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  1. abuck1220
    couldn't even hit a sac fly. pathetic.
  2. abuck1220
    agreed. and don't knock the reds. obviously their six OFer, no pitching strategy has worked out great for them so far...why mess with it?
  3. abuck1220
    it was really annoying watching BBTN and hearing reynolds and kruk make it sound like farnsworth sucks. they said he was always getting battered around in the NL, and that they're not sure it was a good idea moving him out of the AL, where he's had some success. and i believed em too, because i trust john kruk's evaluation of players better than schuerholz's.
  4. abuck1220
    that really is pathetic. heck, there's usually 4x that many people in peoria just for any ol' weekend game. there was upwards of 9,000 in peoria to see nomar.
  5. abuck1220
    it's a good low risk move, as well. if he plays well for the cubs down the stretch, and the cubs make some noise...great...maybe offer him a two year deal. if not, just let him walk, and all you're out is jody gerut (or jd, i suppose). better than giving up the farm for a huge contract/rental that doesn't get you to the postseason.
  6. abuck1220
    hey, hendry DOES know what obp means! good deal for the cubs...nothing big, but i honestly don't know if something big would have made a difference anyway. i'm not so sure that this team is an adam dunn away from a world series win. and thank you for not trading hill or pie, JH!
  7. abuck1220
    if hill maintained his minor league strikeout rate, he'd be one of the best strikeout pitchers in baseball history. so i guess if that's your expectation, you're bound to be disappointed.
  8. abuck1220
    and you're basing that on....?
  9. abuck1220
    cubs' top two prospects for soriano...who doesn't even play a position of need for the cubs? no thanks.
  10. abuck1220
    umm...he's two for two so far. plus 4 1/3 no hit innings vs mil...i'd say he's three for three. but since you warned me, i won't count on any more. :roll: who hit his curveball yesterday? in all his major league outings and the times i've seen him in AAA, i dont' think i've ever seen his curve get hit hard. on a board that has overrated every prospect that comes through (sergio mitre = greg maddux!), i'm really surprised that everyone is selling hill so short. everybody keeps ragging on his fb, but i've seen him get some pretty nice swings and misses from some pretty good hitters off his fb. his success is all dependent on spotting his curve, which he has been able to do. the only time i've seen him struggle was in his last AAA start where he couldn't throw it for a strike. they just sat on his fb and teed off on him. but if he throws his curve for strikes, his 'average' fb is fine.
  11. abuck1220
    the walker reference is based on the fact that you seem to be looking for sympathy for all the injuries the cards have suffered when it was pretty obvious that larry walker was an injury risk...so was rolen for that matter. the cardinals made their own bad fortune (w/ regard to injuries) when they traded for/signed guys that had an injury history. and, while i haven't heard it from you, enough with people crying about losing molina. i think it was jon miller who said how rough things have been for the cards since they lost their 'stud' catcher yadier molina. just because he plays for the cardinals, doesn't mean he's a stud. he's got a sub-.300 obp for crying out loud. also, it's gonna be tough getting too much sympathy when you have two arms fresh off surgery combining for nearly 30 wins.
  12. abuck1220
    i'd like to see those x-rays.
  13. abuck1220
    yeah, derrek lee's breakout is real similar to abraham nunez's. they're practically the same player...always have been. and who would have guessed that walker would be injury-riddled when the cards traded for him? he's a young, spry guy who's always been a picture of health. mind-boggling.
  14. abuck1220
    good comeback by iowa in the 9th. frese got called out on a borderline strike three, and then murray, corey and mcclain followed w/ singles. patterson had some good/daring baserunning to get himself to third on mcclain's single. but then he got thrown out at home on a grounder by lewis. then fontenot hit a two strike pitch up the middle for a clutch, game-tying single. corey went 2-5 with a double, single and no k's. another good outing out of the pen by brownlie. if the cubs somehow traded jvb, i wonder if brownlie would get a shot to close....
  15. abuck1220
    or just once...like the pitch right before glaus hit his homer. another horrible call. i know it wouldn't do anything, but would it kill dusty to get up and argue once in a while?
  16. abuck1220
    this home plate umpire has been horrendous.
  17. abuck1220
    dusty -- it's not that hollandsworth is pressing, it's just that he's not very good.
  18. abuck1220
    you're not going to make it to post 50 talking like that.
  19. abuck1220
    why walk glaus? hasn't it been established that he can't hit a belt high fb???
  20. abuck1220
    come on...where was that???
  21. abuck1220
    [-X Hey, if he could net the Cubs a franchise-level LF, I'd be all for it! :D maybe...but w/o him, the back end of the cubs' rotation looks a little iffy.
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    [-X
  23. abuck1220
    i agree w/ him. the 11-5 motion (as opposed to 12-6) make his curve very tough for righties to hit. they usually top it foul down the third base line. he doesn't hang many because of that motion either. sit on that, troy!
  24. abuck1220
    cintron missed strike two by 19 feet. and strike three by 26.
  25. abuck1220
    Perez 9 Murton 6 Macias 3 sad.
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