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That's very close to being extremely funny. I just happened to have spent the night with a friend who's parents died (or were killed) when he was young. He didn't find it very funny, but I got a good laugh out of it. Not sure what that means... take it for what it's worth. ?
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If what I've heard about him from a former college teammate is true, this might be hush money. Wessel?
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The picture was much better than I expected. It wasn't HD but wasn't close to as bad as regular SD looks on my 50" plasma. It was basically the same quality you would get watching SD on your regular tube. Hopefully the wind picks up tomorrow.
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The only time you learn anything from the summer league is when a player shows that they're completely overmatched and need a couple years (or will be a bust).
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Why, are you just watching the replay? As long as I can remember it's been live. Typically it's my favorite tournament to watch all year. Last year at this time I didn't have HD so it wasn't an issue. This stinks but oh well. I'll probably just watch most of it on my older SD tv.
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7/13: Home Run Derby Thread
hawkeyecub replied to Cynosure's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Hey Braun, Prince is obviously done with you. You already hugged him. Stop trying to mug for the cameras and pat him on the back for 2 straight minutes. -
Lous a freaking idiot Part 2 2009 season
hawkeyecub replied to Keener98's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Did you just want to post in this thread? It was a good move. If nothing else it was nice to see a manager get away from having to manage by the book and go with an unconventional move in a fairly big game. -
Alright we need to win this [expletive] game now. Seriously that half inning (after the bases were loaded) was [expletive] awesome.
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Whatever, this is awesome if only for the unconventionalness (is that a word?). I know Cox has done it before, but I give Lou kudos for having the balls to go for it.
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Odds that you would have given me on Jake Fox catching and Sean Marshall playing LF in the 8th inning of an important game with the division leader right before the All-Star break?
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I really hope this works and Lou looks like a genuis, if only because I had no idea what the hell he was doing.
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So we have Fox catching Marmol with the bases loaded and 0 outs and Sean Marshall playing LF. Was Reed killed between games?
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Wait, what?
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You're [expletive] kidding me
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It was nice when I thought Alfonso started to get a better feel of the strike zone earlier today. Then the last two AB's happened.
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why can't you post it anymore? Fred won't allow it.
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4 run lead, will stay in defensively. Possible squeeze with Fuld at 3rd and Blanco batting.
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Just no DP here Koyie. Strikeout and at least we get Lee batting with bases loaded. WOW! Hit 38 balls at Pujols and eventually he'll boot one.
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Wow, there's a break.
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Wish he would have caught that ball.
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Wainwright has gone 17.1 in his last two starts allowing only 1 run though. Yeah I wish Fox would have been patient but at least he swung at a thigh-high fastball over the plate. Lou has no confidence in Fontenot.
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Milton, please get yourself an RBI.
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My guess is he stays in to face Rasmus but then Marmol comes in for Pujols and Ludwick. Another nice inning from Sean.
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He was hurt for most of last year too. This year, he has had really poor command and everything has been up in the zone compared to last year. I guess I'm saying that an injured Rich Harden is still a hell of a pitcher and I think he'll be fine. Shame we never get to see him completely healthy though, because he's the best pitcher in MLB IMO. His current stuff isn't good enough to get away with consistently missing his spots by a wide margin. As Ping said, he's leaving everything up this year. When he's missing the zone he's missing so badly that he's not getting a lot of chasing and when he's throwing strikes he's not getting the ball down. Friday everything was belt high, up on a tee.
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We'll miss his talent. Physically at least, he's a beast. Iowa is in decent shape with another 4 star TE but this dude looks like a freak. Illinois going from being out of the picture a couple months ago to earning his commitment because he thought the coaches were guys he would like to hang out with is fairly odd though. And I would submit that by his junior year the Zooker is out of Champaign. because he gets fired or leaves for another job? the only way i see him getting canned that quickly is for recruiting violations. true. i'd rather the illini have talent than have none but have a great tactical coach. with talent, you always have a shot at winning and your team is generally fun to watch. i don't want to go back to the days of turner, not that he was a great tactical coach, but that's what illinois will get, unless they can lure brewster away from minny. I'm the opposite in football. In college basketball there's a higher rate of success for teams with just talent than in football. Off the top of my head, look at Miami, FSU, Tennessee, Clemson and Nebraska in recent years. There are a lot more variables in football recruiting than basketball. And you do not want Brewster. He is an absolute joke.
