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<t>5673727D68747D722F281C0 wrote: Any word on the rotation? <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> I'll be at the game Saturday night in Washington, DC. I'd love to see Cole, Taillon or Glasnow.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> I'm going Friday and Saturday. They are winless the <br/> <br/> last four times I've seen t...

<t>5459586F7979757C7B741A0 wrote: Eric Fryer with a good night.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> This catching situation could have been a disaster.  <br/> <br/> <br/> It was a disaster.  NH was ill prepared, and was caught with his pants down again.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Got lucky again.<br/> <br/> <br/> <b...

Stallings

Brault

kuhl

Hanson

bell

Glasnow

Boscan all have hits.

I said preseason that the two big Cubs weaknesses were defense and their bullpen.



When you win games 7-2 every night, these two things aren't big issues.

When you play close games, it shows up and we are seeing it from them in the last 20 games.

<t>I know he hung a few, but that curve is devastating. It could be, one day, the nastiest pitch thrown by any pitcher in baseball.<br/> <br/> I do agree that he should throw it outside to the rh hitters and try to get them to wave at it, instead of throwing it over the plate as much.<br/> <br/> Des...

<t>575C54585D5C470204734A525B5C5C1D505C330 wrote: Ummm, they won.  The Pirates won the game.  How can you say he didn't keep them in the game?  They came back and won.  By definition, isn't that "keeping them in the game"?<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Doesn't matter.  Overall, Locke has been the second be...

<t>Several thoughts<br/> <br/> 1). Bullpen has given up 1 run in their last 11 games over 42.33 innings. That's an ERA of 0.21. Wow.<br/> <br/> 2). We've come from behind to win in six straight games.<br/> <br/> 3). Hurdle gets bashed a lot on message boards, but he's been on during this winning str...

<t>55726367627F40746362627F060 wrote: Yeay fryer!   Kratz shouldnt see the light of day anymore<br/> <br/> <br/> Kratz was obtained to back up Stewart. Fryer wasn't available then. Now that Stewart is also on the DL, Kratz will likely back up Fryer. <br/> <br/> Yea I agree totally with this. Fryer c...

<t>363F372628520 wrote: i do hope that the silliness of this "hes not ready" argument is not being lost on people.  his ERA is 1.70.    he is giving up less than 6 hits per 9 and almost striking out 11.   his walk rate is 4.9 per 9.    if his walk rate were 3.6 per 9 and he was giving up 7.5 hits pe...

<r>Let's see if this works.  He was the hope for a bit.  80 ab's with a homer in 3 seasons. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> A friend of mine hangs out with him some in Charlotte.  He works with underpriveledged kids, I think.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <URL url="http://rs1008.pbsrc.com/albums/af207/battlinbucs/...