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QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Oct 13, 2007 -> 03:30 PM) Glad to see the Illini haters out in full force again. Oh come on. If the Illinois fanantics are allowed to post their views, why not the people who dont like the school. With all the talk around here about the Heisman fav RB and the possibility of a big ten title, this is what happens when you lose to one of the bottom teams in the big ten.

As soon as he quiets his bat before his swing, he will be a much more dangerous hitter. Right now he has to read fastball so early to hit it, its making his avg go down and his k's up.

Its a 16 year old. He may have just developed early.

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A-row may very well price himself out of the place that he wants to play the most.

QUOTE(Calderon @ Oct 12, 2007 -> 11:33 AM) For the most part, aces don't sneak up on anyone. Rarely do you get a front-line starter that everyone says, "Where the hell did this guy come from?". Even a guy like Fausto Carmona, that the average fan looks at as a surprise, was dominant in the minors. Carmona never cracked the BA top 75. He did somewhat sneak up on them.

Figgins is not a SS. With that scenario, which would NEVER happen if Wood was included. Figgins would be our starting 3B or CF or 2B. Thats basically the only options Even though its an xbox scenario, our OBP would be MUCH better. Figgins CF Kotch 1B Thome DH Dye RF Burrell LF Fields 3B AJP C Uribe SS Richar 2B

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Oct 12, 2007 -> 12:16 AM) We COULD have gotten a point in that game, but we didn't deserve one whatsoever. We were terribly outplayed and outshot. They may have been outshot, but the quality of shots that the Sharks were taking gave us an opening for a point. Too bad the future line is the only line that generates ANY chances whatsoever.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Oct 12, 2007 -> 11:13 AM) The speculation you read on that site is pretty much useless but Burrell for Crede? f***.Yes. I wouldn't even think twice. I'd pack his bags for him. That OBP would be huge

I hope he gets that but Jerry is a better value at league min that A-row at that price.

QUOTE(3E8 @ Oct 11, 2007 -> 11:38 PM) Egbert has good command of his curve ball and won't hesitate to throw it at any time. To go along with that, he has a plus change up. Yes his average fastball sits below 90, but it has movement at least. He's probably not raking up the Ks on that fastball. But with those two secondary pitches he can obviously keep minor league batters off-balanced enough to sit them down on strikes at over one per inning. And once again BA doesnt project sinkerballers very well at all. Im sure they thought Webb didnt have the "stuff" to be more than a #5 at best in the majors.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Oct 11, 2007 -> 07:50 PM) Don't mind Rock. He goes crazy anytime you insinuate that Jack Egbert isn't a top two prospect in baseball or a top two arm. Jack's got a long way to go before he makes anything resembling a top ten list and I doubt he does much. He's certainly not a future two or three or ace or bullpen stud or whatever people seem to think he'll be. Why the f*** doyou have to go after me when we were having a nice discussion in this thread. Nobody was attacking anyone until you decided to post. Grow up kid.

4 complete games in a row?

Well, say hello to your new heavyweight champion Brandon Vera.

Ive been frequenting www.angelswin.com And its an interesting view into how f-ed up fans reactions are to their teams. Angels fans complain about Figgins, and Willits etc about how they have too many "pop-gun" players and they need more homerun power and less speedy contact types of guys. This is virtually the opposite of the opinion of people on this site. its quite fascinating.

I wish someone would read the angels fans perspective on the deal. I know we all want to rape another team and all, but its not going to happen with the crazy trade all of this salary for better plays stuff.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Oct 10, 2007 -> 11:44 PM) Rumor has it college gameday has contacted Illinois officials about possibly coming down for college gameday next week vs Michigan. I'm not banking Iowa as a win, just thought the mention of this even possibly happening is really cool. There aren't a ton of good games next week, and it is one of the Saturday night games. We'll see what happens. No way. I was actually debating rolling down there for that game.

And somewhere Pratt dies a little bit.....

please, people from chicago, dont call it cornhole

QUOTE(Steff @ Oct 10, 2007 -> 09:33 PM) That story, as well as many others on the widespread usage back in the mid and late 70's, has been around a long time. It's not hard to believe. It was a commonplace in football back then as well. Why not baseball?

QUOTE(WatchIt @ Oct 10, 2007 -> 07:05 PM) Webb throws his sinker between 88-91 MPH, and it looks the most effective(almost a heavy lefty slider) when it's sitting at about 89. He pops a four seamer in there at about 93 or 94 once and while, which adds to the sinkers effectiveness, but he makes his living throwing around 90 (mostly just under) with that sinker for the good part of games. He really sticks to a sinker, curve, change mix IIRC. His curve and sinker are plus-plus.

Ok. So who's ready to see what the angels fans thought of this trade?

QUOTE(Mr. Showtime @ Oct 10, 2007 -> 09:32 PM) Crowd sounds, which can be deceiving, pretty good again tonight. I'll be there on Saturday vs the Stars. There was literally nobody there. Maybe 5k people. Also there were alot of shots on goal for the Sharks, but most of them were right in Khabby's chest

I was at the game last night. We should have gotten a point in that game. No reason we should have lost it. Toews had a sick sick first goal, an awesome move followed up by physically out muscling the defender. He did get called for lots of bs calls as well. These Hawks are a decent team, Havlat is what makes them playoff-hopeful, and hes out.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Oct 10, 2007 -> 12:49 PM) I don't understand why you like Wang so much. He's good, but I don't think he's a genuine front-of-the-line starter. I'd take him as a two, though. Hes no Webb, but has the ability to dominate opposing teams. He leaves the ball up way too much though which kept him from doing anything in the playoffs.