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  1. fromthestretch
    Lee has very little patience? Granted, he's only played one season of low-A ball, but he walked 31 times in 304 plate appearances (10.2 % of the time). That's not that bad.
  2. fromthestretch
    Between the majors and minors last season, Hanson threw over 190 innings. I think the only way he throws only 170 is if he is consistently hitting high pitch counts early in games or if he missed time due to injury. Alright, I just looked at his major league stats and he was around 120 IP in MLB. Forgot he came up midseason. He should easily be good for 220 and make 30+ starts. I think he will be their best pitcher this year. I do think they'll be careful with him simply due to his age, but they'll mainly let his pitch counts dictate how long he stays in a game (provided he's not getting shelled, of course). I would probably put him a little over 200 innings, assuming he doesn't suffer an injury or significant decline in performance.
  3. fromthestretch
    Between the majors and minors last season, Hanson threw over 190 innings. I think the only way he throws only 170 is if he is consistently hitting high pitch counts early in games or if he missed time due to injury.
  4. fromthestretch
    It was, as Notre Dame seemed ready to join the Big Ten in everything BUT football. That was pretty much when the conference stated it was all or nothing.
  5. fromthestretch
    My mistake. I just re-read what you initially wrote. The "sneaking in the back door" quote completely slipped past me the first time. Well played, sir.
  6. fromthestretch
    For some reason I have a fairly vivid memory of watching him pitch against Atlanta while I was in a Dick's Sporting Goods in south Jersey, and he was decent. I always remember the shutout he threw against the Dodgers in '99. Didn't he only give up a hit or two in that game? 2 hits, 3 walks, 2 strike outs http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.cgi?n1=farnsky01&t=p&year=1999 Thanks. I was pretty sure it was a low-hit game. I was just too lazy to look it up myself.
  7. fromthestretch
    It's unfortunate which letters Lee's head is blocking in the word "Annual".
  8. fromthestretch
    For some reason I have a fairly vivid memory of watching him pitch against Atlanta while I was in a Dick's Sporting Goods in south Jersey, and he was decent. I always remember the shutout he threw against the Dodgers in '99. Didn't he only give up a hit or two in that game?
  9. fromthestretch
    No Wellington Castillo?
  10. fromthestretch
    C'mon now, you know better than that. Check out da bum's treatise on Robbie Hummell and how Purdue and IU are the clear cut best teams in the Big Ten historically. Yeah, but he's not the only Purdue fan here. I can think of a handful of others. Bum might be a homer, but don't let him cloud your opinion of all Purdue fans on this board.
  11. fromthestretch
    Barlow's been a punk since the beginning of the season. Painter's had to reel him in a few times, and it doesn't seem the message is getting through. It's unfortunate, since the kid has quite a bit of talent.
  12. fromthestretch
    What does his job description have to do with how rival fans feel about him? He and his Gurussa have been lying for years and all savvy fans know it. What? He gets a pass for admitting he was dirty? Like we didn't know that? His handling of the Costas interview was as sickening as the congressional hearing. This mess will not go away, and until he and LaLiar are sent packing it will always be a black eye to the Cardinal Organization. Hitler is dead....Bin Laden is in hiding....McGwire will be O so accessible. Childish nicknames always help drive home a point.
  13. fromthestretch
    C'mon now, you know better than that.
  14. fromthestretch
    Does Hooters really qualify as a "gentleman's club"?
  15. fromthestretch
    You know it's bad when a player is ready to retire because of the pain felt by someone else.
  16. fromthestretch
    But it's not an MLB decision. It's a Hall of Fame decision.
  17. fromthestretch
    :hello:
  18. fromthestretch
    Joe Posnanski wrote a very good (albeit, very long) piece on steroids and home runs, inspired by some recent Carlton Fisk comments: http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2010/01/19/iron-fisk/#more-3011#more-3011
  19. fromthestretch
    Probably an SRT-10. If you're going to spend $50k on a car... why would it be a pickup? If you're going to steal a ballplayer's identity, why would it be Tyler Colvin's?
  20. fromthestretch
    Moises Alou managed to have a pretty nice career for himself, and he was a horrible baserunner and a well below average fielder who never hit 40 home runs in a season, let alone 50. And even though his walk totals weren't horrible, I wouldn't exactly say he was great at working a count (3.40 pitches/plate appearance for his career).
  21. fromthestretch
    Left pinky I didn't realize how bad it was until they showed the replay. It was at a 90 degree angle from the rest of his hand. Thankfully, it wasn't his shooting hand.
  22. fromthestretch
    I think a lot depends on how quickly Jackson can come back. He would have been a difference maker in this game, since apparently Purdue has no one else that can bring the ball up the court against a little pressure. And can someone other than Robbie Hummel learn how to shoot free throws? Moore is beginning to get very shaky at the line.
  23. fromthestretch
    Well said.
  24. fromthestretch
    Johnson going 1-for-7 from the stripe against Wisconsin was unacceptable.
  25. fromthestretch
    I had hoped that the whole Clemens mess would force people to also start looking at pitchers as well as hitters if they're so determined to keep crying about this, but it was too easy to just joke about his gigantic ass and "'roid-rage"-type incidents instead. He's clearly looked at as exception to the steroids stereotype because he's a pitcher. Yeah, it really didn't change a damn thing. Everyone still equates steroids with home runs and bulk. Felix Heredia tested positive for steroids, for crying out loud. The guy weighed like 80 lbs.
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