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  1. fasttrack21
    Is it really that hard to find an Indians blog with a game thread? http://www.letsgotribe.com/2009/6/27/927392/game-thread-june-27-2009
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    Most LFs don't get to that. That's why he's an average-above average LF. nice try,still not buying that Do you think most LFs get to that ball? If Soriano's gimpy legs can get to that one, then yes, most LF's could as well.
  3. fasttrack21
    I posted this in the thread in Transactions, but... DeRosa isn't in the lineup tonight and was in the clubhouse making phone calls during pregame warmups. People in Cleveland are speculating heavily that he's been traded.
  4. fasttrack21
    DeRosa is not in the starting lineup tonight, and was reportedly not on the field with the rest of the team during warmups/batting practice. Speculation is that he has been traded...
  5. fasttrack21
    No we can't do that. We gave him a two year contract. I'm aware of his contract. So the Cubs are financially obligated to pay him through the end of next season. So what? It would be better to pay him to do nothing than pay him to "contribute" to the team.
  6. fasttrack21
    Why bother DL-ing him? Just release the waste of space already.
  7. fasttrack21
    this isn't 2nd grade, milton. what a complex on this dude Sounds like the Cubs need to get this guy into therapy and on some Prozac. Everyone he names in the quote is black / African-American. And?
  8. fasttrack21
    Bradley's teammates have always adored him. That is completely untrue. Yes, a few players out of the hundreds that Milton has played with have publicly said he's a good teammate. A few. The general consensus around MLB is that Milton is a huge a-hole and isn't liked by most of his teammates.
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    What? they're ahead of the reds, Padres, and possibly D-Backs, and that's just the NL. And ahead of SF, Florida, and Atlanta in OPS No. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/stats/aggregate?sort=OPS&split=39&group=9&season=2009&seasonType=2&statType=batting&type=reg Those are their numbers with RISP So they are. Good catch; didn't even realize that. Makes sense though, as the Cubs, seemingly, haven't had too many problems actually getting on base lately; the problem has been pushing baserunners across the plate.
  10. fasttrack21
    What? they're ahead of the reds, Padres, and possibly D-Backs, and that's just the NL. And ahead of SF, Florida, and Atlanta in OPS No. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/stats/aggregate?sort=OPS&split=39&group=9&season=2009&seasonType=2&statType=batting&type=reg
  11. fasttrack21
    The Cubs are dead last in the majors in BA and OPS. Yikes.
  12. fasttrack21
    Not terrible, no. But not good. Gave up two homers in a pitcher's park (what it that, 13 now this year?) and walked, what, four guys? He's clearly not even close to the pitcher he was last year. Fortunately, Lilly has been great this year otherwise who knows how far back the Cubs would be right now.
  13. fasttrack21
    No offense, but that's really hard to read. Probably easiest to just go to his BR page. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.cgi?n1=greggke01&t=p&year=2009
  14. fasttrack21
    Honestly, how can you make statements such as the bolded when you just admitted you don't even know what greenies are? jeez, i know what they generally are...i don't have the [expletive] biochemical formula or whatever the hell you're looking for. if you want to keep believing greenies = steroids, go nuts. Yikes, calm down. I'm not looking for anything. I was just reading the thread and saw you say you didn't know what they are... and then go on to argue their effectiveness. Just an absurd flow of statements, that's all.
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    Honestly, how can you make statements such as the bolded when you just admitted you don't even know what greenies are?
  16. fasttrack21
    Nobody said they didn't help. The issue is that people seem to think one kind of illegal help is too far, and any other kind of illegal help in the past is ok. my point is steroids are illegal and helped A TON, while greenies (whatever the hell they are) were illegal and probably didn't help all that much (at least compared to roids). So you don't even know what greenies are, yet you're arguing their effectiveness? Am I reading that right?
  17. fasttrack21
    What a giant load of crap. Like those previous guys were anything special? They're freaking baseball players that put up good numbers. The vast majority were probably unethical jerks and complete morons. Speaking of a giant load of crap. The vast majority were probably jerks and morons? Really? And what, exactly, do you base this on?
  18. fasttrack21
    Actually, I for one have been hating on Kevin Gregg even while he was pitching well. What a strange thing to do/say.
  19. fasttrack21
    The only problem with that is that he was going to have Aaron Miles bat in that situation. So it's more or less giving up an out either way.
  20. fasttrack21
    When's the last time that Hart pitched in Iowa prior to being called up? He was scheduled to start the day he came up, so presumably it was 5 days before Sunday, or last Tuesday. edit: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Kevin%20Hart&pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=453954 Yes, it was Tuesday June 16, when he threw 6 innings of 6 hit 1 run ball, with 7k/3bb. Great, thanks. Well in that case I can see the logic in wanting Hart in there. But I don't think it was a move worthy of calling Lou a "freaking idiot" (thread title... btw, love the grammatical error in that and then calling the manager an idiot three words later). It was a debatable move.
  21. fasttrack21
    When's the last time that Hart pitched in Iowa prior to being called up?
  22. fasttrack21
    I get the two and a half week thing, at least in theory. But at the same time, had he pulled dempster it would have required a whole 3 innings from our bullpen. That's nothing. I could see if Demps was at like 100 pitches in the 5th and he decided to keep him out for the sixth, but not the 7th. When the pen has thrown 14.1 innings the last three days, three more innings on the fourth day is certainly something. Again, especially with a long stretch without an off day that started yesterday.
  23. fasttrack21
    Yes, Miles would've been the pinch hitter, he was in the on-deck circle when Demp convinced Lou to let him stay in. Automatic out either way. That part is irrelevant. And the bullpen was taxed from the weekend. Ascanio had pitched the previous three days, Gregg the previous four, Marshall the previous two, and Heilman threw over 60 pitches over the weekend. Plus Marmol's been worked to death. So that leaves Patton and Hart (and Marshall, at the time). Who would you rather have pitching in a 1-0 game late in the innings? I'd take Demp every time. Keep in mind that the Cubs don't have a day off for the next two-and-a-half weeks. It makes sense why Lou kept him in there when you think about it.
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