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Fear Strikes Out No One: The Rich Hill Story
Published 7/2/2008 by Ben Schwartz at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... Bruce Miles: “They’ve actually discussed that; it might be just best to shut him down totally,” Piniella said. “I don’t know if that’s going to happen, but it’s been discussed, yes. It’s a shame, it really is. This came out of nowhere this spring and fed on itself. The amazing thing is about it is I never even realized he had a problem. I just saw him last year, and he pitched so well. Last spring, he never walked a hitter.” The Trib’s Paul Sullivan, who I assume covered the same press briefing, has a ...

Open for Discussion
Published 7/2/2008 by neil@chicagocubsonline.com (Chicago Cubs Online) at ChicagoCubsOnline.com
... but has not decided if Marshall will pitch Saturday or Sunday. Jason Marquis will not start against his former team and Piniella said he would decide the rotation for the final 6 games leading up to the All-Star break later in the week. Speaking of southpaws, Rich Hill had a terrible outing in Mesa in the Arizona rookie league and the Cubs are contemplating shutting him down for a while . Hill walked 3, hit a batter, gave up a hit and 5 runs.... in a 1/3 of an inning . Reed Johnson is expected to return from the DL on Thursday.

Baseball Today: Wednesday, July 2
Published 7/2/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... HERE AND THERE: It's looking more and more like a case of Steve Blass Disease for Rich Hill after a disastrous rookie-league outing (Chicago Tribune) . . . The Tigers say surgery to fix Jeremy Bonderman's circulation problems ...

The Daily "Linkin' Logs" (7/2/08)
Published 7/2/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (JustinY) at The Bad News Bloggers
... Hirschey grabbed low and gave him an atomic wedgie (I shit you not, the wedgie was apparently so strong, it lifted low off his feet). Within a few seconds, Low, drew a gun and shot Hirschey twice, once in the shoulder and once in the head, killing him. He was charged with murder and taken to trial. From there, you can see the results and today Low walks free, however I would surmise he'll receive a much smaller charge and probably conviction... Paul Snider of the Tribute introduces us to the next Rick Ankiel Jill Painter of the LA Daily News tells us ...

Wednesday Odds and Ends, Keystone Cops Edition
Published 7/2/2008 by Colin Wyers at GoatRiders of the Apocalypse -
... I don’t want to talk about Rich Hill. You don’t want to read about Rich Hill. In case you don’t believe me, you can do so here. Please don’t click that link. ...