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Tornado Watch/Warning has more to do with the type of weather pattern than actually spotting a tornado. If a system has the right elements for a tornado, then the watch/warning will go out, regardless of whether or not a tornado has actually been spotted. If I remember correctly a watch is if the conditions are correct, and a warning means a tornado has actually been spotted in the area. edit: err.. I'm a little slow.

It looks like we're hitting the ball hard on Gameday. Is that correct?

nevermind.

is anybody else having troubles with MLB Audio?

I don't think we can complain about stall tactics after all the loose balls in Saturday's game.

IIRC, Banks and Sosa's 500th and Sanberg's 2 against Philly (they counted it as 1).

I can't describe the controversy, but it's the top of 5

Lets see if anyone else can get it. has to be something with hair because i know biotin is used for hair growth... maybe because we pull our hair out every year and especially last year? Hmm no Picture 1. Band Picture 2. Rubber Band Picture 3. BMW B7 Picture 4. Vitamin B7 If you don't understand B7, look at your keyboard and it should make sense. BHome ???

Lou on the radio pre-game, said DeRosa had a sore hip.

Lee was way ahead of you.

Yes, i've watched the games and they are throwing better lately. However with Weeks back up and Braun showing his true defense at 3B the teams defense is going down the tubes. Their FIP is better than the Cubs on the year but they have the 2nd worst fielding stats in the NL and thats the root cause of the teams struggles. Plus/Minus suggests the Cubs have made 67 more close plays than the Brewers, thats a huge number! Hey now...I know what FIP means to Wisconsin folks.... :P Isn't that FIB?

In the piece on chicagosports.com it mentions a reliever might be put on the DL.

per tribune eta: sorry if this was somewhere else. I can't believe I would be first to see this.

AD?

Full Count 55 ABs 26 BBs 23 Ks .291/.512/.400 .912 OPS :) Wow...only 6 times did he get to a full count and put the ball in play? that does seem amazing... pretty sure I posted it right... link Duh...the walks don't count as AB's... #-o He had 82 plate appearances. I'm still confused, because that would mean he got 22 hits (55 ABs - 23 Ks) but that doesn't equal a .291 BA. Am I missing something? HBP?

it should be in the top right hand corner of the page.

I think 99.9% of Cubs fans wish the same thing. IMHO a lot of Cubs fans have formed their opinion about Murton from just his few at bats earlier this year, since they stopped paying attention last year when he was doing so well.

Did anybody else see Tank Johnson's interview on ESPNews? He basically said he holds no grudges against the Bears. They did a lot to help him both privately and publicly, and he put them in a bad situation, basically forcing them to cut ties. He took blame for the whole thing. I don't know if it was just lip service or not, but it sounded sincere.

Yeah, that would work well for little leaguers and high schoolers with weak arms, but that's going to require multiple relay throws which is going to allow any decent runner to score any time. Yeah, that was an error on my part. As TT pointed out the first baseman should follow the runner to second.

LOL, wasn't that drunk color guy Sutcliffe? Yes. And for the record, it was DeRosa, not Fontenot. Not that it matters who it was, but I'm busting chops today. Whoever it was, was out of position. Sutcliffe probably saw the field better, but it looked to me like Murton turned caught sight of whoever was at the end of the infield, whirled and threw. Luckily Theriot was there already. Like I wrote, if he would have hit the cut off, that's a run. I turned on the XM and listened to Corey Provis and Ron on a 15 second delay after about the fourth inning of listening to Suttcliffe name drop and basically provide every cliche known to baseball. He sucks. Since we're bagging on outfielders, how about Pagan with the brain fart? At least he didn't toss it into the bleacerhes. Derosa wasn't out of position. Middle infielders are taught to go out that far to receive a cut off throw. One of the reasons is because the 3rd base coach will probably hold a runner if it's already in the hand of the cut off man. No they're not. If Derosa catches that it's a dribble to the plate. Even a pony league's team outfielder can hit the edge of the infield on the fly. It's why you never see the firstbaseman out in the outfield on a cut to home plate. Anyway, not to go off on a tanget, but after Theriot hit the combacker off of Hamels' leg, Sutt siad this gem, "That's why they have Theriot, right there. This kid can make things happen." It's not that important, so I don't want to get in a petty argument. On a ball to the wall in right field like that the second baseman is suppose to run out to right field probably about 25' out from the dirt, the short stop should be backing him up, and the first baseman should be about 5' in front of the mound. Shorter throws mean more accurate and stronger throws. This is how I've always been taught, and I have never seen it done any differently. I do agree Sut was awful last night, and was giving Theriot the Eckstein treatment. Then you were taught poorly. Why would you expect an outfielder to only be able to throw @ 125 feet and expect an infielder to throw @ 200 feet? Remember, the throw wasn't to second or to get a man at third, it was to gun a guy down at home. Anyway, Theriot did the right thing and so did Lee following the runner to second. Everybody did the right thing on that play. If Murton would have hit Derosa with his throw, Derosa would have thrown the ball approx. 125'.

