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Because Manny Ramirez hits behind him. Pick your poison. As a pitcher, you're just kind of screwed in that situation. The Kruker did come up with an interesting solution though. He said to walk both of them in that situation and hope Lowell grounds into a DP. Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!! :roll:

Jim Hendry posts here???? Holy crap, we're in the presence of greatness!!!! Or maybe just great amounts of dumbness. You're telling me you would take a Neifi Perez type player at those positions and Alfonso Soriano at all the others and you think you can win? That's the kind of logic that has prevented the Cubs from winning for nearly 100 years.

That only makes sense if the Braves are going to move Giles somewhere....and I don't know why the Braves would downgrade two positions. Giles is better than Loretta and Jones is better than Crisp. Maybe sending Giles for pitching? They've been able to hit the ball lately, but haven't had much pitching.

Who?

Same guy that has been... Youkilis.

From ESPN: Ronny Cedeno is just 21-for-126 since June 15 but is 6-for-15 in his last four games, including a homer Sunday off Chris Carpenter. The reason? He's using both of his eyes to scout the ball. Instead of rolling his eyes to pick up the pitch, he's adjusted the angle of his head and it allows him to see the ball more clearly with both eyes. Hope this makes a difference and gets him back up to an acceptable BA, even if his OBP won't ever be that good. He has looked much better the last few days.

This is true and I have proof! It is a strange planet called 'National'; here they are in their native garb watching the mother ship land: http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/2006/07/10/mwF5xYhk.jpg To show how big zambrano is next to a mere mortal, it should be noted that Yadier Molina is standing in front of the 2. I think I just peed my pants.

Why wouldn't he be? And where does it say he is?

Hill has only one pitch and that's it. His fastball and change are terrible. If you ask me, he has no future on this team. Hill has decent velocity on his fastball but not a whole lot of movement which makes his location even more important. They were saying his location was excellent at Iowa, but he couldn't keep the ball down or get ahead in the count at all last night. How many times have heard this already? At a certain point you just have to say that his stuff in AAA doesn't translate to the MLB level. How many times do you have to be told to wait until he get's 8-10 start in a row without having to worry about being demoted before you make a judgement? Have your opinions, but jeez, cut the kid some slack.

Now why would the Blue Jays wants Marmol? Just like the Red Sox, they are still in the hunt for the playoffs, and may not gamble on a rookie starter/reliever. So, I doubt the Cubs are going to land Wily Mo Pena. Good chance that the Jays don't make the playoffs this year anyway, Marmol isn't much of a downgrade if any from Lilly, and Lilly has said he wants to sign with somebody near his home (CA?) so they'll get nothing for him after this year. I would seriously consider it if I was the Jays. They've got some pitching signed thru another few years and the hitting could be there.

Huh?

OK, the Cardinals never play this dumb. I have to watch them all the time and they're never as bad as they've been against the Cubs this year. Mental and physical mistakes all over the place.

FIRE! and INTENSITY! Beat me to it.

Howry just put them down 1,2,3.

Fixed

He probably thought the coach was too drunk to make the call. Win totals are an awful way to judge a pitcher. Yeah, but the 2 times before today that Marquis blew up really inflated his ERA. The 12 against the Braves and 13 against the Sox are adding probably a 1-1.5 runs to his ERA.

Who would have thought after the last 2 innings that Marquis would be the one not making it through the 4th? Man, when he blows up, he does it in grand fashion.

Rolen's throw pulled Pujols off the bag, but just barely.

Seriously dude, this is unnecessary. It's obnoxious and troll-like. No one was talking about Hill vs. Marmol and Marshall in here. You brought it up. Please knock it off. I don't see the problem here. He was making an observation on the agressiveness and pitching styles of the young guys. And in my opinion he's right. I do think Hill should be starting for the rest of the year so he gets a chance to get comfortable in the majors. As has been brought up a lot, not all guys have that level of confidence to succeed right away.

I think the core of the rivalry has nothing to do with sports.. I think it has more to do with the fact there are two large cities in MO on opposite sides of the state, and neither is markedly better than the other, so a rivalry was born. Couple that with the fact StL people are very proud of their city and like to condescend to others about it, and KC folks become naturally defensive. Since it's smaller, they also do have an inferiority complex. There's also a lot of inter-state politicking between the cities, where both cities have lobbied for stuff at the expense of the other. (KC's new stadium deal was the most recent. I believe Enterprise, a StL company, did some heavy lobbying to stop KC from getting their new arena.) The sports are just a natural progression. The fact the world series was lost on a super controversial call exacerabted the situation. Then StL got another football team, and they quickly got better than the Cheifs (KC's major source of pride) and things got worse. To me, the KU/Mizzou thing is pretty low on the list for reasons for the rivalry for a few reasons. •Stl is more of a pro sports town than college sports. •StL's college sports loyalties are severely divided. Mizzou has the most alums, but UI and KU have large contingents. •KC is also split. It's dominated by KU, but there are tons of Mizzou fans, too. They even get regular home coverage in the paper. There are also 7 or 8 K-State fans. Whatever the source, though, there is a huge city rivalry between the two, and KC does have an inferiority complex. that made me laugh out loud.

What happened?

I'm putting my money on Rusch back to the rotation......and Wuertz called up to replace in middle relief. Isn't Rusch DLed from Prior's activation?

who the heck are they?

Seriously?

Juan's been on base 35 times this year??? :D no, some of those he stole 2nd and 3rd. :D Beat me to it. :D