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  1. CaliforniaRaisin
    Screw Stanford. Fouling with 3 minutes left? Geez.
  2. CaliforniaRaisin
    Gosh, that 4-point play by Arron was so beautiful. UCLA up 36-33 at the half on Stanford in probably Arron Afflalo's last game at Pauley.
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    Corey: http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070224/capt.flrb20802241900.orioles_spring_baseball_flrb208.jpg
  4. CaliforniaRaisin
    More Sammy from today: http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070224/capt.azow10602241930.rangers_spring_baseball_azow106.jpg http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070224/capt.azow10502241930.rangers_spring_baseball_azow105.jpg Yesterday: http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070223/capt.azth11002232244.rangers_sosa_baseball_azth110.jpg http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070223/capt.azth10602232040.rangers_sosa_arrives_baseball_azth106.jpg Aww, Sammy and Kenny getting along http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070223/capt.azth10502232039.rangers_sosa_arrives_baseball_azth105.jpg http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070223/capt.azth10302232038.rangers_sosa_arrives_baseball_azth103.jpg http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070223/capt.azth10402232038.rangers_sosa_arrives_baseball_azth104.jpg With Rangers coach Don Wakamatsu
  5. CaliforniaRaisin
    Yeah, I agree. I especially like discussion on pitching mechanics since I know much less about them than hitting.
  6. CaliforniaRaisin
    Who cares about Simmons? Sports media sucks.
  7. CaliforniaRaisin
    When were you in high school? When I was in high school, bleacher tickets were $1.00 Don't ask !!! '[-X' The had high schools back then!?
  8. CaliforniaRaisin
    Damn, the Padres change from Mighty 1090 to 107.5 FM? I actually got 1090 up here in LA. :(
  9. CaliforniaRaisin
    Was he healthy all season last year? Yeah. He has progressed from 19 starts/111 innings to 24 starts/142 innings to 30 starts/169.1 innings in the three years in the organization. Last year he seemed to lose some velocity towards the end. I'm not sure how much can be attributed to fatigue and how much can be attributed to his increased use of a two-seam fastball. I think both, but fatigue had the largest part of it, especially considering his velocity and life during the Game 1 Series performance after having only pitched 4 innings in the previous 2 weeks. Well, that can only be good for you guys. Seems like the worst of it was when he was at USC.
  10. CaliforniaRaisin
    Heh, I have chicken legs too (cross country :oops:) but I loved high socks too much.
  11. CaliforniaRaisin
    Was he healthy all season last year?
  12. CaliforniaRaisin
    I do recall him wearing his socks up high. http://homepage.mac.com/djjord/iblog/C170816066/E20060316102617/Media/10131655.jpg That's how he rolls! And yes, kudos to Prior, Soriano and Dempster for doing it the right way. We don't need the Maddux stirrups...eww.
  13. CaliforniaRaisin
    It's nice to see Ben's fro back in full force. Those Wizard unis are hideous.
  14. CaliforniaRaisin
    One of my best players last season was Sarge Jr who I picked up off waivers. The key is finding good values later and even on the waiver wire.
  15. CaliforniaRaisin
    Fixed. Yeah him too. It was hilarious to see Thabo jump out of Gilbert's way to avoid contact, avoid touching him completely, yet get called for the foul. That's the NBA for you, though. Yeah, it's obvious Gilbert has reached Kobe/Lebron/Wade status.
  16. CaliforniaRaisin
    Thanks for the warning :D Seriously though, I think the most likely option is that since he's working on his mechanics a little bit, they want to give him some extra time to throw to live batters without the supposed "flaw", and also give them more information against live hitters for them to evaluate. That and usually, you don't want your top guys throwing so many innings. Teams want to give their franchise pitchers more of a chance to get in shape. Marquis isn't as valuable as Zambrano. He's not as fragile as Prior or Miller. And he's not as rich as Lilly. That's the reason he's starting. I believe Shawn Estes started the first spring game a couple years ago. Exactly.
  17. CaliforniaRaisin
    Wood didn't throw BP as scheduled yesterday because of bad weather.
  18. CaliforniaRaisin
    Arizona Phil (Cub Reporter) says Gooz has been looking good: :D (According to AZ Phil, the other B guys are Gallagher, Rapada, Pignatiello, Howard, Anderson, Walrond, Wells, Marmol, Mateo, Webb, and Cherry.)
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    Danke.
  20. CaliforniaRaisin
    Revenge game against Stanford at Pauley tomorrow. Also, it's Senior Day, but there are no seniors on this year's Bruin team. I expect the Den to request Arron Afflalo return for one more year quite a few times.
  21. CaliforniaRaisin
    I didn't see who was going #1. Vlad. My laptop died, can someone give me a link to the Roadkill site so I can bookmark it on this computer? :oops:
  22. CaliforniaRaisin
    Some other poster was saying for the past week how pax should be fired because he didnt draft roy. And then make some trade he wanted to see made where we lose Deng to get Gasol paxson is the best GM in the city. And Deng > Gasol Angelo is the best GM in Chicago, and it isn't even close. When Paxson builds a team that can make it to the Finals, then I'd say open the debate. Angelo has been to the playoffs 2 straight years, the Bulls are working on 3. Angelo has been to his leagues respective final round. Paxson has not. With this thought process, Ken Williams is the best GM in the city. He got his team to win a championship. Of course many of his moves have been questionable, but his team won a championship. There are many other things that need to go in to judging a GM. He was drafting brilliantly, don't ask me what happened this last draft. Yes, we know you don't like the selection of TT but it doesn't make it a bad pick. And Thabo appears to be a great find. Just because you didn't get who you wanted (and believe me, I thought Roy was easily the best NBA-ready player in the draft and I'd prefer Brandon to Ben Gordon) doesn't make it a bad draft.
  23. CaliforniaRaisin
    The no arguing with a ref rule is a joke. I've seen Kobe yell at refs countless times and not even get a T while Duhon gets the double T for that. And how the hell does the ref miss Arenas crushing Duhon with the foul call.
  24. CaliforniaRaisin
    That should be a charge. Can the Bulls get some effing calls in their own freaking arena (let alone getting a player kicked off for BS like that)?
  25. CaliforniaRaisin
    BS! That ref is a joke. I'm tired of getting boned by these a-holes. Seriously, bad call and then a double T?
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