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Velocity not a problem for Thompson there.
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I’m still not convinced that he and Vogelbach aren’t the same person.
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Little disappointed we’re not seeing more action on the base paths. I’d like to see Swanson moving here.
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Phew! (wipes brow) *Now* Stro has hit the IP over.
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Damn! I probably just jinxed him.
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Stro hit the IP over.
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Noice!!!
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Damn! Tellez is slow.
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You say 8th least, I say 8th most.
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Bellinger hits .250 with 25 hrs, plays top shelf D and is a 4.5+ WAR player. 1B/DH continues to be a black hole, with nobody ever stepping up to fill either spot. Cubs pitching staff ends up top 6 in the League in ERA.
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My pessimistic/optimistic take is that maybe everybody else will be so focused on Ohtani that the Cubs can sign Julio Urias for under market value.
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As an Illini fan, I’m not sorry to his backside heading out the door. He’s a really, really good offensive coach.
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Two absolutely epic at bats. Schwarber’s 12 pitch masterpiece versus Yu. Ohtani dominating Trout. 102 outside to set up that utterly filthy slider.
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i'd rather have the entirety of Purdue's season, without a second thought, because this of course includes those 2 accomplishments you listed and banners that are hung forever this thread is having a real atypical hot take fest re Purdue, sometimes stylistic bad matchups occur, that's part of the beauty of March Madness If Painter and Underwood keep getting their teams invited, one of these years, the match up dominoes will fall and they'll get a breakthrough win(s). Look at Izzo last year lost in the second round, the year before in the first four, this year MSU is in the Sweet Sixteen with a legit chance to make the Final Four. Purdue got to the Final Four as a 6 seed way back in 1980. Since then Purdue and Illinois have both consistently made the NCAAT and never had that Final Four run as a lower seed. Purdue got to an Elite 8 in 2000 as a #6 only to get knocked out by #8 Wisconsin on the way to the Final Four. Illinois just plain never seems to outplay its seed, only making deep runs when they’re a #1. Purdue’s amazingly only had two coaches during that time. Perhaps coaching is an issue there, but Illinois has been through several coaches, 4 of whom made deep runs as lower seeded teams in places other than Illinois. So I tend to chalk it up to fluky bad luck.
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If Randy Arozarena does some Randy Arozarena-style horsefeathers anything can happen.
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This is my take as well. Some of the post game comments from Hawkins, Shannon and RJ were telling. I think a lot were directed towards Mayer. Without a doubt, if Underwood was given another chance, I'm fairly certain he'd pass on both Clark and Mayer. Clark is already gone. Mayers is now out of eligibility. The entire rest of the team could theoretically be back. Shannon and Hawkins will both test the draft waters and there will probably be 2/3 transfers out/in. They really need a point guard. I don’t think they’re expecting a lot from the Italian kid and the other two recruits are both highly rated, but not pgs.
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On script so far. I hate them. They can jettison Mayer to the Moon right now, if I were Underwood I'd bury him on the bench. I'll bet if you asked Underwood if he's done with this team, you'd get a horsefeathers yeah! He didn’t play the last 12 minutes or so.
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Maybe he got drunk one night in Santo Domingo while playing Winter Ball.
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Sal Perez looking like an early favorite for tourney MVP. He’s knocking the ball all over the place.
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Watching Puerto Rico beat Nicaragua in the WBC at a road side shack while tossing back Medallas in Rincon, PR will go down as one of my favorite baseball memories.
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Is there a point where a Spring Training win streak becomes something to take any note of?
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Well Illinois is going to the NCAA tournament and because of the last 2 painful OT losses Michigan almost certainly isnt, so yes. But I have noticed that a ton from Illinois. Gotta be frustrating. 1st half # 103 Home +6.6 [glow=red]Away -3.2[/glow] 2nd Half # 11 Home +8.6 Away +2.1 Thanks for the links! That was from before the Purdue game. It’s even more stark now. It’s now -4.5 in the first half and +3.1 in the second half for away games. They have the #119 first half road differential and #8 second half.
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Would you trade Michigan’s end game collapses for Illinois’ seeming need to be punched in the face (almost literally) before they wake up and realize that there’s a game going on? They turned the ball over in their first 4 possessions and allowed Purdue to score in their first 5 to go down 11 points three minutes into the game, had to play catch up the rest of the way and end up losing by 5. I’m looking around the Internet to find Illinois’ first half vs second half point differentials. It’s got to be substantial.
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Well, the Illini are never boring.
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Reading between the lines on what’s been made public in the case: The accuser was intoxicated at a party. Patrick Kane was also at that party. Someone had sex with the accuser at the party. The accuser was probably not conscious enough to have given consent. Based on the DNA, Patrick Kane was probably not the person who had sex with her. Kane definitely lived a frat boy life during the first few years of his career. From what I’ve read, he started straightening out his off-ice habits after this incident.
