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  1. Jon
    Did the US have to bring down sideboards from the USL for the field in Barbados?
  2. Jon
    Silva just missed. At least he didn't rush the shot. Still 1-0 US in the 77th minute.
  3. Jon
    What on earth is he doing is right. Did he call for a fair catch?
  4. Jon
    Ah, the memories of those ear radio posts. I've got a bag of about 20 of them somewhere back at my mom's house, though. I also had a couple of those baseball radios. Not quite as portable.
  5. Jon
    Oh, so when a player slips, THEN the yellow card comes out for a dive? Ridiculous.
  6. Jon
    Bogus offsides call prevents Beasley and the US from (likely) making it 2-0.
  7. Jon
    Iowa: Justin Berg (1-4, 6.64) Tennessee: Donnie Veal (3-5, 3.10) Daytona: Marcus Mateo (1-1, 5.17 at Daytona, 1-0, 1.20 at Peoria) Peoria: Robert Hernandez (0-0, 5.79) Boise: Jay Jackson (0-0, 13.50)
  8. Jon
    giggalulz :rotfl: It took me all of 12 seconds to find out that U.S. Cellular has a HR PF of 1.558 this season so far, highest in the majors. It's 1.153 at Wrigley and they're both subject to Chicago weather. In 2007, U.S. Cellular had a factor of 1.220 while Wrigley was at 1.150.
  9. Jon
    Apparently Piniella forgot that Fontenot had homered earlier in the 4th inning before he pulled him in favor of DeRosa the second time around.
  10. Jon
    If everyone could ignore them and the media outlets that feed off that behavior, they'd go away.
  11. Jon
    Well that's horribly worded. Hendry said they're likely mechanical but not related to his back.
  12. Jon
    No miracle this time. The only reason I'm glad the Cubs are playing tomorrow night is because of the Spain/Italy match tomorrow afternoon.
  13. Jon
    And there it is. Russia deserves to take this one.
  14. Jon
    If you're talking about the one the ref took back from the Russian guy at the end of regulation, that was a joke. I guarantee you what happened was he was going to give him the card (which he showed), went to write it in his book, saw the guy already had a card and realized he couldn't give out a red card for that weak tackle (which was a foul, but not a card). So he went over to the linesman and they decided that the only way they could get out of giving out the red was to say the ball was out of bounds (which it didn't appear to be) before the foul was committed. If the ref wouldn't have handed out the yellow card, the Dutch would have gotten their rightful free kick and the ref wouldn't have had to change his mind. And then the replay showed that there was absolutely no contact. Of course, it looked like advantage should have been given. The Dutch ended up losing possession because of the whistle. There are thousands of shirtless men who can't believe Russian hasn't been able to finish one yet.
  15. Jon
    My goodness. Russia is doing everything but finishing.
  16. Jon
    Wow. That would have been another horrible yellow. I'm not sure why he changed his mind, but in the end it turned out alright.
  17. Jon
    Damn good tournament.
  18. Jon
    A yellow card?
  19. Jon
    Maybe it's just me, but it looks like that since he came out of his slump, he's not driving the ball as much, he's shortening up a little and hitting more singles. During his recent hot streak, he's got 4 extra base hits in 56 plate appearances, or around 7% of his plate appearances. For his career (before today), he's had 598 extra base hits out of 5876 plate appearances, or just over 10%. I would expect a small sample size hot streak to outweigh his career numbers. He's walked a little more than I'd realized this month, and he's hitting alot more singles. His approach doesn't quite seem the same to me, which is what's got me a little concerned. Maybe I'm looking for something that isn't there, and again, I'm not trashing him, but I think it's time to look at making him hit somewhere other than third, he's just not that type of hitter anymore. We'll see where he is in a couple of weeks. It seems like he's made a conscious effort to get back into a groove by hitting a lot to right field. That's not going to be conducive for great power numbers, but it's been helping. Once he feels a little more comfortable, I'm sure he'll start to pull the ball a bit more and improve his power numbers.
  20. Jon
    I'd like to see Lou fake a hamstring pull one of these trips out.
  21. Jon
    I think that was just the WGN gun. The PitchFX data on Gameday had his fastball consistently at 92-94 that inning. That's what CSN had as well. I went back to double check all of his fastballs: 92 94 94 94 92 94 93 92 94 93 92 94 93
  22. Jon
    I think that was just the WGN gun. The PitchFX data on Gameday had every one of Marmol's fastballs that inning between 92 and 94 mph.
  23. Jon
    That turned out decently. Marmol didn't show better command, but he was able to get in an inning of work with a big lead and only allowing a run.
  24. Jon
    His movement hasn't been any worse and I don't think there has been a drop in velocity, though.
  25. Jon
    It was the shoulder tilt that they wanted to work on, no? I can't remember if that was this spring or the end of last year. Do you think it's possible that the increased consistency in his release point earlier this year could be problematic and that the variation was a good thing for him? Of course, he has probably gone through changes since his first few starts at Iowa.
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