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Everything posted by Soul

  1. Soul
    Not quite but it still hurts.
  2. Soul
    He's definitely got the Don Knotts thing going.
  3. Soul
    I certainly hope that was intentional to get to the l/l matchup.
  4. Soul
    Ask and ye shall receive.
  5. Soul
    2 of 'em to start Weeks, neither inside though.
  6. Soul
    That he has the players to cover up for his bad managing.
  7. Soul
    Ick, he just missed that and really shouldn't have.
  8. Soul
    With Kendall? He's smart to not even throw that.
  9. Soul
    End result is a triple anyway.
  10. Soul
    Classy Brewer fans.
  11. Soul
    It's about good decision-making. Lilly, for example, needs to decide not to suck tonight. See? It's simple. Just need to get some blood to the brain. :mrgreen:
  12. Soul
    I think the Brewers just put the pixie dust phenomenon to rest, but maybe they just have a stock of stronger pixie dust that canceled out LaRussa's pixie dust.
  13. Soul
    I'd be interested to know how often Ted's using that pitch in '08 compared with these '07 numbers.
  14. Soul
    That's a good thought. Put him on waivers. He'll clear, and if some one is silly enough to claim him, give them the Randy Myers treatment and let them have him, salary and all. is there anyway to find out if that has already been done (the putting him on waivers part)? If he clears waivers do we still have to pay his contract as-is?
  15. Soul
    Bob Howry in the late innings against this lineup http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/images/ency/fullsize/17231.jpg
  16. Soul
    it bears repeating that CF has been one of the best (if not the best) offensive positions on the team since Edmonds was acquired Weird huh? I almost feel dirty acknowledging that Edmonds has done a good job for us so far, taking everything into account.
  17. Soul
    I'd like to at least wait until the actual games are played before declaring they own us, although obviously this will be a really tough series to win. I'm clinging to the fact that they're coming off losing 2/3 to the Stros -- please let there be hope that they are done with their hot streak. Why would you say this is their World Series? This isn't some ballclub down in the standings that has nothing left to play for.
  18. Soul
    I know I posted it somewhere else, but actually, the Marlins would have had the best scouting report on him out of the other teams in the majors. Samardzija faced Florida's AAA affiliate in 3 of his 6 starts at Iowa, including his last 2 starts before being called up. While the Marlins' hitters have never seen him before and a scouting report on a starter at the minors who is going to pitch limited innings out of the bullpen in an upcoming series isn't going to be emphasized very strongly, they should still have received plenty of information on him from their scouts and AAA coaching staff. Yeap. I forgot about that. He did alot of pitching against the Isos. Their org has seen him plenty, if not the Marlins specifically. So does that mean it's OK to annoint him the 2nd coming of Wood? :P
  19. Soul
    Three simple letters...........D----F-------A. why? you're getting slightly below average performance for a guy who pitches every five days. that has some value. if he does his usual second-half nosedive then you pull him from the rotation, leave him off the playoff roster (that's going to happen anyway) and shop him in the offseason. if no interest, put him in the rotation next year until he turns into a pumpkin again. Let's do a 5th starter platoon with him like Yost.
  20. Soul
    The only problem with that philosophy is that it goes against the physics of hitting. If a batter is fooled he'll start is bat early. If it's inside he hits it hard, foul or fair, because he gets the fat of the bat on the ball. If it's outside he hits it weak of the end of the bat or misses the ball. It's a matter of physics. That and ball bearings. It's all ball bearing nowdays. A matter of phyiscs yes, but none of that comes into play if the hitter is suprised and leaves the bat on his shoulder. Look at all the called strikes Lilly was getting on that pitch.
  21. Soul
    :rotfl: Manny actually played the Iraq card. Too funny. Seriously if we acquired Manny I'd give it a month before we'd start hearing the same stuff from him. What a great player, and what a great headache, all wrapped up into one package.
  22. Soul
    He threw 61 pitches in his 1st outing with 30 or 31 strikes and threw somewhere in the 70s in the second with low 40s in strikes I believe. He's obviously struggling with command with as many balls as he's throwing for a guy who had such good command before he got hurt. That's to be expected I guess. They'll need to draw on the BP his first few starts in all likelihood. This does reek a bit of desperation, IMO.
  23. Soul
    True. It's a little maddening that Kevin can't translate his Iowa success to Chicago. I don't see the same thing for Samardzjia, but we'll just have to see what happens when the league adjusts and Jeff has to adjust back, and so on. Right now I'm just happy to get a few games of not having to further burn our existing BP arms. It was especially valuable to have Shark out there with Kerry recovering. That's a big help to get us through.
  24. Soul
    Never been to Philly, but those cheesesteaks they always show on MNF when they travel to Philly sure look good. No cheese whiz there. Anyway, OT.
  25. Soul
    Wow. That's an awful, awful lineup. We beat him with Neifi, haha.
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