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Give him one more start then get rid of Marquis. Really? he finished his night with 8 straight balls He is still going to give us a better chance to win than Marquis IMO. I don't think that any of us are as close to the situation as we wish that we were. If the Cubs are convinced that Hill's struggles have been at all mental, he should stay down for at least three more starts. Build his confidence up in baby steps. That's fine then put Marshall in. Either way get Marquis the hell out of there. I'm slowly coming to the realization that my Marquis-hate is unfounded.

Give him one more start then get rid of Marquis. Really? he finished his night with 8 straight balls He is still going to give us a better chance to win than Marquis IMO. I don't think that any of us are as close to the situation as we wish that we were. If the Cubs are convinced that Hill's struggles have been at all mental, he should stay down for at least three more starts. Build his confidence up in baby steps.

I'll give him that one. He deserves it after his all-star performance.

moehler has his no-hit stuff see you guys tomorrow

BB-passed ball combo had me sweating

Oh snap, i almost forgot please do well rich

good point. pujolspower

very true I gave most of that fifth round a run through on baseball cube and it's filled with .500 OPS shortstops and 23-year old 5.00 ERA guys in A ball. We gave Samardzija a lot of money, but it doesnt look like it has effected our overall budget and, for a fifth rounder, he's a decent prospect. At this point it looks like, at the very least, we're going to get some decent major league innings from him, how many other 5th round and beyond guys from 2006 can you say that about? Not many, i'd bet. I know it's not exactly a ringing endorsement, but it could be a lot worse. You can't really judge him as a 5th rounder. The Cubs took Colvin, in part, so they could afford Samardzija in the 5th. It's like drafting a guy who wants 1st round money in the 20th and still giving him that money. You can't say they got a steal at 20, and here, they didn't even wait until the very low rounds to risk the pick on him. I don't think your memory is accurate on this. Wasn't that the year that the Cubs didn't have any picks in the 2nd and 3rd round (maybe even 4th), due to FA signings, and had the money left over from those slots to take a gamble on a 5th rd pick. I remember the Cubs stating over and over that they believed that Colvin was the best player available. I remember hearing that too, but I can't remember if it was speculation from fans or if it came from the cubs. I still think you have to judge samardzija as a fifth rounder. Anyone else could have drafted him before we did, but didn't. I think you have to judge a player by the ones drafted near him. Obviously Samardzija got paid more than any of the other 5th rounders, but like I said, it doesn't look like that came out of the cubs ML budget, so I don't think you put first rounder scrutiny on him. We're just fortunate enough to be a team with a budget that can afford extravagances like this.

i keep telling you people, retro-causality

On the mound will be mega-prospect Clayton..................... Richard. Suckers.

Here's your team. Dwayne Bowe (KC - WR) Reggie Bush (NO - RB) Chris Chambers (SD - WR) Dallas Clark (Ind - TE) Kevin Curtis (Phi - WR) Frank Gore (SF - RB) Ahman Green (Hou - RB) Marvin Harrison (Ind - WR) Donovan McNabb (Phi - QB) Willie Parker (Pit - RB) Matt Schaub (Hou - QB) Jason Witten (Dal - TE) Rob Bironas (Ten - K) Dallas (Dal - DEF) San Diego (SD - DEF) ok so mark raw down for clark, curtis and bironas

Will you pm O_O (he has me on ignore) and see if he's in? I'll pm burnt, we'll see if we need to replace these two teams, get our keepers in and then we'll get the draft started no later than monday

