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Today was supposed to make me feel better after Duke wins the National Championship tonight. Now I have to wait until Wednesday to get more baseball. Although on second thought, maybe that's not such a bad thing...
The thing you need to remember is that all Cardinals fans and all White Sox fans are very bad people. It's a fact that has been scientifically proven beyond a shadow of a doubt. Being a Cubs fan is the only path to rightousness and piousness. Cardinal and White Sox fans exist to be the dark, diabolical forces that oppose us. They are the yin to our yang, the Joker to our Batman, the demon to our angel, the insurgence to our freedom, the oil to our water, the club to our baby seal. Their happiness occurs only in direct conflict with everything that is pure and good in this world.
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So now I have to stew in the stink of today's loss until Wednesday. Fuck, I hate being me.
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<!--quoteo(post=86394:date=Apr 5 2010, 05:58 PM:name=Clapp)-->QUOTE (Clapp @ Apr 5 2010, 05:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Jesus, they're really saying how bad Soriano looks? Can we go by the guy's career rather than a spring he was at 80% and 1 game?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Soriano did look bad, and it was because he still hasn't developed the brain power to lay off the breaking ball in the dirt.
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<!--quoteo(post=86376:date=Apr 5 2010, 05:45 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Apr 5 2010, 05:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I've suddenly freed up a whole lot of time this summer.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Liar.
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<!--quoteo(post=86399:date=Apr 5 2010, 05:19 PM:name=Gracie)-->QUOTE (Gracie @ Apr 5 2010, 05:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=86394:date=Apr 5 2010, 05:58 PM:name=Clapp)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Clapp @ Apr 5 2010, 05:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Jesus, they're really saying how bad Soriano looks? Can we go by the guy's career rather than a spring he was at 80% and 1 game?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Soriano did look bad, and it was because he still hasn't developed the brain power to lay off the breaking ball in the dirt.
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He never has, and never will. But he's one of the best fastball and mistake hitters in the history of the sport, so the numbers will be there at the end of the year. The guy's averaged 41 doubles and 36 homers over his career per 162 games played, and has a career .836 OPS which was dragged down a bit because of playing last year unhealthy. He looks like a little league hitter at times, but he can carry a team unlike all but a few players in baseball when he gets hot.
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Heilman just had a 1-2-3 inning for AZ.
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<!--quoteo(post=86396:date=Apr 5 2010, 05:59 PM:name=jeffy)-->QUOTE (jeffy @ Apr 5 2010, 05:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->See you guys next year.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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<!--quoteo(post=86400:date=Apr 5 2010, 06:24 PM:name=jstraw)-->QUOTE (jstraw @ Apr 5 2010, 06:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=86376:date=Apr 5 2010, 05:45 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Apr 5 2010, 05:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I've suddenly freed up a whole lot of time this summer.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Liar.
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I mean it this time.
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<!--quoteo(post=86404:date=Apr 5 2010, 06:26 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Apr 5 2010, 06:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=86400:date=Apr 5 2010, 06:24 PM:name=jstraw)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (jstraw @ Apr 5 2010, 06:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=86376:date=Apr 5 2010, 05:45 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Apr 5 2010, 05:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I've suddenly freed up a whole lot of time this summer.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Liar.
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I mean it this time.
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Ok, you can run away from home but no crossing the street without a grownup.
I expect a B&I Radio show tomorrow.
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<!--quoteo(post=86402:date=Apr 5 2010, 07:24 PM:name=Coach)-->QUOTE (Coach @ Apr 5 2010, 07:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Heilman just had a 1-2-3 inning for AZ.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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<!--quoteo(post=86401:date=Apr 5 2010, 06:24 PM:name=Clapp)-->QUOTE (Clapp @ Apr 5 2010, 06:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=86399:date=Apr 5 2010, 05:19 PM:name=Gracie)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Gracie @ Apr 5 2010, 05:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=86394:date=Apr 5 2010, 05:58 PM:name=Clapp)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Clapp @ Apr 5 2010, 05:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Jesus, they're really saying how bad Soriano looks? Can we go by the guy's career rather than a spring he was at 80% and 1 game?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Soriano did look bad, and it was because he still hasn't developed the brain power to lay off the breaking ball in the dirt.
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He never has, and never will. But he's one of the best fastball and mistake hitters in the history of the sport, so the numbers will be there at the end of the year. The guy's averaged 41 doubles and 36 homers over his career per 162 games played, and has a career .836 OPS which was dragged down a bit because of playing last year unhealthy. He looks like a little league hitter at times, but he can carry a team unlike all but a few players in baseball when he gets hot.
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But if you're only good at hitting fastballs, pitchers will learn (as they have with Soriano) not to pitch you fastballs. To be a good hitter, you have to be able to hit anything. The minor leagues are stuffed with hot young prospects who can beat the piss out of a fastball but never make it to the majors because they can't hit breaking pitches.
And while Soriano is a very good hitter when hot, his hot streaks are coming at increasingly distant intervals.
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<!--quoteo(post=86406:date=Apr 5 2010, 07:32 PM:name=Ace)-->QUOTE (Ace @ Apr 5 2010, 07:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=86402:date=Apr 5 2010, 07:24 PM:name=Coach)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Coach @ Apr 5 2010, 07:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Heilman just had a 1-2-3 inning for AZ.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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And Howry gets 2 quick outs for the DBacks before he gives up back to back HRs.
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<!--quoteo(post=86407:date=Apr 5 2010, 05:35 PM:name=Gracie)-->QUOTE (Gracie @ Apr 5 2010, 05:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=86401:date=Apr 5 2010, 06:24 PM:name=Clapp)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Clapp @ Apr 5 2010, 06:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=86399:date=Apr 5 2010, 05:19 PM:name=Gracie)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Gracie @ Apr 5 2010, 05:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=86394:date=Apr 5 2010, 05:58 PM:name=Clapp)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Clapp @ Apr 5 2010, 05:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Jesus, they're really saying how bad Soriano looks? Can we go by the guy's career rather than a spring he was at 80% and 1 game?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Soriano did look bad, and it was because he still hasn't developed the brain power to lay off the breaking ball in the dirt.
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He never has, and never will. But he's one of the best fastball and mistake hitters in the history of the sport, so the numbers will be there at the end of the year. The guy's averaged 41 doubles and 36 homers over his career per 162 games played, and has a career .836 OPS which was dragged down a bit because of playing last year unhealthy. He looks like a little league hitter at times, but he can carry a team unlike all but a few players in baseball when he gets hot.
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But if you're only good at hitting fastballs, pitchers will learn (as they have with Soriano) not to pitch you fastballs. To be a good hitter, you have to be able to hit anything. The minor leagues are stuffed with hot young prospects who can beat the piss out of a fastball but never make it to the majors because they can't hit breaking pitches.
And while Soriano is a very good hitter when hot, his hot streaks are coming at increasingly distant intervals.
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But he managed to hit at least .268 8 straight seasons, with at least a +.800 OPS in 7 of those 8 seasons being how he's always been. Pitchers are going to make mistakes and they're going throw fastballs every at bat. It's not pretty with him, but he's still managed to be an All-Star many times with how he is.
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Why is Samardzija pitching in the major leagues? I so hate him.
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<!--quoteo(post=86410:date=Apr 5 2010, 05:53 PM:name=dk123)-->QUOTE (dk123 @ Apr 5 2010, 05:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Why is Samardzija pitching in the major leagues? I so hate him.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
That's the question everybody wants answered.
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