"Tough day," said manager Mike Quade. "Win a series and feel lousy. Demps had a tough day, obviously. Still, he's an out way from keeping us in the thing. One of those days, and then it got away from us and got sloppy after that. - The mistakes of youth showing up again. I've said before, it's not a straight line. There are going to be relapses. There's going to be trouble. The kids have done a good job, but you're going to have days like this."Quade went on to finish:
"There'd be days like this my mama said."
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Stupid Cubs. You spend the whole summer losing, and then when there's finallly something in it for me, you decide to start playing baseball.
And the new, improved Carlos Zambrano improved to 4-0 with a 1.98 earned-run average in six starts since undergoing anger management counseling.
By: Evan J. Thomas
Electric… That was the feeling as new head coach Brian Kelly led the 2010 version of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish onto the field Saturday at an unseasonably cooler Notre Dame Stadium. Kelly stated before the game that the pageantry of college football and seeing his first game at Notre Dame was a little overwhelming.
The first quarter featured a slew of short passes, draws and dump offs by junior Quarterback Dayne Crist in Kelly’s spread offense. The offense moved the ball in those first ten minutes but with the short plays didn’t get down the field too far.
Late in the first quarter, Irish defensive back Darren Walls snagged an interception off of a misguided pass from the Miami Hurricane transfer and Purdue quarterback Robert Marve. The interception set off a series of big runs by the Irish offense and sophomore Cierre Wood and included some great downfield blocking by All American Junior wide receiver Michael Floyd. Seven plays and 84 yards later and senior running back Armando Allen scampered into the end zone for the first touchdown in the Brian Kelly era. The first quarter ended with Crist having only one incompletion and the Irish leading 7-0 over the Boilermakers.
The second quarter began just as the first one ended as Notre Dame’s offense moved briskly down the field. One highlight included Crist, who is coming off a season ending knee injury last season galloping down the sideline for his first significant run of the season. Crist showed no ill effects of the knee injury as he smartly ran out of bounds before taking a hit. After a few incompletions out of the end zone, the Irish added a short field goal for a 10-0 lead with 11:10 remaining in the half.
The Boilermakers finally showed some life in the remaining minutes of the second quarter as they brought in red shirt freshman Rob Henry and used some trickery to move the ball on the Irish defense. Purdue did manage to get the ball inside the Notre Dame 10 yard line but the Irish defense held their own and made some great tackles in holding Purdue to a field goal.
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Wells ended up with a no-decision, as his record remained 6-12 while his ERA rose to 4.56. It's quite a different season from his rookie year in 2009, when he was 12-10 with a 3.05 ERA."That sophomore jinx or whatever they talk about where guys struggle a little bit the second year, that's not the jinx; there are reasons for that," said Quade, who is 7-3 since taking over for Lou Piniella. "He's shown some resiliency this year, fought through some tough outings."It's a command thing with him, and he's just got to keep on doing that (working). He's a big old guy, a big horse. He's a converted catcher. He's still learning."
"I saw him in the minor leagues," Quade said. "You're looking at a guy that I projected out 15-ish, maybe a few more, homers. He's still learning. He swings the bat well. I still would think he'd make more consistent contact and be able to drive the ball. He's a blue-collar guy. He's a baseball player."
The Chicago Bulls today announced their television broadcast schedule for the 2010-11 season, with Comcast SportsNet and WGN-TV/WCIU overseeing all local television duties. All 82 regular season games will be televised, as well as all eight preseason games. The Bulls will make 39 nationally-televised appearances on TNT, ESPN, ABC, NBA-TV and WGN America.
This week on Hang Ten, Fish and producer Adam Pumm talked opening games, division realignment, and gave their best shot at predicting the Big Ten season. The guys were joined by Champaign News-Gazette Illinois beat reporter Bob Asmussen to talk about Ron Zook and his Illini. Mike Carmin of the West Lafayette Journal and Courier was also on to discuss Purdue and its new QB Robert Marve. Pumm gave his Heisman hopefuls and Fish outlined the draft prospects of the Big Ten's best. Tune in Monday for a recap of this weekend in the Big Ten.
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