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Post by iowafan on Jul 26, 2010 23:00:00 GMT -5
We lost the first one as I predicted. It would have been a major surprise to me if we had won that one. It is a tribute to the Cubs poor hitting that they didn't score more runs on Wright. We should get beat tomorrow just because it is our best shot to win. The day after than Norris is pitching and he will surely get blown out. I am not being negative. I am trying to be positive.
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Post by iowafan on Jul 27, 2010 20:14:12 GMT -5
What is with the souped up lineup. I am not sure what the point of all the tinkering with the lineup means. I agree, Berkman has been kindof ineffective in the third spot but I certainly don't think Pence belongs there. I think all of this tinkering has been worthless as far as helping this team score runs.
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Post by iowafan on Jul 27, 2010 21:53:29 GMT -5
I thought the Astros did fairly well with the bats today. Myers did a masterful job pitching. It was a good game. They beat a good pitcher, Lilly. They tired him out of the game and then wallupped on the reliever. I wonder if Bagwell has anything to do with the souped up lineup. I wasn't very supportive of that although it seemed to work out all right.
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Post by cangrejero on Jul 27, 2010 22:31:59 GMT -5
Myers right now is our MVP.
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Post by iowafan on Jul 28, 2010 8:44:15 GMT -5
On a good team he might be leading the league in wins. He has been outstanding. Berkman sure hit a big homerun in that game. Hope he starts to go on a tear.
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Post by iowafan on Jul 28, 2010 18:19:35 GMT -5
Wow, we win with Norris pitching against Wells. I mentioned that Norris was going in the direction of becoming a good starter. Of course the Cubby hitting is pretty pathetic. I think Norris will revert back to his old getting bombed out ways pretty soon. We had some of our batters do pretty well also. Our two old sluggers caused the most damage. They put Berkman back in 3 and put Pence in 4. I think they give Pence too much credit. He should be in 5 or 6.
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Post by cangrejero on Jul 28, 2010 21:18:13 GMT -5
I hope Norris continues to pitch good, but i see him as a great reliever.
But, lets hope i am wrong on this one.
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Post by iowafan on Jul 28, 2010 21:44:42 GMT -5
We need starters. If we could get him and Paulino pitching well we might be a better team sooner than some people think. I really don't look for that to happen but who knows. I hope Paulino gets going again this year. He was really pitching well when he was injured.
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Post by cangrejero on Jul 29, 2010 0:16:50 GMT -5
Paulino has very good stuff, and was pitching very good, i think he can be a capable number 4.
Now, Oswalt is going to phillies, lets hope we get Happ in deal.
Myers, Wandy, Happ, Paulino and NOrris is not a bad rotation.
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Post by changeup on Jul 29, 2010 10:37:06 GMT -5
ESPN says it's a done deal and we will get Happ and two prospects, including Phillies best hitting prospect....a first baseman in Class A. I'm still hoping we can dump Berkman and Lee on somebody.
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Post by iowafan on Jul 29, 2010 14:34:21 GMT -5
It doesn't appear we are getting rich in this one. But what can one expect with Oswalt. Unless Oswalt has been tanking it for quite a few years he is not a real great help. If he can hold up and pitch his heart out til the end of the year he might get the Phillies in the playoffs. I would be surprised if he could do any more for them. If he could get some surgery which puts him back together he may be good for something in the future. The prospects that I read about don't thrill me, neither does Happ. I think we have a good pitching coach however and they may know something I don't.
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