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  1. UMFan83
    He probably wishes there had been rain now.
  2. UMFan83
    Wait, raw is having a stroke and you are feeding him trivia questions?
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    His slugging is so powerful it magically translates over to infinite defensive prowess at all positions! A) Having to worry about where to fit everyone defensively shouldnt be the primary concern within reason. I don't want to sacrafice 160 points of slugging just because the pinch hitter coming up doesn't play the same position as the guy he's replacing. B) It's not difficult to bring someone like Cardenas in to play 2B in the 10th if the Cubs tie the game. But as pointed out above, yeah it makes much more sense to PH him for Reed Johnson, however if the Cubs had loaded the bases with 2 outs, I'd want LaHair up over Barney.
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    Croatia yes; Spain goes through when they draw. I'd imagine Spain would want to win the group, though, and Italy wins the group with a 0-0 Spain/Croatia draw. I believe I read that Spain wins the group with a win OR a draw, regardless of the other results. Edit: http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2012/6/18/3094016/group-c-euro-2012-advance-scenarios-spain-italy-croatia-ireland That's wrong. http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/news/newsid=1818000.html If Spain and Croatia draw 0-0 and Italy wins, Italy wins group C on tiebreaker c, most goals in games between tied teams (2 to 1 each for SPA/CRO) and Spain advances on overall goal differential ahead of Croatia. EDIT: If Spain and Croatia draw 1-1, Spain wins the group if Italy doesn't win by at least 5 goals, and Croatia would advance if Italy doesn't win by 3. If Spain and Croatia draw 2-2, Spain wins the group and Croatia finishes second. That's what I get for using SBnation for soccer related insight.
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    Croatia yes; Spain goes through when they draw. I'd imagine Spain would want to win the group, though, and Italy wins the group with a 0-0 Spain/Croatia draw. I believe I read that Spain wins the group with a win OR a draw, regardless of the other results. Edit: http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2012/6/18/3094016/group-c-euro-2012-advance-scenarios-spain-italy-croatia-ireland
  6. UMFan83
    Go Bryan LaHair (Sit on the bench with pride as a .356 career SLG MI bats as the tying run instead of you in the 9th!)
  7. UMFan83
    Our excuses are better than 'we're too old'
  8. UMFan83
    Does "eats up bad pitching" really imply that he can't hit good pitching? There's not as much of it in the PCL but Rizzo is hitting everything right now.
  9. UMFan83
    It's really hard to put together a 4 run rally on only singles. I wasnt watching the first couple of batters, but I'm thinking that no Cub went into their ABs that inning looking to walk, or seemingly even to get the count in their favor. I wonder if the Cubs had a specific plan to attack Aceves early in the count.
  10. UMFan83
    You'd be amazed how similar those two are since May 1. He has 7 HRs in that time. Barney has hit a couple of home runs, but in a scenario where the batter is the tying run in the 9th inning, its dumbfounding to not find a way to get arguably your best power hitter an AB, instead of either DeJesus, Reed Johnson or Barney.
  11. UMFan83
    I agree Dale, Darwin Barney is a better choice to come up as the tying run with 2 outs in the 9th rather than the leading home run hitter on the team who hits all his HRs against righties
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    Seriously, if they don't pinch hit LaHair next for Barney I'm gonna go bonkers.
  13. UMFan83
    I hate how DeJesus approach to the situation is to swing at 5 straight pitches. Cmon dude, put the pressure on the pitcher if you can.
  14. UMFan83
    I hope they find a way to get LaHair an AB here.
  15. UMFan83
    You mean THABO got a huge steal. That's my boy. Good draft pick by Pax even though the majority of his career is with another team. (and traded Thabo essentially for Taj Gibson) Whoops, a little too premature in my Thabo praise.
  16. UMFan83
    You mean THABO got a huge steal. That's my boy. Good draft pick by Pax even though the majority of his career is with another team. (and traded Thabo essentially for Taj Gibson)
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    How did the Dutch go from WC runners up to 0 points in Euro 12? I know they had a really tough group but damn guys.
  19. UMFan83
    I'm gonna blame this on Crane Kenney
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    The FA pitchers targeted I believe were Schmidt, Zito, Meche and Lilly. I think we did well on that one.
  21. UMFan83
    Castro down to .289
  22. UMFan83
    "I think the Cub fans have been one of the more forgiving fan bases. It seems like fun comes first for Cub fans. The ballpark, the environment certainly helps things" Go [expletive] yourself McCarver
  23. UMFan83
    Theo's wheeling and dealing during the game.
  24. UMFan83
    No Castro's just dealing with bad luck.
  25. UMFan83
    nice
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