The Cubs just need to beat Zack Greinke to avoid the sweep. Easy peasy.
Lineups
Brewers
2B Rickie Weeks
CF Nyjer Morgan
LF Ryan Braun
RF Corey Hart
1B Mat Gamel
SS Alex Gonzalez
C Jonathan Lucroy
3B Cesar Izturis (can't believe he's still on a MLB roster)
P Zack Greinke
Cubs
RF David DeJesus
2B Darwin Barney
SS Starlin Castro
LF Alfonso Soriano
3B Ian Stewart
1B Bryan LaHair
C Steve Clevenger
CF Marlon Byrd (Johnson was originally penciled in here)
P Matt Garza
Comments
How the hell is Cesar still playing, let alone 3rd base? (dying laughing)
WaLiQuote Reply
Since the Brewers have Izturis, all we need to avoid the sweep is bring back the dynamic MIF duo, Neifi Perez and Jose Macias.
jtsunamiQuote Reply
Is this the third game of this series, or the 4th? Seems like we’ve been getting beat by the Brewers for at least a week.
joshQuote Reply
@ josh:
It’s the fourth.
This guy in the WGN radio booth is a walking sleeping pill
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ Berselius:
Jessie White. They’re required by law (I guess) to have him on the show once or twice a season. At the last game I went to at Wrigley, the Jessie White All Stars did some tumbling. I guess its a program he started for high-risk kids. But, yeah, it’s always a snoozefest when he talks.
joshQuote Reply
Cubs might avoid a sweep! That would be two avoided sweeps in a row!
joshQuote Reply
He was running hard out of the box, but how is he not at 3rd base on that?
mb21Quote Reply
Clevenger with a double. Dude seems like he can hit.
WaLiQuote Reply
Hey, Bob, stop calling that 6-3 double play “unassisted.” You’re embarrassing everyone.
ACTQuote Reply
I don’t know what this team is I’m watching. They’re wearing Cubs uniforms, but they’re not acting like the Cubs. Good defense. Lots of offense. Good baserunning. What the hell?
mb21Quote Reply
@ mb21:
Last year was like that. Every 3-4 games they looked like a bunch of baseball geniuses.
joshQuote Reply
http://bit.ly/IzpfyH
MishQuote Reply
Is Gameday PitchFx way off or something? It makes it look like strikes are being called two feet off the plate.
AkabariQuote Reply
Clevenger with two doubles in the game.
WaLiQuote Reply
@ Akabari:
That’s weird. I’ve never seen that before.
mb21Quote Reply
Who the hell are these guys?
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Wait, I take that back. It’s so Cub to get shut down by bunch of soft-tossing guys and then beat the hell out of Greinke. (dying laughing)
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Mish:
Could it be that the Springfield of the Simpsons is a FICTIONAL TOWN, created ad hoc per episode to satisfy whatever plot element was needed at that time, and not a commentary on a specific place, and that the show suffers nothing from this fact?
joshQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
That’s been their modus operandi the last couple years. Although, their games where they trounce have gotten less and less frequent over that time.
joshQuote Reply
Assuming we win, how long until we hear rants about Clevenger being our starting catcher because when he starts we win (dying laughing)
WaLiQuote Reply
@ WaLi:
Not that long.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
WaLi wrote:
I wouldn’t be opposed to him getting a few more starts than one would normally get, since Soto looks like complete shit so far, but anything more than that is an over-reaction.
Aisle424Quote Reply
@ WaLi:
I fully expect one of the beat writers to note it in the game recap today.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ WaLi:
You know, I’m actually fine with trading Soto, if they can get something for him.
joshQuote Reply
Carlos Pena has a 280 wRC+ so far this season. If he had done this last April, we could have contended!
MishQuote Reply
@ josh:
Sure, but that’s different than the shit we’re doubtlessly going to start hearing about Clevenger.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
I checked the score in a meeting and saw the Cubs were up 8-0. Then I saw in the box score that all the runs were scored on singles (dying laughing)
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ WaLi:
At least Clevenger is 100x better at baseball than Koyie Hill
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ Berselius:
Seeing as he has all his digits intact, I think it’s safe assume the same goes for basic carpentry.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Mish wrote:
Suburban kidQuote Reply
Hmm I am getting an “undefined” error when trying to login (dying laughing)
WaLi22Quote Reply
Hmm I am getting an “undefined” error when trying to log in
WaLi22Quote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
No, I know. I don’t even listen to postgame interviews anymore. It’s a barren wasteland out there in medialand, especially in an off-year like this.
joshQuote Reply
@ josh:
That would be okay, but I’m guessing we hear “Grindy Clevenger is batting .600+!!! Start him everyday!!! Get rid of the lazy pothead latino for a bag of balls!!!”
