Cubs not hitting well yet

In article barutanseijin DeleteThis @gmail.com says...
> It's not a matter of will, it's a matter of sore arms. They just can't
> do it anymore. They're finished.

Or it could be they had a couple of fluke good years and they were never
that good to begin with. They rode the injury train for many years so
they wouldn't have to reveal their true pitching talent -- that they're
just average pitchers.
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"Mark Anderson" <mea.TakeThisOut@nospambrandylion.com> wrote in message
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> In article barutanseijin.TakeThisOut@gmail.com says...
>> It's not a matter of will, it's a matter of sore arms. They just can't
>> do it anymore. They're finished.
>
> Or it could be they had a couple of fluke good years and they were never
> that good to begin with. They rode the injury train for many years so
> they wouldn't have to reveal their true pitching talent -- that they're
> just average pitchers.
>

There have not been all that many average pitchers to record 20 K games.
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On Apr 18, 9:44?pm, "RickyBobby" <nasca....RemoveThis@cox.net> wrote:
>> There have not been all that many average pitchers to record 20 K games.

.....And he's lived off that one performance ever since!


TOG
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"The old geezer" <JYOB DeleteThis @aol.com> wrote in message
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> On Apr 18, 9:44?pm, "RickyBobby" <nasca... DeleteThis @cox.net> wrote:
>>> There have not been all that many average pitchers to record 20 K games.
>
> ....And he's lived off that one performance ever since!
>
>
> TOG

I think that's being unfair to Wood. He has had stretches where he was a
very dominant pitcher, but then health problems intervened.
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"Claude" <claude.TakeThisOut@hatesspam.com> wrote in message
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> "The old geezer" <JYOB.TakeThisOut@aol.com> wrote in message
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>> On Apr 18, 9:44?pm, "RickyBobby" <nasca....TakeThisOut@cox.net> wrote:
>>>> There have not been all that many average pitchers to record 20 K
>>>> games.
>>
>> ....And he's lived off that one performance ever since!
>>
>>
>> TOG
>
> I think that's being unfair to Wood. He has had stretches where he was a
> very dominant pitcher, but then health problems intervened.
>

I wonder how often a no-hitter and a grand slam occur in the same game?
That makes it an interesting game even if the Cardinals were involved.
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"Mark Anderson" <mea DeleteThis @nospambrandylion.com> wrote in message
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> In article barutanseijin DeleteThis @gmail.com says...
>> It's not a matter of will, it's a matter of sore arms. They just can't
>> do it anymore. They're finished.
>
> Or it could be they had a couple of fluke good years and they were never
> that good to begin with. They rode the injury train for many years so
> they wouldn't have to reveal their true pitching talent -- that they're
> just average pitchers.

Ha. No.
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Who struck out the most men in a game? Nolan Ryan? Steve Carlton? How
about Kerry Wood? Roger Clemens?

A pitcher named Tom Cheney broke the record as a member of the 1962
Washington Senators. He fanned 21, beating the Orioles 2-1, even
though it took him 16 innings to do so. Is that record unfair because
he had to pitch an extra 7 innings? Definitely not. What pitcher do
you know in the past 20 years who can pitch past 9 innings?
By the way, Cheney could only win another 18 big league games in his
career.
So I guess there our some average pitchers that do have 20 or more
strikeouts.

And several that have 16 etc..
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>"Mark Anderson" <mea RemoveThis @nospambrandylion.com> wrote in message
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>> In article barutanseijin RemoveThis @gmail.com says...
>>> It's not a matter of will, it's a matter of sore arms. They just can't
>>> do it anymore. They're finished.
>>
>> Or it could be they had a couple of fluke good years and they were never
>> that good to begin with. They rode the injury train for many years so
>> they wouldn't have to reveal their true pitching talent -- that they're
>> just average pitchers.
>>
>
>There have not been all that many average pitchers to record 20 K games.
>
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"jimcat" <jc.DeleteThis@airmail.net> wrote in message
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> Who struck out the most men in a game? Nolan Ryan? Steve Carlton? How
> about Kerry Wood? Roger Clemens?
>
> A pitcher named Tom Cheney broke the record as a member of the 1962
> Washington Senators. He fanned 21, beating the Orioles 2-1, even
> though it took him 16 innings to do so. Is that record unfair because
> he had to pitch an extra 7 innings? Definitely not. What pitcher do
> you know in the past 20 years who can pitch past 9 innings?
> By the way, Cheney could only win another 18 big league games in his
> career.
> So I guess there our some average pitchers that do have 20 or more
> strikeouts.

I'm guessing that throwing over 200 pitches may have had something to do
with that. LOL. He was probably injured the rest of his career.

Boy does that sound familiar.
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