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My guess is that he will-the starters have been getting at least 2 AB's each, and the fact that they all took the day off yesterday was probably to make sure that they got into the game for a while today for TV, so I wouldn't be surprised to see many of the starters go into the 6th, and I wouldn't be shocked if at least 1 starter played almost the entire game or the entire game.
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He took on 3-0-the swing was on the 3-1 count.
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Len apparently trying to add some drama to the broadcast :D
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It looks like Soriano might get to a few balls that some people might not be able to get to with his speed, and not be able to get to some that others do because of his route running.
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Beautiful play middle infield-quick flip by Izturis, and a quick accurate turn by DeRosa. Well done.
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Hill's control is not great right now-that's not a problem for the beginning of spring training though. His pitches are good with good movement, and that's about all that I think can be asked for at this point.
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The Big 10 tournament quarterfinals could potentially be amazing this year: Purdue vs Iowa-two pretty even teams. Purdue needs the win to get in the tourney, while Iowa probably needs to win the Big 10 tourney, and they've historically been good in it. Michigan vs Ohio State-they just played a great game on Saturday, another game would be great. Wisconsin vs Mich State-they've split 2 close matchups in the last couple weeks, and a 3rd game would be great. IU vs Illinois-do I need to say anything more about this game on this board? :D I'm very excited to watch-every game Friday and after could have some great intrigue.
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I'm not sure that even then that they could coast. The lower seeds get better every year. For example, here are the current 8/9 seeds from one bracketologist: 8's: Oregon, Kentucky, Butler, Villanova 9's: Air Force, Georgia Tech, Xavier, Indiana Those aren't easy teams to get by in the 2nd round. Wisconsin still would have a good chance of getting to the Sweet 16, but certainly not coasting. Obviously who those teams are in the 8/9 slot are going to change over the next week, but the same quality of teams will likely still be there.
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it's really a marvel of human ingenuity that this team is in any position to get to the tourney at all. they can't score points, isn't that key in winning basketball games? they have absolutely no players, bruce has done an outstanding job covering up the weaknesses on this team. now he just needs to recruit. It also helps when most of the Big Ten is terrible. I don't know where you would get that-the Big 10 isn't awesome this year, but it is pretty good-Sagarin has them as the 4th best conference ahead of both the Big 12 and the Big East, and Conference RPI also has them as 4th ahead of both of those conferences. Most of the teams are certainly not terrible.
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Fantasy baseball league for (mostly) new players?
CubColtPacer replied to MPrior's topic in Fantasy Sports
Go to the main page where your league is-about half an hour before the draft starts, there will be a link that says your live draft is going-you click that, and a new window will pop up that will be sort of like a chat room and will be where you do the draft. -
Cubs.com article on The Don (Veal)
CubColtPacer replied to RammyFanny's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Unless he's planning on going 10 IP, 30 groundouts seems unlikely. :D Well, he didn't say anything about groundouts-only ground balls, and 30 of those are possible in any inning :D -
Penn State is definitely winnable, as is IU. They just have to piece it together for 40 whole minutes. Agreed-I definitely think Illinois has a legitimate chance to do that (although for obvious reasons I hope they don't)-I also think Wisconsin is possibly vulnerable to the winner of IU/Illinois.
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IU wins the game they needed to win to secure a spot in the tournament. That makes the 4/5 game as Iowa/Purdue, with Illinois the 6 seed. I think Purdue has to beat Iowa to get into the dance, and I think Illinois had to beat the 11 seed and a quarterfinal victory over Indiana to get in. I don't think another victory over the 11 will help much, and I think they are just barely out right now.
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My God what a change from Dusty Baker. .
CubColtPacer replied to A New Era's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Uh, that's actually one thing that I thought Dusty did say a great deal. I don't really think so. Dusty would, more often than not, find a way to deflect blame for why they didn't get the job done and he certainly never came out and said play was unacceptable. I also don't recall Dusty, publically, challenging guys; telling them to step up their collective game if they expect to play. I guess we have different memories then. Dusty would deflect it some of the time, but he said all of that plenty of times. He also challenged people to step up their game-Rich Hill is a perfect example of somebody who he said had to step up if he expected to play. I thought that Dusty talked about execution in the way Piniella is there most of the time when addressing what was wrong with his team. In fact, he was widely criticized for blaming it on simply not executing in that way. I agree on the Hill memory but the difference, as I see it, is Lou is challenging the entire team without singling out (or possibly alienating) a particular player. I think his mantra, thus far, has been for the whole team to execute. He's not just talking about the young guys here because Jacque also left a runner in scoring position... Well, the question is, does he consider somebody like Jacque to be one of his boppers? That's the thing-he is excusing some of the people in that quote and only focusing on some. -
My God what a change from Dusty Baker. .
CubColtPacer replied to A New Era's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Uh, that's actually one thing that I thought Dusty did say a great deal. I don't really think so. Dusty would, more often than not, find a way to deflect blame for why they didn't get the job done and he certainly never came out and said play was unacceptable. I also don't recall Dusty, publically, challenging guys; telling them to step up their collective game if they expect to play. I guess we have different memories then. Dusty would deflect it some of the time, but he said all of that plenty of times. He also challenged people to step up their game-Rich Hill is a perfect example of somebody who he said had to step up if he expected to play. I thought that Dusty talked about execution in the way Piniella is there most of the time when addressing what was wrong with his team. In fact, he was widely criticized for blaming it on simply not executing in that way. -
My God what a change from Dusty Baker. .
CubColtPacer replied to A New Era's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Uh, that's actually one thing that I thought Dusty did say a great deal. -
The bubble teams can breathe a sigh of relief-Butler wins 67-66 in OT over Loyala-Chicago, and moves onto the Horizon League finals.
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Butler and Loyala-Chicago are heading to OT-Butler's in regardless, so all the fans of teams on the bubble are probably big Butler fans now.
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Many bubble teams are looking anxiously at the Butler game right now-they are tied with just over 2 minutes to go.
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Definitely-2 easy steals for OSU, a missed dunk, a missed 1 and 1, two missed rebounds, 1 that led to an easy fast break for OSU and the other that led to the winning free throws-you don't see too many better examples of choking then that.
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It sounded like he did all right-he gave up a couple of hits and a run in the second, but he also struck out two in 2 innings and only had 1 hard hit out. 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 2 K How did we score? Cedeno solo home run, Barrett inside the park home run, Perez sac fly, I forget the other run. Jones single, maybe? That's it-thanks to texas for the help also, my memory is failing me :D
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It sounded like he did all right-he gave up a couple of hits and a run in the second, but he also struck out two in 2 innings and only had 1 hard hit out. 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 2 K How did we score? Cedeno solo home run, Barrett inside the park home run, Perez sac fly, I forget the other run.
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It sounded like he did all right-he gave up a couple of hits and a run in the second, but he also struck out two in 2 innings and only had 1 hard hit out. 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 2 K
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They definitely are-they've been much better recently. Michigan State officially lost their chance for a bye in the BTT with that loss. In fact, I think the best they can finish is 7th now, and possibly 8th if Michigan somehow upsets OSU (I think Purdue would win any ties over MSU or Michigan). IU might have the 3 seed locked up already, and they certainly will if they beat PSU today. Then you could see a 3 way tie for 4-6, and I'll wait till after the Purdue game to see the tiebreakers there.
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This is the quote from Bruce yesterday: Gallagher was used yesterday-I think it was because Cotts was supposed to go 2 innings and didn't make it that far, so scratch Gallagher off that list. The others will probably go though.