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    He never has before in his professional career. On the reverse split thing, Gaudin had that last year but he has regular splits for his career.
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    Greg Paulus is headed to Syracuse to play his senior season: http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ap-syracuse-paulus&prov=ap&type=lgns
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    Theriot's going to create his own 50/50 club 50HR and 50CS. well, he only has two CS so he has some work to do on that Plus he's 7 and 1 in his last eight steal attempts, why do people think he sucks at stealing bases? Sample size. He was bad all of last year. After having been excellent the 2 years before that. He's like most above average but not great base stealers..very inconsistent from year to year. At this point in the season though, last year's trends are still going to be discussed. Eventually, the Theriot CS talk and Lee GIDP talk may slow down if they continue on their current paces (although Lee's has a decent chance of being replaced by something even worse).
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    How is that not a popular sentiment? I figure there are a lot of people out there who are fans of the team and want to see them win. Dont get me wrong, Id rather they win than lose, but if they lose, its not going to ruin my night, especially if our key guys down there have a nice game. There probably are a lot of fans in the area of those teams that care about record, but I don't think most people on this board care too much at all. Most of the time people don't look at the standings until it is close to the end of the half/year just to see if those teams are in playoff contention or not. I couldn't tell you the record or what place any of the minor league teams are in.
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    The fun with minor league baseball. Castro steals 2nd for Daytona and advances to 3rd on an error. That's not a huge deal...except the error was on the SS who threw the ball wildly back to the pitcher after the base was stolen.
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    Especially considering his roller coaster ride to get here the past few weeks. First hes flown to Chicago to learn that hes going back. Then He gets up and does OK for himself. Then in comes Freel, and its apparently the end of the line for him. Then down goes Ramirez and he stays some more. Seriosuly between Scales and Freel, they need to shop Miles. Why bother shopping him? We ate Vizcaino's contract, just DFA him and if no one takes eat his contract too It's a little different eating a contract that has money for next year in it. The Cubs already know their budget for 2009 when they cut Vizcaino so they know how that will affect it. They don't know how much wiggle room they will have for 2010. Plus, Vizcaino was a candidate to be cut from the time he put on a Cubs uniform. It's not like the Cubs really wanted him, which is different from the commitment they have shown to Miles.
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    Yes, if we know 1 thing about Lou, it's that he's patient. And besides, it wasn't even Soriano's performance that got him moved from CF. He seemed to be doing just fine there and the coaching staff was saying things to that effect (and btw, it lasted into the regular season, not just ST) and then he got hurt diving for a ball in the middle of April, and Lou suddenly decided while he was out for a few games that his bat was too valuable to risk his legs like that so he moved him to LF. So Soriano playing LF has nothing (or very little) to do with him not being able to handle CF and all about Lou's thought process that a corner OF is much less susceptible to injury than a CF. Oh, I forgot the other reason. Soriano had been originally offered to move to left by Lou not because he was struggling with the glove, but because he was slumping at the plate, and Lou thought he might be more comfortable at the plate if he didn't have to concentrate as much on his defense. Soriano had declined but then he got hurt the next day and Lou made the move anyway. Here's Lou's quote on that from the day of the injury:
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    Anybody who has been removed from the game can't come back in. Anybody who is new on the roster is eligible to play. If Dukes is on the DL, then they would just substitute anybody else on the 25 man roster the day the game is resumed that hasn't already been in the game.
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    He was actually smart and finished his schooling and has a degree in business from USC Yes, but clearly "rehabbing" is far more lucrative and less work than trying to make what he makes now in business. Yeah, it's pretty much a no brainer for him to choose rehab over selling insurance, especially in this job market. And it's obviously a much better option than coaching at a lower level. What's he going to be an assistant high school coach? Haha, right. Plus, though I'll admit I'm pretty ignorant on this, but what does it mean for him to be rehabbing? How much time does he really spend in the day doing anything but hanging out and watching television? Sure, you do your workouts and your strength exercises, but [expletive]. That beats a 9-to-5 every day of the week, especially for the ridiculous coin he is pulling in. It really depends on the injury. Some injuries the rehabbing experience is one of the most miserable there is. 8 hours a day pushing your body beyond what it feels like it can go. Other injuries require the rehab to be much less intense. I'm not sure in Prior's situation which one it would be, but I do know that rehabbing is not always a walk in the park.
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    That's because he hit another one earlier today.
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    Rice is very unlikely to help you guys. The Colts gave him a shot in 07 when Freeney went down and he got to play alongside Robert Mathis. He should have been a perfect fit for the system, but he was so incredibly slow at that point. The 1 sack he did get was complete luck and an extreme coverage sack to boot. The Colts were desperate for pass rushing the last half of 07 and they quickly cut him after that 1 sack game because he didn't have any athletic ability anymore. Now he's a year and a half older. It's no problem bringing him in, but he'll just be cut in training camp.
