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QUOTE(kwolf68 @ Apr 5, 2007 -> 02:27 PM) on a comletely unrelated note, David Weathers gives my fantasy team a boost. Cubs go down. Meh on the Cubs and anything they do. Them winning or losing helps us not.

QUOTE(Steve9347 @ Apr 5, 2007 -> 02:26 PM) Lost in all of this was that there wasn't a single hit in that inning. GRINDERBALL. Don't care what kind of ball it was...we tied it up.

QUOTE(jphat007 @ Apr 5, 2007 -> 02:24 PM) Did we ever get an update on Burly? He doesn't think his arm is broked.

He's not actually going to bunt...that's a catcher vs pitcher tactic...try to get him overthinking things...

QUOTE(chisoxfan79 @ Apr 5, 2007 -> 02:18 PM) I predict a 6-4-3 I predict a STFU.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Apr 5, 2007 -> 01:32 PM) 1 run on 3 hits in 1 and 1/3 innings. Not sure I'd call that pitching well. Not sure I'd consider that last hit in your little stat there...it hit him, or it would have been an out. And HR's happen.

Buehrle got hit with a line drive on the pitching forearm/hand, hes out...and looks like done for a long time. That's what happened.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Apr 5, 2007 -> 01:23 PM) I was at the game yesterday in the upper tank, and Thome's HR looked like a double in the gap. They thawed you out faster than I expected.

QUOTE(DrunkBomber @ Apr 5, 2007 -> 01:23 PM) a couple more than it went...it must of been the wind It was the wind.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Apr 5, 2007 -> 01:21 PM) Odd they were able to move the runner without the batter squaring around to bunt. I never want to see a bunt again with a man on 2nd and no outs. If they execute the bunt properly in that position it works...however, our team has been notorious to totally F up bunts in big situations like that, where the bunt is actually NECESSARY.

Hahaha, we traded him for Cotts.

I still like Pods...but he's even trying my patience. :/ Did he just get a REALLY bad jump or something?! Thank god Crede picked us up there...

Pods/Erstad rule. Haters...none of you will ever be involved in my elite private Pods club.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Apr 4, 2007 -> 01:21 PM) Wow, this is just terrible umping thus far. The umps ph33r questec.

PODS!

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Apr 4, 2007 -> 01:16 PM) Erstad broke straight back on the Sizemore fly out then regrouped quickly and made the play. He also just broke in on the last fly out then regrouped with a few steps backwards. I don't know if I should be encouraged that he's breaking the wrong way initially but is still regrouping in time to make the play or if I should be worried since he's getting poor initial reads. It's the weather...or something. Erstad usually makes good reads.

QUOTE(Controlled Chaos @ Apr 4, 2007 -> 01:14 PM) not watching, but from what Farmer is saying...they are good pitches. So did Farmio use the patented Farmio line, "Where was that?!", constantly?

Are these pitching missing or ?? They look close.

QUOTE(LVSoxFan @ Apr 4, 2007 -> 11:12 AM) It sucks out today but I enjoy going to game like these because the people there are obviously die-hard fans or else they wouldn't be there. Although this is pretty cold, though... brrr. Man 40 degrees in 24 hours. Brutal. I'm as die hard as they come -- I simply dislike cold weather baseball. As a matter of fact, I hate cold weather everything except snowboarding, for obvious reasons of necessity. I like to enjoy my ice cold beer at the ballpark when I can sit there in shorts/t-shirt and watch the game...without having to hold said ice cold beer with my jacket over my hand. People ask me why I think global warming is more hype than end of the world cometh...go outside right now, and you'll see why.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Apr 4, 2007 -> 10:16 AM) opening my first beer.......................................now If this is true, you are on my temporary hate list. I'm at work...and there is no beer here. :| Go Sox.

QUOTE(southsideirish @ Apr 3, 2007 -> 10:49 AM) Of course.That is exactly what I was trying to say. Yea, I figured that out after re-reading your previous posts...I tend to become defensive here because whenever someone uses green text in a reply to you, it usually means you're getting bashed and need to go on the defensive.

