MLB: 2009 Season Discussion Thread **Dodgers Acquire Thome, Garland (page 16)**
05-13-2009, 10:17 AM
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Admittedly, my attention to baseball has been limited with the NHL playoffs going...but, I'll be back insulting Twip and Red fans regularly once hockey is over. 
05-13-2009, 11:19 AM
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Yeah, that was pretty funny. I lost my breath for a second, because I thought he was injured but I think it was just embarrassment. He actually runs pretty well for a big guy, and he hustles his butt off. I like the way he plays and he can flat out hit.
05-13-2009, 12:00 PM
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05-13-2009, 12:11 PM
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05-13-2009, 12:12 PM
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05-13-2009, 12:28 PM
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Having moved away from Minnesota though I lost my appetite for hockey. Chicago has not been a hockey town since 1995. It's a great game but the NHL has struggled.
05-13-2009, 12:35 PM
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I used to play hockey until became a 6'4" slow cross-checking target. I used to be a North Stars fan until Norman Green drove them to Dallas. The year they beat Chicago and made it to the Stanley Cup finals with a .500 record was phenomenal.
Having moved away from Minnesota though I lost my appetite for hockey. Chicago has not been a hockey town since 1995. It's a great game but the NHL has struggled.
Having moved away from Minnesota though I lost my appetite for hockey. Chicago has not been a hockey town since 1995. It's a great game but the NHL has struggled.
I remember reading in the paper that their strategy to beat Belfour in that series was to shoot high and had Casey practicing like he "lost his contacts on the floor."
And well, Chicago is having quite the renaissance with the Hawks again. As mean as it sounds, Dollar Bill passing away was the best thing to happen for the franchise...
05-13-2009, 04:47 PM
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05-13-2009, 04:55 PM
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First base was open because Barack Zito threw a wild pitch. I say, take your medicine and pitch to the guy.
05-13-2009, 09:22 PM
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Regardless of why first base was open, you are not going to pitch to the hottest guy in the NL when you can pitch to the guy behind him instead. I'd guess 10 out of 10 managers would've done the same thing. You set up the force at any base and keep the double play in order.Anyway, a 30 gamer is nothing to sneeze at. Congrats Zimmerman.
And "Barack Zito?"
05-15-2009, 06:41 PM
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05-17-2009, 03:53 PM
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How bout them RANGERS!? I can't believe it. I am still like WTF. 23-14?! 3rd in the whole MLB?! I'll take it. But then again we are only like what... 1/10th into the season? Expected failure to come? All I know is ... 'wow' so far...
05-18-2009, 01:13 PM
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Ya, they are kicking ass right now. They ran roughshod over the Mariners last week. We'll see how long the pitching holds up. Devastating offensive club.
05-21-2009, 09:43 AM
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Padres, White Sox agree on Peavy trade 
The deal is now awaiting Peavy's approval. I guess we'll see just how much he hates the AL and Ozzie Guillen
The deal is now awaiting Peavy's approval. I guess we'll see just how much he hates the AL and Ozzie Guillen
05-21-2009, 10:09 AM
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05-21-2009, 10:10 AM
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Two players believed to be in deal are left-handers Clayton Richard and Aaron Poreda, a first-round Draft pick in 2007 who would be the kind of front-line starter the Padres would desire.
05-21-2009, 10:12 AM
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<(notice the look on his face) Brews are hot right now.
05-21-2009, 10:47 AM
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@ Peavy trade possibility...
05-21-2009, 11:54 AM
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05-21-2009, 12:03 PM
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05-21-2009, 12:10 PM
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^
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And losing Manny has really hurt the Dogears.
05-21-2009, 01:49 PM
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