ARROYO

by 20F8 on Sep 5, 2008 7:38 PM CDT

Is it just me or could any shmuck off the street hit Arroyo's slider? It's 72 mph and it's always over the plate. I swear to you that I'm not that guy that thinks he can his a 90 mph fastball by any means, but Arroyo's pitches don't even look Major League quality. He looks like some washed up college reliever throwing out the first pitch at a minor league promotional night. Why can't the Cubs hit this guy?

I can't watch the rest of the game. Let me know what happens.

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It's just you

He’s a major league pitcher.

I guarantee the worst pitcher in MLB could get the best hitter among us bloggers out.

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Sep 5, 2008 7:50 PM CDT reply actions

I could hit Tim Wakefield

on a day it wasn’t knuckling.

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by AceCubbie on Sep 5, 2008 8:11 PM CDT up reply actions

I could hit a knuckleballer

Actually, here’s the big point to be made. I could hit a good amount of breaking pitches, if I knew that they were coming, because with a little practice its pretty easy to hit a breaking pitch that’s coming in in the low-to-mid-70’s. Its the fact that pitchers mix their pitches that makes that mid-70’s breaker sometimes look as intimidating to a big league ballplayer as a big league fastball looks to us bloggers…

But I could probably make solid contact on Jamie Moyer if given a few ABs

One thing you learned as a Cubs fan: when you bought you ticket, you could bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth.
Joe Garagiola

by Ryan at Cubshub on Sep 5, 2008 8:15 PM CDT up reply actions

I think we need a BCB putt putt batting cage tournament.

Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.

by bren on Sep 5, 2008 10:31 PM CDT up reply actions

I would agree with that

n/t

"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel

by MPH73 on Sep 5, 2008 7:53 PM CDT reply actions

this

couldnt be a comment in the game thread??

from the mouth of Uecker:

"Am I the only one who’s glad it’s only a 4-game series? If was a 9-game series, I think the Cubs would win them all."

by cubsluver22 on Sep 5, 2008 8:01 PM CDT reply actions

Why is this here?

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Sep 5, 2008 8:03 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs

Why are WE here?

And why didnt you fire up the sirens and lights when you pulled up riding in the blog police wagon?

One thing you learned as a Cubs fan: when you bought you ticket, you could bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth.
Joe Garagiola

by Ryan at Cubshub on Sep 5, 2008 8:16 PM CDT up reply actions

If you don't like it, there always is the "BACK" button and you can go elsewhere on this site....

My goodness

BELIEVE!

by cubbie08 on Sep 5, 2008 9:40 PM CDT up reply actions

why???

must good post be knocked down because of comments who could get the same point or opinion across in a already related thread in this case the game thread. please answer me that. i could start 100 diaries a day about any given subject but theres really not any sense. people that do this are simply wanting to be noticed by others.

from the mouth of Uecker:

"Am I the only one who’s glad it’s only a 4-game series? If was a 9-game series, I think the Cubs would win them all."

by cubsluver22 on Sep 5, 2008 9:47 PM CDT up reply actions

Good posts such as...

“Carlos Quinten out for year”- News on a player on a team not even in the same division as the Cubs.

“Should the Cubs sit Zambrano and Harden until the playoffs” – A post asking if the Cubs, who have yet to clinch ANYTHING, should sit their two best pitchers for a month and then just throw them into the fire in the playoffs.

“Thank you Friars, cosmic retribution” – A discussion about the standings and which teams can help the Cubs.

“A little about me” – A post about a poster.

Those are the posts from the last 24hrs that this knocked down… I’m not going to go into the quality of any of these posts, but I’m sure that each had its own section of fans. Guess this is why they say “Different strokes for different folks” or any other of a host of cliches.

One thing you learned as a Cubs fan: when you bought you ticket, you could bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth.
Joe Garagiola

by Ryan at Cubshub on Sep 5, 2008 10:16 PM CDT up reply actions

This is why the fanposts turn over so quickly.

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Sep 5, 2008 9:00 PM CDT reply actions

So...

What you’re saying is that you hate to have to click next and look at page 2? Its really not that hard.

Honestly, this is a community based site. People post what they find interesting or worth discussion and the site allows it. If it were such an issue I’d imagine that Al (or SB Nation) would put in place some sort of content filter that allows a waiting period before any post hits the site.

To be honest, I really dont care for more than half of the posts, but I just pick and choose around them. There have only been 5 posts in the past 24hrs (in the fanpost side, probably a couple more in the recommended section)… its not that hard to filter through that many stories. Look at ESPN, Digg, Reddit, CNN, etc., as they’ve all got a LOT more stories than this site, and I’m sure that most of us could care less about 90% of them.

Please dont take this as any type of personal attack, I’m just tired of various people trying to be the message board police. We’re all just one voice in the crowd, ya know? It seems like lately there have been too many chiefs and not enough Indians.

One thing you learned as a Cubs fan: when you bought you ticket, you could bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth.
Joe Garagiola

by Ryan at Cubshub on Sep 5, 2008 10:07 PM CDT up reply actions

This is a useful comment.

However, I have asked in the past for people to take a look at the FanPost list and see if their topic has been covered recently. Obviously, this one doesn’t fall in that category. But as has been correctly pointed out, this might have worked better as a FanShot or even a comment in one of the game threads.

All I ask is that people think about this before they post. I want to encourage participation, but this is an active site and I don’t want it to get like the cubs.com message board where there are a zillion threads on the same issue. There won’t be any sort of content filter or waiting period (other than the waiting period when you first sign up).

I’ll leave this post up in case people want to discuss this further.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al Yellon on Sep 6, 2008 4:45 AM CDT up reply actions

I could definitely take Tim Lincecum deep any day of the week...

…so Arroyo would be child’s play.

by WUSTLCubsFan on Sep 5, 2008 9:05 PM CDT reply actions

twss

by Emelie on Sep 6, 2008 3:56 AM CDT up reply actions

Ooh nice one!

"It's Happening..."

by Goodie1969 on Sep 6, 2008 8:49 AM CDT up reply actions

Personally...

…I’d rather see this here or in a fanshot than in a game post starting a flame fest.

"Baseball is like church- many attend, few understand." ~ Leo Durocher

by The Lip on Sep 5, 2008 9:49 PM CDT reply actions

Um......

Arroyo is a major league pitcher with a winning record in 4 of the last 5 seasons so if you believe any schmuck could hit him go ahead.

by rlpete on Sep 6, 2008 6:55 AM CDT reply actions

I could hit Arroyo

It not that hard, simply choke up on the bat and hit him. He’s even easier to hit once he’s down.

Now, hitting an Arroyo pitch it a differnt matter entirely.

"There are no curses here...Games are won and lost on the baseball field" - Lou Piniella

by El Borto on Sep 6, 2008 2:44 PM CDT reply actions

Then....

Maybe he could get a hair cut!

ernie81

by ernie81 on Sep 7, 2008 5:36 AM CDT reply actions

Hey, how's that...

…whole “20F8” slogan thing going?

"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08

by daver on Sep 7, 2008 9:41 AM CDT reply actions