Cubs vs. Pirates, 8 September 2009
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No walker again?
Ok, say what you want about being tired of me wanting to see Neil play, but is it just me or is everyone else sick of seeing LaRoche start. Why is’nt Neil getitng a chance to show what he can do, and possibly show he can take the starting job for next year? Just seems stupid not to play him, and much like beating a dead horse with starting LaRoche every night.
It's just you.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Sep 8, 2009 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions
so you enjoy watching someone hit .240 with NO power, and has absolutely no chance of ever hitting a curveball out of the infield?
by FusilliJerry88 on Sep 8, 2009 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions
No,
I’m much more intruiged by LaRoche’s potential than Walker’s.
You need to get used to dissenting opinions, my friend…
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by cocktailsfor2 on Sep 8, 2009 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions
hey buddy, are you still intruiged by LaRoches potential over Walkers? Atleast Walker would’ve made that routine play…
by FusilliJerry88 on Sep 8, 2009 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions
(yawn)
Please – don’t project what he WOULD have done…
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by cocktailsfor2 on Sep 8, 2009 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions
He is NOT....
getting the starting job next year. Maybe in July if everything were to break right for him and wrong for LaRoche, but it just isn’t happening in April.
Agree, barring injury/trade
LaRoche will at least be getting the majority of starts in April/May
Show me a guy whos afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time. -Lou Brock
I will say the same thing I said earlier this year:
“Milton Bradley? AH-HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”
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don't know if he coudl've gotten to either of those
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by cocktailsfor2 on Sep 8, 2009 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Everything I'm hearing on radio side...
says that LaRoche should have had at least the ball ARam hit.
perhaps, if he dove...
but it would’ve still been a single.
I’m watching, and Cedeno barely got to it.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Sep 8, 2009 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Then...
Blass and Brown are full of crap…because they BOTH said he should have had it…and that it should have been a double play.
They are estimating...
it was in the hole.
Again, the first 4-5 hits have all been seeing-eye types. Even the WGN teevee guys are sying it.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Sep 8, 2009 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Cockboy what TV are you watching? are you nuts? It went right under his glove without having to dive; meaning it definetely was’nt in the hole….
by FusilliJerry88 on Sep 8, 2009 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Watch with the Name-calling.
Seriously.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Sep 8, 2009 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Sorry to disagree...
I just saw the replay on Lameday…LaRoche HAS to catch that ball. I’m sure he’ll tell you he should have had it.
Not saying he couldn't have.
But I don’t think it was hit hard enough for him to get up & make the play.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Sep 8, 2009 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Tails...
LaRoche was never anywhere near the ground.
fair enough.
not worth continuing.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Sep 8, 2009 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions
However..
on the radio side they also surmised that the ball hit the grass and didn’t take the last hop up like it should have and thus is stayed down and didn’t come up to Andy’s glove like most fielders would have judged it do.
Now… if you have quick cat-like reflexes, you might……make that adjustment, but i’ve seen balls take funny hops before based on the fields so…… i’m more inclined to go with the ball just didn’t come up and slid on the grass portion of the field. (hit a pot hole or something).
I cannot figure it out either
put Robinzon Diaz at third for god sakes
by FusilliJerry88 on Sep 8, 2009 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions
At this point...
I’d ALMOST rather see Bixler at 3B.
EVERY one of these things
are seeing-eye hits, none hit barely hard enuf to clear the infield.
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first one.
Every other one has been a dink.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Sep 8, 2009 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Not gonna happen
he threw 100 pitches last night.
Arnie..
Seen leaving the building in a Cubs jersey..
At this point...
chances of avoiding 100 losses…very slim.
Holy horsecrap.
I started Duke in my H2H league. And it’s the playoffs. And I started Clayton Richard (6 ER, 4IP) yesterday.
Screwed.
Hey, an out is an out - unless you're Mario, in which case it's probably two outs. -UtesFan89
LaRoche, Jones, Milledge, Duke, Ohlendorf
All on my team.
20-team leagues. (sigh)
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Is he really injured? It could be that the Cubs are just protecting him, since the game has already been decided.
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He was
having it stretched in the dugout.
Wouldn’t be surprised to see him sit a game or two, since the Cubs are out of it.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Sep 8, 2009 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Damn good thing...
I’ve got the bye this week in the playoffs. Duke would have blown up my pitching stats that inning.
There's a case for Jones/Alvarez/Clement at first over Pearce.
Jones – 6’4"
Alvarez – 6’3"
Clement – 6’1"
Pearce – 5’11"(!)
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Funny...
Steve Garvey was 5’10". He did alright at 1B.
C'mon, now...
Lopes, Buckner & Cey were better than Vazquez, Cedeno & Luigi
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by cocktailsfor2 on Sep 8, 2009 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions
erm...Russell, not Buckner.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Sep 8, 2009 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Garvey!!
