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  1. why? I happen to think it was better. 20k games have been done 4 times by 3 pitchers, perfect games 18 times. Also the only hit in Woods game was a slow hit grounder just out of the reach of the SS. That bit of bad luck (where the ball was hit) was the only thing separating his game from a no hitter (or perfect game. I can't remember if he walked anyone)
  2. Since we can't get a big bat, I just want to get a bat to platoon with Bradley and hit righties at least a bit.
  3. The weirdest thing is, none of these injuries lately seem to happen while playing. Dempster hurt jumping over a fence, Soto hurt in batting practice, Lillys injury disclosed between starts, etc. Dempster is the only weird one. Soto was still playing baseball, and just because they disclosed an injury between starts doesn't mean it didn't happen during a start. Odds are he was hurt while pitching, and in a game where his knee was bothering him it wouldn't be strange at all if that led to different mechanics screwing him up. On top of all this is that it makes it harder to give extra rest to Harden. I think they will still try and have him go Monday night on extra rest. They should go ahead and use Samardzija with Marshall ready to fill-in as needed. My comment wasn't that it was weird they got hurt between games because like you said they were baseball related injuries, its just weird to see all these random injuries popping up in between games. I'm used to seeing these things happen in between games, not finding out that a previously healthy person is injuries via an NSBB thread.
  4. Dickerson does have a .365 OBP, so its not awful. Tavaras has like a .280 OBP though. But he's fast dude.
  5. Cincinnati C. Dickerson rf .268 W. Taveras cf .247 J. Votto 1b .352 B. Phillips 2b .271 E. Encarnacion 3b .209 L. Nix lf .240 R. Hanigan c .312 A. Gonzalez ss .214 A. Harang p .143 Chi Cubs K. Fukudome cf .263 R. Theriot ss .300 D. Lee 1b .281 A. Ramirez 3b .304 M. Bradley rf .242 A. Soriano lf .245 M. Fontenot 2b .235 K. Hill c .197 R. Wells p .167
  6. The weirdest thing is, none of these injuries lately seem to happen while playing. Dempster hurt jumping over a fence, Soto hurt in batting practice, Lillys injury disclosed between starts, etc.
  7. Who the heck is going to spot start now? Samardzija? Marshall? Dempster rejoining rotation? Our rotation looks interesting this weekend....Wells/????/Hart
  8. Yeah I'm so sick of it. Year after year its the same thing. Oh wait, that's not true at all.
  9. While the odds are less likely, I still think the Cubs have a decent shot at winning the division. We'll see.
  10. Ery nice post and great analysis. I like what Theriot has added to his game this year. He is slowly becoming a well rounded hitter. Here's hoping he keeps it up.
  11. He's always been rather streaky though. When he's good he can be unhittable at times. When he's bad, he's awful.
  12. Drag racing in his Camero while high on Meth?
  13. Haha, Obama called Wise "Weiss" like Walt Weiss
  14. I think he either hit a batter or someone reached on an error because I seem to remember 2 hitters reaching.
  15. I'd almost take Pujols, replacement level player, replacement level player over any 3 player combo on the Cubs.
  16. Apparently, hes already saved the economy, so whats left for him to do? "Excuse me Chairman Jong-Il, we'll have to get back to peace talks some other time, Mark Buehrle just pitched a no hitter!"
  17. I don't mind as long as those fans don't come anywhere near me and revel in anti-Cub hate in any situation where Sox and Cubs fans may mix. I definitely don't sit and obsess over the White Sox unless they are jammed in my face, which White Sox fans can't help doing at all times. I was at one of the concerts this week at Wrigley, and between acts they played Go Cubs Go as a fun way to celebrate the home of the Cubs holding a concert. Of course there were a sizable group of Sox fans there, and the majority of them thought it would be funny to use this time to taunt Cubs fans and turn it into 'Go Sox Go'. Which is fine, it doesn't rile me up like it used to, even when the 55 year old white trash Sox fan in front of me turned around pointing at my Cubs hat as the sang GO SOX GO followed by "HAHAHA YOU ARE A CUBS FAN!!! SUCKS TO BE YOU HAHA WHITE SOX!!!!'. It doesn't bother me, but its just an example of how desperately the White Sox fans need to have their presence felt.
  18. Oh God...Obama is on the phone to speak with Buehrle. His White Sox love is getting a little annoying. I'm glad he's a passionate sports fan but aren't there more important things to do than make his presence known every time a non-Cub Chicago sports team does something noteworthy.
  19. So you're 4 years old? He probably means first that he's seen live. Or maybe he's on his iphone posting from the game? Probably the former.
  20. Why is it bad? Just predicting bragging/attitude from WS fan friends. Why is that worth bragging about? It's a nice individual performance that's fun to see but it only gives a team 1 win in the standings. The Sox win tied them for 1st place though.
  21. BTW, did anyone else think Alexi was going to airmail that throw to first on the 27th out? He looked like he was rushing to make the throw...that would have been really hilarious to see.
  22. Gotta give him props for that. Cheering him on the entire way, and I wasn't even cheering for the Sox in the World Series in 05. Perfect games are individual achievements and it was enjoyable to watch the last few innings.
  23. Blah, not that its that big of a deal but we get the front end of the Reds and Astros rotations (Harang/Cueto/Oswalt/Wandy) in our upcoming series. Good news is Harang is now mediocre, Cueto is struggling big time, we seem to hit Oswalt decently usually and Wandy is slightly worse on the road.
  24. Amazing that the Cubs played a 3 game series at that bandbox called Citizens Bank Park and did not hit a single homer.
  25. You obviously didn't read the 20-some posts above you. I didn't until after heh. Sorry for being lazy.
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