You're right, the first base can follow the runner, and only has to be a cutoff on hits that don't make it as far so there isn't a double cut.

LOL, wasn't that drunk color guy Sutcliffe? Yes. And for the record, it was DeRosa, not Fontenot. Not that it matters who it was, but I'm busting chops today. Whoever it was, was out of position. Sutcliffe probably saw the field better, but it looked to me like Murton turned caught sight of whoever was at the end of the infield, whirled and threw. Luckily Theriot was there already. Like I wrote, if he would have hit the cut off, that's a run. I turned on the XM and listened to Corey Provis and Ron on a 15 second delay after about the fourth inning of listening to Suttcliffe name drop and basically provide every cliche known to baseball. He sucks. Since we're bagging on outfielders, how about Pagan with the brain fart? At least he didn't toss it into the bleacerhes. Derosa wasn't out of position. Middle infielders are taught to go out that far to receive a cut off throw. One of the reasons is because the 3rd base coach will probably hold a runner if it's already in the hand of the cut off man. No they're not. If Derosa catches that it's a dribble to the plate. Even a pony league's team outfielder can hit the edge of the infield on the fly. It's why you never see the firstbaseman out in the outfield on a cut to home plate. Anyway, not to go off on a tanget, but after Theriot hit the combacker off of Hamels' leg, Sutt siad this gem, "That's why they have Theriot, right there. This kid can make things happen." It's not that important, so I don't want to get in a petty argument. On a ball to the wall in right field like that the second baseman is suppose to run out to right field probably about 25' out from the dirt, the short stop should be backing him up, and the first baseman should be about 5' in front of the mound. Shorter throws mean more accurate and stronger throws. This is how I've always been taught, and I have never seen it done any differently. I do agree Sut was awful last night, and was giving Theriot the Eckstein treatment.

LOL, wasn't that drunk color guy Sutcliffe? Yes. And for the record, it was DeRosa, not Fontenot. Not that it matters who it was, but I'm busting chops today. Whoever it was, was out of position. Sutcliffe probably saw the field better, but it looked to me like Murton turned caught sight of whoever was at the end of the infield, whirled and threw. Luckily Theriot was there already. Like I wrote, if he would have hit the cut off, that's a run. I turned on the XM and listened to Corey Provis and Ron on a 15 second delay after about the fourth inning of listening to Suttcliffe name drop and basically provide every cliche known to baseball. He sucks. Since we're bagging on outfielders, how about Pagan with the brain fart? At least he didn't toss it into the bleacerhes. Derosa wasn't out of position. Middle infielders are taught to go out that far to receive a cut off throw. One of the reasons is because the 3rd base coach will probably hold a runner if it's already in the hand of the cut off man.

You should look me up. I'll be there too. sucking up to the mod. :roll:

I agree. Fortunately, the trend is starting to shift as New York State has banned the use of metal bats in High School play recently. Baseball is meant to be played with wood bats. Yeah, but won't this hurt high school baseball there? I doubt that the inner city schools can pay for all of the wood bats the team will go through during a season. How much do wood bats cost? I thought they were in the $30 dollar range... Would it really make that much of a difference? The cheapest wood bats are about $20, but you definitely get what you pay for with wood bats. You can get lucky and find good wood bats for $50 on occasion but your really good (maple) bats are about $80. They do make composite wood bats that come with a one year warranty and those cost about $80, these are probably the most cost effective, but aren't pure wood and it depends upon the rules of the league if you can use them or not.