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Wow, hope he's ok. They traded a young promising pitcher (Young) to get him didnt they?

I think that is the idea that the cubs are pursuing here. Pierre gives this team exactly what they have needed for awhile a great leadoff guy. I just dont see Pie as a great leadoff guy. I think in 2007 you will see Murton-Pierre-Pie outfield, with Jones (if still here) splitting some time with Pie. Sure wont be much power though.

Yeah, dont want to injure yourself laying out for one in ST.

40 homers this year??? Might be a bit much, but he has the potential.

They are just all messed up over there, apparently no Cub game today on MLB.TV

On fire against an awesome offensive team...Im loving it!!!

All right Z gots it working here today!

I dont see today's game listed on MLBTV (yesterday's game is there). Mine shows it though. Tex @ CHC 3:05. It shows 8 games on my schedule that are on today. Oh well, I guess I will listen to Santo. it also says on the main cubs.com page, "Watch live on MLB.TV as Carlos Zambrano faces the Texas Rangers in Mesa..." BOOOOOOOOOOOOO LOL, they need to get their stuff straight over there.

I dont see today's game listed on MLBTV (yesterday's game is there). there are separate links to the MLBTV page. one shows the game being available and the other doesn't. ridiculous. it's probably not on mlb.tv. Well good, at least its not just me then. They got me all excited for nothing :(

I dont see today's game listed on MLBTV (yesterday's game is there). Mine shows it though. Tex @ CHC 3:05. It shows 8 games on my schedule that are on today. Oh well, I guess I will listen to Santo.

Does anybody have MLB.TV? I assume most dont since you can get Cubs games on tv, but any help is appreciated. It is showing games on the schedule but it wont let you get into the games, is anybody else having this trouble?

Thats good news with Lee.

Hey Serena, is there any way I can figure out which players are going to which game? Thanks. Unless they mention it in the game notes, you pretty much have to wait for the lineups to be announced. Sometimes the other team's game notes will give more info than the Cubs' notes will. Thanks.

excuse my ignorance, but what exatcly is valley fever. Must be rare if I have never heard of it. internets is your friend! http://www.dhpe.org/infect/valley.html Thanks.

excuse my ignorance, but what exatcly is valley fever. Must be rare if I have never heard of it.

This was my biggest concern with the tournament's setup as well. Baseball isn't well-suited to single game matchups; there's a reason why baseball plays 2-10 times as many games per season than any other sport. If the intent of the tournament is to compare each country's level of play then the format should be changed to better gauge that. Larger pools for pool play, 3-5 game series for the semis/finals, etc. Otherwise the tournament is more or less just an exhibition. A highly entertaining exhibition that I've enjoyed very much, mind you, but it really doesn't tell you a whole lot about what country has the best players. Problem is how are you going to schedule that? That seems like a great idea, but time wise is would take a long time to finish that tourney.

Hey Serena, is there any way I can figure out which players are going to which game? Thanks.

man I hate split squad games, hopefully the Rangers game will be the majority of starters.

its showing up on my mlb.tv schedule, so if you have that service then it looks as though you can watch it.

So what you're telling me is that a pitcher with a great ERA, great peripherals, but who does not have a great W-L record is not only not "clutch," but he isn't successful? I don't see the logic. So, if we can we should try to trade for Bartolo Colon over Johan Santana? I mean Colon had 20 wins so he was a "success," Santana only dominates him in every other category but just wasn't as clutch as Colon. Next I'll be hearing how he "doesn't know how to win!!!!!11111" And about how he couldn't rouse his teammates to hit the ball (you know, the other half of winning a game), meaning no one likes him, he's a cancer, he's not clutch, and again...doesn't know how to win or create a winning atmosphere. I love this talk so much. Come on now, your late to the conversation, we have already established that I am an idiot :) People were ripping me because I mentioned his record and they turned around and said it doesnt matter at all, well I do happen to think it does matter...to each their own opinion I guess.

Sorta weird to have them every 3 years, oh well.

Yep, oh well see ya next WBC...when is that by the way?

I dont think there was as many, but that is not really a good comparison because there are more sophisticated ways of working out an arm to achieve the speed. Todays athlete compared to a 70's athlete are night and day in terms of athleticism and strength.

Now the question is can he completely tear it (level 3) unless he gets the proper rest and is taken along slowly? Also he is now more vunerable to tearing the fibers in the future right? I think I read in my research it is a 2 month recovery from a level 3.

Well a sprain is irrelevant to the conversation, as that deals with ligaments and not muscles. They said it was a "moderate strain". I've only taken a few 200 level anatomy and physiology classes so I'm no where near qualified enough to assess exactly what the means. From my knowledge, however, a strain is typically when muscle fibers are torn. It can also refer to just an overstretching/overworking of the muslce. So saying its a moderate strain, to me, means that he probably partially tore the muslce, meaning that he tore some of the muscle fibers. If you could find something about the difference between calling something a strained muscle as opposed to a torn muscle, that would be helpful. A pulled muscle is called a muscle strain. (Here’s a little known fact: a wrenched ligament is always called a sprain, whereas a torn muscle is always called a strain.) Although there may be other factors that make you vulnerable, the immediate cause of every muscle strain is traumatic stretching and tearing of the tissue, often due to the force of your own muscular contraction. The more the muscle is torn, the worse the strain from that I gather they are the same thing. I am pretty confused though :) After doing some reading, it seems like first degree and second degree strains are partial torn muscles, where as a third degree is a complete tear of the muscle. Also, a first degree muscle strain is usually just refered to as a pulled muscle. So a moderate strain is a partial tear. Thats what I am starting to get as well.