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    St Louis Cardinals 2026

    Gorman had a very good second season with close to 30 hr and an 805 OPS. The pitchers adjusted, and he has either been incapable or unwilling to adjust back. I lean towards incapable. Can't hit hard stuff above his hands and doesn't have good enough pitch recognition to lay off the breaking/off...
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    St Louis Cardinals 2026

    One third into the season. Good news Walker. Seems to have found himself at the plate and has emerged as the go to guy in the lineup Burly and Herrera. Have picked up where they left off last year. JJW. Having a solid rookie season so far. Doesn't appear overmatched. Winn. GG level...
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    St Louis Cardinals 2026

    I like Noot, he seems to be a good guy and a good teammate. Having said that 2026 needs to be the year he proves he's anything more than a 4th OF/platoon player. He's also had trouble staying off the injured list. Not Tyler O'Neill level trouble but definitely injury prone.
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    St Louis Cardinals 2026

    The offense, defense, and starters have been good enough so far to produce a winning record. The middle relief has been a disaster. Graceffo has been effective, Soriano has been mostly okay. Stanek, Bruihl, and Svanson have been brutal. I cringe every time one of them comes into the game cause I...
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    Illini Women's Basketball 2026-2027

    If Divine and Trinity are here be aware that Gretchen, Manuella and Erica prolly aren't.
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    Games Thread

    I'm no fan of scUM but I want this: A B1G team won the football NC A B1G team won the Women's BB Natty I want a BiG team to win the Men's BB Natty Raise the conference prestige and shut up the "it just means more" yappers down south. Along with everyone else.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    There will be lots of player movement over the next month. And IL won't be exempt. Hopefully we have the NIL to keep Tomi/Mirk/Andrej. Add a stud portal/balkan PG. Coleman and Morillo arrive. Z could likely make as much NIL and starter minutes elsewhere, depends on how much he values playing...
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    UConn 71, Illinois 62 Postgame

    UConn is well coached and did not do anything to beat themselves. Despite that if we could have just made a few of the dozen bunnies we missed we are likely playing for a NC on Monday. Just a maddening shooting game for us. And they had several shots that rattled around and went in along with a...
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    Illinois 71, Iowa 59 Postgame

    KW's Mom is pretty easy on the eyes as well. Not that I noticed it much.
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    3/28-3/29 Games Thread

    I do not want to see us play Duke in a FF game. Good Lord the Duke whistle would start in the layup line. The NCAA, the Refs, the media and all the talking heads love them some Dook. Wagler would get beat to death, but every time an Illini player even breathed on Boozer the whistles could be...
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    Illinois 71, Iowa 59 Postgame

    Great game plan by Iowa. They moved, cut, screened and got open looks and hit a lot of them, especially Stirtz. Ran us off the 3pt line. Staff adjusted and we started scoring inside. They had no answer at that point and we started pulling away. God what a great feeling for the team and all of...
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    Pregame: Illinois vs VCU, Saturday, March 21st, 6:50pm CT, CBS

    No excuses. With the roster that BU has assembled there is no reason to lose this game. We have more good basketball players than VCU. Time to put up or shut up.
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    Illinois 105, Penn 70 Postgame

    Small gripe: KW played 32 minutes. And despite getting hacked shoved and body checked didn't shoot a single free throw. Boozer, Fears, or a host of others would have paraded to the line with the same treatment.
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    St Louis Cardinals 2026

    Got it, thanks for the clarification.
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    St Louis Cardinals 2026

    I think Walker only has 1 option left. Is that correct? If so and he starts in StL and then gets sent down he has to pass thru waivers to come back up. If all of that is true it would be beyond stupid to not have him in Memphis and make him hit his way back to StL.
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