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I would say collisions like this only happen about 5-7 times a year total in both leagues. A lot of things have to lineup correctly to make it happen. I can think of 3-4 off the top of my head and they go back a few years. Here are some examples with video/game recaps/and some pictures. 3 of the links involve Cardinals, sorry about that. LINK with picture LINK with video Link with pics and video Link with video On second thought, BBTN just showed 5 plays at the plate this week alone. Plays at the plate or collisions at the plate? 4/5 were collisions with the last one being a slide.

I would say collisions like this only happen about 5-7 times a year total in both leagues. A lot of things have to lineup correctly to make it happen. I can think of 3-4 off the top of my head and they go back a few years. Here are some examples with video/game recaps/and some pictures. 3 of the links involve Cardinals, sorry about that. LINK with picture LINK with video Link with pics and video Link with video On second thought, BBTN just showed 5 plays at the plate this week alone.

I would say collisions like this only happen about 5-7 times a year total in both leagues. A lot of things have to lineup correctly to make it happen. I can think of 3-4 off the top of my head and they go back a few years. Here are some examples with video/game recaps/and some pictures. 3 of the links involve Cardinals, sorry about that. LINK with picture LINK with video Link with pics and video Link with video

Sorry...but that isn't true at all. Barrett was blocking the plate. That signals to the AJP that he is going to get the ball and contact ensues. I have been on both sides of this and it was not a dirty play at all.

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This might not mean much, but I am bumming along with Cubs fans tonight with the news of DLee's injury. I was really hoping he was only going to miss a few days with soreness. It was bad enough he was probably going to miss the Cards series, but this? It sucks.

Isn't it normal to push back any team news to the next scheduled game day?

I was at the game on Thursday and it was packed. (The sections that were opened.)

The bad hops would have been knocked down if he got in front of the ball instead of pulling that ole bs. Rolen's way better than ARam defensively, no question. However, Aramis is going to rake for years while Rolen will battle injuries and the clock. I'd take Aramis at this point, but I'd take Rolen if we were going to nab a player after it was all said and done and pick who was the better player. Early return's are great on Rolen this season after the major injury. We all know that 3B's don't aways have time to center themselves on balls hit to them. The first week of the season, I am willing to overlook those plays. Especially seeing his glove work yesterday and the throw from his knees to beat the runner at 1B. As for my bias, I will admit it, it runs deep with Rolen. He is by far my favorite player. So while I will say that Aram has grown by leaps and bounds as a Cub on both sides of the ball and hopefully will be a very good for years to come, I will always pick Rolen for me team.

Doesn't ARam have groin and leg issues?

Rolen by far. I like A-Ram and he has gotten much better, but it is still Rolen. The Cubs infield is infamous for bad hops and bad infield grass. Blaming Rolen for those bad hops is crazy.

Yeah, he got the fans rumbing a bit too, but nothing compared to when TLR took Mulder out to bring in Looper.

Because he was taking out Mulder.

Not a clue on this one.

Yes, the Cubs 'pen looks miles better. Looper and Wainwright looked good. Isringhausen? What's up with walking the bases loaded? I expect they'll (Cardinal 'pen) be much better after LaRussa figures out who's going to take which role, but that performance by Isringhausen was very bad. Is he hurt? I have never seen Izzy that off with his pitches before. First I wondered why Izzy was un-intentionally-intentionally walking DLee, but he was just as off to A-Ram. Crazy.

That is so wrong, but so funny at the same time.

Yesterday Jones was booed louder than Edmonds. Considering Cubs fans hatred of Edmonds, that is saying a lot.

Edmonds has such extreme hot and cold streaks you just have to stick with him and wait for him to heat up again. Rolen and Edmonds also switch when facing lefties. We should see Rolen cleaning up tonight. I like Rolen batting cleanup full-time, but I don't think TLR will put him there until his power #'s start creeping up again.

Great story. Thanks for sharing.

The Edmonds obsession continues with Cubs fans. It is so touching.

well the pretty much did just that. He did hang a 3-0 slider for no apparent reason. Izzy just likes to load the bases to screw with the fans. He does a good job of that at times.

There have been no meetings to discuss security, as per the Cardinals via Bernie's Pressbox, so I cannot imagine this being a possibility.

I believe Ponson has a no trade clause. Reyes will get his shot. It will be this season. Cards fans need to step away from the ledge.

he did keep on barking from the dugout. funny, my tape shows differently than yours. I have the Cubs feed and even the Barrett said he didn't know who was doing the barking.

And I hope he drills Edmonds again. He got panned for it but I thought it was appropriate and should win his teammates affection. I remember watching that game. IIRC, Edmonds got plunked once, then hit a HR and Z was yelling at him to go around the bases quicker and then didn't Edmonds get drilled a second time? The thing that bothered me was, Zambrano is young. No matter how good your stuff is you have to earn respect to be able to yell at a veteran for trotting around the bases during a homerun. Usually when someone hits a HR off of Clemens he will make sure they run or else he's likely to throw at them. I don't have much of a problem with this because Clemens has been in the league and has been a top 10 pitcher basically his whole career. I'm not the biggest Cubs fan, just come here to post since it seems much more civil than other Cub fans I've been around. But I do think Zambrano is a terrific pitcher, his emotions may hurt him once in a while, but I think he's just super competitive which is something you want in a pitcher. What you left out was that Edmonds posed and then started the talk as he rounded the bases. He then continued the chatter from the dugout. Way to rewrite history there stitch. Edmonds put his head down and trotted around the bases after a monster shot of a HR. Z was the one following him and yelling at him to run the bases like Rolen. (Both links even quote him as saying this.) http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/stl/news/stl_gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20040719&content_id=804082&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/chc/news/chc_gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20040719&content_id=804099&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp