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QUOTE(fathom @ Jun 22, 2007 -> 02:58 PM) Was Buehrle's pitch count high? 116.

Seriously JD, was that really necessary? And on the first pitch?

QUOTE(Brian @ Jun 22, 2007 -> 02:53 PM) Paulie turns one around. His swing looks like the swing of last year. PK hitting .300 with an OPS over 1.000 in June.

Holy cow. We're not shut out.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jun 22, 2007 -> 02:43 PM) I feel bad for Erstad. He busted his ass to get in shape this offseason, and then he hurts himself on 2 out of 3 plays. I'm not going to let the idiots running this team and Hawk's crush on Erstad make me not appreciate him. No amount of busting his ass was going to make his body able to take the rigors of a 162 game season. He got himself in good enough shape to make another million dollars or so and to play a couple times a week, because that's all his body was going to be able to take. It's sad, yes, but there are some people in this sport who just have taken too much of a pounding to be able to avoid these sorts of injuries.

Big Z enters the inning wiht 76 pitches, and leaves with 85. Didn't we used to hear the word smartball on occasion?

QUOTE(fathom @ Jun 22, 2007 -> 02:38 PM) I'll take the guy who nearly hit 40 homers and had over 110 RBI. I'll sacrifice the 10 home runs for the defense Joe Plays. (And Joe's numbers would still have been better if his back hadn't ruined his September)

QUOTE(fathom @ Jun 22, 2007 -> 02:35 PM) Remember the idiots who thought Crede was better than ARam? I'd still take the Crede of last year over Ramirez. The question of course is whether we'll ever see that Crede again (and the odds aren't good).

Ed Schultz, the top liberal voice on American talk radio, on MSNBC last night:

TieitupThome.

YAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!

Yay! 5 more times we have to make contact.

We must make contact 6 more times.

Well, Mark's still got it.

On pace for 21.

7/9

6/8

5/7. On pace for 19.

Makin' contact, aww yeah.

QUOTE(jackie hayes @ Jun 22, 2007 -> 01:06 PM) Iirc, that was just one writer's speculation. And that was only if Dontrelle is kept off the market. Don't count on other teams staying out. For one, Beane's shown a willingness to deal pitchers at strange times. And if Contreras stays off the market. And if Garland stays off the market.

This is why he should only be used as a backup.

QUOTE(Jenksismyb**** @ Jun 22, 2007 -> 01:13 PM) Gripe #1 This is the typical left 'I hate money' mentality. Instead of complaining about what Wal-mart, why don't those workers leave? Why don't they band together and strike? Because Walmart will immediately close the store and fire every one of them with even a hint of union organization. They've done so repeatedly and will continue to do so until the labor laws in this country are finally loosened. And when you're living paycheck to paycheck, as a huge number of Walmart workers are, the option to strike and lose a job just doesn't work, because that week on the picket line winds you up in bankruptcy. And oh yeah, we just tightened the bankruptcy rules too.

Rudy's south carolina campaign chairman resigns over cocaine charges. One of Mitt Romney's top aides seems to have called a trucking company and impersonated a police officer to threaten to issue a citation.

So, on the actual subject of the movie, I thought this initial review, admittedly from a leftist site, was at least intriguing.

QUOTE(kevo880 @ Jun 22, 2007 -> 10:02 AM) As much as I'd like to see it I just don't see Contreras waiving his NTC to go back to new york. I think our big hope would be the El Duque factor.