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  1. UK1679666180
    I miss watching Adenhart with Cedar Rapids.
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    Peoria get rained out? I left after the 7th and it was about to come down pretty good in Beloit. Let me say that I'm disappointed in the posters in the area, who did not make it to Beloit. :)
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    As far as generalizations, I'd say, they are the most passionate about their team as a whole. I think they follow their team closer than any other fan base and they know more about their team than any other fan base.
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    http://www.newsday.com/sports/printedition/ny-spken204858770aug20,0,1221190.column?page=2&coll=ny-sports-print http://www.maurybrown.com/?p=333
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    Every scout evaluates players differently and rates their abilities =\= as well. Those who scouted both will likely give different answers as to who has the higher ceiling and who has the better chance of reaching their ceiling. I assume that Wilken and whomever was involved had Colvin slotted for that spot. I don't know if there was any financial incentives involved there. At this stage, it's premature to question the move with any validity.
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    That's always a good sign. Still, we'll see how he develops and if he can stick at CF. Here's a sobering thought. Even if he sticks at CF, he's only 7 months younger than Pie. Is there any chance that Colvin will be a better player than Felix? Doubtful. You never draft based on potential major league depth, especially when the player in question (Pie) hasn't played in the majors and had a chance to prove he can stick or flounder. It would be similar to 5 years ago, complaining about the Cubs signing Pie from the DR with Patterson almost ready for the majors. Was going to post the same thing. You beat me to it. (Cats have a chance Suday?) Maybe Suday, but not on Sunday. :) Long final year for Brooks.
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    That's always a good sign. Still, we'll see how he develops and if he can stick at CF. Here's a sobering thought. Even if he sticks at CF, he's only 7 months younger than Pie. Is there any chance that Colvin will be a better player than Felix? Doubtful. You never draft based on potential major league depth, especially when the player in question (Pie) hasn't played in the majors and had a chance to prove he can stick or flounder. It would be similar to 5 years ago, complaining about the Cubs signing Pie from the DR with Patterson almost ready for the majors.
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    Speaking of managerial candidates... An odd article from Daytona, premature as far as speculation but does bring an interesting candidate. http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/Sports/Baseball/sptBB02082706.htm Gary Carter. I'd like to see someone with more experience, but at this stage of his coaching career, he'd likely make a very solid bench coach and fast tracked to be a potential manager. Maybe part of the reason is... I really couldn't stand him w/Mont. and the Mets. :)
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    Instead of just bouncing up, it'll also take a quick right or left. Of course, proper fundamentals (keeping your eye on the ball until after hits your mit) as well hustling to the ball, usually will not allow a runner to go the 16-17 seconds it takes to go around the bases.
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    At first when I seen that Boise score, I was shocked that it would be when Eric Butler would be pitching for Everett. But then the box score showed most was not against him, so it made more sense.
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    It should never be eliminated, but there are times when it can be ineffective and teams should be looking at how to improve the success rate rather than trying to improve the actual amount of SB, if the CS ration remains the same. The ability of a pitcher to keep runners close with a good move or varying his times to home combined with a quick delivery to home is more important to stopping a running game than just a C with a strong arm. Baserunners are more successful by taking advantage of pitchers who are slow to the plate, rather than jumping on weak armed Cs.
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    I don't think a high payroll dictates any less satisfaction from a fan's standpoint, or at least it shouldn't. Even with a much higher payroll, a team still has to have a good philosophy, players performing beyond expectation, lack of serious injuries, and some luck.
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    I just saw the pitch on the highlights. didn't look like that terrible of a call to me. hit the mitt low, but had alot of late downward bite on the pitch, and probably was a strike when it got to the plate. maybe the Tigers got some beneficial calls, but with two similar pitchers going, I think the critique has to be all about consistency of the strikezone. were there pitches Rogers got that whiney didn't? also, your statement seems to sort of contradict itself. you say the Tigers got the calls, but Rogers located his pitches. There were more pitches early on as well, not just that one pitch as the close calls favored Detroit. Actually, the 1st batter of the game Rogers was looking to see where the call was and the ump just shook his head "no". Overall, I thought the ump did a poor job establishing a consistent strike zone, one that favored Detroit. There's no contradiction there. Pitchers make their living on the corners and just outside the corner, especially veteran crafty LH'ers like Rogers. He spotted his pitches there all night and was extremely effective by keeping them off-balance with change-ups low and away and FBs in on the hands. Command is putting the ball where you want, control is throwing strikes. He had both, his command made his performance great, not the calls of the ump.
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    Hey Fred, I'm spending the next three days in Amarillo, Texas, wherever that is. do you have any suggestions/tips (even heard of the place?). By the way, Pujols has a 3 run HR and a grand slam tonight, Pujols 7, Mets 6 after 6 innings. I'll be in Amarillo tomorrow morning !! Not much there in Amarillo. I only drove thru a couple of times. They do have an Indy League baseball team, though. They've had some severe weather recently (rain). There are some neat little towns along 40 in NM.
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    Guillen was right, the strike zone was terrible tonight and favored Detroit. Of course, it looked like Guillen was protecting Cooper and got tossed to also maybe light a fire under the Sox. Difficult to do with how well Rogers how mixed his pitches and location.
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    I never used any predictive value towards it & much like a regular RBI, a sac fly is similar when trying to analyze what a hitter will do. That all depends on who's hitting in front of him. With that said, if there's a runner on 3B with less than two outs and you have a weak hitter on-deck. Which is why I mentioned a weak hitter. Run expectations are geared for league avg., not individual cases of each hitter.
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    That still doesn't tell how well each hitter has done vs. each hitter. Even though A is 3-6, it could be a case of two of those hits being bloop singles rather than B who might have hit 3 line drives with two right at someone. it's an extremely limited sample to judge a hitter.
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    Beyond the working the count aspect of an AB, moving runners over is often the worst case scenario of a "productive" AB. Obviously, hitting a HR is at the top of the list of a productive AB and goes down the line past the singles into the BB catagory. The difference between a BB and moving runners over depends on who is hitting behind them as putting runners on 1B and 2B rather driving them in on a sac. fly isn't as productive when there's a poor hitter behind them. More often than not, I'd take my chances with the BB though as it gives a better indication that the pitcher might be in trouble. In order. (my list of tech. productive ABs) HR TR DB S BB HBP Sac. Fly Sac. bunt/moving runners over. AB that worked the count but did not result in any of the above.
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    Wow, do you watch games? as for OBP being important, it is the single whole belief of the A's system to 9 OBP monsters...and exactly how many World Series' have they played in with that philosophy??? scoring runs matters, the other team not scoring runs matters more. OBP matters little. OBP plays a key role in scoring runs on a consistent basis, though. You also have to guys in the middle to drive them in. The model for a current ML roster of high OBPs are the Yankees, they're doing pretty well having been in Boston this weekend.
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    It depends on the context of the game. 0-4 while moving runners up doesn't add enough to help out the team if they're down by a large margin. (down 4 or more runs and it's more important to play for the big inning. If that 0-4 led to 2-3 runs b/c the batter behind also had a good game, then it should be noted as a positive. Game situation dictates the quality of those ABs moreso than anything else. Also, the quality of the batter plays a key role. There's a big difference between M. Ramirez and Rey Ordonez as far as qualifications of a productive game under those circumstances.
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    For former Illini C Chris Robinson. Robinson is probably similar to Tony Richie (before the injuries), might not be as good of a rec'r as Richie was coming out of FSU, but will be similar as a defense 1st C.
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    That's almost 3 games worth of runs, that's a huge difference between the 29th and 30th teams. I don't understand the rest of your post, it's stating the obvious as far as the Cubs being streaky.
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    It's about time, I'm glad it didn't cost Gudex (beyond much of '06).
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    The Cubs have scored the fewest amount of runs in MLB by a pretty good margin, better pitching would not overcome that. You think players can control a mental problem? I don't think Prior's problem were mental at all. If they did become mental, that was after unsolved physical problems. I think Part of Rusch's problems have been mental, I don't need a player stating quotes that mentally he wasn't right to find that out. I thought much of Hill's early struggle was mental, Patterson last year. Murton's less obvious problems have been more mechanical and physical (non-injury related). An inability to play day games well is a mental problem as well.
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    Because the pitchers are young and for some reason many people can't get to the point to criticize young pitchers, especially if one is named Prior. Most are likely being more critical of an organizational philosophy rather than a player(s). Especially when the player you brought into question has been hit w/numerous injuries, I can see how someone value the potential organizational lapse more than one player. If you blame Prior, then you have to blame Lee. Lee has never admitted to some of the problems being mental. So what? You haven't even come close to presenting your stance. 1st off, I do believe that Prior is injured that his shoulder is not right and hasn't been from the start. 2nd, you still can't dictate whether or not a player or not will get injured, higher frequency for some and to compensate for that depends on roster construction. 3rd, if some believe the Cubs have a org. weakness as far as addressing OBP in part. drawing BBs and allowing them by their pitchers, that holds more weight as far as what might be a problem for a team rather than some random injured player. What about Wood?
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