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In short, the guy clearly likes to compete.




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It looks like Samardzija will inherit Scott Eyre's bullpen spot next season, one of two spots reserved right now for pitchers with untradeable contracts.

Everyone is making excuses for Samardzija's numbers, but Piniella won't. If you want to see Samardzija in a game, make sure the score is lopsided.

In football, big-time college teams are the equivalent of baseball's Triple-A. Smart move by Hendry-McDonough, competing with the NFL for a college pitcher of unknown worth.

Yep, 6 walks in 6 innings for Lou will get you express mailed back to DesMoines.

C C Sabathia" !!

Also, Hendry claims his "pitching people" believe Rich Hill is making "progress."

And Lou said Gallagher was headed to the bullpen "until he responded to a fireside chat on the mound with Piniella on Saturday by showing some fire of his own in a strong finish to his outing."


given his FB background I'm sure JS won't wet his pants if/when LP whispers in his ear during a chat on the mound...

Also VP, JS played baseball as well as FB @ ND so I don't think his worth as a baseball prospect was entirely 'unknown'; he simply had the additional leverage of being a likely 1st round draft pick in the NFL on his side of the bargaining table...

okay, the contract they gave him was nuts, but they got someone with a lot of talent with their fifth round pick. That's after having no 2-4 picks.

Remember when Geovany Soto was a nobody? How about Theriot mucking along in the minors? Give it some time, folks...

I'm wondering if the Cubs could ask Fonzie to reach out to the kid at this point, seems he would at least listen to what his friend's advice would be regarding his current predicament.


Braun's only 33 k votes behind him for 3rd, Ken "I am living off my reputation" Griffey Jr. passed him for 2nd and he is 210 K votes shy of him. I am all for voting for the guys who deserve it, but with 3 guys vying 2 spots, it should be Braun and Kosuke.

I really like Kosuke's game, but it is amazing that an OBP guy can look so bad striking out against LHP.

Done, what a pain in the ass. Curiously, the check boxes go back to checked each time, authorizing MLB to send you junk mail. I didn't pick Braun OR Jr, btw.

Why do you think they allow you to vote 25 times??!!!

yeezus, they're banking on you neglecting to uncheck a box at least once so they can make some money off ya.

according to espn


CHICAGO -- Chicago Cubs ace Carlos Zambrano declared himself ready to return to the rotation after throwing a pain-free session in the bullpen Sunday.

The Cubs could use some good news. The team, which is coming off a sweep by the White Sox and has injuries mounting, also will be without leading RBI man Aramis Ramirez for some time. The Chicago Sun-Times reported Sunday night that the slugger has asked for time off to take care of a personal matter in the Dominican Republic and will miss the next three games against the Giants in San Francisco.

sorry this is 3/44 ;-{

Lou may have no choice but to pencil in the pesky redhead for a few days and move 'dero' to 3B...

K. Fukudome rf
R. Theriot ss
D. Lee 1b
G. Soto c
M. DeRosa 3b
J. Edmonds cf
M. Murton lf
R. Cedeno 2b


Off the beaten path, but I like Lou's Gallagher-to-the-bullpen theory. I think he wanted to do this with Guzman last year before Guzman got hurt.

Given that Gallagher throws 93-95 as a starter, you can probably up that to 95-97 as a reliever. Also, I'm wondering if he stretched out Gallagher to 121 pitches Saturday because he doesn't have a strong intention on starting Gallagher much more anyway. Here's my guess as to what the Cubs' September/postseason bullpen might look like:

Fuentes (think Lou/Hendry want him badly)
Lieber (long man; Lou trusts guys who don't walk people)

"was also helped by a viagran breeze"

A viagran breeze. Hah!

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