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The Bears Training Camp and Preseason Thread
Magnetic Curses replied to cubweiser03's topic in Other Sports
i really think that orton is ready to be a #2. i don't think he'll ever be a consistent starter in the nfl, but he's not a bad backup option if he's not playing too many games. -
what a pathetic showing. next time, don't even bother coming in at all. you just glimpsed a playoff team tonight, cubbies, and you ain't it.
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might i reiterate the point that iguchi is almost as big of a cub killer as the rest of the philly team.
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run into the wall, rowand. that ivy will pad you.
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another changeup, another wave.
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hamels looks like he could be related to matt leinart.
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no, hit him again.
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well, looks like victorino won't be there to throw every runner out at the plate tonight, if we get any runners close.
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hamels could throw only changeups from here on out and we'd look exactly the same against him. just sit on that changeup, it's going to come at about 83 mph and it's going to be on the outside corner. drill it the other way, he's going to throw it, you have to make him afraid to throw it before he stops.
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he should have hit him.
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lilly will drill hamels or come close right here, book it.
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Unless you let Howard kill you, their offense is hardly unstoppable, especially with Utley out of the lineup. burrell kills us, rowand kills us, iguchi always hits well against us, and it appears that rollins is going to be a tough out against us, too. i can remember the merry go round of slugging in that first series that the phils laid on us, i can't see it stopping now.
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they've always been choke artists down the stretch. that said, it's hard to see these guys having any bad days at the plate.
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whow calm down there tiger. i don't see either of our lefties beating this team, and these phillies just mind send marquis off to the asylum--which might not be a bad thing.
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still haven't gotten out burrell this season.
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this feels like a 4 game sweep already. this offense is unstoppable--without z to bring one home, it doesn't look good. every single philly hitter crushes against any of our pitchers.
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it's a good thing for the cubs that utley is out. this lineup is ridculous with him in it. with hamels pitching, beating the phillies is tough to do.
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hamels ain't as big as young, no way he was hitting lee there.
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hamels better not get that pitch. sutcliffe will absolutely let everyone know about it if he does.
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i ahevnt' read this threat...at all, but if standing pat right now means that we'll be able to sign zambrano long term, then i say we're fine this year. if hendry is unable to make a decent deal AND we lose z, i will be very very disappointed in all of this. but i like the idea of continuing to go with both marshall and hill in the rotation for the forseeable future--with pie in cf, cedeno at ss, and soto catching next season. i wouldn't mind finding a place for murton either, and that would balance out the roster and make the team somewhat affordable for the new ownership, if that's what they're looking for.
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The Bears Training Camp and Preseason Thread
Magnetic Curses replied to cubweiser03's topic in Other Sports
Olsen is amazing. He's basically a huge, tall, fast WR out there. I didn't think a guy that big could move & catch like that. If we can only get his blocking to average, he's going to be a monster no question in my mind. Rex has looked very, very sharp in all the practices I've watched. Hester had a few drops in practice yesterday though. Wolfe sat out his second practice, he was in just a shirt & shorts yesterday. They practiced in full pads for the first time, but the hitting was still @ less than full speed. Lovie is easing them in, which IMO is smart with a veteran team like this. Our defensive depth this year is going to be just sick! 8-) How many teams can say they've got Super Bowl starters on the bench?? i'm wondering if olsen is going to be a matt jones-type guy for us. that wouldn't be at all bad. other than the fact they're both white, they seem to be somehwat similar, although jones is a touch faster. -
and admittedly, i know next to nothing about elvis.
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yeah, but he just traded a very valuable, long term-inexpensive commodity for a guy who's due to make a killing. yes, a jones's deal is up and he'll be more than replacing that production next year--but i think salty is an all-star sooner than later. both teams got what they wanted. But unlike a lot of trade deadline deals for guys about to break the bank, he traded for a guy whom he still controls through next year. Tex in Atlanta is pretty huge. He is still very much in his prime, unlike the guys in their 30's we hear about being in their prime. You're talking about taking your worst performing position on the roster and possibly turning it into top 5 territory. It would be like the Cubs getting Jeter to fill the SS problem, although a much younger Jeter who isn't a liability with the glove. oh, i'm not saying he got taken on this one, far from it. i just think that both teams got what they wanted, even if schuerholz comes out ahead over the long term as well. texas was not going to sign tex long-term, and they get a young starter to ease the finacial burden significantly over the next several years.
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oh no doubt, the mechanics of his swing are absolutely a thing of beauty to watch. he gets amazing plate coverage and whip out of those long, skinny arms. one of the reasons he swings at that outside slider is that he's very adept at taking that outside fastball to the opposite field bleachers. i just wish his pitch recognition were better, there's got to be some sort of trick he can learn, maybe he can wear those contacts or something.
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If you're the Cubs you would. the sox have soured on anderson, who could benefit from a change, iand dye is gone after the season, why not improve their bullpen with a reliever who can actually get people out on occassion? I would think it would take more to get Dye then Wuertz. i don't think so. besides, fontenot's trade value is higher than anderson's right now. i know the sox like richard, but i don't, and think he'll be the next major disappointment on the south side.