Matt Garza and Gio Gonzalez are today's starting pitchers. Garza is trying to duplicate the season he had last year, which won't be easy. The Cubs will have their work cut out for them again today as Gonzalez is a pretty good pitcher. He's been worth more than 9 rWAR over the last 2 seasons.
The Cubs stacked their lineup with righties as David DeJesus and Ian Stewart get the day off. In their place is Joe Mather and Reed Johnson. The game starts a little after 12 CT and is on CSN.
Gameday, Baseball Reference Preview
Cubs Lineup
- Reed Johnson, RF
- Joe Mather, 3B
- Starlin Castro, SS
- Alfonso Soriano, LF
- Jeff Baker, 1B
- Geovany Soto, C
- Marlon Byrd, CF
- Darwin Barney, 2B
- Matt Garza, P
I like that Barney has been moved down and Soto up, but you'd think you'd if you're going to hit Barney high in the order it would be against lefties and not against righties. Barney shouldn't even be on the field when a righty is on the mound. Oh well. Baby steps.
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I barely even notice the LED board
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
David Simon not a fan of The Wire bracketology: http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/interview-david-simon-doesnt-want-to-tell-you-how-to-watch-the-wire
mb21Quote Reply
That WGN Radio “Go Cubs” intro song is awful.
WaLiQuote Reply
@ mb21:
Simon liked Omar before it was cool
BerseliusQuote Reply
Pat and Keith said that was the right call but great effort by Castro.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Was the right call.
MishQuote Reply
OMFG A WALK
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Hit-and-run apparently worked.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
whats the wind doing today?
dylanjQuote Reply
Grindy
WaLiQuote Reply
@ dylanj:
Out.
MishQuote Reply
Wild pitch (dying laughing)
Cubs lead!
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Cubs score!
WaLiQuote Reply
Genius next to me bitching out Mather for not tagging on that Soriano pop up.
GBTSQuote Reply
Holy aggressive baserunning, Mish!
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Cubs being agressive early
WaLiQuote Reply
Starlin with two steals. Me likes it
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
Gio gave that a ride
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
I love Easter
http://vimeo.com/39890323
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
I finally sit down to watch and the first thing I hear is Bob talking about one pitch called wrong by an umpire can change an entire season.
mb21Quote Reply
@ dylanj:
blowing in some places and in others it’s not. (dying laughing)
mb21Quote Reply
Oh well. Just saved us from the bullpen fucking this lead up.
mb21Quote Reply
Game over
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
@ mb21:
But the bullpen now has Rodrigo Lopez in it.
ACTQuote Reply
@ ACT:
True, they now have the best bullpen in baseball.
Does anybody really understand why they acquired Valbuena?
mb21Quote Reply
@ mb21:
Was it just an exercise in transactions?
mb21Quote Reply
Another walk? This is madness.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Garza’s HR rate last season was .3 below his career rate and down by half from the previous year. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him surrender a few more HR this year.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Stupid bunts.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Buntfest was a bust.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeedz
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Game not over. Bad play by derosa
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
Maybe they can put a giant poster of Joe Mather on the front of the park.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Starlin has quite a bit of Skoal in
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
You could throw a dart into the dugout and hit a better outfielder than Mark DeRosa.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Good idea, but what about replacing Harry’s statue with one of Joe Mather? I also recommend changing the name of the ballpark to Mather Field.
mb21Quote Reply
Gio Gonzalez —> showers
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Aramis had no ribs till around may
/typical cub fan
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
4 runs? Barnburner offense from the Cubs! (dying laughing)
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
He’s not on one of those posters already?
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ mb21:
Reed-Mather Park has a nice ring to it.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Ubaldo jimenez perfect game through 6
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
@ bubblesdachimp:
false. he walked a guy
GWQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
I like it.
What about The Koyie Hill Scoreboard?
mb21Quote Reply
@ mb21:
They should just put a hill in CF and call it Koyie’ Hill.
/Minute Maid’d
Rice CubeQuote Reply
new shit: http://obstructedview.net/minor-leagues/minor-league-update-4-7-12.html
mb21Quote Reply
@ bubblesdachimp:
Fuck that guy, I hope he loses it soon.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Ubaldo no hitter met Brett Laurie’s bat. Jays winning
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
delete
mb21Quote Reply