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  1. Jon
    The only way Durham catches up to that 94 mph fastball near the letters on the first pitch two nights ago is if he's looking for it. That doesn't mean Marmol tipped it off, but they still need to see if he's doing it or if more and more hitters are looking fastball and being told to lay off his slider. Yesterday, the fastball to Aurilia was only 91 mph, but he went after a fastball that was also above the belt on a 2-0 pitch and likely would have been called ball 3 if he let it go by. As you said, it's often a spot where he throws a slider in for a called strike and perhaps batters are going up there with the approach to not bother with that pitch when they're ahead in the count. They may have also noticed something about where he tends to throw that fastball.
  2. Jon
    According to that chart, the Astros blew the game after having a 102% chance of winning.
  3. Jon
    I sure feel bad for Barrett. So much has gone wrong for him since 2006.
  4. Jon
    Only? Well, relatively speaking. Wood's current line right now when facing a batter with 2 strikes is .036/.089/.048. His 53 strikouts mean that he's now 6.625x more likely have struck out an opposing batter than let him reach base. Major league average this season with 2 strikes is a line of .170/.242/.258 with a 1.626x greater occurence of striking out than reaching base.
  5. Jon
    There have been some where he puts his head down right away, but overall, I'd say he does stare at them quite a bit.
  6. Jon
    He has a .750 SLG% in his last 9 games...
  7. Jon

    RIP Rich Hill

    Jon replied to moose's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    I wasn't under the impression that he was ever really that wild, so I'm not sure how big of a difference this is. Perhaps he just upped his dosage of consitenyl. If he's not far from the zone, it's probably worth continuing to fine-tune as opposed to shutting him down and doing an overhaul.
  8. Jon

    RIP Rich Hill

    Jon replied to moose's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    If they felt he's close to the strikezone, it probably wouldn't make much sense to alter his work right now. Progress, no matter how small, is a positive right now. And I'm inclined to believe Hendry considering what they've said publicly about Hill in the past.
  9. Jon
    Was Marmol's hand okay last night?
  10. Jon
    I think perhaps the opposite might be worth keeping an eye on. Before tonight, Kosuke his hitting .318/.311/.409 when he puts the first pitch into play. Major League average is .338/.342/.539.
  11. Jon
    They were focusing on Ryan Dempster's fly being unzipped. Before break, Len said that Dempster would certainly be coaxing a lot of flies tonight.
  12. Jon
    Len has officially crossed the line with that last comment about Dempster.
  13. Jon
    Len's going to be banned from all future baseball-related functions if he keeps up talk like that.
  14. Jon
    Awesome.
  15. Jon
    But he has to start hitting on the road. He's hitting .212 and slugging an anemic .288 away from Wrigley. That's not because pitchers are attacking him differently on the road. He just had flukey splits early on. His .324 OBP away from Wrigley is rising. Here are his OBPs during recent road trips prior to this series: @ White Sox - .429 @ Blue Jays and Rays - .400 @ Padres and Dodgers - .333 @ Astros and Pirates - .333 His lack of power is really the only concern and it's going to come around. How much is the question. But right now, he's doing fine. I should clarify that his "last 18 games" line is overall, not just with 2 strikes.
  16. Jon
    Kosuke with 2 strikes this year: .292/.397/.398 Last 18 games: .290/.402/.420 He's allowed to have 3 rough games in a row. It doesn't mean anything. EDIT: And as a team, the Cubs are hitting .199/.284/.294 with 2 strikes on them. National League average is .180/.254/.275
  17. Jon
    I just read. Awesome news!
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    It's now 0.1 IP, 1 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 3 BB. That should be his final line.
  20. Jon
    Ugh, it's been 20 minutes since they updated to the top of the first. Still nothing on Hill's first...
  21. Jon
    Your prayers for something to keep you occupied while at work have been answered.
  22. Jon
    He needs at least a full season in Iowa. I can't say I'm for any talk of him replacing Blanco next season.
  23. Jon
    Hart pitched 3 innings in his first start back on June 28th, so he's going on short rest.
  24. Jon
    Correct. You wouldn't use the regular phone numbers, as you'd never get through on those, but rather their national automated line. Here's the thread I made last year. I'll make a few changes. The key is that you call in 20 minutes or so before noon and figure out a way to keep the menus repeating so you don't get disconnected. You'll end up not having the easy access to the games with a quick menu, so you'd have to actually speak the name and date of the event. It's their "Kelly" automated system. It takes longer, but it's by far your best bet. And as I said before, if it says there are no more tickets for the event you selected, you can try again in the matter of 5 seconds. I've done that for a minute or two and ended up with the seats and quantity that I wanted. And that's 15-20 minutes AFTER tickets went on sale. I've gotten 4 tickets to 2 games each of the last three years through the automated line. When you try through Ticketmaster.com, even if you get your request in right away, you'll most likely come up empty.
  25. Jon
    If I'm not mistaken, I believe he also quit paying dues, which pretty much puts out out of a union. It's odd that I haven't been able to find anything online that points one way or the other.
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