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Post by iowafan on Sept 8, 2010 22:20:51 GMT -5
Lilly and Norris are the pitchers tomorrow. Lilly has been good and Norris has not. Norris, however usually pitches better at home. We could use a good game from Norris. He was steadily improving then had a setback and has been pitching poorly. The Dodgers have been playing poorly and in their last 10 games are 2-8. This looks like it would be a good game to break their four game losing streak. I do not know what will happen. If I predict a loss, they will win, and if I predict a win they will lose. Therefore I am predicting a tie. That may mean neverending extra innings.
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Post by cangrejero on Sept 9, 2010 0:25:04 GMT -5
Not an easy matchup for us, but at going to Houston should help big time and is time for Norris to pitch a good game.
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Post by cangrejero on Sept 9, 2010 1:00:34 GMT -5
If we win 1 of the first 2 games, we win the series 3 to 1.
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Post by iowafan on Sept 9, 2010 14:42:58 GMT -5
It looks like they have a fairly decent lineup of starting pitchers coming at us. They must be having trouble scoring runs. Maybe their bullpen is poor too. I have been a Dodger hater ever since I was a little kid. In those days they had Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax, and I am not sure who else. It is strange because while I loved their pitchers, I wanted nothing more than to beat them, since I was already an Astro, or Colt 45 fan. Those were two awesome pitchers.
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Post by iowafan on Sept 9, 2010 19:17:36 GMT -5
Johnson made an error throwing to first and got Norris rattled, he immediately threw a homerun ball. Johnson needs to get his fielding act together and Norris needs to keep his composure.
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Post by cangrejero on Sept 9, 2010 20:45:26 GMT -5
I agree, i like Johnson's bat, hate his fielding.
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Post by cangrejero on Sept 9, 2010 22:01:08 GMT -5
Astros continue to win, very goooooooooood game.
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Post by iowafan on Sept 9, 2010 22:07:08 GMT -5
That was an outstanding game. I am quite amazed by the Astros. I wasn't watching the whole time that Norris was pitching but they said he was using a changeup. He must have been using it pretty well, or they were calling a slider a changeup. I think Norris has lots of potential, he just needs to get a few things ironed out. Johnson redeemed himself with that homer. He is probably someone that you can live with a few of his mistakes. However if they are going to get better next year, he needs to work on it.
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Post by iowafan on Sept 11, 2010 9:47:51 GMT -5
We got beat but not without a struggle. The pitching did well, but our hitting floundered. That is no surprise. I am still not happy how they continually use Lopez when the game is on the line. That doesn't make sense to me the way he is struggling. I never saw sense in putting in a pitcher who is struggling when you have a 1 run lead. You may not have many choices, but you do have some choices. We certainly have pitchers who have proven themselves trustworthy in recent days. In that way we could have won a game which we lost. However, it is not that important since we are out of the race. I hope the manager doesn't pull this stuff when we are in the race if he is still around.
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Post by iowafan on Sept 11, 2010 21:18:33 GMT -5
Astros sucked in that game. Our big hitters were big duds tonight. Time to sit Lee and give his tired butt a rest. I wonder if they would have done it right if Rodriguez hadn't allowed three runs. I doubt it. They have overpitched Lyon lately, and he was showing signs of having problems. They could stick Lindstrom back at closer. He has been tough. Give Lyon a rest and work around the people that need rest like Lyon and Lopez. I don't know who calls the shots on pitching but I haven't agreed with lots of stuff lately.
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Post by iowafan on Sept 12, 2010 16:31:41 GMT -5
We end up splitting the series, no big surprise after we lost yesterday. At least it is no surprise that the Astros came back today. What made me really happy in this game was Wallace. He is starting to get his bat working. We really need his bat. Besides that not much bad to say about this game except Figueroa didn't have a very good game. They pulled him pretty quick. I think pitching Lyon today again makes me wonder if he isn't making an awful lot of appearances.
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Post by cangrejero on Sept 12, 2010 19:06:40 GMT -5
Wallace and CAstro.
Castro's average has gone up 30 to 40 points.
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Post by iowafan on Sept 12, 2010 20:20:31 GMT -5
I about mentioned Castro too. He is hitting like a major leaguer these days. You can't help but wonder about Sanchez. He continues hitting like he belongs there. If Wallace keeps hitting, we may not even need to make any moves in the offseason to shore up this team. However if something good comes up, I suppose we should take it.
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Post by cangrejero on Sept 13, 2010 13:19:28 GMT -5
I would go after another starter and SS.
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Post by iowafan on Sept 13, 2010 16:01:39 GMT -5
Yeah, starting pitcher could end up being a problem. It is always the major problem of every team. I am not sure about SS. I think something will come up because we have several that can at least field the position in our ranks. I would probably be more likely to try to get a decent starter unless you have at least two promising prospects.
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