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I thought it was kthxbai!

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by TheJay on Jun 3, 2008 9:37 PM CDT   0 recs

It's clearly from a newspaper

Consider it akin to Tom Haudricourt’s evil corporate version of LOLCATS.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 3, 2008 9:39 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Trenni: Randy Johnson was unhittable early. What changed in the sixth?

Braun: Nothing, really. I’m just a superstar, baby. I just really want to kiss you right now.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 3, 2008 9:41 PM CDT   0 recs

Obviously fictional

Braun doesn’t announce his intentions, he makes them happen.

"My thing is that you guys eat meat all day and you can't hit a ball. That's my thing." - P. Fielder

by SRB on Jun 3, 2008 10:45 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Can you imagine?

That would be funny. Of course, being FSN, the camera guys will have missed it.

Speaking of camera guys, we sat behind them a few years ago. I don’t know if they all did this, but one in particular, when there wasn’t action on the field, he’s use the camera to scope out hot girls. I don’t think it was for the filler images in between pitches either - I got the impression it was for his own amusement. A little creepy.

"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"

by roguejim on Jun 4, 2008 9:14 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

They do more than scope

When I used to live in Valpo back in the early 90’s I remember Steve and Gary from the Loop talking about a tape the camera crew at Soxs Park had sent them. Lets just say it would have been rated M for Mature if it was a video game lol

I guess a lot goes on in the Upper Decks lol.

Its all about the Bullpen this season that is the key.

by WSB Chris on Jun 4, 2008 11:59 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Vasgersian is on

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 3, 2008 9:50 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

jinx

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by dixieflatline on Jun 3, 2008 9:51 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm with you

For now at least

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by dixieflatline on Jun 3, 2008 9:50 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

So a lot of people miss Daron

Anyone miss Matty?

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by dixieflatline on Jun 3, 2008 9:51 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I do

I don’t miss Daron at all. I like Brian okay, better than his unctuous predecessor.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 3, 2008 9:55 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

i will always miss matty

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by Michael M on Jun 3, 2008 10:38 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Marquis is not great

He could implode here. The problem is can the Padres hold down the Cub offense? They have just been on fire.

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by dixieflatline on Jun 3, 2008 9:52 PM CDT   0 recs

Seems like the Cubs get behind by a run or two in every game

2-0, 3-2, etc, but come back to win every time, usually involving doubles by Mark DeRosa and Geovany Soto.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 3, 2008 9:56 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

So slightly off topic

I made a plot of the strike zone on 0-2 pitches and 3-0 pitches. Quite different.

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by dixieflatline on Jun 3, 2008 9:54 PM CDT   0 recs

what a great freaking night

get done watching the speech to find out the Crew reeled off five more runs and win in a blowout!

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by warwick5s on Jun 3, 2008 9:57 PM CDT   1 recs

G&T for me

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 3, 2008 10:00 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

2-0 now

RBI single by Gonzalez. I guess the Cubs have the Padres right where they want them.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 3, 2008 10:02 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

By the way

Remember when Adrian Gonzalez was a bust?

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 3, 2008 10:03 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Thing of the talent the rangers have given away for nothing

Pronk, Gonzalez, this list goes on.

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by dixieflatline on Jun 3, 2008 10:07 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I just looked at gameday. Marquis is in the 60s after three. That bullpen has to blow a gasket eventually.

by ol Pete on Jun 3, 2008 10:04 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

He is on my fantasy team

and it sure seems like it’s been blown for his last couple appearances.

"He's been very, very impressive," Yost said. "I mean really impressive. I mean really, really impressive."

by MadJimiBrewha on Jun 3, 2008 10:07 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I have a no Cub policy

And I sincerely hope it continues blowing at least until next week.

I have too much time to get anything done

by mschroeder on Jun 3, 2008 10:24 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

To clarify my poor subject-verb continuity:

And I sincerely hope Marmol’s right shoulder continues blowing…

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by mschroeder on Jun 3, 2008 10:27 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh, damn

You just got Braun really excited.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 3, 2008 10:29 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Ha.

Is Braun as seemingly doggish as Hall? If so, it’s just another reason to love him.

