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Apparently Marquis hung a pitch on the Hatteberg flyout to the warning track.

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Lucky. I want snow. It's 55°F here and partly cloudy. Boring! I nearly broke my hip out there today. Cleveland's covered in a layer of ice.

Greetings Derek! Hope your stay here is enjoyable. :D

Most of my screaming was over Dusty calling for that in the first 2 innings at home. Yes, this ^. I wasn't a huge fan of Lou calling the sacrifice, but in that kind of the situation (late, on the road, etc) it can work. However, the hit & run with Cedeno and Soriano was absolutely stupid.

what did he say. Get some BEEP strikes or something like that? Haha. If so. That's why you gotta love lou. He came in, had a few curt words for Dempster, then walked away. Theriot wasn't quite as bad as Walker out there, but still, yeesh.

Nice job, Cesar.

Also, you'll all be happy to know that Jeff Brantly advocated walking Jock to get to Lee. :shock: :lol:

I just got back from playing softball in the driving snow (it got PPD), how we looking?

Ah, nuts. Hit it right to the old man.

C'mon Cliff, make me not wish you were Murton.

Is it the hair? ...yes.

Lee's at least giving Arroyo a battle.

Arroyo reminds me of why I can't stand Khalil Green.

I see now why Arroyo owns Soriano.

I'm getting the game on DirecTV (:D)... ...but it's the Reds' feed. ( :x) Jeff Brantley and tHom Brennaman...yay.

Reds' lineup: Freel Phillips Dunn Encarnacion Griffey Conine Gonzalez Ross Arroyo

Hell, I'D rather have me batting second than Neifi!

I'm looking forward to seeing how Taylor and Atkins develop this season. Both have ceilings of good middle of the rotation starters and the FSL is notoriously pitcher-friendly.

He got drafted out of high school less than two years ago and has no full season experience under his belt. He still isn't old enough to get into a bar. I'd obviously love to see Pawelek become a top-flight pitcher. However, setbacks like this won't even come close to make me give thought to him being a bust. If he flops in his first full season, I might become a bit worried. You have to remember that it pays to be patient with prospects. It is discouraging to hear these reports on him, but you have to remember that he is still young and still has quite a bit of talent which he has time to harness. Remind me, how long did it take Rich Hill to put it together? I seem to recall a pitcher drafted out of college whose spike curveball made batters, umpires, and fans in the first few rows of the stands quite nervous. I know we want everyone in our system to fly through the system, come up to the Cubs, and be All Stars immediately. However, that is an incredibly unrealistic point of view to take. You might be able to make a reasonable assessment on a guy after seeing him in action over a full season or two, but we have not come to that point with Pawelek yet. When we do, then we can start rationally discussing whether the Cubs made the right move in drafting him.

The state of Ohio could fall into Lake Erie and I wouldn't care less. I'm quite happy the Gators won. :D

As I remember, Alou had some fun adventures on the basepaths in that game. I can't remember Dusty ever even looking at Alou in a bad way.

I predict Arroyo will NOT hit 2 HRs off a Cubs lefthander this year.

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Wow, bad call at 2B.