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Kendall bounced one in this inning? I believe the throw on Upton's SB was bounced. It hit DeRosa in the hand-he was trying to make a quick tag and never got into his glove. That was a good throw, which is unusual for Kendall.
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Kendall bounced one in this inning?
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The way he fielded it, he would have to turn to throw it to home, increasing the chances of an errant throw. Besides, most of the time DeRosa doesn't double clutch that ball, and if he doesn't it's a double play.
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Yes, it was strike 2. Great throw, Kendall. That actually ended up being a pretty good throw, even though it was accidental-a one bouncer right to the middle infielder's glove gets the ball there faster than a slightly high throw. Unfortunately, he had a huge jump.
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Which 2? My picks are Floyd and Ram. I'm not counting Floyd among those 3, although he may go deep tonight. 2 of Soriano, Lee, or Ramirez will go deep, and I'm not telling which ones :D
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2 of the big 3 will go deep tonight for the Cubs.
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South Florida having a huge letdown game so far. It's South Florida 7, Florida Atlantic 7 almost at halftime.
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BTW, Indiana rolled over Minnesota today 40-20 to move to 5-1 overall. They just need 1 win in their last 7 to be bowl eligible and accomplish Hoeppner's dream. It would have to be an absolute collapse for them to not do it now (they still have Michigan State, Penn State, Wisconsin, Ball State, Northwestern, and Purdue left-if they are any good at all, they should be able to win 2-3 of those I would think). I believe Illinois should be ranked this week, and Indiana should be receiving votes to be ranked. That's just insane after the last couple of years.
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who does purdue have left? because i don't see them as capable of running the table, not balanced enough. they'll get steamrolled tonight, though anyway. At Michigan Iowa Northwestern At Penn State Michigan State At Indiana Honestly, I don't think that Purdue is that good. I'd be surprised if they had less than 2-3 losses in the Big 10. All 3 of those road games are not going to be easy, and two of the home games have shootout potential, and who knows what might happen in those.
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That RB is a lot better in a spread it out speed offense (the usual look for Illinois). He's not a huge bruiser. Besides, when you need less than a yard and you have a good runner at QB, you don't want to have to hand the ball off 5 yards in the backfield. There's simply too much time for possible penetration by the defense.
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I love that..the announcers are actually questioning if Wisconsin is making the right decision going for it! They are down 12 with 3:30 left...I have no idea how the announcers think they can get the ball back twice in this football game if they had been dumb enough to punt it away.
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Mendenhall was only 8th in the nation in rushing and 6th in rushing TD's entering this game. For example, how could you even consider giving Mendenhall the Heisman over Tim Tebow? Tebow has only 200 less yards rushing and the same number of TD's, and happens to have 1300 yards passing and 11 more TD's through the air. Mendenhall doesn't deserve to be anywhere near the Heisman discussion right now. He's one of the better RB's in the nation, but that's not good enough to be in the Heisman race. He isn't even for certain the top RB in the Big 10.
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I just watched it again. The Wisconsin player wasn't even trying to hit him, he was diving for the ball in case it was ruled a backwards pass. Good field goal by Illinois-keep it up Illini! I'd like another week like last week where several people in the top 10-15 go down. Maybe so, they didnt show a replay of it, but when it happened I thought the recievers knee was blown out. Yeah, the Wisconsin player dove for the ball and he rolled over to make sure that nobody could take it from him. As he rolled, his back took the receivers legs out right about when the whistle blew.
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I just watched it again. The Wisconsin player wasn't even trying to hit him, he was diving for the ball in case it was ruled a backwards pass. Good field goal by Illinois-keep it up Illini! I'd like another week like last week where several people in the top 10-15 go down.
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Here's an article from channel 6 in Indy on it: Hopefully that helps somebody. http://www.theindychannel.com/sports/14269943/detail.html
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Anybody know what DT2 channel is? I am in one of those markets where the ND game is going to be shown on that channel (the note on the bottom), but of course I don't know if I have the channel or not without knowing what it is.
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Lou's Press Conference - Kendall will start Game 3
CubColtPacer replied to Omar's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Perhaps a valid point . . . but then we're right back to veteran presence vs. offensive ability. Oh, I'm not saying Kendall starting is the right move. It's a move that should be entirely expected though. Lou wasn't going to bench him for the entire playoffs. If they've decided that Hill is going to be run on no matter what, then this is one of the best matchups to start Kendall. Sometimes you just have to be resigned to the fact that a manger is going to use these players, and simply hope that the manager puts them in their best position to succeed. If I had to pick to play Soto today or tomorrow, I would choose tomorrow. I think Soto will have an easier time hitting Owings then Hernandez, and Kendall will probably have an easier time hitting Hernandez then Owings. -
Lou's Press Conference - Kendall will start Game 3
CubColtPacer replied to Omar's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
It's quite possible that they feel Rich Hill is so bad at holding runners on that no catcher could throw runners out. I remember a lot of bases stolen against Hill this year without a throw. If that's the case, then most of those bases would be stolen on Kendall or Soto. Just a thought. -
Well, at least Davis is at 59 pitches through 3. I'm not sure getting into the Arizona pen early will help the Cubs, but they are seeing a pretty good amount of pitches.
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Soto a starter in 2008?
CubColtPacer replied to nilodnayr's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Lou has said a couple of times that he could easily see Soto as the #1 catcher going into next year. I think at this point that Lou will be ready to go with Soto unless they brought in some other good catcher. Since there are pretty much no good ones available, Soto will be the guy. I'm very happy with that as well. He has developed a lot from where he was when the fans got to see him for a limited time last September. The development of his power turns him from a good backup catcher to an average to good starter. -
I don't think I've ever seen a player go quite so fast from awesome to terrible to awesome as Soriano does. Just a few days ago he was drilling every pitch that people put in there. Now he can't get anywhere near. I hope there's one more hot streak in him this year, and I hope the Cubs can hang on long enough to get to the next one, because when he is on he can really carry a team.
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One of Murton's famous infield hits there. I still don't understand how a guy with his speed gets so many, but somehow he finds the holes.
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Lilly is pitching on regular rest in game 5, so he could go up to 115-120 pitches if he needs to tonight. (I know it's mostly sarcasm, but I'm sure that has gone through the mind of a few people after last night).
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Can you believe that Lilly only threw 6 more pitches than Davis that inning?
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There's credence to the argument that, after flipping Riot and DeRo, you could swap Riot out for Cedeno and improve the lineup. There's credence, but not altogether great IMO. Theriot is 174 points better against left-handers than right handers in his career. Cedeno in his career is 131 points better against right-handers than left-handers. Theriot is 4/6 against Davis, and Cedeno is 0/6. I'm all for giving Cedeno some starts right now, but this is the type of matchup that is good for Theriot. A left-hander who is a nibbler, won't come inside much, and Theriot has had success against him. Cedeno meanwhile struggles against left-handers, loves the ball inside, loves fastballs, and struggles with patience with pitchers who throw just off the outside corner. He also has had no success with Davis in limited at-bats. I'd start Cedeno at least one of Saturday or Sunday, but not tonight. Does Davis really stay outside all the time? He described himself as somebody who comes inside a lot. From what I know (and this is backed up from what Chris said below me) Davis doesn't come inside for strikes very often. When he comes inside, it's off the plate inside, while he'll try to throw more pitches on the outside corner for strikes.