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Im a little confused about the rotation, it was already a mess with the double header and Harden not being able to go on Sunday now someone says Dempster isnt going to go on Saturday? So is Dempster pitching Sunday now? WTF

This is the kind of pitcher that usually throws 7 or 8 innings of shuttout baseball against us. We'll see, but Im not getting my hopes up. Probably Harden goes 6 strong and strikes out 10 then Bob Howry gives up a 3 run homerun for the 3-0 loss lol.

' It stands for "For the win" its an internet gaming term.

Anyone have a clue if they will attempt to sign Wilson? His stats this summer havent been spectacular, at least in total.

I'll be listening to this one on the radio (thanks Fox). Wonder what the chances are of a Yankee/Angels rainout, someone needs to go there and do a rain dance or something.

un-doomed!

I think we are doomed :(

Smells like a loss, another one of those, Cubs left thier bats at home days. *sigh*

Thats gonna cost us at least 1 run

Offense is asleep again *sigh*

Fukudome needs to be moved down in the lineup, he keeps leaving runners in scoring position. *sigh*

Sure seems to be a lot to do and a long time for him to not swing the bat for a phantom injury (leaving in the middle of a game, flying to Peoria to get his hand examined, not doing BP for at least 37 days between Peoria and Mesa). I stand corrected Cali, my paranoid mind is sliping. Also thanks for the Gooz updates, he looks like he's in good shape.

I don't see why they would "hide" him. Isn't that what they basicly did with Vitters earlier this year when he couldn't handle Peroia? They came up with a phantom injury and then he was in Mesa for a long while. It just seems like Ive seen that done with high draft picks with disapointing starts before. It wasn't a phantom injury, it was tendonitis that kept him from playing for over a month even after he returned to extended spring training in Mesa. He only had 14 at bats in Peoria, how the hell could they figure out if he couldn't handle it? They didn't do that with him last year when he struggled; heck, after he hit .067 in the AZL last year, they bumped him up to Boise. Cashner's thrown 3.2 innings thus far, they aren't going to "hide" him unless he's really hurt. He reapeared pretty quickly in Mesa after they decided that he had tendonitis. It prevented him from playing in Peoria where he was doing very little, 14 at bats or not, but it didnt prevent him from swinging the bat in Mesa? It just looked alot like tendonitis was a good way of saying he's not ready for Peoria but we dont want it to look like our first round draft pick is a bust so lets say he has tendonitis and hide him in Mesa. The guy rebounded fairly well from it all so Im not saying anything negative about Vitters I just think its a clasic example of what it seems like they've done with high round draft picks before. Its also my personal perception, and could very well be wrong *shrug*...

I don't see why they would "hide" him. Isn't that what they basicly did with Vitters earlier this year when he couldn't handle Peroia? They came up with a phantom injury and then he was in Mesa for a long while. It just seems like Ive seen that done with high draft picks with disapointing starts before.

Are people opposed to calling up Castillo because it will start his clock or something? I guess I can understand that, he could probably use another year in the minors anyway. How old is Welington? Welington Castillo turned 21 in April. His baseball cube stats go back to 2006, with 2007 and 2008 being his only two full seasons. I'm guessing he does not need to be added to the 40-man this offseason for rule 5 purposes, although I may be wrong. If they called him up they would have to add him to the 40-man, that would mean optioning him next season. He's still a few years away, most likely, which means if you can, there's no reason to start the option clock next year unless you have to for rule 5 purposes. Thanks for the info, makes sense not to call him up yet then.

Is Cashner going to pitch again this year or are they going to hide him away due to his poor showings the last couple times out?

Are people opposed to calling up Castillo because it will start his clock or something? I guess I can understand that, he could probably use another year in the minors anyway. How old is Welington?

I wish I could, but I have a 2 year contract with DishNetwork that Id have to buy my way out of. Thank God for the games on WGN they are the only games I can watch, with the exception of games on ESPN or Fox. Hell I'd pay 400.00 if I could get all the games *sigh*. The bright side is that Dish has WGNHD so all the games that are on WGN are in HD. I wind up listening to alot of games on XM. It sucks that Dish decided to shaft all its baseball fans this way, but Im not buying out of my contract to sign another one with DirectTV which Id have to again buy myself out of when I finally find a new house (been looking for about a year). The wife hates satelite and I'd never be able to convince her to go with another satelite company when cable is an option. If I could get highspeed internet Id probably watch games on the internet. Living here in the boondocks really sucks :cry:

LOL Ron laughing at Pat cause he almost got creamed by that foul ball, you could hear it hit the wall.

Hah, that was my first year watching the team. I actually liked that rotation for some reason. I was a fan of Kevin Foster and Castillo. Navarro was solid with us, too. I don't remember much about Bullinger other than he had huge ears. There was a time when Bullinger pitched well, but the thing I remember most about him was that he hit a homerun in his first at-bat against the Cardinals, I think he also pitched well that day to. This is going on my fuzzy bad memory though so I could be completely wrong.

Whats Howry's BAA? its gotta be like .300+

He wears a Cubs hat during performances Heck he wears it IN guitar hero the video game, of course he is Not in the Xbox360 version I have he wears a hat that says "UNITE".

Failure with runners in scoring possition once again.

Why not Wellington Castillo isnt he playing well at AA? he could give Soto some much needed rest.

fail fail fail. *sigh*