tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586914322065730371.post3958756662059010107..comments2023-10-31T08:24:52.483-05:00Comments on CHICAGO ARGUS: Samardzija = Borchard?Gregory Tejedahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03233009340333100205noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586914322065730371.post-51632214063627560982008-07-28T18:31:00.000-05:002008-07-28T18:31:00.000-05:00If you think 1 save is going to be the highlight o...If you think 1 save is going to be the highlight of his career then I have an even lower opinion of you then when I read your borderline insane article. My suggestion is to watch a baseball game before you start making comments. The point is simply that he has talent and is going to be at very least decent. Although you know nothing about baseball, I will explain it to you. As a pitcher, if you throw 99 mph, you will at least be decent and strike some guys out. If you can mix in a breaking ball and slider with control, you will be great. The fact of the matter is that you are so far from reality on this that I am not sure why I am wasting my time responding to you. However, if the cubs end up in the playoffs and if they manage to do anything in the playoffs, I assure you that it will be because he eats up valuable innings in the 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th that propels them to the division or wild card. Their bullpen is shaky at best since Marmol fell apart and he already may very well be their best reliever. No matter what crazy theory you have that makes no sense the fact remains that he has the talent to be a very good pitcher. I really wouldn't be shocked if he ends up in the starting rotation by the end of the year either. Basically, what I am really saying is stick to writing about Starwars or Harry Potter or whatever you are writing about and leave sports to someone that at the very least has watched a game or maybe even played a sport at least when they were a kid instead of dungeons and dragons all the time and is now a grown man still living in his mother's basement. God you suckAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586914322065730371.post-1317002051929006482008-07-28T14:26:00.000-05:002008-07-28T14:26:00.000-05:00oh yeah and Kerry Wood has a blister on his hand, ...oh yeah and Kerry Wood has a blister on his hand, not shoulder problems. On a side note, I loved you when you played Corky on that show "Life Goes On".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586914322065730371.post-79422884640951842008-07-28T14:03:00.000-05:002008-07-28T14:03:00.000-05:00Are you kidding me? It is funny that the post-tri...Are you kidding me? It is funny that the post-trib.com website put your article you wrote on their website. I just wonder why you would write about sports when you have no idea about anything. You reference numerous times how Jeff left the Notre Dame football team for the pros. However, you wrote that he played quarterback. You also mentioned people think he could handle pressure because he played quarterback at a big school. As I see it, that was the basis for your whole comparison. Only one problem, you never watched a Notre Dame football game and he played wide receiver. You may have heard of(although I am not sure because it seems you have never watched football) Brady Quinn who was a Heisman finalist at quarterback when Jeff was there. Moreover, it is obvious that you have no clue about baseball either(my guess is that you are a cubs fan, but that is just because most Cubs fans know nothing about baseball). First, he is far from an inexperienced pitcher. He went through the minors in two years, but pitched in college for years. I will explain for you. If he had gone straight to the minors instead of college, he would have 4-5 years in the minors. By no means is that rushing. Moreover, the additional years has allowed him to command control of a breaking ball, slider, and his overpowering fastball. It is a dream to expect him to contribute anything at this point? He throws 99 mph and has a 2-seam fastball(look it up since you don’t know what it means I am sure) that breaks 4-5 inches at 96 mph. His breaking ball and slider have improved dramatically. I fail to see how he couldn’t contribute at all. Besides the first inning he pitched where he was a little excited, he has dominated. I hate the Cubs and can’t wait for them to finish 3rd in their division(hey I can hope), but I have to go with he has all the ability to help. Let me ask you this, if Kerry Wood goes down with a bad injury, who would you rather have closing – Carlos Marmol or Jeff Samardzija?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586914322065730371.post-21623846095986903212008-07-28T03:24:00.000-05:002008-07-28T03:24:00.000-05:00that was some great article. You don't know anythi...that was some great article. You don't know anything about the guy you wrote about. Plus your argument was off. You said Borchard didn't get "the chance that he would have received with a bad ball club (like the Cubs) to just play and work out his kinks." Then you asked "Could his talent have been harvested better had the White Sox not put the pressure on trying to rush him through the minor leagues and onto the big club?" So which was it? He didn't get to play in the majors or he was rushed to the majors? Stay away from issues you know nothing about or don't want to look nto.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586914322065730371.post-15367309868921748822008-07-27T20:52:00.000-05:002008-07-27T20:52:00.000-05:00Jason is right on w/ his comments.Samardzija playe...Jason is right on w/ his comments.<BR/>Samardzija played ALL 4 seasons<BR/>at the University of Notre Dame<BR/>(it's NOT Notre Dame University!)<BR/>and was a wide receiver, NOT a QB!<BR/>Did you ever hear of Brady Quinn?<BR/>He was ND's QB who lost out on the<BR/>Heisman Trophy to OSU's Troy Smith.<BR/><BR/>Did you hear Lou's comments about<BR/>Jeff who earned the save on Sunday?<BR/><BR/>Maybe you're wrong about BOTH<BR/>Jeff's football and baseball!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586914322065730371.post-21674093547739173752008-07-27T19:40:00.000-05:002008-07-27T19:40:00.000-05:00Terrible article...well, actually just a blog entr...Terrible article...well, actually just a blog entry, but seriously man, do some fact checking. This blog is a waste of freaking time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586914322065730371.post-81072611940572747142008-07-26T19:21:00.000-05:002008-07-26T19:21:00.000-05:00Are you kidding? How many errors can you make in ...Are you kidding? How many errors can you make in an article. Samardzija was a WR not a QB. He also played all 4 years of eligibility at Notre Dame, there was no "forgoing a senior season". How the hell does an article that would get an "F" for inaccuracies in most High Schools actually get published in a Major Newspaper??!?!???! <BR/><BR/>Seriously get an intern to fact check so you don't look like an idiot in your opening paragraphs.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08038429746698276881noreply@blogger.com