WaLiQuote Reply
@ Suburban kid:
To be honest, I didn’t think the link would come out like that. And I didn’t care to get it right. (dying laughing)
MishQuote Reply
Garza ———> Sombrero de oro
ACTQuote Reply
Sveumy must really not trust his bullpen (dying laughing)
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ WaLi:
Is Clevenger white?
GBTSQuote Reply
Considering how damn well the starters have pitched for the Cubs it’s kind of funny they’re only 2-5.
mb21Quote Reply
Colvin just ended Bumgarner’s no-no.
GBTSQuote Reply
@ GBTS:
Indeed.
joshQuote Reply
(dying laughing), it’s never that easy
BerseliusQuote Reply
That should be 2 errors. Garza is one of the worst fielding/hitting pitchers of all-time.
mb21Quote Reply
@ josh:
Has he lost any fingers conducting a scrappy, blue-collar hobby?
GBTSQuote Reply
@ mb21:
Shitty bullpen and shitty offense, it’s not that surprising.
joshQuote Reply
@ GBTS:
He’s just your run-of-the-mill white guy. He’s not some kind of superhero.
joshQuote Reply
Len Kasper on The Score just made the Clevenger argument. The game has been over for less than an hour.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
I can’t see the downside in making him the starter
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ Berselius:
I honestly don’t care one way or the other. However, I don’t think he’s better than Soto, and to hear Kasper trotting out this “he’s called two wins” bullshit is pretty galling. Just admit what is: letting a guy play because you need to see what you have in a lost year.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
So, that’s 2 pitchers who went 8 2/3 but failed to get a complete game because of an error. At least this time it was the pitcher’s fault.
ACTQuote Reply
It’s like somebody put a curse on Cubs pitchers to prevent them from pitching a complete game.
ACTQuote Reply
Wow, just watched the highlights, Greinke got BABIP’d like a mofo.
GBTSQuote Reply
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GWQuote Reply
@ GW:
Yes: http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2012/04/12/network-issue-at-irvine-datacenter/ (not resolved after all)
http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2012/04/12/network-issue-at-irvine-datacenter-2/
Bleacher Nation is on the same data center we are and they were down for 3 hours earlier and about an hour a little while ago. 3rd time in 3 days. Starting to get really fucking pissed.
mb21Quote Reply
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mb21Quote Reply
@ GW:
Often.
MishQuote Reply
That game was FUN! Let’s do it again.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
i want soto to play so we can trade him.
having said that clevenger might be able to hit at a .667 clip which means he should be out there..
LETS GO CAPS/BULLS
Bubbs hd a great time at nats opening day today
he loves day baseball
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
But with a complete game that isn’t ruined by an error. That was fucking annoying.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
erry (NYC)
Jeff Samardzija huh?
Klaw (3:32 PM)
Yeah. I think a lot of it is sustainable.
What is crazy to me about this is he hattttttteddddd shark.. So maybe there is something there? Kevin goldstein said the same thing
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
GBTSQuote Reply
@ GBTS:
The Cubs hadn’t committed their error of the day. The game was complete at that point.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/peter-bourjos-inside-park-homer-takes-14-26-132507402.html
The fastness!
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ GBTS
Must have just slipped. That’s bizzarro.
joshQuote Reply
Bulls scare me… I am afraid their best 5 is just not as good as miamis best 5.
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
@ bubblesdachimp:
The Bulls best 5 are not at their best.
MishQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
I forgot to put my comment in the meme font
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ Berselius:
Oh dude, there’s a meme font? That seems incredibly useful!!
joshQuote Reply
Several hours later, this is even more amusing than before.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
LeBron James is evil.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Wow.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ GBTS:
Garza didn’t finish that look with a facepalm. Does he not know?
SkipVBQuote Reply
This has been one of the best Chicago sports days in quite a while.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
Except for the part where the Hawks game was just tied.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Eh, I didn’t need to go to bed anyway (dying laughing)
Rice CubeQuote Reply
http://muskat.mlblogs.com/2012/04/12/412-cubs-8-brewers-0/
Garza was pretty ticked off about that darn throw.
ACTQuote Reply
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mb21Quote Reply