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Astros apparently want Milwaukee to win division

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  1. mkvandy03 mkvandy03 is offline Moderator

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    Sep 18th, 2007 (9/18/2007 10:28pm)

    CHICAGO -- The Cubs don't want Milwaukee to have any edge in the final two weeks of play, and some eyebrows were raised when Houston changed its pitching rotation so rookies Felipe Paulino and Juan Gutierrez would start against the Brewers, not Woody Williams and Roy Oswalt.
    Tal Smith, the Astros interim general manager, called Cubs general manager Jim Hendry to let him know about the switch. Astros manager Cecil Cooper also called Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig in a preemptive move.

    "He was very professional, and I appreciated the call," Hendry said Tuesday of Smith. "He's an honest guy. I don't think there's anybody sitting at home in Houston orchestrating it, trying to help the Brewers or the Cubs."

    However, some of the Cubs weren't happy about the change. Oswalt will miss the start to be with his pregnant wife, who gave birth to the couple's second child on Tuesday. Cooper apparently wanted to look at Paulino over Williams.

    "That ticks us off," Cubs outfielder Cliff Floyd said of the switch, "but you can't help family situations. I had one this year [with his father], and Oswalt is having a kid. God bless him and his family.

    "I don't understand the Woody Williams deal, but at the same time, I'm not going to question Cecil Cooper's decision to start a rookie. It's their team, and they can do what they want to do.

    "At the same time, you'd like everybody to play their guys. Cincinnati was eliminated from the Wild Card [Monday], and they're playing their hearts out, and that's what you want everybody to do.

    "I don't think when we go to Cincinnati, they'll say, 'Hey, you all need to win, so we'll sit [Adam] Dunn, [Ken] Griffey and [Edwin] Encarnacion.'"

    With 11 games remaining, the Cubs can't fret about anybody else right now.

    "We can't concern ourselves with Houston or what anybody else is doing," Cubs manager Lou Piniella said. "We just have to go out and win games."

    Said Cubs catcher Jason Kendall: "We've got to worry about ourselves."
     
  2. Jims14 Jims14 is offline

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    Sep 18th, 2007 (9/18/2007 10:30pm) in reply to mkvandy03

    F the haters
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    Sep 18th, 2007 (9/18/2007 10:32pm) in reply to mkvandy03

    Apparently Chicago wants Milwaukee to win too

    Aaron Harang pwns, per usual.
  4. webb10king1 webb10king1 is offline

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    Sep 18th, 2007 (9/18/2007 10:33pm) in reply to Tread

    excuses excuses, we just got done playing the reds so w/e...gg cubs, go BREWERS!
  5. mkvandy03 mkvandy03 is offline Moderator

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    Sep 18th, 2007 (9/18/2007 10:49pm) in reply to mkvandy03

    Lol, I just noticed this statement: "Oswalt will miss the start to be with his pregnant wife, who gave birth to the couple's second child on Tuesday." Apparently she has more in the oven.
     
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