I have too much time to get anything done

by mschroeder on Jun 3, 2008 10:39 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I do too

But I had an auto-draft and was away from my computer during the draft… and took Soriano… I just finalized a trade for David Ortiz straight up, and this is what happens!

The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.

by Kyguy922 on Jun 3, 2008 10:33 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I play MadJimiBrewha this week.

Hence, I have added motivation for Marmol to continue scuffling.

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by mschroeder on Jun 3, 2008 10:41 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

as long as my offense continues to flatline

I don’t think you have anything to worry about

"He's been very, very impressive," Yost said. "I mean really impressive. I mean really, really impressive."

by MadJimiBrewha on Jun 3, 2008 10:45 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I'll trade

I’ll swap one of my three true outcome players for some speed. If we used BAvg instead of OPS, my offense would be hurting too.

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by mschroeder on Jun 3, 2008 10:50 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

baseball tonight hatin on the Brewers

They don’t show any of their homers in their “touch them all” feature. For web gems, they show Johnson bare handing and of course extended feature on RJs strikeout history.

by ol Pete on Jun 3, 2008 10:07 PM CDT   0 recs

Dear god

Huntsville scored 15 runs tonight. The damage:

Brantley: 3-6, 2 R, 1 RBI
Escobar: 3-6, 3 R
Gamel: 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 2B, 2 BB
Salome: 3-4, 3 R, 6 RBI, 1 HR, 2 BB
LaPorta: 3-5, 2 R, 1 RBI, 3 2B, 1 BB
Gillespie: 3-5, 3 RBI, 1 2B, 1 BB

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 3, 2008 10:08 PM CDT   0 recs

and only 1 HR

always nice to see runs scored without the longball

"He's been very, very impressive," Yost said. "I mean really impressive. I mean really, really impressive."

by MadJimiBrewha on Jun 3, 2008 10:10 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

What a team

Most of those guys I expected to hit but Escobar? What a big leap forward he has taken with the bat.

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by dixieflatline on Jun 3, 2008 10:09 PM CDT   0 recs

as Trenni would say

“hitting is contagious.”

"He's been very, very impressive," Yost said. "I mean really impressive. I mean really, really impressive."

by MadJimiBrewha on Jun 3, 2008 10:10 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

and as Ryan Braun would say

“Stop talking and finish.”

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 3, 2008 10:13 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

ha

"He's been very, very impressive," Yost said. "I mean really impressive. I mean really, really impressive."

by MadJimiBrewha on Jun 3, 2008 10:15 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

It's especially the power that's encouraging

I mean, I think he could be a .280-.300 hitter, but I doubt he’s a .340 hitter. If he can slug over .400 at the big league level, though, that would be great.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 3, 2008 10:12 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

yeah

He use to be really young for his league but not so much anymore. Good to see him hitting for some power.

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by dixieflatline on Jun 3, 2008 10:14 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

2-1 now

I am sick of all these fans cheering for the cubs when they are on the road. Why do people love that team so much? Seriously for a long time they were just a cash cow for the tribune and even now they are trying to bleed a ton of money from selling them.

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by dixieflatline on Jun 3, 2008 10:19 PM CDT   0 recs

The Cubs and Cub-love disturb me greatly

Want to go bury a Fielder jersey underneath home plate at Wrigley while they’re out of town?

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 3, 2008 10:21 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

(hi cwyers)

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 3, 2008 10:21 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I share the sick feeling

I live in the Gaslamp (downtown San Diego). Thus, I have been surrounded by Cubs fans the last two evenings, leading me to boo each one I meet on the street. Even the Padres radio announcers (somewhat annoying themselves) commented on how Cubs fans are intolerable.

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by mschroeder on Jun 3, 2008 10:36 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Couple of comments from D-backs world

Gracie and Sutt making fun of McClung and how the dbacks can’t hit him…

and later

Are you kidding me? Braun looked like Peter Pan on that one…dbacks luck just sucks right now…

by ol Pete on Jun 3, 2008 10:21 PM CDT   0 recs

I would feel pretty much the same about McClung

I mean he has no history of pitching well and they were hitting some balls hard there.

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by dixieflatline on Jun 3, 2008 10:26 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I don’t know if I would make fun of him though, especially if my team was being held down.

