Wood's new slider gets the job done

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Saturday Morning Headlines/Open Thread
Published 5/10/2008 by carlheartscubs at A League of Her Own - Front Page
... in the first, he hammered a first-pitch fastball down the left-field line for his ninth homer of the year. This time, Lilly neither slammed his glove to the ground nor dwelled on his grooved pitch. Instead, he turned dominant as he had the Diamondbacks off balance all day with terrific off-speed stuff. Half of Lilly's strikeouts came on changeups. In fact, when Young returned to the plate in the third, Lilly tossed 5 straight changeups and caught him looking. Wood reinvents slider From the Daily Herald: ...

Open Thread: Cubs vs. Diamondbacks, Saturday 5/10, 2:40 CT
Published 5/10/2008 by Al at Bleed Cubbie Blue: Front Page Posts
... San Diego CA, San Francisco CA, Santa Barbara CA, Savannah GA, Sherman TX, Shreveport LA, Sioux City IA, South Bend IN, Springfield IL, Tri-Cities TN, Tucson AZ, Twin Falls ID, Tyler TX, Victoria TX, Waco TX, Wichita Falls TX, Yuma AZ The game time is, in fact, 2:40, having been pushed up five minutes by the Wizard. Why five minutes makes such a big deal to them that they'd actually announce it, I have no idea. Why did Kerry Wood look so lights-out yesterday? He's got a new grip on his slider. Sean Marshall's demotion to Iowa is ...