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the twins need to stop wasting liriano's innings in AAA.

he'll come back to earth once other teams realize they should just put their lf and 3b in between first and second base.

ok, that's not true at all. i was worried going into the season that lee was going to continue his power decline, but at least maintain his OBP. looks like it's going the other way around so far this year.

don't call it that.

from the register (and posted in the minor league forum):

He was on the DL for two weeks, which makes it hard to work on mechanics. It also sounded like he should've gotten through the third inning without giving up a run. The walks came early and he settled down a bit before the questionable IF single in the third opened things up. I'll be happy if he's ready to go by July 1st, although end of June certainly isn't out of the question. He's obviously not being rushed and still has some work to do, including building up some stamina. The same goes with Marshall. I gotcha. I thought he was struggling a bit before he hit the DL too though, but I suppose that could also be attributed to the injury or just the shock of finding himself back in Iowa. he was walking more than he should, but he wasn't giving up a bunch of runs or hits.

yeah, he should have gotten out of the third unscored upon. blanco muffed a grounder in the hole to his right. next guy singled, next guy homered the other way right inside the pole. he looked like he was throwing hard, but it looked like he was having trouble locating his fb. he had great control with his offspeed stuff. he looked really flustered when he came out. he also put in a humorous ab during which he tried to drag bunt three times. at this point he was done pitching, but they didn't want to burn a ph, so they let him bat.

that's not the case. if they're still under the limits, you can send them down.

well, i wasted my time going to the i-cubs game last night. due to the long line at the ticket counter, i didn't get in until the third inning, so i didn't get to see much hill. he should have been out of the third 1-2-3, but blanco misplayed the first of what ended up being three hits. the next hit was solid and the hr was barely fair down the rf line. i couldn't believe it got out. the radar gun is completely unreliable, so i can't tell you how hard he was throwing. i was listening to the game on the radio on the way in, and the announcer said that hill has added a split finger. seems like a strange thing to do when you're down there because you can't throw your fb for strikes. he looked really pissed off and just overall unhappy. he batted in the bottom of the 3rd, though he didn't come out for the 4th, and he half-ass tried to drag bunt three times before striking out. it was kind of amusing.

He's been just fine. he's been more than fine.

lol at you guys doubting wood.

i like this guy...

wow wow wow do i wish marmol was a starter.

yeah, martinez is right up there. delmon young's been disappointing, but he wasn't coming off a 50 hr season like fielder. verlander's been pretty awful too.

Soto will have a 3 day rest considering the Cubs have a day off after the all star break. The 4th day, he'll squat for 4 innings and get 2 ABs. I don't see what the big deal is. What he said. I'd hate for Soto to lose out on something that I'm sure would be an absolute thrill for him because his own fanbase was voting against him. seriously. that's stupid. he'll catch three innings max...i don't think that's going to push him over the edge.

the devry shuttle is roughly 8 billion times more convenient than parking. used it for game 3 last fall, and while it was crowded, it sure beat parking.

oh, i bet randy was pissed.

Awesome post. You're a credit to this community. Seriously, if you won't even try to come up with anything remotely insightful to say why can't you just stay out of the thread? Way too many of your posts are nothing but empty insults, and many of the others are just plain stupid. People here, including myself, show a hell of a lot more civility towards you than you display to others. Other people have disagreed respectfully and supported their arguments, but not you. Just leave the thread if you can't add anything. Better yet, just leave. sorry, but it's hard to take your pleas for insightful posts seriously when you continue to propose this ridiculous idea. i could sit on the keyboard and come up with something more insightful than trading lee, one of the team's most productive and popular players, so that soriano can move to a position he's never played before, hurting the team both at 1b and lf...all because soriano lost a ball in the sun and had one bad defensive game in st. louis. i mean, you're basically proposing trading one of the cubs best players to improve the leftfield defense. that's insanity. you're saying that the defensive production the cubs get out of leftfield is more important than the offensive production lee provides. it's leftfield. leftfield. do you realize how far down "leftfield defense" is on the list of things a baseball team needs? and then do you realize how nice it is to have a gold glove, .900 OPS 1b? the reason i haven't put the effort into making any "insightful" posts on this matter is because you're idea is so stupid it doesn't deserve insightful responses (plus, for a while there i was sure you were joking...that's how terrible this idea is). if someone came on here trying to tell me the earth was flat, i wouldn't put much effort into refuting that either.

Are you kidding me? Then what the hell happened? He was there, under it...do you honestly think he just had a mental collapse and couldn't handle it? It was obviously lost in the sun. oh my. Oh my, what? oh my, wrigley23 thinks it's crazy to blame the sun for the flyball soriano lost in the sun. come to think of it, add soriano's failure to be immune from the sun's rays as another reason to move him to 1b.

the guy who played screech on saved by the bell called me gay at a comedy club once.

Are you kidding me? Then what the hell happened? He was there, under it...do you honestly think he just had a mental collapse and couldn't handle it? It was obviously lost in the sun. oh my.

I have forgiven him for the drop in Pittsburgh. i have dropped the grudge i had against the sun.

there are a lot of stadiums with astroturf though...good point. oh wait, it's not 1978 anymore, nevermind.

dirt is softer than grass...lol.

you shouldn't have bit. believe it or not, your idea looks even dumber now.