CaliforniaRaisin

I was wondering, do you know what pitches Mitch throws? He's certainly been impressive so far this season.

sure, the bucks are playing the pistons pretty well too, but i don't care, i'm a bulls fan. I'm a Bulls fan first, but it is exciting seeing a team that has always been bad do well - and have a chance to beat my most hated player in the next round. It's just an automatic anti-Lakers thing.

He was a good option in Oregon's offense but was pretty inconsistent. Better receiver than blocker.

Probable Starters: Iowa: LHP Raul Valdes (1-0, 3.60 ERA, 15 IP, 8/6) @ LHP Justin Thompson (1-0, 5.65 ERA) West Tenn: LHP JR Mathes (2-2, 5.40 ERA, 25 IP, 15/2) vs RHP Carlos Villanueva (2-2, 5.26 ERA) Peoria: LHP Donnie Veal (2-2, 3.12 ERA, 26 IP, 26/14) vs. RHP Mike Wlodarczyk (1-1, 1.65 ERA)

Somehow, this doesn't shock me.

doesn't mean much. Remember when Woody went 5-0 in 2004 ST. Yea, we don't want to go there, but just sayin ST doesnt mean diddly. And then looked the best he's ever looked until his injury in LA...

First time pitching in a couple of weeks. Hopefully he just needs to build back his arm strength or he was on a pitch count.

Blame IowaCubs.com. I took the info before Hill was promoted.

The LA Clippers won their first playoff series in 30 years - and their first playoff series in California. Next stop, beat Kobe and the Lakers!

Iowa: LHP Rich Hill (1-0, 1.42 ERA, 19 IP, 23/5) @ RHP Jared Fernandez (1-0, 0.00 ERA) West Tenn: RHP Randy Wells (1-1, 1.54 ERA, 11.2 IP, 9/3) vs. RHP Spike Lundberg (2-1, 1.31 ERA) Daytona: RHP Grant Johnson (2-2, 5.14 ERA, 21.0 IP, 13/9) Peoria (game 1): LHP Jesus Yepez (1-0, 2.12 ERA, 17 IP, 9/6) vs. RHP Greg Reinhard (0-2, 7.97 ERA) Peoria (game 2): RHP Mitch Atkins (1-0, 1.20 ERA, 15 IP, 16/6) vs. RHP Jeff Kamrath (0-0, 0.00 ERA)

:-k It's one of the few low numbers remaining... Unless I go down to 29. But he already got the walk. Do you mean 45 more ABs from now till Neifi's second walk?

I don't know that anyone has made that assertion, have they ? Nobody did. And I don't even believe it. I just find it funny that the pitching staff gives up like 2 more runs a game after he got injured. He surely coudln't have affected that with his injury, but yet, there are the numbers... Just because there's a correlation between Lee's injury and the pitching getting worse doesn't mean the injury is the cause of it.

:-k

Why?

The Clippers better sweep the Lakers next series, cuz Lakers fans are as bad as Trojan (football) fans.

Wow, the Suns were robbed. Twice.

I'm not taking anything personally. It's clear you don't subscribe to the philosophy of objectivity. I'm not crying over your attacks of Z. Nor am I taking them personally. And If that's a personal attack you need get some tougher skin. There was no attack of any kind in that post. Merely my belief that I'm glad to know you don't want to be objective when talking about Z. Yeah, I guess this wasn't personal. It wasn't. Let it go. I was debating a player's performance and not talking about an individual poster's actions. You're the one who called me out for not being "objective" simply because we had a difference of opinion. "It" was never an issue with me. You can continue to be disingenous. But have fun talking to yourself. This is your final warning to drop the subject. Please don't call other posters "disingeneous."

I'm not taking anything personally. It's clear you don't subscribe to the philosophy of objectivity. I'm not crying over your attacks of Z. Nor am I taking them personally. And If that's a personal attack you need get some tougher skin. There was no attack of any kind in that post. Merely my belief that I'm glad to know you don't want to be objective when talking about Z. Yeah, I guess this wasn't personal. It wasn't. Let it go.

Alrighty, let's drop the subject then.

I don't recall many people saying that Maddux was melting down every game, or hadn't done anything to deserve praise last April. No, they said he was old and a waste of money (not to mention pitching batting practice). Again, Zambrano has had at least one inning in every game this year where he's been his own worst enemy. You may not like my "melt down" term but that's what I call it. Maddux was/is old, and questioning his contract is far from irrational. On the other hand, you are picking apart Zambrano, even when he's done well. By that definition every pitcher in the league is their own worst enemy consistently by failing to put failure behind them, even if they don't actually get hurt because of it. I disagree. The lapses have cost him because it prevents him from pitching later into games and perhaps, giving the offense time to score so he can qualify for a win. Going into this game, he pitched 29.2 innings over 5 games. That's not even averaging 6 inning a start. Today he didn't record an out in the 5th. And in his 3 good outings, the ones you have refused to acknowledge and claim he's still melting down in, he's averaged 6.33 innings per start, to go with his 1.80 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, and 9.47 K/9. And again, what you're talking about isn't exclusive to Z, every pitcher ever has it happen to them. I don't need to acknowledge them. His body of work speaks for itself. He has not been ace-like. I can turn the tables and say, why are you only looking at those 3 starts when overall he's been horrible? There's no doubt that he's been more bad than good this year. He's not my child; I don't need to say something positive to counterbalance the bad. In fact, those number are so good that it just magnifies how HORRIBLE he has been in his other starts. That's the only way you can say he has done nothing to deserve praise. You really can't tell that what you said previously is far, far different from what you're saying now?

finally it comes out zambrano sucks cause he doesn't have any wins Heh.

We'll see. He's basically rehabbing after missing most of 3 seasons. He also isn't on the 40-man. Mark Holliman has been really solid so far this year. He has a 29-12 K-BB ratio, a .191 BAA and a WHIP of 1.18 to go with his 3.20 ERA.

Why not!?

In a few months, that will be worthy of third place in the division.

I just don't recall Maddux getting the same consistent defense around here last year when he went 1-1 with a 4.20 ERA & 3 quality starts in April. That said, the issue is when and how Z will right the ship, because I have no doubt that he will. Heh, Maddux is a whole other can of worms. :) Z can help right the ship by correcting his mechanics, which should really help get the control back on the right track (his biggest problem this season).