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kent said it's cool cuz they're teammates kent mercker pitched 2/3 of an inning scoreless by the way! he probably let three inherited runners score, walked a guy and threw a wild pitch though.
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stupid bradley students.
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saved himself two strikeouts. plus a homerun...maybe a walk or two.
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i think kruk was confusing himself with ted williams.
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wonder why he only threw 34 pitches when he just got done throwing 90+ last week.
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i heard walker stands outside radio stations begging to do interviews. he'd probably come by for a chat.
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I havent been wrong yet. SPS and I went way out on the ledge and predicted that the Cubs wouldnt make the playoffs this year before the season started. My CP predictions are well known, and CP didnt make any of those either. So I am 2-2 so far. :P I think that DuBois will be a little less talented than the 98 Grieve. what were your corey predictions?
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yeah, have your mom email me too. ok, that was wrong...but i couldn't resist.
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Thanks, Mark. You know I've been puzzling over those for ages! hmm...so maybe in 2005 the Cubs could feature Jose Vidro at 2nd with Harris at SS? Any chance they will have him work out at SS in Iowa this season, or do they simply want him to focus on the bat and play 2nd? i know this wasn't directed to me, but...it was thrown in at the end of the answer to an audience member's question. the question was about what they planned on doing w/ harris since ramirez had 3b covered for the near future. they said something along the lines of "that's what so great about harris. he can play 2b too. i think he could even play ss." something like that. no mention of any specific plans for him to play ss at iowa.
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yeah, i sounded pretty negative. it was fun...it was also very exhausting and often times frustrating. i got more autographs than i thought i would (billy williams, jenkins, banks, clement, vance law, hawkins, hendry, welly, mitre) but it took a lot of standing in line to get them. the information that you got in the sit downs was hardly earth-shattering, but it was cool to see the players in a somewhat relaxed atmosphere. spring training is much more fun (in my opinion) if you're debating between the two.
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about the down on the farm segment...it was ok. a couple things i remember... -they set minor league pitch counts at 80-100. that varies depending on things like weather conditions and pitchers' age (high school guys have lower pitch counts than college guys). -they said they thought harris could play ss. -guzman should be about a month late coming out of spring training. -they had to call to the dominican league to tell them to stop playing pie since he had played for so long w/o break. he had a lot of success there. -most of brownlie's arm "problems" came from overuse. he continued to pitch after being drafted (during the period of time between when he was drafted and when he signed), meaning that he pitched w/o a break for a longer than desirable amount of time. he should be good to go by spring. that's all i can remember off the top of my head. i'm sure others will be able to give a more detailed account. there were more good questions from informed people than there were stupid questions from uninformed people, which was a pleasant surprise.
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the infamous stage B...wow, was that a scene. i got in line at about 9:15 thinking i'd get either santo, patterson or billy williams. i ended up getting williams at 12:41 -- four minutes before his time was up. boy, would i have been mad if i had waited 3 1/2 to get jody davis' autograph (he was up next after williams)! all in all, it was certainly an interesting experience. it was fun, but i dont' know if i'd go again. but if you like extended periods of standing, extended periods of sitting, waiting in line, having things start late, crowds, having players cancel appearances at the last minute and overpriced bad food, then the conventions for you!