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It was. That's what happens to a crushed ball in Petco. No lie. youve probably seen way more padres games than me, so ill gladly go along with you i dont see how either teams scores tonight now, though

castilla is old i thought that ball was crushed

I STILL LOVE YOU BELLHORN

Thanks for taking our questions, David! http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_430911.jpg Have you seen your mugshot on Cubs.com? Were you being funny, or are you just such a cRaZy guy that you look like this all the time? Do your teammates ever give you trouble about this kind of thing?

if i saw dusty on the street i would seriously consider challenging him to a fight what a dumpy lineup

last years team was too reliant on home runs this years team is too reliant on the opposing defense making four straight errors

the fact that the cubs probably really do think that doug mientkiewicz is a sensical answer despite putting up 240/322/407 line last year is rather disheartening

all those people who like tim thomas could probably all come back and make their case again

do you really think that many pithers make a habit of asking out of games? if not, why does it matter if they think 6 good innings makes a good start? i'm sure all major leaguers think 7 good innings is better than 6 good innings. i'm not seeing these starts where a pitcher makes it through 6 innings with a low pitch count and then decides that's good enough so he comes out. if you're advocating the notion that pitchers should ignore pitch counts and instead pitch deep into every game without exception, well, we aren't going to agree much here.

They also didn't wear helmets back in the day, and faced several terrible hitters in just about every lineup that they didn't have to bear down for. tonight on WGN, david kaplan talked to Kevin Tapani, and they talked about pitch counts....he said that when he pitched, it was expected of them to make it 8 innings to not let the team down, now a good outing is comsidered 6 innings or so, and you cant say that money has nothing to do with it, i dont care if they wore helmets or not, baseball is big business and the team wants to protect the investment..... Kevin Tapani? I thought all the "we pitched deep every game or we were wimps" talk was revisionist history, this just proves it. Tapani was crap. career W-L---143-125 = better than average...or crap as you call it...either way...that does not discount the fact that starters were expected to pitch 8 innings back then and now 6 innings is considered a good outing... and i know all about set up guys and all that stuff...im just saying... kevin tapani started 354 games he came in as a reliever in 7 games let's give him the benefit of the doubt and just pretend those 7 games don't exist. this will result in his ip/start being slightly higher, as he's getting those relief innings counted in with his starting innings. 2265 career innings pitched / 354 starts = 6.39 innings pitched per start kevin tapani = huge wimp

if that's what they're doing, i wish they'd started being careful with him a long time ago. 2002, maybe.

They also didn't wear helmets back in the day, and faced several terrible hitters in just about every lineup that they didn't have to bear down for. tonight on WGN, david kaplan talked to Kevin Tapani, and they talked about pitch counts....he said that when he pitched, it was expected of them to make it 8 innings to not let the team down, now a good outing is comsidered 6 innings or so, and you cant say that money has nothing to do with it, i dont care if they wore helmets or not, baseball is big business and the team wants to protect the investment..... Horrible post. Come on, don't even try to tell me that everything would have played out the same if everything that happened to Prior happened to Rusch instead....no freaking way. i don't really know what you mean there at all i just didn't like the post because the implication that prior is choosing not to pitch because he's so rich seems silly to me.

and there ought to be. right now of all times it's not nice to show up and let us know how good it is to be a fan of our rival team.

They also didn't wear helmets back in the day, and faced several terrible hitters in just about every lineup that they didn't have to bear down for. tonight on WGN, david kaplan talked to Kevin Tapani, and they talked about pitch counts....he said that when he pitched, it was expected of them to make it 8 innings to not let the team down, now a good outing is comsidered 6 innings or so, and you cant say that money has nothing to do with it, i dont care if they wore helmets or not, baseball is big business and the team wants to protect the investment..... Horrible post.

Only if we don't score 7. then aramis isnt a problem cause we seem to a score a run every 12 innings so if the pitching could just not give up anything for that long we'd win everyday

also the fact that we give up like 6 runs every day that's a problem too

If only he was an effective pinch hitter. .123/.247/.200 makes Jose Macias look like Bonds. 123/247/200 as a ph in 63 at bats 253/361/463 as not a ph in 802 at bats does it really make sense to go ahead and decide he's not a good pinch hitter based on these limited numbers? Maybe not, but what is there to show he can be an asset off the bench other then assuming he can? He may improve at it with experience, but do we want to provide him with it? his career numbers show that he'd likely be an asset of the bench.

If only he was an effective pinch hitter. .123/.247/.200 makes Jose Macias look like Bonds. 123/247/200 as a ph in 63 at bats 253/361/463 as not a ph in 802 at bats does it really make sense to go ahead and decide he's not a good pinch hitter based on these limited numbers?

He has a TV, and he has watched the Cubs. A very intelligent man. hahahahahha

i used the phrase "nigh impossible" all the time and people always tell me that nigh isn't a word i know im right though

the cubs should score runs sometimes too then maybe if the pitcher forgot what he was doing and gave up more than one run we'd still have a chance

steve stone should come back and make more inaccurate predictions which he immediately follows up with a refusal to admit he was wrong despite multiple replays that conclusively prove that he was

chip is horrible and i detest him len is wonderful and i love him

hahahahah mark loretta for josh bard good call

WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE SUNDAY my biggest final is monday morning AND i have an essay due monday afternoon, the prompt for which i will not be given until 24 hours before it is due. there's no way i can go. blah.