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Francisco Returns to Peoria...as Pitcher
CaliforniaRaisin replied to ChiefsVoice's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Michael Phelps will leave us tomorrow morning....0-1 1.59 ERA 12 games, 17 inn, 12 hits, 3 bb, 17 k....by far been our best reliever... That's who I thought, given his numbers. Thanks, Nathan! -
Hooray for HRs with no one on base. :( Ugh, Williamson and Maddux. Dang, they got lucky there.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-21-05
CaliforniaRaisin replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
IowaCubs.com hates me. :( -
I agree (except for the first sentence).
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Upper 80s fastball that tops out around 91, great changeup, good slider, very deceptive delivery. He was a former first rounder out of British Columbia, and at least at the start of the season, he had better numbers in Denver than on the road.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-21-05
CaliforniaRaisin replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Probable Pitching Matchups: Iowa: LHP John Koronka (8-10, 4.50 ERA) vs. RHP Jeremy Cummings (5-0, 2.86 ERA) Daytona: RHP Juan Mateo (8-5, 3.61 ERA) vs. RHP Ivan Maldanado (4-4, 5.37 ERA) Peoria (game 1): RHP Sean Gallagher (13-5, 2.55 ERA) @ RHP Michael Cooper (1-1, 3.32 ERA) Peoria (game 2): LHP Jerry Blevins (3-6, 5.89 ERA) @ TBA Boise: RHP Mitch Atkins (1-6, 6.30 ERA) Mesa: RHP Jose Pina (2-4, 4.26 ERA) or RHP David Taylor (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 4 IP) -
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Darn. That was a heck of a battle by Lee.
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Fuentes is filthy.
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With Macias as the last out? Sure.
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Cool, Nomar is on deck.
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He can't pitch either....geez And he can't sign autographs either. ;) Meh, woulda like to see Nomar PH.
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I still don't like Kerry pitching on back-to-back games for the first time ever in Colorado. Ugh.
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I'm guessing Nomar can't play D, so there's no point in PHing for Neifi. Argh, Corey.
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At least it wasn't a DP. C'mon, Corey.
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Well then, call for a triple steal. ;) No DPs, plz.
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Meh, this game better not go to extras and come down to Macias' swinging rather than Aramis. I don't like having Kerry Wood go back-to-back games for the first time ever in Colorado.
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Cook hasn't given up 1 HR all year, therefore this is not likely to happen. Didn't know that - but that's not shocking, with that sinker.
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Meh.
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Haha, Hollandsworth stole Corey's luck. Let's go, Lawton, tie it up. You need your 2nd Cub HR.
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I had no problem with Corey swinging at the first pitch in his first AB, had a problem with him swinging at it in the second AB. Mohr should have caught that one. Argh, two lineouts to the left side of the IF for Corey. :(
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But you said a batter should take his pitch, just because it's a first pitch. That IS making the pitcher throw a strike. If it's a hitter's pitch, and he can do some damage with that pitch, he should swing at it. No matter the count. If it isn't his pitch, he should take it - even if it's going to be called a strike. You are being absolute and saying a batter must never swing at that first pitch.
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Either way, every pitch is guessing. But the chances/odds/favor is that in a hitters count you're getting a meatball. Hence called "hitters count." You see good hitters like Pujols, Ortiz, Manny, they work the count. DLee has worked the count for the majority of the season, and he does alot better when doing so. Watching all the replays on MLB.tv, of all the highlights, when I look at the counts when players hit homers and RBI doubles, its never 0-0. Your idea is fine, when theres nobody on base. But the pitcher is going to be VERY careful when theres 2 guys on base. Never? Come on, now. Just like Corey has never produced with RISP. While Barret's double didn't produce an RBI, he got the double on an 0-0 count.
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Reading Ted William's book, he says otherwise. When you're struggling, you work the count into your favor, then you can expect a better pitch. In a 2-0, 3-0 count, you can almost expect a fastball to hit. It makes plenty of sense. But if that first pitch is "your" pitch, it's likely to be a strike and you're down in the count 0-1, not ahead 1-0. You shouldn't take a first pitch at all times; a pitcher will then get an easy strike everytime. The point of the game is to get your pitch, and if it's the first pitch, I see no reason why the player shouldn't swing at it.
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Banner effort on defense. :x