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Let's make this the only run pitt scores today.

K. Double-play here plz.

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ARRGH! They gave us the run!!!!

Riot advances the runner. I like!

I say that pretty much everytime I see him. One time a friend of mine was like "he looks like death", so I said, "the Grim Reaper?", and he said "No, gazing at his facial features is like watching someone die." I thought it was funny, in a morbid kind of way.

Getting outs? Fly-ball outs. It sounded deeper than it was at first, so I got a little bit worried.

I hope Lilly isn't doing that all night.

I wanna say we did that in spite of Izturis, not because of it.

What? He's gonna write about the Rockies? :lol:

What a guy!

We will know soon enough...

Good sport. I'd be elated if Barroid tossed me a ball with a handwritten message on it after some of the things I've yelled at him. I don't see that happening though.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Seriously, some of this is just pure silliness. Hendry's an alright GM. Not good, not bad.

Maybe he was banned.

Youre right. It does give us a better chance to win. The only reason why you would go with Pie and Murton over Jones and Floyd is defense and I think right now we can use every part of offense we can get. Since when are Jones and Floyd automatic offensive improvements over Murton? They are each still sub 800 OPS OF with checkered pasts (Jones usually isn't very good and Floyd usually can't stay healthy). Lets completely ignore Murtons sub 700 OPS though. I think he's talking beyond their small sample of ABs from this year. Three year splits: Floyd: 261/347/466 Murton: 303/370/462 Floyd's number have been trending down as he's getting old. Murton is on the rise. I still fail to see how Floyd is the sure-fire better option both long-term and short-term. I don't think Floyd is a good long term solution but the more I see of Murton, the more I'm not sure he's the long term solution either. I think Lou right now is handling it about as well as can be expected given what Hendry has given him. He's even planning on getting Ward some outfield time in smaller ball parks. That isn't going to help Murton gain any more playing time. It seems the baseball people with the Cubs have cooled on Murton a lot this year. I assume they have areason for that. Cubs baseball people have "good" reasons for all the silly/stupid things they do. Murton, long term, is going to be a great hitter. Not just a good hitter, a great hitter. A big part of me wants him to get his licks in now, to get comfortable with ML-caliber pitching, however, the other part wants this team to win, NOW, and the way Floyd's been producing lately it's hard to keep him out of the lineup when he's not injured. Hopefully Matt can put together a good string of AB's if he starts against the lefties this series. I really don't get where you are seeing this. Crystal ball. I dunno, it makes sense in my head, good-excellent patience at the plate plus the power he will have in a few years = great hitter? Why won't he be a great hitter?

Sweet name. The first half anyway. So far this year he's got a .279 BA with a .405 OBP and an 866 OPS. Sounds like a decent hitter, thought USS Mariner says his defense is questionable. I give this trade no percent chance of happening, but we'll see.

It worked so well he got fired!

Youre right. It does give us a better chance to win. The only reason why you would go with Pie and Murton over Jones and Floyd is defense and I think right now we can use every part of offense we can get. Since when are Jones and Floyd automatic offensive improvements over Murton? They are each still sub 800 OPS OF with checkered pasts (Jones usually isn't very good and Floyd usually can't stay healthy). Lets completely ignore Murtons sub 700 OPS though. I think he's talking beyond their small sample of ABs from this year. Three year splits: Floyd: 261/347/466 Murton: 303/370/462 Floyd's number have been trending down as he's getting old. Murton is on the rise. I still fail to see how Floyd is the sure-fire better option both long-term and short-term. I don't think Floyd is a good long term solution but the more I see of Murton, the more I'm not sure he's the long term solution either. I think Lou right now is handling it about as well as can be expected given what Hendry has given him. He's even planning on getting Ward some outfield time in smaller ball parks. That isn't going to help Murton gain any more playing time. It seems the baseball people with the Cubs have cooled on Murton a lot this year. I assume they have areason for that. Cubs baseball people have "good" reasons for all the silly/stupid things they do. Murton, long term, is going to be a great hitter. Not just a good hitter, a great hitter. A big part of me wants him to get his licks in now, to get comfortable with ML-caliber pitching, however, the other part wants this team to win, NOW, and the way Floyd's been producing lately it's hard to keep him out of the lineup when he's not injured. Hopefully Matt can put together a good string of AB's if he starts against the lefties this series.

Youre right. It does give us a better chance to win. The only reason why you would go with Pie and Murton over Jones and Floyd is defense and I think right now we can use every part of offense we can get. Since when are Jones and Floyd automatic offensive improvements over Murton? They are each still sub 800 OPS OF with checkered pasts (Jones usually isn't very good and Floyd usually can't stay healthy). at this moment is all i'm saying I still don't think it's a given. nothing is a given. but at this moment, with the game on the line, i'd prefer floyd at the plate to murton At this point, certainly. It seems counterintuitive for Big Murt to be struggling. Well, perhaps not counterintuitive, but something like that. He's shown lapses this season of 'going outside of his game' and not being the patient Murt we all know and love. That being said, Floyd has some power that Murton clearly does not have, and has even shown some patience at the plate that Matt is currently lacking as well. I really like Murton, and I think in a few years his power will come, but I'd have to agree with derwood that with the game on the line, I'll take Floyd these days.

I don't know. ok. let's cut to the chase: http://www.phoenix5.org/humor/WhosOnFirstAudio.mp3 Party pooper.

A five game lead is so minuscule we erase it simply by beating the Brewers 5 more times than they do us over the next 9 times that we play them. That would involve sweeping them once and taking 2/3 the other two series, though. I don't think sweeping them is likely, but things could change. Playing well against them will do wonders however.

That's what I want to find out.

WCIU sucks even when you live across the street from Wrigley. BTW, I'm on deck for the next game thread, but would like to remain on deck for a few weeks thanks I'm openly hoping we never get to me. Which would have us finishing the year at 120-42. Sounds do-able.