Garvey needed a f******g oar to hit the f*****g ball today (laughter), that’s how f*****g bad he was – their f*****g pitches were. I’ll tell ya, he’d have made a f*****g great f*****g cricket player, hitting the ball on one f*****g bounce. I’ll tell ya, that’s a f*****g crime.
From the truly great tirades of Tommy Lasorda
This one is right up there with “Niagra Falls. Slowly I turned.”
Fatso had a LOT of 'em.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Sep 8, 2009 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Eh...
Garvey was a little more talented than Pearce. I’m not making the argument that size should disqualify Pearce at first, but his shortness sure-as-heck doesn’t help us or him.
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No sheaut.
Garvey had forearms like most people’s calves.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Sep 8, 2009 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Not even tuning in for this one
but HOLY CRAP 7 runs in the first… Seriously… :(
I'm droppin' flava, my behavior is hereditary--but my technique is very necessary.
So, just got here. How is the game going tonig - OMG!!!!
I guess maybe Ollie is the ace of this staff.
I think so.
I read something about his development a few days ago, and that since Kerrigan completed a two-step process with him, his numbers has improved drastically from earlier in the year.
For my part, though, a sub-4 ERA is fine from Ollie. Anything else is gravy.
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good one.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Sep 8, 2009 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Violet Capps
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by cocktailsfor2 on Sep 8, 2009 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s a good thing this blog has so many Johnny-on-the-spots with pics/cracks, especially C42.
This place would really suck now otherwise.
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Merci...
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by cocktailsfor2 on Sep 8, 2009 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions
According to Gameday
Cutch was pitched around. Maybe one of those six pitches was a sure strike.
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nope.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Sep 8, 2009 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice!
Catching the hanging fastball from Ryan “I’m a John Smoltz wannabe” Dempster.
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Darn straight
I can only imagine us having lost 17-0 yesterday.
Horrifying, and yet hilarious in some sickening way.
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STILL
almost had him. D. Lee is no speedster…
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by cocktailsfor2 on Sep 8, 2009 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Isn't it wonderful...
how the Pirates Radio Network has a habit of coming back from commercial…AFTER the first pitch of the inning. Hoffpauir’s ball had already landed in the seats before Brown got back.
Could be worse...
you could be watching it.
:-(
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by cocktailsfor2 on Sep 8, 2009 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd rather watch baseball.
OW.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Sep 8, 2009 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Fortunately...
WGN America isn’t covering this game…then I’d feel I had to watch it. It’s like watching a train wreck you know is going to happen.
Just noted on the WGN broadcast...
Cards with top 3 starters in wins…
Wainwright 17
Carpenter 16
Piniero 14.
wow.
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and NONE
of them going to the playoffs.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Sep 8, 2009 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Heh.
Those three have more than half of their team’s wins?
THAT’S a front on the rotation.
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Yeah...
and those 3 have only 7 wins less than our entire pitching staff.
They’ve got a decent shot at catching us then, huh?
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They'd probably need to win the rest of their starts.
But…I can’t rule it out…because we aren’t going to win 10 the rest of the season.
JR utilizes the double switch!
Consider the world at an end, also.
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Interesting...
The home-plate seats waittress just walked down, and NOBODY ordered a drink.
Me, I’d be drowning about now.
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no see...
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by cocktailsfor2 on Sep 8, 2009 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I just used the scripted window.
Try HTMLing it?
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will try
my other computer
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by cocktailsfor2 on Sep 8, 2009 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions
damn.
still nuffin.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Sep 8, 2009 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Hmmm.
Kudos to Demp for that spirited AB by a pitcher.
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McCutchen has strung together a bit of a slump for this month
Gotta snap out of it.
by dulciusEXasperis on Sep 8, 2009 8:52 PM EDT reply actions
We could use Diaz in center!
Is very exciting.
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Did we just get Jeff Baker out?
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Probably not
I doubt the Eric Hacker experiment would go much better, anyway.
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Seriously? Where did he come from?
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Illinois.
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by cocktailsfor2 on Sep 8, 2009 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions
heh
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by cocktailsfor2 on Sep 8, 2009 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Ohhhh...yeahhhh...
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Neil Walker
is batting 1.000 in this game.
Just sayin’.
And Andy is sitting at .333.
I think we know who our 3B of the future is now!
Hey, an out is an out - unless you're Mario, in which case it's probably two outs. -UtesFan89
For the moment...
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here comes GORZO.
Let’s make him feel at home…
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by cocktailsfor2 on Sep 8, 2009 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions
so does he.
But it’s full-sized…
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by cocktailsfor2 on Sep 8, 2009 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Looks like Dumatrait
has been fighting Capps for elbow room at the buffet…
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rock on, amigo!
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by cocktailsfor2 on Sep 8, 2009 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions
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