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I have this really irritating problem and was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction. I live in San Juan, and for years have gotten the Saturday national Fox game on Adelphia, which is my local cable provider. However, this year not one Fox game has been shown on my local cable package. They always show putrid crap like American Idol Rewind or Dancing with the Stars instead of the Saturday game. It is mind-bogglingly irritating. I called the local Adelphia office and they were predictably clueless, telling there was a Fox channel that showed the Copa America games. Then they said they don't control programming. Anyone know who I can call and complain to, or at least get an explanation as to why I can't watch baseball on Saturday? I mean it's not like there should be a blackout rule in effect, because I am 1,500 miles away out in the middle of the Caribbean.
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no, I just could never stand him and thought he sucked at his job, and I never understood how other Cub fans could, or how he became an icon simply because he was a drunken idiot. on the other sentiments you expressed, I am largely in agreement. People liked Haray because he was a character, but not a caricature. Additionally he actually knew some baseball. I loved Harry because he was a fan, just like me. I felt like I was having a beer and sitting next to him when I watched the Cubs games. He could get annoying, like when he was all over the place with names, or at the end of the second game of a double header he was broadcasting from the bleachers and he was drunk as a skunk, or the "so and so spelled backwards is .." But at the end of the day he was a fan, and I could always relate to that.
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Go get 'em Charlie Marbles
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Let's just Anglicize his name: Charlie Marbles. This has the added benefit of making him sound like a hitman for the mob.
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Given that he is a converted infielder, shouldn't it help that he has less mileage on his arm?
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I am really excited by watching Marmol's progress this year. He seems like he is finding himself as a late-inning power arm. He's been flat nasty most of the time out this year. It's also nice to see our homegrown talent producing: Wuertz, Marmol, Pie etc. , but I digress. What is the consensus on Marmol's future? Late inning power arm, a la Dotel of a few years back? Or is he a closer candidate for the future? The only concern is he seems like his control can get away from him, so he will have to keep his walks under control.
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On the subject of baseball fights, does anyone remember seeing the one where Billy Martin pulled Reggie Jackson from the field in the middle of an inning in Fenway because he dogged it on a play? They proceeded to brawl in the dugout, which is still the wildest baseball fight I've seen in 35 + years of watching the game. I remember watching it live -- back then the only live baseball you could get outside of major markets was ABC Monday Night Baseball and NBC's Game of the Week on Saturdays with Joe Garigiola and Tony Kubak. Anyone else remember watching that fight?
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Nope, the video that is currently uploading shows a different angle and it looks like Barrett was going toward Z with his hands but hadn't made contact yet. Z MADE FIRST CONTACT Psycho Boy is an idiot. His performance and childishness could cost him millions on the free agent market.
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I would enjoy seeing Arod do this to Rolen whilst wearing a Cub's uniform.
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Did anyone else hear Dusty doing one of the baseball games last week? He was talking about he used to coach lefties to look for the high fastball (i.e., to swing at). I think he even said he worked with CPatt to attack the high fastball or something. I nearly threw my drink through the tv. I saw that. Corey got a hit and Dusty said: "I used to tell Corey all the time to look for that pitch."
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Although Joe Carter was generally unlistenable as an announcer he used to always go on about how crazy it was to go after the first pitch in that situation, given that you have the pitcher in trouble. Add in the fact that the Cubs are down, Harang's pitch count is up, and Cesar is not a guy who can do much with it anyway, and it is criminally stupid
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200 pitches, sorry :oops: It was on an IU board afterall :) Whoa, whoa, whoa ... watch it there, bub. That's my alma mater. Don't think you don't still owe us for harvesting the fine talents of one Mickey Morandini before his glorious years as a Cub ... :club: Mine too. Just an attempt at self-deprecation.
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200 pitches, sorry :oops: It was on an IU board afterall :)
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I'm starting to wonder how much longer Wood will even be in baseball. It seems like his arm is just horribly damaged. I read a post by a Cubs fan on another sports board that word in Texas is that he has never really been the same since his HS coach let him twice pitch over 200 innings in double headers.
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Quite a change from: "It's OK, dude, we'll tighten it up." Looking back, Dusty reminds me of a lot of managers I've seen in companies. Guys who don't want to pi$$ people off, who want to be people's friend. Those people, in business, are soft and ineffective managers.
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Only if the reporters are asking him questions so important that if he misunderstands something and answers incorrectly he goes to jail. So no. You have a great point. I have been fluent in Spanish since 1989 or so, and yet whenever I get involved in legal proceedings and have to testify I always insist on doing it in English. You have lawyers and people parsing every single word you utter and it is incredibly stressfull. I think Sammy caught some unnecessary flak on that one.
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I didn't see Big Papi listed on your DR roster. I'm watching PR-DR right now and Ortiz is playing first base for the DR. DR is leading 3-0 in the 4th.
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Time for the obligatory Hendry-donut joke.
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as per ESPN? Ugh. He's had his moments, but isn't the guy far too flaky, inconsistent to come anywhere close to justifying that? Even in THIS market?
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I'm really glad the Cubs don't cave and do that. It's right up there with Wrigley not having a video screen for me. Every time I go to a game where they're blasting "theme music," it suddenly feels less like baseball and more like wrestling. Pass. There is a precedent. Remember when Sutter used to come in and the organist would play the Alka Seltzer theme song? "Plop plop, Fizz fizz, oh what a relief it (he) is.."
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ESPN article about Andre Dawson's HOF worthiness...
Stu replied to erik316wttn's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Excellent point. Probably because of the wow factor. Everyone remembers Roberto Clemente nailing that runner at third in the '72 World Series at Baltimore. Everyone remembers seeing Dave Parker nail the guy at home in the All Star Game in Seattle. Both were spectatular, jaw-dropping throws. -
ESPN article about Andre Dawson's HOF worthiness...
Stu replied to erik316wttn's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
That rocket arm.... I'll never forget that time as a Cub when he threw a guy out running to 1st base on a single to right. I've never seen that before. Anyone else remember that play? -
I remember Kyle Farnsworth, Lance Dickson and Turk Wendell among the many Cubs I've seen in the Puerto Rico Winter League. If I recall, they played for then-Cubs coach Mako Oliveras. Most of the winter league managers, at least in PR, are working in big league organizations and often the big club sends players down to play for them. It's a shame what has happened to the winter leagues, at least the Puerto Rico Winter League. Old-timers tell me about back in the day you could go and see an outfield of Mays, Aaron and Mantle all on the same team. Can you imagine that outfield?
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I'm pretty certain he also wrote a piece about Mike Davis' undoing and his refusal to respect the significance of emphasizing in-state recruiting. Every columnist has his/her overly biased opinion rants, but I liked reading the majority of his work. You are right, that he did, and it was a good column. I was relieved to see he didn't fall into that "those IU fans are all racist rednecks" trap. But I am referring to an earlier column, I think it was around the time Davis had one of his celebrated Kentucky blowups. His column was something like: "Cmon' Mike you are a basketball genius, you don't need to do that stuff." As an avid IU fan, I really have trouble taking seriously a sportswriter who calls him a coaching genius.
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All I know about Jason Whitlock is that he once wrote a column where he called former Indiana basketball coach Mike Davis a "coaching genius." His credibility is kind of a non-starter for me.