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and he moves farther and farther above the Graffanino line.

If Bonds gets close to the record it's more likely than not he will not play in Milwaukee.

Counsell just totally grit his way to a signle on that one.

Internet forums are places people go to get fast information. If you want more reliable info from vetted sources wait for someone like SI or the J-S to make a statement about it. If you want 100% rock-solid info just wait til it's official.

I guess I just don't get the bashing of today's lineup. It's a day game after a night game; team has some injuries; we're going against a pitcher with a 4.61 ERA; we have our hottest starting pitching on the mound; and baseball players are not robots, most need a game off here and there. No team in baseball puts their "ideal" line-up out there every day. Deal with it.

Is he crying and giving everyone hugs?

I can't keep myself from checking this thread every two minutes or so.

From what I see, and as others have mentioned here, there are two related issues at play. 1. His strike zone has expanded upwards, and he's attempting to hit those balls hard. He has only 2 walks in the month of July 2. Pitchers are pounding him outside after getting the first strike (which anecdotally it seems he's laying off more), and he's often trying to pull those balls, which is extremely difficult to do.

Bill Bavasi?

As long as the Rhode Island contingent supports us I'm comfortable with it.

BOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Know what it's about now? (edited for horizontal scrolling -TC)

Could Mench have looked any more foolish on that play? I wonder how Bill Schroeder thinks its so clear that it wasn't an error.

While the thought is fresh in my mind, I really agreed with all the managing moves tonight. Sticking with Yo, seeing Cordero in the 9th, and the sub of Graffanino for Weeks to avoid a strikeout were all good moves. It's always easy to remember when the manager does something you don't like and things don't work out, much harder to remember times that solid in game moves help the team.

Cheers to Pittsburgh. My guess is this comes out way better than the one staged in Baltimore years ago.

Of course to get 3000 hits with a under .250 BA you may have to play until you have an AARP card.

Going back to the original subject of this thread, I don't think another anti-lefty specialist really improves this team much. Between Shouse and Wise we have an adequete LOOGY and a guy who dominates lefties and can pitch to a couple righties as well. I'd be more inclined to go after someone who's particularly tough on righties to use in clutch relief situations, like a Lidge (.585 OPS against vs. Righties last 3 years, and may be available at a reasonable price due to injury). In any case, I don't think we need another anti-lefty guy, what would help most is simply the best available reliever. That said, really the bullpen is a strength of this team anyway, so staying where we're at is entirely fine with me.

Geoff Jenkins has two more dingers than Lance Berkman in 50 less at bats.

No no, 82 pitches. 27 Ks, and 1 pitch thrown at Bonds, which hits him, and then causes him to have an epiphany, admit all his wrongdoing, and join the peace corps.

A true ace knows how to cause his teammates to do the right things on the basepaths. Fixed.

Just a few thoughts The number of people involved in this lawsuit is probably related to the negligence system in Missouri, which is a pure comparative negligence state. This means, that an injured can recover for other's negligence even if the accident was mostly the injured's fault. For example, if the jury finds that Hancock was 90% responsible, and the truck driver was 10% liable, then a cause of action for 10% recovery would exist. I don't know the whole facts here, but it may be possible that someone did do something that contributed to this accident. Naming everyone conceivably partially at fault is really what you're supposed to do when pleading. Additionally, you get some evidentiary bonuses under hearsay exemptions if someone is a party-opponent instead of just a 3rd party. As far as forcing the towed driver to get a lawyer, almost every liability insurance policy will provide a defense for a lawsuit. Missouri's tavern liability law seems to allow only injured 3rd parties to sue for damages. (The tow truck driver for example). My guess is that the taveern is included as a party because some of the people are likely going to sue them anyway--and Hancock's position is going to be that the tavern is responsible for some of the damage/injury. One possibility here is that Hancock's attorney is trying to get a jump on defending the impending lawsuits by other people (tow truck driver, other car) by filing first. Just because a suit was filed doesn't necessarily mean that someone is looking for a payout. Hancock is very likely liable for some things here, this may be a pre-emptive defense move. Either that, or someone is not willingly telling what's happened and the suit is being used to get some answers.

Can this game get any more strange? The dude that almost gets beaned being the peacemaker for his first base coach? is there a full moon tonight?

Cheers Jeff Kent for taking a page from the Craig Counsell Gritty Playbook. Jeers to Russel Martin for hitting so dang well this series. Cheers to the Umpires for this game for getting the call right.

If you were pitching in front of tonight's defense you'd be ticked too.

Prince just hit his agent with a pop up.

Prince just tried to hit that one to Seattle.