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  1. abuck1220
    Your continued implication that none of this is Rich Hill's fault (and that big bad Lou Piniella and Larry Rothschild ruined poor Rich) is maddening. where did i say that none of this was hill's fault? clearly the problem snowballed and became mental when his mechanics got out of whack, and i'm sure a lot of that was hill's "fault." and i'm sorry i'm causing you so much mental distress. but if this whole ordeal doesn't make you question rothschild's competence, i don't know what to tell you. Was Rick Ankiel's meltdown Dave Duncan's fault? Is he incompetent too? no one was able to subsequently fix ankiel.
  2. abuck1220
    and my critique of rothschild isn't so much for causing the problem, but more about his inability to fix it. i mean, i'm assuming he worked and worked and worked with hill from ST through may and couldn't figure out what was going on. he's been at mesa for two weeks and they apparently fixed some mechanical flaw that has immensely improved his control. you don't think that makes rothschild look a little bit like a fool? he's being paid millions to do stuff like fix broken pitchers. some guy probably making $30,000 did in two weeks what rothschild couldn't do in three months.
  3. abuck1220
    Your continued implication that none of this is Rich Hill's fault (and that big bad Lou Piniella and Larry Rothschild ruined poor Rich) is maddening. where did i say that none of this was hill's fault? clearly the problem snowballed and became mental when his mechanics got out of whack, and i'm sure a lot of that was hill's "fault." and i'm sorry i'm causing you so much mental distress. but if this whole ordeal doesn't make you question rothschild's competence, i don't know what to tell you.
  4. abuck1220
    Yes. She has explained as much in the past. people really don't know by now that she used to work for the cubs or something? it's at least hinted at in nearly all her posts.
  5. abuck1220
    whoa...can i ask you to get started then...because i would be quite curious to the reasoning behind this... Sorry don't care to share and there are things that I cannot share. If you don't want to or can't say anything about it, then why hint at it in the first place? attention. she doesn't watch the cubs, doesn't like most of the cubs personally, and won't tell anyone why. yet she has 300+ posts here. i don't get it.
  6. abuck1220
    yeah, it sucks about the new rule that says if the brewers make a trade, a win is subtracted from the cubs.
  7. abuck1220
    this trade provides us the perfect opportunity to stop whining about/cutting and pasting ridiculous things posted by cardinal/white sox fans and double up our effort in doing the same for brewer fans.
  8. abuck1220
    Wow. So the Cubs suck because they were actually relevant for 25 years while the Brewers stockpiled young talent? WHAT AN OUTRAGE I WILL BURN THAT BLOG TO THE GROUND.
  9. abuck1220
    I was expecting a bunt. Chance to put the tying run in scoring position, having your choice of who to hit next with the pitcher's spot due up, and most importantly, LaRussa being the one making the decision? I was surprised when he hit away. down by two i didn't think there was any way he would be bunting. you'd need a hit in that situation, and by bunting you're saying that one of your next two hitters HAVE to get a hit...against wood.
  10. abuck1220
    just watched the 9th inning of yesterday's game for the first time, and i think that if lee wasn't inexplicably playing for the bunt, kennedy's hit may have been a DP.
  11. abuck1220
    you're like 0-3 on this page alone. take a deep breath and think about some things.
  12. abuck1220
    if the cubs get hellickson for matty mcsingles, i'll poop my pants.
  13. abuck1220
    turns out the only significance of taking 2/3 instead of 3/3 is that the cardinals' fall to 10+ games back is just postponed a few weeks.
  14. abuck1220
    it doesn't really matter where he makes his next start...it should be wherever is most convenient weather/schedule wise. neither rookie league hitters nor AAA hitters can hit hill...it's just a matter of throwing strikes...it doesn't matter whether it's an 18 y/o or a 26 y/o standing in the box.
  15. abuck1220
    my goodness, larry rothschild is terrible. unreal.
  16. abuck1220
    no cubs on the final ballot thing... c lee burrell hart rowand d wright
  17. abuck1220
    If you have Towles in this list, may as well put in Felix Pie as well. Unlike Hill, Willis, and Francouer who have had a few years of major league success, a lot of the others are basically prospects who werent ready yet. Butler was as good as Hill for pretty much the same amount of time. um...no. maybe not, but still he was pretty damn good for a 21 year old. damn, you gave up way too easy on that one. i really wanted to argue about this.
  18. abuck1220

    wth?

    abuck1220 replied to stitchface's topic in Fantasy Sports

    did the cubs really think the cardinals were going to bunt in the 9th? could have cost them the game.
  19. abuck1220
    This isn't last season, though. This is this season. yeah, and we'll see how our two teams end up in relation to each other this season.
  20. abuck1220
    well, my soul is crushed. that's for sure. but i am going to spend the evening wondering why you defend against the bunt up two in the ninth inning like the cubs did today. and wonder why jim edmonds can't jog at a moderately high rate of speed (for a jog, mind you) on fly balls to the outfield.
  21. abuck1220
    If you have Towles in this list, may as well put in Felix Pie as well. Unlike Hill, Willis, and Francouer who have had a few years of major league success, a lot of the others are basically prospects who werent ready yet. Butler was as good as Hill for pretty much the same amount of time. um...no.
  22. abuck1220
    more [expletive] talking than one would expect coming from the sixth and seventh place teams from last season.
  23. abuck1220
    really? does that mean he's not starting today in st. louis like i was hoping he would?
  24. abuck1220
    great night tonight. blanton's last four starts: -25, 25, -18, 25. guess which two starts i had him active for and which two i had him benched for? colorado and florida play an 18-17 game. uggla (injured) and hawpe (terrible) combine for -0.75 points. every player in the rockie lineup has at least one hit, rbi, and run scored. everyone outside of baker (and hawpe, of course) have some combination of runs, hits and rbis that add up to SEVEN. SEVEN! hawpe: ZERO. that is just remarkable.
  25. abuck1220
    how 'bout that cardinal pixie dust on those strikes to glaus? argh...cardinals are SO LUCKY!
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