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The last time he had a poor showing I heard he tipped really bad at the steakhouse that night. Bum.
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Unfortunately they've been winning with this. I would agree with you on Bourne (.192/.262/.276/.538), but not on Matsui (.283/.374/.396/.770). You're not reading that wrong, in 110 at bats, Matsui has done well for the Astros. Will he keep it up? Prolly not, but right now, he has to be taken as a semi-threat in the lineup. There's only two legit threat in the Astros lineup; Berkman and Lee. Tejada is a expensive singles hitter, and Pence is a swingaholic. Towles is the 3rd best catcher in the division (behind THE best catcher Soto, and the 2nd best catcher Molina). So if Dempster/Gallagher and Lilly keeps the bases empty then Berkman and Lee won't hurt the Cubs (and you know they will) as much. So I like the Cubs chance of taking atleast two from the Astros. edit: One more things....the Astros have Moehler (4.58 era), Sampson (6.46) and Chacon (4.14) going in the series. So if the Cubs don't take atleast two handily, I be disappointed. This series is definately looking like an opportunity for Lee and ARam to get their bats going. Let's hope it happens that way. -
I'm sure they'll now go on a winning streak because I posted this, but look at how dreadful the Crew have been lately: After beating STL 3/4, they are 1-5 in the past 6 games, on a 5 game losing streak. They have also dropped 9 straight on the road, a really bad indicator for the Crew because it can be argued their inability to get anything done on the road in '07 cost them the division title. They're desperate for a closer, desperate for bullpen help in general, and not really getting the solid starting performances from some of their starters like they had hoped. Due some unexpected decent play by the Pirates and Reds, they are now in last place in the division. Obviously it's not the end of the world, but I was suprised to see the Crew drop all the way down to the bottom.
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I'm concerned, but not overly so yet. Let's see how he is in a couple weeks. We're still winning ballgames because for the first time in a long while this ballclub has other players who can pick up the slack. We just won a series against the not-so-terrible Bucs and Lee & ARam both did nothing. I think they'll get pumping, probably just in time for a couple of the other guys to drop off a little. If all goes well, we'll have 3 guys streaking at the same time all year, and hence continue to be a good offense straight through.
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Unfortunately they've been winning with this.
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Since there's no other games thread, I'll post it here. Worst call I've seen in a long time on a clear home run ball in the Mets/Yanks game. Riley (3rd base ump) calls it a homer, it WAS a homer without any question whatsoever, then the home plate ump comes over and calls it foul and it is taken off the board.
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This is a good point, but Lou has one thing Dusty will never have - a good philosophy. An emphasis on patience has turned this offense into what it is today - despite his oftentimes mind-boggling ingame moves. I have yet to find a manager who didn't make a few mind-boggling in game moves. And I agree, Lou's overall baseball philosophy is superior to Dusty's.
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Soto in AAA last year: .353/.424/.652 Ludwick in AAA two years ago (his last full minor league season): .266/.342/.506 In Ludwick's defense, I think it's been several years since he's been healthy and he's had quite a few injuries over the years that have prevented him from playing much. On the other hand, he's hitting a home run about every 10 PAs this year. Ridiculous. He's got to be juicing. There's no way he's that good. Not even over a short period of time.
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you mean aside from the roids? Yeah. Like maybe they're much better at stealing signs than other teams. Just a thought.
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It makes one wonder if they aren't somehow cheating ala the Patriots. I can understand catching lightning in the bottle but they've got 3, 4 guys like that every single year. No other team in the majors can hope for more than 1 guy like that in maybe a 2 or 3 year span. Seriously, it's ridiculous. And no, LaRussa is not just that damn good. Nobody is *that* good.
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Hell yeah. Why bother when you can sign these bozos and have them turn up gold every damn time?
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...and schumaker wins it. what a joke.
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Great. The Cards now have 2 on 1 out because of another lucky junk hit by Izzy.
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Damn our Sham Closer. Damn him to hell.
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The Sham Closer thing is beginning to take on legendary proportions.
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I thought it was a slow gun, but Wood's throwing 94. I thought I saw a Marmol fastball @ 92 or 93 today. But I'm not sure.
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Bixler should pose no threat.
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2 saves, 4 opportunities. That must be why I'm nervous.
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Come on Kerry baserunners are the devil here.
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Ugh. What's Kerry's save % with one-run leads?
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I'm not comfortable going to the 9th with only a one run lead.
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Ummm, that was pretty bad Fuku.
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Marmol came back strong, got through it.
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Carlos isn't looking as sharp.
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Sometimes when the angle is right Carlos looks a lot like Obama to me. I think it's the ears.
