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If you give up 3 hits to Jim Edmonds, you deserve to lose.

QUOTE (Brian @ May 30, 2008 -> 09:46 PM) Just hit it in the air and watch it carry out. Too bad the Cubs have the two equalizers at the end of their bullpen who are much more likely to strike a hitter out then give up a ball in the air.

Cubs might be the greatest 7th inning team in the history of baseball.

And now the Cubs lead 10-9...unreal. They simply can't lose at home.

Cubs are now down 9-8, and still batting in the 7th.

Wrigley is such a joke when the wind is blowing out. The Cubs are within a hit of getting the tying run to home plate after being down 9-1.

Face it, we're just setting the state for Chrissy Collins to take over the Bulls.

I totally forgot that Ben said he'd kill Widmore's daughter. My wife rarely watches Lost, but she was in tears when Desmond and Penny reunited.

I still wouldn't be shocked if Rays take Alvarez. He put on a show during the Team USA tournaments last year, and those games were played in front of a ton of Rays execs. At the time, I was told they would take him with the first pick. I know he's fallen a bit since then though.

QUOTE (danman31 @ May 30, 2008 -> 07:44 PM) Aaron Crow is doing his thing in what is probably his last start as a Mizzou Tiger. 7-0 Mizzou mid 8 right now with Crow mowing down the Rebels. Mizzou probably won't win another game this regional. 7-0 Tigers win. 2 years in a row Crow has thrown a complete game for the Friday regional game, but this time it's a shutout. 10 K, 5 BB, 3 hits. Not his best control, but he walked 2 in the last 2 innings once his pitch count got over 100. I really hope it wasn't the last outing of his career, but he's toast for the regional and I'm almost 100% sure Mizzou can't win this regional (especially considering I don't think they will win another game). I made mention in the minor league draft thread about how bad of an announcer Brian Jordan is. Crow's slider was unhittable today. If I was the Rays, I'd draft him first and go with a possible rotation of Kazmir/Shields/Price/Garza/Crow, and then use other pitchers to get position players.

Wait...I can't believe Lilly is struggling when the wind is blowing out.

I got the chance to watch Crow pitch for Mizzou today against Ole Miss on ESPNU. He was filthy! His fastball was solid, as it was in the 92 mph range the whole game. However, his slider was absolutely amazing. He's as good of a college pitcher I've seen in a long time. On the other hand, former Braves player Brian Jordan was the announcer. Holy cow, he was bad. He sounded like Cleveland from "Family Guy". I'll continue to give updates from the regionals.

QUOTE (kwolf68 @ May 30, 2008 -> 07:38 PM) Totally agree, but Kenny won't be afraid of him. Cabrera is a temporary solution for this year. I still would like to pry Hu from the Dodgers or see if Arias in Texas has rebounded any? We have ZILCH in our minors at SS. As far as Swisher...career .246 hitters typically dont spend time in the top of the order...he's a solid 7th hitter. Hu looked AWFUL when I saw him in the Cubs series.

DarkUFO has drilled the season finale spoilers the past two years.

Didn't watch it, but by judging from the play-by-play, looks like some more stellar defense against the Cubs and amazing situational hitting for the opposition.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 30, 2008 -> 02:36 AM) home runs and errors? Yep

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 30, 2008 -> 02:57 AM) nice game. Maybe Paulie is breaking out of it? Crede put the best swings on balls ive seen in awhile, almost hit two out. Crede was on everything yesterday, so that's encouraging to see. He could be a 30/30 player this season!

Just got home to watch the DVR of the game. Lots of good hits by almost everyone in the order. Great getting a win without having to use the 2 guys at the end of the pen.

QUOTE (soxfan3530 @ May 30, 2008 -> 12:28 AM) another opportunity wasted. hopefully it wont come back to get us. Runner left in scoring position every inning, I believe.

OC is 7-44 with RISP...same as Thome from the 7th inning on

I won't watch a single inning of a Cubs games this weekend unless the opposition is up by more than a run in the final innings. The Rockies, at this juncture, have to be one of the worst teams in baseball over the past decade.

QUOTE (daa84 @ May 30, 2008 -> 01:21 AM) not recently you dont mean, right? you mean this offseason? Yes, prior to getting Swisher. I heard the other day that if the Sox had got Fukudome, the Cubs were going to trade for Swisher.

QUOTE (daa84 @ May 30, 2008 -> 01:19 AM) when were we mentioned with him? Can't remember when, but there was a Tribune article stating the Sox were interested in him.

A player we were actually mentioned with that I'm shocked is playing well is Jason Bay.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ May 30, 2008 -> 12:16 AM) I still love you Johnny Danks. Great job to keep us the lead. In all honesty, Pena's one of the guys you most want to see in that situation.