Magnetic Curses

i think that marshall should be actively shopped, if he hasn't been already. sending him to the minors might decrease his perceived value. then again, other clubs should know that he won't make the big club anyway so it might not have a huge effect. but i don't see marshall having much of any part in the cubs' future.

:cheers: Another good decision by Lou. i'm suspicious of the reason why they will be sharing, though. murton needs to play everyday, lou! hendry, please, give jones away if you have to.

well, we can just say that it's debateable and that neither team was clearly better. UW won the big game, but if played 10 more times, who knows? BTW-UW is my 2nd favorite college team, though. i lived right next door to the campus for 3 years. I think what helps them a lot is Brandon Roy is the only guy on either team from last season that could take over the game. no kidding, but i'd still contend that having one very good player doesn't necessarily give you the advantage over another team if the other team is well coached. that said, i think romar outcoached weber down the stretch in that one.

well, we can just say that it's debateable and that neither team was clearly better. UW won the big game, but if played 10 more times, who knows? BTW-UW is my 2nd favorite college team, though. i lived right next door to the campus for 3 years.

Lorenzo Romar said the same thing, didn't work out as well for U-Dub. I can't believe Stanford is on the bubble. ETA: Stanford struggled after they lost their PG Anthony Goods. His first game back was against USC in their OT tournament loss. UW's worse than illinois, though. damn, we should have beaten them last year in the tourney! This year? Yeah. Not last year. Look out for U-Dub next year if Hawes comes back (and Romar realizes having the two best post-up guys in the Pac-10 might be more conducive to half court offense). illinois was better last year, too. the refs handed that game to the huskies. they were in the bonus seemingly the whole second half. still, illinois should have been able to hold that 11 point lead.

mike marshall is a quack. his own mechanics worked for him, but to my knowledge, no other major league pitcher has ever subscribed to his mechanical philosophies. from what i understand, he turns high school pitchers into great students, though.

Lorenzo Romar said the same thing, didn't work out as well for U-Dub. I can't believe Stanford is on the bubble. ETA: Stanford struggled after they lost their PG Anthony Goods. His first game back was against USC in their OT tournament loss. UW's worse than illinois, though. damn, we should have beaten them last year in the tourney!

classic bruce weber quote to his team before the BTT.

same school that illini bball recruit quinton watkins goes to. i wonder if they're friends.

Not angry... more like just sick of trying to justify. I should be use to KSU getting no respect by now, but I just can't seem to let it go and sit back and just see what happens. Passionate fan I guess.... just relax, it doesn't matter.

looks like we have a very angry KSU fan on the board for some reason....... anyway, the illini pull it out again without really doing anything of note. i don't understand how this team wins, they can't put the ball in the basket at all. they may be the best ugly team in the country, i have to salute weber for getting all he can out of a team with chet frazier at point guard.

players i would try to package: miller jones marshall that should be enough to bring us something decent.

and his arm disintegrated eventually. i'd rather semardzioijdoidohwhdpwa NOT put that kind of strain on his elbow.

didn't teahen have shoulder surgery in the offseason? that may have something to do with his move as well.

i'll wrap up what i've said in a few posts in this thread and others: the pitch that sets everything up for prior is his 2-seem fastball, which he throws in the 88-92 neighborhood. this pitch, when he throws it effectively, has good downward movement. a hitter has a difficult time picking up the difference between it and his 4-seemer, which he throws at 94-95 in the zone. when he's not throwing the 2-seemer effectively, hitters know it and sit on his 4-seemer, which doesn't move as much and is primarily used to keep hitters honest under optimal conditions. last season, it looked like prior was throwing the 4-seemer at it's regular velocity without problem. well, i shouldn't say "without problem" because there was a very big problem, he couldn't throw anything else for strikes. none of his uniquely nasty pitches were working, and he had to rely on gas to get the ball over. any pitcher can rely on the hard stuff, though, it simply made him a bad pitcher capable of hitting the mid-90's on the gun. what my point is: don't worry about velocity. it will be there, he'll work it back up and will be firing the ball in the mid-to-low 90's fairly soon. what SHOULD scare you is the possibility that his "special" pitches won't come back, and that has nothing to do with what he displayed in his first outing--it was just that, his first live performance after a long layoff. give him some time to get a feel for his pitches, if he can't, then it will be a long year for him. thankfully, we have contingencies.

again, prior's problem appears to be location, not velocity. if he can't throw his 2-seemer effectively, then his 4-seemer is going to get hit hard and often.

http://www.cincypost.com/2004/12/21/12-21-2004_3045901.jpg that's not a head shot, that's a Holy Icon. a virgin must die on this night. TruffleShuffle? i was thinking more along the lines of a certain ball state student.

so, they could franchise briggs and he could keep holding out until he's too poor to miss work anymore. i love it, let's do it.

http://www.cincypost.com/2004/12/21/12-21-2004_3045901.jpg that's not a head shot, that's a Holy Icon. a virgin must die on this night.

it's impossible to look at ohman's picture and not laugh. and as far as i can tell, the hilarity of it is not wearing off at all.

gordon is more gifted offensively than mr. zero, he's stronger, faster, a better shooter, and more athletic, it's just a matter of getting consistency from him. i feel the consistency will come with more experience. this is just the tip of the iceberg.

because his velocity wasn't the problem last season. nor will it be this season. people can calm down. if he's hurt, it probably won't show in his velocity, it will show when he gets lit up in every single game because his pitches aren't moving.

it's really a marvel of human ingenuity that this team is in any position to get to the tourney at all. they can't score points, isn't that key in winning basketball games? they have absolutely no players, bruce has done an outstanding job covering up the weaknesses on this team. now he just needs to recruit.

we could have traded them some arms.....like dempster, he's still good, right?

i forget what game it was, but todd ritchie had a 120 mph slider in a playstation game.