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I bet its Marshall or Hill. Wasn't Marshall supposed to pitch one of those flooded out games in Iowa? He pitched yesterday in an empty stadium.

Lou is really pulling the right strings.

Haha @ Lou playing matchups in a blowout.

God damn the Cardinals are only. Bases loaded 2 outs and a full count and the joker swings at ball 4 in the dirt and 2 feet outside.

Marmol's control hasn't been very good lately. I'm wondering if it has anything to do with being tired.

Worst in-game manager in the league, hands down.

There's no doubt in my mind that Marmol will be used this inning.

LOU WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU

Brett Myers is terrible.

I've grown weary of this charade in St. Louis.

It's funny because she can't defend herself.

Error and now a walk to a guy who is almost impossible to walk. They're doing everything they can to blow this lead.

I think we have to start talking about whether or not Theriot is the worst defensive shortstop in baseball.

Cards lead 2-1. The wife beater is getting shelled early again.

Wow Theriot actually made a relatively strong throw.

Yay walk the bases loaded after being handed a 3 run lead.

I am taking into account context. I think you're failing to. The Cubs were fine scoring runs without Soriano several weeks ago. They had players doing very well. Some of those players have cooled considerably - Lee, Soto, Theriot are all way down from their April numbers, ARam is off a little and even Fukudome is down a tick. They might turn it around now, but the point is, they were clicking and the team was winning while getting nothing from Soriano. So replacing him with Cedeno (who was red hot for about 8 games) may have actually helped the team. Now Soriano's on fire when many of our best hitters were slumping when he got injured. So he was carrying more offensive weight (which now must be replaced). Of course you have to consider context. The context before was slumping Soriano, smoking team. Now it's hot streak Soriano and slumping team. How the other players are doing has nothing to do with Soriano. That's not what we were discussing. We were discussing what impact Soriano's loss has on the team. If Soriano had been carrying the team during the games leading right up to the injury, you may have a point. However, that wasn't the case. The week before he got hurt he went 1 .269 /.345 /.423 (1 HR, 1 RBI). The players that are hot would have still been hot with Soriano playing and the players who are cold would have still been cold. How those guys do in his absence is another argument. Team without red hot Soriano = Team without ice cold Soriano We were discussing

AND WE STILL GAWT THE LAST 2 NO HITTAS

I find it hilarious that you incorporate the Soriano argument into pretty much EVERY post you make. This thread has nothing to do with Soriano. thx

He wasn't complaining, he was pointing out that he has perhaps been unimpressive. There's a difference. I think he's doing fine, but his lack of any power whatsoever is pretty disappointing. I wasn't expecting much home run power, but where are the doubles? Like the OP said, that's all we heard all offseason. "He isn't going to hit a home run, but he's going to hit a lot of gaps and hit a ton of doubles." Off the top of my head I can't think of one time I saw him drive a ball into the gap. It seems like when he DOES get a double (which isn't often), it's usually flapped down the line. Hopefully his power comes along like Matsui's, because I was expecting a little more than a slap hitter.

It's always good fun to hear people ask if a 29 year old player is "turning the corner".

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Why? Fielder's triple didn't get out of the park. It hit the yellow line I thought. It did.

Why? Fielder's triple didn't get out of the park.