Outshined_One

Ouch on the non-balk call.

And who's to say that an invisible midget didn't sneak into Colon's room every night in 2006 and whacked his shoulder repeatedly with a hammer? The pitcher overuse and future injury are strongly correlated. There is a ton of evidence that supports the idea that trotting guys out every five days and making them throw 120 pitches will most likely result in a serious injury. Making 10 year old kids throw curveballs will most likely wreck their arms. Having bad mechanics will almost always hurt a pitcher. There are always a few exceptions to these rules, yes. There is no formula that will work every single time in proving when and where a pitcher will sustain an injury. Some pitchers are better conditioned than others. Some guys will be able to withstand more abuse than others. That does not mean we should ignore this possibility; not by any stretch of the imagination. The human body can only withstand so much punishment before it suffers a breakdown of some sort. Managers and pitching coaches should not test these limits. They should not ignore the strong possibility that a player could suffer a breakdown. For these reasons, we should worry about Zambrano. If he is one of the very few freakish guys who will manage to withstand that kind of abuse and still maintain the same level of talent and consistency, awesome. But if he isn't, then there are enough warning signs to merit a lot of concern for his future. If the new (well, with Larry back, old) coaching staff does not monitor those warning signs and acts accordingly, it will be one of the absolute worst things this organization has ever done. It will simply be inexcuseable.

As I've said in other places, guys back before they lowered the mound and constricted the strike zone may have thrown 300+ innings in a year, but they threw a heck of a lot less pitches per inning in the process.

I believe Kuroda is 31/32 years old. He's not getting the same hype as Matsuzaka, but he could be a nice option. I've been advocating the idea that the Cubs should pick up two starting pitchers next season, a 1/2 to complement Z and a 4/5 to get some consistency in the back end. Kuroda would likely be cheap and effective enough to merit being the 4/5 this team needs, imo.

If the deal was Pie and Hill, I'd go for it. The "for starters" line concerns me however. Ditto and ditto. Thirded.

This game indeed reminded me of that insane Indy-TB game from two or three years ago.

Don't blow it plz.

Oh my God

Dayum.

Brian Urlacher is PO'd.

What in the holy hell.

I feel like I'm watching the Cubs get shut down by a soft-tossing lefty with Angel Hernandez behind the dish.

I remember the roughing the kicker call and Berrian just getting bumped off his route, but what else was there? This most recent hatchet job. How can you NOT see Dockett was down when you're right in front of the pile?

Terrible, terrible job by the refs tonight. It's no excuse for the Bears, but this crew is just awful tonight.

No illegal contact? Wow.

It's been that way since the end of the third quarter, yet Lovie doesn't seem to get it. :x

Nice to see we're back to the days when only the defense was capable of scoring TDs.

About friggin' time.

You're down 20 on the road late in the 3rd with a 4th and 2...and you punt?! GAH!!!!!!!!! Yay Daily Show.

Nearly did.

Throw in a few dudes and I'd start having flashbacks! :shock:

Have the Bears just given up and started doing really stupid trick plays?

If anyone can explain to me why Cedric Benson isn't in on short yardage situations, I'm all ears.

I give up.

7 offensive possessions 4 3-and-outs 3 turnovers Enough said.