I could be completely off here, but I think there's a lot better chance of making money by being profficient with saber than WoW.
  20. mul21
    The Z and Fontenot thing kind of reminds me of Pedro and his midget buddy, Nelson whatever. Except Fontenot can hit a baseball.
  21. mul21
    If you guys recall, last time she was at Wrigley she was wearing a pretty revealing bright yellow dress and one of the ESPN guys made a comment about it and she said "It's for a boy". I can only assume that she is dating some dude in the Chicago area and was skimpily dressed for him more so than anything else. I don't recall seeing her in anything else very slutty (unfortunately) in other appearances she's made on ESPN. Although she does look like she has a huge rack when she does a college hoops game.
  22. mul21
    Hasn't Mussina been pretty solid since his horrible April? Looked it up: 1.23 WHIP, 3.56 ERA, but a little high on the .282 BAA, although he doesn't walk anybody. Joba and Pettitte are good, but who knows if Joba will hold up the whole year. I think they've got as good a shot as anybody with the offense they have the potential to throw out there every night.
  23. mul21
    The CG against the Cards was 106 pitches I believe. All his other starts with the Brewers have been 110+ if I remeber right and then he threw 124 on Monday. Sheets is a walking injury just about every year and you need to be careful with him if you expect him to do anything down the stretch for you. CC, as somebody else said, looked like he was tired in the playoffs last year. To top it all off, they are in fact #1 and 3 in PAP. You do see good managers ride their pitchers for big pitch counts but the next start or 2 they back them off a little. I wouldn't be surprised to see Dempster only throw 90 pitches or so in his next outing. Z on threw about 95(?) the game after his 130 pitch performance. You can ride the guys, but they need a break occasionally to keep them fresh and healthy. ETA: CC's pitch counts-97, 110, 122, 106, and 124
  24. mul21
    NESN says Manny was traded. The Griffey deal or other?
  25. mul21
    He's been really good when he's only been playing 3-4 times a week. It may sacrifice some scoring in the short run, but playing him sparingly could pay off in September and October.
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