I had to laugh at the Peter Pan comment though.

by ol Pete on Jun 3, 2008 10:29 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

You missed this one:

We gotta shell McClung

Hung out with him in Hawaii for a week and at the end he made a pass at the gf.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 4, 2008 12:09 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Jamie, please confirm

"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"

by roguejim on Jun 4, 2008 12:43 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I miss local commercials on mlb.tv

What was that car one from Miami?

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 3, 2008 10:22 PM CDT   0 recs

Oh yeah:

Who you gonna call?

Ma-roo-ne!

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 3, 2008 10:23 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

So speaking of potential trading partners

I wonder if the Royals might be willing to give up Zack Greinke? He is getting kind of close to becoming expensive and they could use some of our prospects. Greinke seems like a guy Maddux would work well with.

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by dixieflatline on Jun 3, 2008 10:24 PM CDT   0 recs

I'd love him

but I think he’s a guy the Royals wouldn’t give up very easily. They’d probably require a good position player from Huntsville in a deal.

Whenever prince is at first, he should charge the mound and yell "MEAT!"

by jihad on Jun 3, 2008 10:28 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

But man an arm like his would look really good in the rotation

That said, the rotation has been incredible lately.

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by dixieflatline on Jun 3, 2008 10:29 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

If only we had some of those

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 3, 2008 10:30 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

9 to the 9th power of them, if my math is correct

Whenever prince is at first, he should charge the mound and yell "MEAT!"

by jihad on Jun 3, 2008 10:35 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

9^2, not 9^9

8*9, really. It just seems like 387,420,489.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 3, 2008 10:46 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

My uncle

Worked with Zach in Kansas City and says he has never seen an athlete who cares less than he does… he didn’t understand why coaches kept trying to fix his form, and why he had to go to games on days he didn’t pitch, he had to see sports psychologists and seems like the type of guy that could retire perfectly healthy at the age of 27… isn’t a headcase, but just didn’t seem to get it… but as long as he performs, I guess I wouldn’t mind

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by Kyguy922 on Jun 3, 2008 10:37 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Is he still like that?

I have heard he has gotten a lot better about that. I also have heard that he really knows how to pitch. But you never really know about a player like that.

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by dixieflatline on Jun 3, 2008 10:40 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I think he suffered from social anxiety order

Was the diagnosis, he was better when he came back… But he still doesn’t interact much with teammates from what I understand… but he has been better at taking directions from coaches

The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.

by Kyguy922 on Jun 3, 2008 10:41 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I mean you have to think carefully about trading the farm

But how long is the window going to be open? This will be the last year of Sheets most likely and our young players are going to be getting expensive pretty soon.

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by dixieflatline on Jun 3, 2008 10:38 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Back to the Cubs

Obviously they are off to a great start but maybe there is trouble brewing for them. Rich Hill can’t throw strikes in AAA even. Lilly and Marquis have been having trouble. Gallagher is a 5th starter at best. Dempster hasn’t thrown a ton of innings the last few years so he could tire as the season goes on.

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by dixieflatline on Jun 3, 2008 10:31 PM CDT   0 recs

interesting

the espn post game show is on time warner sports…but i’m watchin’ cubs game

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by Michael M on Jun 3, 2008 10:41 PM CDT   0 recs

For those watching the Cubs game

Does Ledezma remind you Vargas? I went to Ledezma’s start against the Reds a week ago and walked away vowing to never again go to a game he starts. The interesting part of the night occurred when the season-ticket holder next to me started talking about being good friends with Jim Skaalen.

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by mschroeder on Jun 3, 2008 10:48 PM CDT   0 recs

He pitched around Theriot

Not good when the bases are loaded. There are way too many Cubs fans at that game.

by molitorfan on Jun 3, 2008 10:49 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

He just wanted to face Derrek Lee

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 3, 2008 10:51 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

ledezma seems to work faster than vargas

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by Michael M on Jun 3, 2008 10:50 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

So does plate tectonics

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 3, 2008 10:51 PM CDT to parent up   1 recs

nice

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by Michael M on Jun 3, 2008 10:52 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Plus

They both cause disasters.

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by SRB on Jun 3, 2008 10:52 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs