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  1. CubColtPacer
    Did they not call illegal contact? I was groaning and didn't hear the call. Also, it was extremely stupid to throw twice before running in for the score. You run -- especially since the ground game was working -- and either score, run clock or make them burn timeouts. Surprisingly poor clock management for the Colts. They called interference and gave the Jaguars 11 yards..from the 29 to the 40. I have no idea where they came up with the 40 though..that certainly wasn't where any interference happened. Then I'm at a loss too. By the way, I completely agree with you about running the ball at least on 1st down. You either get a TD or get the clock down, which are both good results. To throw on that down made no sense. It was a classic case of the Colts putting too much trust in one of their units that are struggling (defense today, special teams on other days). Unfortunately, a few things went wrong, and it cost them the game today. It's a losing strategy overall for Jacksonville to essentially be playing for a tie, but it does mean they pull games out like this sometimes.
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    Did they not call illegal contact? I was groaning and didn't hear the call. Also, it was extremely stupid to throw twice before running in for the score. You run -- especially since the ground game was working -- and either score, run clock or make them burn timeouts. Surprisingly poor clock management for the Colts. They called interference and gave the Jaguars 11 yards..from the 29 to the 40. I have no idea where they came up with the 40 though..that certainly wasn't where any interference happened.
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    I honestly am perfectly fine the Colts lost to the Jaguars. But I would like to mention one critical thing that went completely unnoticed, changed the game, and shows the decline of refs: On 4th and 1, the Jaguars threw the pass, and the Colts got called for defensive pass interference. The contact occurred at the 35 yard line (the only time the 2 players in question were within 5 yards of each other). When the refs spotted the ball, it wasn't at the 35. It wasn't at the 36. It was at the 40 yard line! 5 yards off of spotting the ball, which is a big difference when the team in question is trying to drive and kick the game winning field goal. So am I wrong, or is that just a horribly blown call? Pass interference is spot of the foul in every situation in the NFL (besides the end zone of course), isn't it? Like I said, I don't care about how it impacted the game. Scobee could have made it from 60. But I'm not sure I've ever seen the refs spot a ball that badly, and so I wanted to clarify the rule.
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    The Colts have some injuries on the O-Line. Yup. Now that Saturday is back, there are only 3 missing starters on the o-line (and a backup or two missing). Left tackle and both guard spots are filled with backups. Jacksonville is doing what they normally do against the Colts. Dominate about 3/4 of the plays, but yet still have trouble winning.
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    That wasn't Carlos Zambrano though. First, he only threw 110 pitches in the no-hitter. Second, the velocity yesterday on his fastball? It was his 3rd highest all season, and the highest velocity all year when he was on regular rest. It wasn't even close to low.
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    As much as I'm unsure about Edwards, you have no #2 wideout right now. You have 4 RB's worthy of starting on a week to week basis and can only start 3 of them. Edwards is going to help you a lot more than Forte will the rest of the year, even if Forte ends up scoring more points. As for is that too much to give up, you can ask a couple of owners who are loaded at wide receiver to see if you can get a better receiver. My guess is that buying low on Edwards will be worth more than getting a middling guy from somebody else, and I can't see anybody giving up a top tier guy for Forte or Graham. I see Edwards having a good second half even if he struggles for a couple more weeks. I would definitely do the deal unless another trade comes up that is even better. This is a very good deal though.
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    Bradley is a good bet to miss half the season in year 1 and possibly more in the years after that. He has struggled staying healthy this year even while playing DH most of the time and had significant injuries playing the field for 3 years before that. He's been in the league 9 years and he's played even 130 games exactly once. He's played in less than 100 games 6 of those years. He has a huge home/away split this year and would probably be closer to a .900 OPS hitter in Chicago than a 1.000 (that's what his away splits would tend to indicate over the last 5 years). Then you add in the defense factor, which is questionable with all the leg problems and will probably progressively get worse. Let's say you give him 50 million over 4 years. Is getting 2 1/2 seasons of at-bats in those 4 years at a .900 OPS and quickly declining defense worth 50 million?
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    wth?? Yeah, gotta make a man out of him at some point. They've been very strict on his pitch counts all season at 90 or so and then they let him go 115 2 weeks before the playoffs? Especially after his recent discomfort...I don't get it. Sorry for being behind..they haven't been quite that strict on his pitch counts though. This was his longest start with the team in number of pitches , but he also has had starts with the Cubs where he threw 112, 109, and 105. They've mostly been careful with him, but they've also let him get up there a couple of times. This 115 matched his season high that he threw in a start with Oakland earlier in the year. Again..not agreeing with it, but it isn't that far out of line with some other starts he's had.
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    I think the Brewers are having to use their scheduled starter for tomorrow right here. I guess they'll put Parra back in the rotation tomorrow and then bring McClung back if Sheets misses a start?
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    Don't they have the best avg with RISP and 2 outs in baseball? If they do, it doesn't seem like it. They don't..they're 26th out of 30 in AVG with RISP and 2 outs, whatever value that stat holds for each person. And chalk me up as one who doesn't believe they were trying to get Harden the win. Instead, I think Lou just loves to have his starters get themselves out of jams when he feels they still have it. If you look at the top 4 starters (Z, Harden, Dempster, Lilly) most of their high pitch outings were because they got into a jam, and Lou allowed them to try to pitch out of it. If that had been the 6th instead of the 5th, Lou would have done the same thing. I do agree though that especially at this point of the season with Harden, winning this game is a lot less important than the risk of him not being healthy. So I don't agree with Lou, but I doubt it was because he wanted to get Harden the win.
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    Lineups Cubs Soriano LF Theriot SS Lee 1B Ramirez 3B Edmonds CF DeRosa 2B Soto C Fukudome RF Harden P Brewers Cameron CF Durham 2B Braun LF Fielder 1B Hardy SS Hart RF Counsell 3B Kendall C Bush P
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    Ehhhh, not all that interested. I'd rather Lou start a lineup that isn't all RH against a LHP, leaving Cedeno on the bench as well. Which still leaves Blanco as your top pinch-hitter against a LHP. But he's been pinch-hitting Blanco with only 2 catchers all season. I don't see why the Cubs would have to suddenly carry 3 catchers during the playoffs in order to pinch-hit with him.
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    Steven Jackson/Larry Johnson/Chris Johnson/Earnest Graham Andre Johnson/Donald Driver Pick 2 RB's, 1 WR, and 1 from either
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    I would save Reed for a better spot. I'd either leave Edmonds in, or bring in another pinch-hitter and then bring Pie in on defense. The Brewers are going to do this again in an inning or two in a situation where the Cubs need their best right-handed pinch hitter.
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    This is a completely different problem than the 1st. In the 1st, his mechanics were off. When they were fixed during the 1st, he had great stuff after that. This inning he was hanging pitches for the first time all night. I'd be very hesitant to bring him out for the 6th, as I'm not sure if his stuff will come back tonight.
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    Uh oh...Marquis fell off the mound like he did in the 1st on a couple of those pitches to Fielder. It wasn't quite as bad in the 1st, so hopefully it doesn't continue. When he's fluid, his stuff has been really good.
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    While MLB didn't release the official schedule until later, it has pretty much always followed the tentative schedule to the letter. Most people just follow the tentative schedule release. And for example, last year the Cubs released that schedule on October 11th. I don't see this as very much different then teams releasing their schedules in the middle of the playoffs.
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    The concern there is that Shouse is waiting in the pen to come in, and Shouse kills lefties. PH with Edmonds, and then you're stuck with Blanco after Shouse comes in, and then who? Zambrano? Ideally you're trying to get that extra run in on 3rd with 1 out in the 8th and then win it. Again, it worked out with Blanco, but it would have been ideal to maximize the attempt to get Aramis in from 3rd with only 1 out. Which way is maximizing your result though? Is it: Blanco and McGehee against Shouse? Or is it Johnson against Villanueva, and then Blanco against Shouse? I would probably argue the second one. I have no faith at all that McGehee is a major league caliber hitter against any type of pitcher. Plus in the 1st scenario, you're sending up your backup catcher in a DP situation. And Shouse is an unbelievably extreme GB pitcher..his GB/FB ratio is 3.27.
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    And finally that makes sense after reading through it three times. :scratch: Sorry about that. I actually re-wrote parts of it a couple of times to try to make it more comprehensible, but it wasn't coming out very well. On another subject...no matter what happens tomorrow, there's no way I could label it an Estes moment. Anybody going for their 4th quality start in a row is disqualified. While I would be surprised to see Marquis pitch as well as Estes did, it will come nowhere near the utter shock that came with the shutout that Estes threw.
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    What stops them from clinching Friday? I think he meant that the fact that the lowest the magic number could be without clinching Thursday is 2 (if the Cubs split the next two games) and the Cubs play in the afternoon that day while Milwaukee plays at night. So the Cubs can clinch Friday, but the Cubs cannot clinch due to their win (they'd have to wait until Friday night and clinch if Milwaukee loses), so the fans going to the game have no possibility of watching the Cubs celebrate the division title by winning the game.
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    Either one of the two in that division would be nice, but I think it's more likely that the Mets keep losing at this point. And since the Mets are now behind the Phillies, it's also the easier scenario to see them dropping behind the Brewers.
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    I think it's more likely that DeRosa will be the starting RF in the playoffs with Fontenot/Cedeno platooning at 2nd base.
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    The Brewers are seeing 5.64 pitches per plate appearance tonight. Dempster at 62 pitches through 3.
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    The magic number can never go up. If the Cubs lose games the next 3 days, that just means the division magic number will stay the same. The playoff magic number would then still have a chance to go down if the Philly/Mets 2nd place team fell behind the Brewers.
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    One of those would be me..I'm only up 4 now instead of 10. It's going to be nearly impossible for me to win now. As soon as I heard the rule, I knew what was going to happen on the next play. I think it was one of those plays that since the whistle blew before anybody from Dallas bothered to pick it up, it's Philly ball still.
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