QUOTE(southsideirish @ Apr 3, 2007 -> 10:31 AM) Wow, you mean you can actually think for yourself? We can't expect a player to be able to do that. The coach has to tell him how to do everyhing. It is the whole organization's approach! Something is broken and we need to fix it! Honestly, can't it be that these players see this stadium as a launching pad and they just want to pound the ball out of the park any chance they get? Is that a possibility? I don't know, I am just trying to put 2 and 2 together. I think it is because he had hit lower in the order last spring with horrendous results, so most see it as a bad thing. It is more than just one game to some here. Kinda silly, I know, but it is what it is. Green sarcasm aside, I believe that a lot of people (as told in this entire thread) blame the coaches for the players own shortcomings. Nobody blamed walker in the first half of last year. Just the second half when they were all tired/slumping. Yea...that's Walks fault. This seemingly shortsighted, what have you done for me lately, finger pointing blame game seems weak...and it seems like one of the CONSTANT themes around here as of late. I just wish the lot of them could go back to enjoying the game of baseball instead of finding ways to bash every little flaw they see.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Apr 3, 2007 -> 10:15 AM) I love the argument that its only the players and not the coaches. If that is the case, then why do you have hitting and pitching coaches. Why not just have AJ work with the pitchers, and the hitters police themselves. Good coaches can help maximize talent. We only have to look here at what a good pitching coach can do. Look at Matt Thornton, sure a major leaguer in the sense of the word, but talented and cannot find the strikezone. Coop works with him, and presto chango a miracle has happened. He starts to pound the zone with high 90s heat. I am sure that if Seattle thought that Matt could throw high 90s heat they wouldnt of ditched him for LTP. Coaches help maximize the talent. They have video and review for flaws and bad mechanics. They help minimize bad streaks, and help keep the player on the straight and narrow. Now its just a coincidence that all of our top hitting prospects come to this organization with the same long looping swing. Now its just a conicidence that Stewart is now hitting after being tagged cannot hit, however when he gets to work with a hitting coach in Texas thats considered the Coop of hitting, he changes his stance and starts to make solid contact. A hitting coach or pitching coach doesnt hit for the player, but they help the player utilize the best of their talent. Now if the approach is to hit home runs, we will see what we see, lots of strikeouts, a lot of one game 12 runs the next game hard to scrap a few hit together. We will see when its hard to string hits together at times. Walk by his own quotes, is producing a home run hitting approach. This is not his fault, this has been our strategy for the last 7 years and 3 hitting coaches. My thought is we need to ditch that as a whole, and get back to a more pure hitting approach. With the park factor, home runs will come, you dont need to try and hit them here. Take a look at AJ's splits and tell me that he was the same hitter. To be realy honest, I could care less if the middle 3 try to launch it too the moon. They are monster power hitters. Its when our number 6 and 7 and 8 hitter are trying to hit home runs. Thats when its madness. I still think that sometimes, it's not the coaches fault...and the players are simply doing what they should know better than to try. Let's see...if pulling the ball isn't working -- it stands to reason the player should be intelligent enough to change that approach without a coach telling him what he should be/shouldn't be doing. I know if my boss trains me in a way that doesn't work best for ME, although I'll tell him/her I'll try it, I'll simply do it the way that works best for me if I notice his/her method isn't working.

I'm looking for a Sox fan who ran around Cubs message boards posing as a Cubs fan under the name xCUBSx -- if you know him or if he's on this board, PM me.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Apr 3, 2007 -> 08:35 AM) You're right. And leadoff hitters should be able to hit clean-up. And like somebody else was arguing the other day, LF's should be able to pitch and C's should be able to play 1B. I mean, they're professionals! It shouldn't be the manager or coaches' responsibility to put players in a position where they're more likely to succeed. I love playing symantecs...the Cubs leadoff hitter could bat cleanup...see what I did there?! Don't put words in my mouth. Batting #2 and Batting #7-9 is NOT in the same league as batting #1 and batting #3-5. He's not in the heart of the order, he's dropped so low in the order there is no added pressure, as a matter of fact, there is LESS pressure...so your arguement holds absolutly NO water. Next time rather than just talking, think first. Milkman failed to deliver that time, Herbert.