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  1. Soul
    It looked to me that the ump was in the wrong position to be able to see that the glove never made contact. Another opportunity for replay to get it right, where the ump simply only has so much information available to him (namely, line of sight) to make the correct call in the moment. And that one could very well have changed the standings. Just saying... Glad the injury wasn't more serious.
  2. Soul
    Wellemeyer has good stuff, but he's clearly not ready for a starting role which is why his arm is blowing up. You can find dozens of relievers who have really good stuff. That doesn't mean they can handle being starters. Todd's already got more innings pitched in mid June than he has ever had in his career -- that represents a big risk the Cards are taking, not only with the performance of their rotation, but in my opinion with Todd's health. Ludwick will likely be figured out and watch his production drastically drop, just like Chris Duncan's did after a certain number of ABs in the big leagues. No argument from me that DD is a good pitching coach. But the Cards are taking some big chances with players to stay in the race, where the Cubs are really not. To me that's the difference between the two ballclubs. We *SHOULD* (notice the emphasis) be able to maintain, while the Cards *SHOULD* fade. Will that actually happen? I don't think any system or analysis can say that for sure. But the Cards did, in fact, fade last season for some of the very same reasons that they should this year.
  3. Soul
    REVOLT! This time maybe he can revolt against God. How dare He take away the one good chance for the fans to buy an affordable ticket, sit in the good seats. What about the CHILDREN?!?
  4. Soul
    Wow, how apropos if the final HOF game was rained out.
  5. Soul
    :rotfl: The ending is hilarious. Dude was probably in diapers when Gaetti played for the Cubs, like he really even remembers it.
  6. Soul
    That doesn't mean I can't comment on it nor feel that some would rather chalk it up to something other than the Cards playing well. Of course. My suggestion was merely this: if people posting a certain way is really frustrating you, and you don't want to be frustrated by it anymore, then stay away from those posts that make you frustrated. The Cards are playing well. I don't think that makes them a "good team" though. They hung around until when? Early September last year? I didn't consider them a good team while they were playing well last year, even in August or whenever it was that they finally ran out of gas. And none of this means as a Cub fan I can't bemoan the fact that they are playing above their heads. I would very much just like them to go away. You know, like they did last year. The sooner the better. :good:
  7. Soul
    Good. I'm glad the tide of ump miscalls is finally bringing about replay. I only wish it would have been in place sooner. I was hoping for replay by the all star break. I'll take August though. As long as it is in place before the playoffs.
  8. Soul
    Ummm, isn't there some kind of league rule against doing this? http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080615&content_id=2933962&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb The guy obviously has something horribly wrong with his elbow, but LaRussa is going to continue to trot him out there?? He was already having pain in the elbow before the disaster on Friday. Now they'll send him out there again despite the fact that he was having trouble even straigtening his arm? Isn't there some sort of liability issue if you continue to pitch a guy who you basically KNOW is injured?
  9. Soul
    I would love this. I'm guessing it would be a bit too much of a slap in the face of the HOF folks though.
  10. Soul
    :rotfl: :rotfl: Is this guy for real? Their little exhibition game is more important than the actual games that count for a division-leading ballclub? Hahahahah.
  11. Soul
    He's lazy, get rid of him.
  12. Soul
    This is all true. I hate his slap hitting style but it gets the job done. He's shown the way. I agree. I don't like his "bail out" slap hitting style either. But what I do like is that he's such a different type of hitter than pretty much any of our other players. I can't quantify it, but I think it's helpful for an offense to have someone like that.
  13. Soul
    Can our starters simply stay home and not go? I'd prefer if they didn't participate. Days off are precious. Actually, since we started from Toronto it's probably less stressful to go to Cooperstown than Chicago. Blah - I love how MLB can schedule around the Hall of Fame game just fine, but then put us on the road for the entire final week of the season and give us months where we barely even see Wrigley.
  14. Soul
    How do you know what you don't like reading, if you don't read it? I agree w/Bruno w/the frustration as far as people chalking up the Cards playing well to luck rather than a team that no one counted on playing well that might be a good team playing well. This also correlates to Cards players doing well and some sort of pixie dust as the reason, rather than that/those player(s) making strides (whether it be something long-term or short-term). Come on, you pretty much know there's going to be a bunch of whining about the Cards in the 'other games' thread after they have a big comeback win based on a couple errors by the other team. Nobody's that naive. I agree with bruno on this though: scoreboard/standings watching in mid June isn't going to serve much purpose. Things can and probably will drastically change in one way or the other by the time we get to September.
  15. Soul
    I don't remember anyone saying they aren't enjoying the Cubs winning. If you don't like reading what someone is posting, then don't read it.
  16. Soul
    A .400+ OBP percentage hitter inserted directly into the middle of our lineup is pretty much exactly what we needed to overcome the high-K, low-OBP Cubs of years past. Batting average means little in the face of a good OBP. Even with little power, Fuku is still well over 100 OPS+. I think he's fine. And he's not stupid -- another thing we needed to cure from past Cub teams.
  17. Soul
    I know. It's not like they've lost their Ace, starting catcher and the best hitter in baseball all in the span of a week. Super Lucky! :roll: Yet they're still winning. That's the point. Today was another game that they had absolutely no business winning and had it handed to them. "Here, have a win" If the Phillies had won would you have said the same thing? No? Why would I? Look at how many baserunners each team had. I guess you could also look at errors and extra base hits. Phillies- 21 baserunners Cardinals- 10 baserunners It's okay to admit that the Cardinals stole a game. It's ok to admit that the amount of baserunners isn't the only thing that matters. The Phillies played sloppy and the Cards hit homeruns. Utley's not likely to hand another game to a team for the rest of his career on two poor throws in one extra inning (yes, the 2nd one was an error charged to Gordon but was still a poor throw behind him). The Cards got lucky, plain and simple.
  18. Soul
    See, now that's what I'm talking about. Play the damn games. Tornadoes, floods, drenching rains. Poppycock! Get your butt to the game and strap 'em up, young man :mrgreen:
  19. Soul
    Yeah, I normally try to stay away from fashion commentary but I agree.
  20. Soul
    The Phils aren't going to come back, are they. We're not going to gain a game, are we.
  21. Soul
    I don't remember Izzy ever making a play nearly that good for us.
  22. Soul
    MLB with the big FU to fans in Madison today, blacked out the game on Comcast so they can show us Phils/Cards on Fox this afternoon (and give no options for people who don't GIVE A FRAK about the Phils/Cards). Screw this. I'm going outside.
  23. Soul
    Well at least the Lakers got there. I'd take a Finals loss from the Bulls right now.
  24. Soul
    freaking IMB.
  25. Soul
    I'm still not ready to write off a 23 year old who has some obvious skills. Not everyone barnstorms into the league in their early 20's and never looks back.
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