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  1. David
    Screw you guys.... our big signing is hitting .570 and slugging like .900 for the spring. Marmol will still be putting out the fires and Miles isn't playing everyday. Harden is relatively healthy. I'm excited. Plus we MIGHT still get Peavy.
  2. David
    As I've gotten older, I've cared less and less about spring training (outside of the first day pics and then the first radio game and the first tv game), but I still get ridiculously excited for opening day. This year is no different. Less than two weeks from now I'll be at Wrigley.. :D
  3. David
    Really? I thought it was just about air flow and keeping their heads cooler (no pun). I never have thought of helmet breakage (especially like Sammy's) to be a major problem. Seems like more of a fluke than anything else.
  4. David
    On a somewhat related note, I think going to one color for the names and numbers (preferably blue) on the back of the road unis would help a lot. I'm not a fan of the two-tone look, unique as it may be.
  5. David
    Not if they keep all of Vizcaino, Gaudin, and Guzman. I think Jeff to AAA is assumed right now but the Cubs still have to clear even more room. Vizcaino, Guadin, Guzman Cotts, Marmol, Gregg Oh, I'm missing Heilman. I think Guzman may just be a lost cause at this point. But Harden starting on the DL (using 4 starters for a couple weeks) allows you to start with those 7 plus Patton, and gives you time to trade. Or, if Patton falls on his face once given the job, you can live with returning him if you have to. Has there actually been talk of Harden starting on the DL? As far as I know he's still slated to make his final tuneup start on Saturday at Yankee Stadium and then be our fourth starter for the real games.
  6. David
    I have no idea why I made a thread for this. There's not much to discuss here. But I figured I'd pass it on. The new road hats should look much better, though.
  7. David
    I noticed that most of the Cubs are wearing the old style batting helmets. Is that just for Spring Training or do most players not like the "Airflow" helmets? -- Stewart Y., Bettendorf, Iowa The Cubs have discontinued the "Airflow" helmets because they kept breaking. They went through 40-50 helmets last year and have returned to the old style ones. Also, no red bill on their caps.
  8. David
    The game is on CSN ah
  9. David
    There was talk that he was locating his fastball well enough in his last outing (minor league or whatever it was) but that he was still having trouble locating his change. He might just be working on that today.
  10. David
    where are you guys seeing pitch speeds? is MLB doing gameday for spring training games?
  11. David
    Hard to say, really. With the way the ST performances went, if there was a legit competition, Gregg won it fair and square and pretty easily.
  12. David
    Start the thread the evening before the game. Okay, that's what I usually do. Just didn't remember if the Opening Day thread was expected sooner Well, let me temper that just a little. Any time the day before should be fine. Why wait? Just start the thread now. I agree.
  13. David
    Anyone paying attention knows I'm happy about this.. :) With Gregg getting to close and Fontenot getting the 2B (for the most part, at least), I'm 2 for 2 in what I wanted to see happen in ST.
  14. David
    TT is a beast.
  15. David
    Some of those are insanely obvious fakes.
  16. David
    i guess that is kinda weird but he was probably just going home...
  17. David
    is it really that weird? i wear whatever random t-shirts i have to the gym... shirts that i'd never wear anywhere else (like my pokerstars t-shirt) what they're doing out there basically amounts to going to the gym and working out...
  18. David
    that was so sick
  19. David
    Dwyane Wade is such a little bitch.
  20. David
    It'd be nice if Hinrich could contain Wade like he used to.
  21. David
    Really depends on what you mean by regular basis, but, then again, I don't see how what you're saying contradicts anything that I said. If you're trying to suggest that he was averaging anywhere near 95, you're way off base.
  22. David
    No for the first couple of months he was with the Cubs he was touching mid 90's on a regular basis. Then toward the end of the season he wasn't hitting any higher than 91-92. That's when he started walking a ton of guys and wasn't missing as many bats. If you look at the data, I'm pretty sure you'll find that his average fastball was somewhere around 92, even during his dominant first several starts with the Cubs.
  23. David
    I was looking up old threads to try to confirm what I posted and noticed this... viewtopic.php?p=1952855#p1952855 Basically the same thing I just said. You should know better. :D
  24. David
    He would throw fastballs anywhere from the high 80s to the high 90s and I'm pretty sure his average fastball velocity when we looked it up was right around 92. It would vary from start to start, too. From what I remember, he wasn't touching 90 as much in his last few starts but when he was really dominant (around when we picked him up) he was all over the map. He'd sit around 89-91 and then dial it right up to 97 for some pitches.
  25. David
    Huh? 92 is pretty much what he averaged last year, IIRC.
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