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    Harrison was playing pretty well in 07 in the first 3 games. The only reason he didn't have more stats is because the Colts were really spreading the ball around nicely in the beginning of that year. That injury against Denver on a freak play really killed his career. I'm not sure his knee was ever the same, and even if he was able to rehab it the timing loss of being off the football field for pretty much a year really hurt last year (Harrison got open several times last year on deep passes that Manning couldn't connect with..it almost felt like Harrison could still beat people but he couldn't run a consistent speed that Manning could hit in stride). It's a sad end to a career, but that sort of thing happens when you have a major injury at 35 years of age. He just got unlucky because he still had 3-4 productive years left. Howard Mudd is leaving? Because of a pension plan? That is just absolutely awful news. And Moore could have the same problem? Thanks NFL for potentially taking the two best coaches on the roster who are some of the best assistants in the league and showing them the door.
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    Ascanio gives up a single in the 5th but also strikes out the side. 9 K's on 76 pitches through 5. I have to keep reminding myself that he only just turned 24 and that he very well could be developing right now. The years he has controlled the walks he has been very good (especially at 22 in AA although that was as a reliever).
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    Vitters has really got the power going now. Another home run to add to his total, making him 3 for 4 for the day with a home run, a double, and a single.
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    It might have to do with the time he missed last week, plus he's only proved that he can play the field 3 days in a row as of today. They might be waiting to make sure he doesn't have a setback before moving him up.
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    Remember also that Lincecum is the type of guy who it is a little better to play small ball with. He doesn't allow very many home runs. The only thing he really does do is walk people. Stolen bases and walks both become much more important against him than a normal pitcher. So sending up a bunch of contact hitters and telling them to be very patient isn't a terrible strategy against him. For example, Gathright would have been productive yesterday even without the single in the first just because he made Lincecum throw 18 pitches in his 3 at-bats to him. It's still not as good as having your regular lineup in there. But that lineup is a lot closer in production to the regular lineup against Lincecum than they are against most starters.
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    You can find them on the expanded stats on ESPN's team pages. Here is the link for the Cubs in 2008: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/batting?team=chc&cat=pitchesPerPlateAppearance&season=2008&split=0&seasonType=2&type=exp Fukudome was at 4.29, Soto at 3.98, Lee at 3.95, and Soriano at 3.73.
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    I think that was a little different situation. Molina had hit what the umpire ruled a single. Molina was then replaced with a pinch-runner, and then the umpires went to replay the play and ruled it a homer instead. They refused to let Molina back into the game so the pinch-runner ended up scoring the run on the home run that Molina hit.
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    The hit and run forces hitters to make contact with bad pitches. The lead runner is never going at full speed on the hit and run (always has to slow down and look back) and any relatively well-hit ball to the left side should be able to get the lead runner. Lee's problem is that he always ends up pulling garbage on a hit and run right to the SS or the 3B to start the double play. He doesn't have the speed to make it a close play at 1B, either. A ground ball on a hit and run is very rarely turned into a DP. It's very difficult to pull off. Most of the time they won't even try to get the lead guy, they will just throw to first. Yeah. I'm not sure I've ever seen a grounder to 3rd be turned into a DP off a hit and run (I'm sure there have been a few). Grounders to SS are usually only even attempted if the fielder is either playing in slightly or if the ball is to his left. The same thing happens at 2nd..unless it is to his right and the ball leads the fielder right to the bag, there won't be a DP attempted.
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    Then its their fault. This is solely about today's game and thus belongs in today's game thread. If you choose to not read the game thread then so be it, but don't start a thread about something already being discussed in the game thread. This discussion has implications that go beyond today's game. It is a discussion on when and how you rest players. It's perfectly fine being discussed both here and the game thread.
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    This is the best type of day to have a lineup like this. Great pitcher on the mound, day game after night game, opponent that means less to you with a division opponent the next day. Not a huge fan of where Gathright is in the order, but other then that I'd rather have this lineup today than spread the off days out. With this lineup though, the main thing they need to do is to work Lincecum. Keep battling him and forcing him to throw lots of pitches and then get to their bullpen in the late innings and win a close game at the end with the help of their awesome bench today. I feel bad for the people who purchased tickets to this particular game hoping to see the stars, but I think this is a good long-term move for the team.
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    The Orioles have managed to make the decision that makes the least sense here. Want to give Pie a little more time? That's a reasonable option. Want to bring Reimold up and give him his shot? Also reasonable Want to forget all 3 of them and put Luke Scott back in LF? Ok. Giving Montanez more at-bats at this point probably really isn't the answer though.
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    Agreed. The only thing I'm worried about is the reports that he had sort of fringy stuff, but I can't remember if that was mostly speculation or scouting reports on him. They might have underestimated his sinker when looking at him though. I figured Colvin would go down with another injury (which I assume that tis is). He hasn't been the same player since he mysteriously left for a couple days a week or so ago. He was really struggling when he came back and my guess is that he has the same problem as he did before, although we still don't know what that was.
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    Searle with another very good outing today. 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 7 GO/3 FO His ERA is down to 1.88 after that performance.
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