if i ever hear that requiem for a dream song again, im going to kill someone

American 4, National 3, 15 innings NATIONAL AMERICAN ab r h bi ab r h bi HRmrz ss 3 1 2 0 ISuzuki rf 3 0 1 0 Tejada ss 3 1 2 0 JDrew rf 4 1 2 2 Utley 2b 3 0 1 0 Jeter ss 3 0 1 0 Uggla 2b 4 0 0 0 MiYong ss 4 0 1 1 Brkmn 1b 2 0 0 1 Hmlton cf 3 0 1 0 AdGzlz 1b 3 0 1 1 Quentin lf 4 0 0 0 Pujols dh 3 0 2 0 ARdrgz 3b 2 0 0 0 DWrght dh 3 0 1 0 Crede 3b 1 0 0 0 CJones 3b 3 0 1 0 CGuilln 3b 3 0 1 0 ArRmz 3b 0 0 0 0 MRmrz lf 2 0 0 0 CGzmn 3b 3 0 0 0 Szmore cf 5 1 1 0 Hlliday rf 3 1 1 1 Brdley dh 2 0 0 0 Hart rf 3 0 0 0 Lngoria dh 4 0 1 1 Braun lf 3 0 0 0 Yukilis 1b 2 0 0 0 Ldwick lf 2 0 0 0 Mrneau 1b 4 2 2 0 Fkdme cf 2 0 0 0 Mauer c 1 0 1 0 McLuth cf 4 0 1 0 Kinsler 2b 5 0 1 0 Soto c 2 0 0 0 Pedroia 2b 1 0 0 0 Martin c 3 0 1 0 Varitek c 0 0 0 0 McCan c 0 0 0 0 Nvarro c 4 0 1 0 Totals 52 3 13 3 Totals 57 4 14 4 National 000 011 010 000 000 — 3 American 000 000 210 000 001 — 4 Two outs when winning run scored. E—HRamirez (1), Uggla (3), Navarro (1). DP—National 1, American 2. LOB—National 11, American 17. 2B—CGuillen (1), Longoria (1), Morneau (1). HR—Holliday (1), JDrew (1). SB—Tejada (1), JDrew (1), Jeter (1), Hamilton (1), Sizemore (1), Bradley (1), Kinsler (1). CS—CGuzman (1), Kinsler (1). S—Martin. SF—Berkman, AdGonzalez, MiYoung. IP H R ER BB SO National Sheets 2 1 0 0 2 3 Zambrano 2 1 0 0 0 1 Haren 2 2 0 0 1 2 Volquez 1 2 2 2 0 2 BWilson 2-3 0 0 0 0 1 BWagner 1-3 2 1 1 0 0 Dempster 1 0 0 0 0 3 Cook 3 4 0 0 3 1 Marmol 1 0 0 0 0 2 Webb 1 0 0 0 0 2 Lidge L,0-1 2-3 2 1 1 1 0 American CLee 2 1 0 0 0 3 Saunders 1 1 0 0 0 0 Halladay 1 1 0 0 0 1 ESantana 1 1 1 1 0 2 Duchscherer 1 3 1 1 0 1 Nathan 1 0 0 0 0 1 Papelbon 1 1 1 0 0 2 FRodriguez 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 MRivera 1 2-3 2 0 0 0 2 Soria 1 2-3 2 0 0 2 2 Sherrill 2 1-3 1 0 0 0 2 Kazmir W,1-0 1 0 0 0 1 1 Umpires—Home, Derryl Cousins; First, Ed Rapuano; Second, Tom Hallion; Third, Mark Wegner; Left, Greg Gibson; Right, Phil Cuzzi. T—4:50. A—55,632 (56,936). lollllllll

11 hours later look who gets to finally go home

what an ending "There is no one in this park happier than terry francona" well, there's selig

if the al wins in a walk off, it turns into the best all star game of all time if it ends in a tie, it turns into a raging debacle you can probably guess which one most of us want

pixie dust thank you yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

this game is really getting me excited for the mlb finals in june. the all star game has been a 3-pointer so far

would they call it a forfeit? STARING CONTEST BETWEEN HURDLE AND FRANCONA FOR THE WIN AND HFA

it's safe to say that he's having a rough nite

When is your deadline? hour fifteen ago, but i pressed and got it pushed back til 12:10... which passed 10 minutes ago hopefully it ends and i can write something or something crosses the wire soon enough to get it in a late edition or something. either way, im here till it ends and it goes up on the website. what happens if it doesn't end very soon? is there a backup plan or something, like run some canned story or promote another story up to top billing and write "the mlb all-star game ended too late for publication" AP has running editions, so the first edition of our paper has All-Star game tied late: Instant classic lasts late into New York Night as a header with a running edition from the 13th inning as the story with an ed. note that the full story will be on the website.

why whats wsi? White Sox Interactive. White Sox fan web site, similar to NSBB. hey now

When is your deadline? hour fifteen ago, but i pressed and got it pushed back til 12:10... which passed 10 minutes ago hopefully it ends and i can write something or something crosses the wire soon enough to get it in a late edition or something. either way, im here till it ends and it goes up on the website.

gonna be tough to get this one in the paper, huh? ROLL CHANGE i love using a running edition as the main art. :(