Kalapse Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jul 3, 2008 -> 06:57 AM) It's not like .873 OPS is bad, though. That's still a pretty damn good line. Bad? No. One of the premier hitters in the game? Hell no. He has a reputation for being one of the the best hitters in baseball which is ridiculous IMO. His reputation suggests he's Manny Ramirez, the numbers -- when you look a little closer -- suggest he's probably a slightly better version of Raul Ibanez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Great umpiring in the bottom of the 9th by home plate ump. BS strike calls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 5, 2008 -> 03:48 AM) Great umpiring in the bottom of the 9th by home plate ump. BS strike calls. Yep, that Glaus AB was total bulls***. The Cards announcers were going nuts about it. In case you didn't see, during the AB that Soto homered, there was a 2 strike pitch that was easily a strike that was called a ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 4, 2008 -> 09:48 PM) Great umpiring in the bottom of the 9th by home plate ump. BS strike calls. Unreal. Those pitches were at least 8 inches off the plate. Damn, I really dislike Kerry Wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 4, 2008 -> 08:53 PM) Yep, that Glaus AB was total bulls***. The Cards announcers were going nuts about it. In case you didn't see, during the AB that Soto homered, there was a 2 strike pitch that was easily a strike that was called a ball. The worst part about the Glaus AB was that it was a 3-1 count and the ump called two pitches in a row strikes that were 6 inches off the plate. Soto had to move his glove to go get them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 DeRosa working out with Soto? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 (edited) QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 5, 2008 -> 03:23 PM) DeRosa working out with Soto? He's magically went from a mediocre to good player in the last few years, while gaining power, in his early 30's, after never hitting too much at the minor or major league level. Then again, to be fair, that happens all the time. Although actually, DeRosa is just a guy I look at and go hmmm. On the other hand, Soto is a guy where the only question is who is supplying him with the HGH, clear, and needles. Edited July 5, 2008 by whitesoxfan101 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Adam Kennedy Bot9 rbi double and there's suddenly a hope that the Cards can pull this one out. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokona Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Ankiel punches one up the middle, Cards score 2 to walk off. Wood gave up 3 in the 9th for the L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 That makes me feel a bit better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord chas Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 great to see ankiel come through there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 QUOTE (lord chas @ Jul 5, 2008 -> 02:44 PM) great to see ankiel come through there The HGH giveth and the HGH taketh away... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Jul 5, 2008 -> 10:06 PM) He's magically went from a mediocre to good player in the last few years, while gaining power, in his early 30's, after never hitting too much at the minor or major league level. Then again, to be fair, that happens all the time. Although actually, DeRosa is just a guy I look at and go hmmm. On the other hand, Soto is a guy where the only question is who is supplying him with the HGH, clear, and needles. Derosa was a pretty blatant juicer. When he was on the Braves teams that would make Turner Field look small, he would hit 400 foot homers to the opposite way. Then, he rejuvenated his career in Texas with a bunch of other PED users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 It was great to see the score on my cell phone jump from 4-3 to 5-4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxbrian Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baines3 Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Cubs blew one today. I think they are going to fade after the allstar break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxbrian Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 QUOTE (Baines3 @ Jul 5, 2008 -> 09:50 PM) Cubs blew one today. I think they are going to fade after the allstar break. IMO, what they're doing now is fading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokona Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 QUOTE (Baines3 @ Jul 5, 2008 -> 09:50 PM) Cubs blew one today. I think they are going to fade after the allstar break. its going to be wonderful when that home record doesn't tip so wonderfully in favor of the bastards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zimne piwo Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 I normally don't advocate going over to the s***hole known as NorthsideBaseball.com, but their game thread from page 20 on is pure comedy gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santo=dorf Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 I know there was an article suggesting something going on at Wrigley, but the hitters' splits are f***ing ridiculous. http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/teams/chc/stat...d=0&sort=25 http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/teams/chc/stat...d=0&sort=25 f*** you do me has a .609 OPS on the road but his overall numbers don't look bad because his OPS at home is over 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 It's generally believed (and accurately IMO) that the Cubs could use one more starting pitcher and one more reliever. Well, this is where the Juan Pierre trade is biting them in the ass. Sergio Mitre is hurt and out for the year I believe, but the Marlins have two guys they received in that deal that the Cubs wish they still had. Lefty reliever Renyel Pinto has a 2.94 ERA with 44 strikeouts in 49 innings and only 38 hits allowed (he walks too many, but he's still been pretty good overall). On the other side, righty starter Ricky Nolasco is 10-4 with a 3.74 ERA, a decent strikeout rate, and less hits allowed than innings pitched. And both of those guys are only 25 years old. That was a REALLY bad trade by the Cubs, and they could really use those pitchers back right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Critic Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Jul 7, 2008 -> 11:38 PM) It's generally believed (and accurately IMO) that the Cubs could use one more starting pitcher and one more reliever. Well, this is where the Juan Pierre trade is biting them in the ass. Sergio Mitre is hurt and out for the year I believe, but the Marlins have two guys they received in that deal that the Cubs wish they still had. Lefty reliever Renyel Pinto has a 2.94 ERA with 44 strikeouts in 49 innings and only 38 hits allowed (he walks too many, but he's still been pretty good overall). On the other side, righty starter Ricky Nolasco is 10-4 with a 3.74 ERA, a decent strikeout rate, and less hits allowed than innings pitched. And both of those guys are only 25 years old. That was a REALLY bad trade by the Cubs, and they could really use those pitchers back right now. At the time of that deal the Cubs still believed they were dealing from a position of strength. They had a lot of young arms in the minors (in Iowa alone they were high on Bobby Brownlie, Rich Hill, Jon Leicester, Todd Wellemeyer and Mitre - none of them over 26 years of age in '05), and subsequently Mitre had been okay but not great in his stints with the big club (4-9 total W-L with an ERA around 4.40). Nolasco had been okay in AA in 2004, but got slapped around in AAA (9.22 ERA in 22 appearances). It was a decent gamble at the time for a veteran basestealer (albeit a guy with a terrible arm and not that patient at the plate - 55 walks being his single-season high), but as all teams experience, sometimes you win the trade, sometimes you lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 losing Wellemeyer apparently hurt them too as he looks like a pretty damn solid starter for the Cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YASNY Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 QUOTE (The Critic @ Jul 8, 2008 -> 04:12 AM) At the time of that deal the Cubs still believed they were dealing from a position of strength. They had a lot of young arms in the minors (in Iowa alone they were high on Bobby Brownlie, Rich Hill, Jon Leicester, Todd Wellemeyer and Mitre - none of them over 26 years of age in '05), and subsequently Mitre had been okay but not great in his stints with the big club (4-9 total W-L with an ERA around 4.40). Nolasco had been okay in AA in 2004, but got slapped around in AAA (9.22 ERA in 22 appearances). It was a decent gamble at the time for a veteran basestealer (albeit a guy with a terrible arm and not that patient at the plate - 55 walks being his single-season high), but as all teams experience, sometimes you win the trade, sometimes you lose. Love the avatar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Critic Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 QUOTE (YASNY @ Jul 8, 2008 -> 07:29 AM) Love the avatar. 2 weeks til it hits stores. I'm not even looking for "alternative methods" of obtaining it - I want the CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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